# How to draw a nano ball…

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-draw-a-nano-ball/19599>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [May 30, 2022, 10:51am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-draw-a-nano-ball/19599 "2022-05-30T10:51:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![wirepuller](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/wirepuller/32/15396_2.png) [@wirepuller](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/wirepuller)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2022, 10:51am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-draw-a-nano-ball/19599/1 "2022-05-30T10:51:12Z")

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**Author:** ![PEC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/67e7ee/32.png) [@PEC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/PEC)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2022, 9:46pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-draw-a-nano-ball/19599/2 "2022-05-30T21:46:43Z")

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Hi,

Welcome to the forum.  
It’s not clear for me if you are sharing a creation or looking for help.

In case, here is how I would proceed.

 ![CleanShot 2022-05-30 at 23.10.24@2x](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/1/16f94d64cc87b0d3bc350efb698f0c6d5624659c.jpeg)

There seems to be 5 sectors, so 180/5 = 72°  
Each sector has rows so we must divide 72° by 2, 3, 4, 5, so respectively 36°, 24° and it’s multiples, 18° and its multiples, 14,4° and its multiples.  
Then, ultimately, the second hemisphere is the duplication of the top one (with the rotation chosen on the correct direction so it will create half a rotation at the equator)

Hope it helps.

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**Author:** ![welshsteve](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/welshsteve/32/16111_2.png) [@welshsteve](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/welshsteve)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2022, 1:11am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-draw-a-nano-ball/19599/3 "2022-05-31T01:11:16Z")

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I noticed the ball is made up of Hexagons and Pentagons much like a football…

 ![NanoBall NaH2PO4](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/2/2b03251c53d61b15b2cfec2462e526eb19efd944.jpeg)

Here’s my version with evenly spaced balls…

[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/6/4/64b238cef74dbbf9256641421ed16ce015d801e5.jpeg "NanoBall HD 1080p") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-y9iTAzqFD0)

@PEC I created the ball the same way as I would a football but with balls at each of the intersections as well as in the centre of each hexagon and pentagon. This way all the balls are nested together nicely.

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**Author:** ![PEC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/67e7ee/32.png) [@PEC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/PEC)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2022, 9:23am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-draw-a-nano-ball/19599/4 "2022-05-31T09:23:26Z")

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@welshsteve well done, I didn’t see the pentagon and the hexagon until you draw them.

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**Author:** ![wirepuller](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/wirepuller/32/15396_2.png) [@wirepuller](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/wirepuller)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 2:36am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-draw-a-nano-ball/19599/5 "2022-06-01T02:36:51Z")

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Thank you very much for your help, because this nanosphere is just a schematic, so even I don’t have a clear picture.  
But l really learn a lot from these two video, thanks a lot.

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**Author:** ![wirepuller](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/wirepuller/32/15396_2.png) [@wirepuller](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/wirepuller)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 2:39am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-draw-a-nano-ball/19599/6 "2022-06-01T02:39:18Z")

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You can get a lot of details which l always ignored, thanks for the tip