How to create 3D Sphere in PowerPoint - (3D BALL GRAPHIC)

In this tutorial you will learn to create an easy 3D sphere in PowerPoint. You will not only find a step by step demonstration of how to create the 3D Ball graphic from scratch but also see some useful applications of the graphic in business presentations.
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Let us first go to Auto shapes menu and select 'Oval' tool from 'Basic shapes'. Draw a circle while holding the 'Shift' tab. Change the fill color of the circle to a color of your choice and remove the outline.
Right click on this circle and go to 'Format shape' dialog box. Under '3D format' option choose the bevel preset called 'circle'. This is the only preset that will help you get a perfect 3D sphere. You need to apply the bevel to both 'Top' and 'Bottom' surfaces.
There is a simple calculation that helps you make a sphere using bevel preset. The calculation is -- for every inch of the diameter of the circle you need to add 36 pt to width and height of the bevel. For example, if your circle is 3 inches in diameter -- you need to add 108 pt to both width and height of 'circle bevel' preset. Apply the necessary width and height to create the sphere. When you add a nice shadow to the bottom of the sphere your diagram gets complete.
In this video tutorial you can see a number of applications of 3D sphere in PowerPoint. The diagram templates showcased in the tutorial are taken from our 'PowerPoint Charts and Diagram Templates Packs for CEOs'. The packs have more than 1600 PowerPoint Charts, Graphs, Diagrams and Graphics to help you visualize every business idea imaginable.
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[@Tianablue1]

These are the clearest and best PowerPoint tutorials I have seen! With some amazing effects and inspirational ideas! Many thanks for all your hard work on these!

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[@PresentationProcess]

Glad that the tutorial was so useful for you, Afshan. Gian - 3D certainly works in PowerPoint after 2007 version. You can find more tutorials on our site for 3D Charts.

[@Paulmprasad]

Wonderful Sir., You are Best Teacher, Teacher always equips his/her students. You are doing the same. Thank you. God Bless You

[@dilipsubramanian3578]

I fully echo Tianblue comments. I have not come across anything better explained. Great work and much gratitude

[@rohinikrishna3601]

Amazing, excellent tutorial, thanks a lot Ram Gopal

[@viko2273]

Great job, thank you. I have learnt again.

[@fndmystory]

Excellent tutorial. Nice background music and calm soft voice descriptions. Thank you and I will certainly follow your other tutorials.

[@KenKen2t]

Great tutorial

[@danielalvarado3086]

Congratulations, is a good job. From México

[@PresentationProcess]

Thank you very much!

[@shayamylan]

Brilliant video, thank you uploader. Viewers please be advised that should you use the metric system then remember to convert your cm, in the "Format" tab, to inches for the bevel calculation.

[@polenification]

Just want to say thank you for sharing all this useful process!!

[@PresentationProcess]

polenification You are welcome!

[@VividLasting]

Emperor of powerpoint!

[@PresentationProcess]

Rakrouki - You need to use 14.2 as a factor to multiply if your shape is measured in CMS and not Inches.

[@osmanjr5180]

+Presentation Process I had it in cm I was wondering ........ Thanks A lot .

[@hind2202]

thanks alot, I had the same problem too and I was wondering why

[@keepgrowingChemistry]

Thank you a lot sir

[@shinimannan]

Excellent ! This was so easy...Thanks a ton!

[@kamounyosra4573]

Thank you very much, you have an amazing Job!! wish you good continuation

[@EmranHossain01943]

thank u so much It was very helpful for me.

[@billiebillie678]

You are brilliant! I really appreciate your videos.

[@PresentationProcess]

Glad you found the vid so useful!

[@afshanjamshaid]

Thank you veryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy much, it is veryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy useful for me because i wanted to create microdroplets for my presentation, and what i was looking for I got in you tutorial, thnx again I am very grateful to you :)

[@2222kishor]

Beautiful !!..It was so simple! Thanks a lot !

[@blueskyguy1]

A classic from Ramgopal 🎉

[@sixbells99]

Amazing thanks alot!!!!!!!

[@PresentationProcess]

You're welcome!

[@hollinc1]

Thank you. This was a great tutorial.

[@PresentationProcess]

Good to know you liked it Crystal!

[@datautrust]

Thank you. I was looking how to do this. And you made very easy.

[@maxinearokium6601]

Show me how to make a sphere

[@sureshreddy1504]

Thank you

[@cbcoksa8626]

thanks, if shape size in cm then 36 or ?

[@sunil5346]

Great tip........ Can i know where did you get the "36" for inches and "14.2" for Cms... just wondering :)

[@VeteranCommand]

Thanks for the video, I am trying to make an Atom Symbol and this helped greatly!

[@PresentationProcess]

That's a nice way to use the sphere! Thanks for sharing.

[@ksp_kvt]

Really it's useful business product ppt

[@genes2311]

bam !!!!! awesome awesome video man... u rock !

[@PresentationProcess]

genes2311 Nice of you to watch and share your feedback!

[@physics_tutorials-o4n]

wonderful, great job

[@medha-u9p]

Sir is this only can be create in windows 7 ?

[@endriubk]

Great video! Man thanks for this help!

[@PresentationProcess]

Nice to know that the video was useful!

[@dzweifler]

Thank you - this was very helpful.

[@anastasiaanjelita2844]

Thanks! It's really helpful! Is there a way to make 3D efect with grouping shape? Like group of 2 half circle with different color?

[@PresentationProcess]

Hi Anastasia, thank you for watching this video. Do check this video series for more on grouping tricks: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fmm6p5l_j613h8k

[@rakroukimanel6677]

this is a great viedo but please how to calculate that with 'cm' not 'inch' ? plz

[@tracypunshon7100]

Wonderful. Thanks for this!

[@Mygorian88]

TYVM!!!

[@mychanel8277]

Wow You are awesome

[@mathematicslnyorubabyhakee1280]

Thanks

[@PresentationProcess]

You're welcome!

[@abrahamabebe5482]

I wonder why mine isn't coming out as yours though I have done exactly as you have said. ☹️

[@ZainYMijbil]

You are fantastic, thanks a lot indeed.

[@solomshield1]

thank u bro:) it was really helpful

[@bkhairy]

thank you guys...

[@ibadmalik9554]

so very helpful thanks : )

[@shirosensei3565]

How to add that nice shadow?

[@PhysicsMadeEasy]

Thanks!

[@projectraqia3093]

Thank you!!!

[@panthrohit]

very nice :)

[@michelineluz4063]

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[@preetik73]

Sir can you help me how grade 6 to 8 children will make nice presentations and can can u suggest few topics

[@DeepakShaw]

Very interesting techniques, However, didn't find the circle bevel in Power Point 2016

[@TheTeacher]

It looks only 3D from the front. Try to rotate it using 3D Rotation option and see what you get. I don't think calculating the diameter x 36 is correct. It should look similar from all the sides if rotated.

[@PresentationProcess]

Dear Teacher, First off thanks a lot for watching the video. I truly appreciate your work. To answer your question - Since we apply the factor of 36 (height and width) for both the top and bottom bevels, the sphere will look the same even if you rotate it in any direction. However, if you apply the factor just to the top bevel, it would look like 3D sphere from the front. But, if you rotate it, it would show that it is a hemisphere. That is why I recommend that you apply the factor to both the top and bottom bevels. Trust that helps.

[@TheTeacher]

I might be doing something wrong but it is not working for me. I insert an Oval of 1x1" and then applied Top and Bottom Level (type "Circle") 36 Points and it only shows the sphere from front when rotated not from back. Can you please tell what I might be doing wrong?

[@TheTeacher]

Ok! I Got it. Thanks for the reply.

[@Sameh_Abdel-Qawy]

@@PresentationProcess The factor 36 worked for me perfectly. Thank you so much. But why just 36 and not any other numbers? I think it's based on a cubic shape that has 6 sides with 6 units. Is that right? Thank you again for your excellent tutorials.

[@sezenkutluay5283]

Hello , I have also followed the process that you have mentioned but shape became different. Could you pls explain why?

[@PresentationProcess]

You can find a Magnifying glass tutorial here on our website: This may be of help in creating a lens. You can find the link at the end of the description section above. ( Links are not allowed in comments here)

[@UnchartedPhenomenaX]

and for every centimetre (if your PowerPoint is set to cm) the bevel should be 14.18

[@anastasiaanjelita2844]

Thanks! It's really helpful!

[@andrewholland3595]

Thank you, but I have done everything you say but my sphere does not look like yours

[@NotBuyinTheLyin]

Thanks....

[@phythematics2188]

can you explain why we have to take 36 per inches ???

[@theoriginalabhisheksingh]

Sir why 36 is mandatory?

[@WealthFisher]

do you have a new website

[@medha-u9p]

In office 365 and windows 11 how can we create

[@PresentationProcess]

It works exactly the same way in any version of PowerPoint Medha

[@medha-u9p]

Yes I got the location, changed. Thank you so much Sir for your immediate response 🙏

[@LearnNowall]

plese make earth rotation ppt

[@konstantinoskoutsidis361]

hi how did you give the Ball a shadow?

[@PresentationProcess]

Hey thanks for watching the video. You can find more on how to create your own shadow in PowerPoint right here : kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJqlYWepj7CHh68

[@pradyumnamulpur]

How do we go about to draw hemispheres?

[@Cubiclite]

In case someone is still wondering, you can actually leave either Top Bevel or Bottom Bevel set to No Bevel to get a hemisphere. You won't see the hemisphere until you apply some 3D rotation to see the object from its side or from an angle. Hope that helps. Cheers!

[@GK-ec5df]

Oh no, you succumbed to using music in the background. So not necessary. Please don't follow others who think it is necessary. I learn better when there is no distracting music. Your voice is melodic enough. Thanks.

[@HamzaXhan-c7y]

From 2024 😶‍🌫️

[@sutherlandws]

Not sure if you are still following these comments, but will try anyway. In this sphere tutorial, at the end, you add a shadow that appears as if the sphere is on the ground. I tried to reproduce with the default PP shadow tools but cannot get the shadow that close to the sphere (it won't allow any 'overlap' of the shadow and sphere. Do you have another tutorial on how to make the shadow effect look the way you did it? Please send copy of any response to [e-mail]

[@PresentationProcess]

Hi Scott check this video on create custom shadows for 3D objects: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJqlYWepj7CHh68

[@LearnNowall]

earth rotation ppt with map globe rotation ppt

[@hectorwilches453]

Very useful for me. Thanks a lot!!!

[@leahlamp6748]

Thank you!!!