\documentclass{standalone} \usepackage{pgfplots} \pgfplotsset{compat=newest} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture} \begin{axis}[ axis equal image, axis lines=middle, xmax=18,zmax=5, ticks=none, clip bounding box=upper bound, colormap/blackwhite ] \addplot3[domain=0:360,y domain=0:320, samples=50,surf,z buffer=sort] ({(12 + 3 * cos(x)) * cos(y)} , {(12 + 3 * cos(x)) * sin(y)}, {3 * sin(x)}); % use axis coordinate system to draw the radii \draw [thick,blue] (axis cs: 0,0,0) -- (axis cs: 12,0,0) node [midway,above=-2] {$R$}; \draw [thick,red] (axis cs: 12,-0.2,0) -- (axis cs: 12,3.7,0) node [midway,below right=-3] {$r$}; % use axis coordinate system to draw fake x, y and z axes \draw [-latex] (axis cs: 0,0,0) -- node [pos=0.9, xshift=0.5em]{$z$}(axis cs: 0,0,10); \draw [-latex] (axis cs: 0,-15,0) -- node [pos=0.9, xshift=-1em, yshift=0.5em]{$y$}(axis cs: 0,-20,0); \draw (axis cs: 0,0,0) -- (axis cs: 0,9,0); \draw (axis cs: 0,0,0) -- (axis cs: -9,0,0); \end{axis} \end{tikzpicture} \end{document}