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Anonymous 1123
Let be a cone with hight `h` and radius of base is `r`. How can I draw a sphere  inscribed a cone? I know that, the center of sphere is incenter of the triangle `SAB` and radius of sphere is `(r*sqrt(h^2+r^2)-r^2)/h)`. 

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user 3.14159
You did already the most complicated part, the computation of the radius. The rest is comparatively simple, also because I had a code for drawing cones on my hard drive anyway.

```
\documentclass[tikz,border=3mm]{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz-3dplot}
\usetikzlibrary{3dtools}
\tikzset{pics/3d/cone/.style={code={
	\tikzset{3d/cone/.cd,#1}
	\def\pv##1{\pgfkeysvalueof{/tikz/3d/cone/##1}}%
	\pgfmathsetmacro{\sdtip}{screendepth(0,0,\pv{h})}
	\pgfmathsetmacro{\aspectangle}{atan2(\sdtip,sqrt(\pv{h}*\pv{h}-\sdtip*\sdtip))}
	\path (0,0,\pv{h}) coordinate (-tip);
    \begin{scope}[x={(0,0,tan(\aspectangle))},y={($(0,0,0)!1cm!90:(0,0,\pv{h})$)}]
	 \pgfmathtruncatemacro{\itest}{abs(tan(\aspectangle)*\pv{r}/\pv{h})<1}
	 \ifnum\itest=1
	  \pgfmathsetmacro{\alphacrit}{acos(tan(\aspectangle)*\pv{r}/\pv{h})}
	  \ifdim\sdtip pt>0pt
	   \path[/tikz/3d/cone/hidden] (\alphacrit:\pv{r}) arc[start angle=\alphacrit,end
	   angle=-\alphacrit,radius=\pv{r}];
	   \path[/tikz/3d/cone/visible] (\alphacrit:\pv{r}) 
	   arc[start angle=\alphacrit,end  angle=360-\alphacrit,radius=\pv{r}]
	   -- (-tip) -- cycle;
	  \else
	   \path[/tikz/3d/cone/visible] circle[radius=\pv{r}];
	   \path[/tikz/3d/cone/visible] (\alphacrit:\pv{r}) 
	   -- (-tip) -- (360-\alphacrit:\pv{r});
	  \fi
	 \else
	  \path[/tikz/3d/cone/visible] circle[radius=\pv{r}];	 
	 \fi
    \end{scope}
	}},
	3d/cone/.cd,r/.initial=1,h/.initial=1,
	hidden/.style={draw,very thin,densely dashed},
	visible/.style=draw}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}[,declare function={
 	r=1.5;h=2;rs=(r*sqrt(h^2+r^2)-r^2)/h);
 	}]
 \tdplotsetmaincoords{70}{110}
 \begin{scope}[tdplot_main_coords]
  \pic{3d/cone={r=r,h=h}};
  \path (0,0,rs) coordinate (cs);
 \end{scope}
 \draw[3d/cone/hidden] (cs) circle[radius=rs];
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}
```
![Screen Shot 2020-08-16 at 9.07.15 AM.png](/image?hash=0e076d4cb1514a9fc69ea92e31e345b58219648ccb9c31a85133d60f32dbac5b)

Of course, the sphere does not change its radius when altering the view angles, and the projection of a sphere on the screen is a circle of the radius of the sphere. So this circle won't change when we animate the view angles. 
```
\documentclass[tikz,border=3mm]{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz-3dplot}
\usetikzlibrary{3dtools}
\tikzset{pics/3d/cone/.style={code={
	\tikzset{3d/cone/.cd,#1}
	\def\pv##1{\pgfkeysvalueof{/tikz/3d/cone/##1}}%
	\pgfmathsetmacro{\sdtip}{screendepth(0,0,\pv{h})}
	\pgfmathsetmacro{\aspectangle}{atan2(\sdtip,sqrt(\pv{h}*\pv{h}-\sdtip*\sdtip))}
	\path (0,0,\pv{h}) coordinate (-tip);
    \begin{scope}[x={(0,0,tan(\aspectangle))},y={($(0,0,0)!1cm!90:(0,0,\pv{h})$)}]
	 \pgfmathtruncatemacro{\itest}{abs(tan(\aspectangle)*\pv{r}/\pv{h})<1}
	 \ifnum\itest=1
	  \pgfmathsetmacro{\alphacrit}{acos(tan(\aspectangle)*\pv{r}/\pv{h})}
	  \ifdim\sdtip pt>0pt
	   \path[/tikz/3d/cone/hidden] (\alphacrit:\pv{r}) arc[start angle=\alphacrit,end
	   angle=-\alphacrit,radius=\pv{r}];
	   \path[/tikz/3d/cone/visible] (\alphacrit:\pv{r}) 
	   arc[start angle=\alphacrit,end  angle=360-\alphacrit,radius=\pv{r}]
	   -- (-tip) -- cycle;
	  \else
	   \path[/tikz/3d/cone/visible] circle[radius=\pv{r}];
	   \path[/tikz/3d/cone/visible] (\alphacrit:\pv{r}) 
	   -- (-tip) -- (360-\alphacrit:\pv{r});
	  \fi
	 \else
	  \path[/tikz/3d/cone/visible] circle[radius=\pv{r}];	 
	 \fi
    \end{scope}
	}},
	3d/cone/.cd,r/.initial=1,h/.initial=1,
	hidden/.style={draw,very thin,densely dashed},
	visible/.style=draw}
\begin{document}
\foreach \Angle in {90,85,...,40,45,50,...,85}
{\begin{tikzpicture}[,declare function={
 	r=1.5;h=2;rs=(r*sqrt(h^2+r^2)-r^2)/h);
 	}]
 \path[use as bounding box] (-r,{r*cos(140)}) rectangle (r,h);
 \tdplotsetmaincoords{\Angle}{0}
 \begin{scope}[tdplot_main_coords]
  \pic{3d/cone={r=r,h=h}};
  \draw[3d/cone/hidden,canvas is xy plane at z=0] (00:r) -- (180:r);
  \path (0,0,rs) coordinate (cs);
 \end{scope}
 \draw[3d/cone/hidden] (cs) circle[radius=rs];
\end{tikzpicture}}
\end{document}
```
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