{3d} is about three-dimensional content, e.g., images and drawings.
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How to cut a surface at the intersection with another surface in Asymptote?
In the code below, I define a cylinder (as a surface of revolution) and a plane (as a cyclic path). From both, I can get a surface that renders in 3D. Now, I would like to hide (or better remove) the ...
8
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Contour partially hidden by a surface in pgfplots
Thank's to SE (and particularly these two questions: Draw a bivariate normal distribution in TikZ and How to fix a contour plot at top of a 3D box), I've been able to draw what I was looking for with ...
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Cut-off cone in TikZ
How would I draw the following cone using TikZ? I have no clue how to incorporate the "cut-off".
I want to draw a picture of the cone given by the points (y, t) for y in R^d and t in (0, infty) such ...
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2answers
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How to plot three-dimensional polar functions with pgfplots
I would like to plot the following functions with pgfplots:
I know how they are defined:
\sqrt{r}\sin\frac{\theta}{2}, \sqrt{r}\sin\frac{\theta}{2}\sin\theta,
\sqrt{r}\cos\frac{\theta}{2}, ...
7
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Specifying the transformation matrix TikZ uses manually?
I'm creating some 3D graphics using TikZ, and I need to apply a transformation matrix to some coordinates I'm specifying in 2D so they end up in 3D. I am going to draw graphics on all three visible ...
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Plot TikZ items with respect to 3D position, not the order of appearance in the code
I have a big bunch of polygons plot in 3D with TikZ. The code is generated by a program, so it's hard for me to print the "foreground" polygons last, so that they are well printed in space.
In other ...
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For movie15-based 3D embeds, how to get u3d files?
The movie15 package (an interface to embed movies, sounds and 3D objects into PDF documents for use with LaTeX as well as pdfLaTeX) requires 3D files to be in u3d format for embedding into pdf. This ...
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Drawing 3D cylinder
I need to draw a lot of 3D cylinders with different dimensions.
Has anyone maybe already defined a command like \3Dcylinder{x}{y}{z}?
I found 3D bodies in TikZ
and tried the third answer. But I don't ...
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3d Image using tikz?
I have attempted to draw a sphere between two planes that are defined
as follows.
a:= 2x - 2y + z + 2 = 0 and b:= 4x - 4y + 2z - 4 = 0
I know that the line is perpendicular to the two planes
are ...
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3answers
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Drawing Axis Grid in 3D with Custom Unit Vectors
I am trying to adjust the unit vectors for each of the axis, and draw a coordinate grid. I can get it to work without specifying the unit vectors, of specifying it as:
x={(1.0cm,0.0cm)}, ...
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votes
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3D-plotting sine integral (PSTRICKS)
I'd like to build up a 3D-Plot (based on pst-solides3d), where the function looks like
x=u, y=v and z=\int_0^x \frac{\sin\left(\pi t \right)}{\pi t} - \frac{1}{3} ...
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xyz coordinates rotation
is it possible to set a different orthonormal base for the xyz coordinate space? for example, the default one is x=(1,0,0) y=(0,1,0) and z=(0,0,1).
I would want to set this base: x=(1,0,0) y=(0,0,1) ...
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How to change label and ticks of a pgfplots colorbar?
I have a 3d plot with colored surface and a colorbar made with pgfplots.
My probably related questions are:
How can I set the label of the colorbar?
What are the equivalents of zticks (positions of ...
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2answers
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3D TikZ lines on the perimeter of a circle
I'm just learning TikZ, I've done a few 2D images and I wanted to make a 3D wire frame of the Hubble telescope. The body of the telescope is basically a pair of tubes, the front one slightly narrower ...
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A perpendicular line to a plane in 3D
I have two line segments identified by two end points each. Two line segments are in the same plane and intersecting at a point. I would like to draw a line (normal of the plane) passing through the ...
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2D colors above 3D surface plot
I would like to draw a 2D, colored plot of a function above its surface plot.
I tried copying the surface plot and setting z filter/.code={\def\pgfmathresult{1.4}}, but then everything is the same ...
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Cyclic ring and visibility problem in pst-solides3d
I'm trying to draw two cylindric rings on top of each other with pst-solides3d. Here is what I have:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pstricks}
\usepackage{pst-solides3d}
\begin{document}
...
6
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1answer
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TikZ: draw objects in transparent objects (3d)
I want to draw a cuboid in another transparent cuboid with TikZ.
Therefore I've created a \newcommand to draw a cuboid.
\documentclass[11pt, halfparskip]{scrartcl}
\usepackage{ucs}
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6
votes
1answer
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Asymptote generated 3D raster image
Consider the following minimal Asymptote 3D example:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{filecontents}
\usepackage{asymptote}
\begin{filecontents*}{testfile.asy}
import three;
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votes
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pgfplots: labels and width issues in non-boxed 3d plot with oblique projection
Update april 2013
The bug has been fixed with pgfplots version 1.8 (requires \pgfplotsset{compat=1.8}).
When I try to add the axes labels to this code, I get a division by zero error. I think the ...
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Extract coordinates from 3D point
How do I extract coordinates from a three-dimensional point defined when using tikz-3dplot? I would like to perform some calculations on these (more specifically a cross-product of two vectors), but ...
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Recreating a square with fixed baseline and height (3d)
I am trying to recreate the following image, as close as possible.
The point is that the circumference of the bottom, plus the height of the cube needs to be 30. Which gives
30 = 4x + h
so I want ...
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TikZ trapezoid transformation (vanishing point)
Within a TikZ drawing, I want to distort a 2D rasterimage (from
\includegraphics) so that it appears to be rotated by 90° around the
vertical axis in 3D (it should look perpendicular to the sheet of
...
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3D surface plots in TikZ
I need to plot a surface plot using TikZ. I have the (x,y) coordinate and the corresponding function value in a table form. I have not done 3D plots before in TikZ and hence I would appreciate any ...
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pgfplots: three dimensional plot with one variable as exponent?
In want to draw this function with pgfplots: f(x,y) = 1-(1-(1+y)^(-x))/x*y. When compiling, I get some error message about z buffer reoderings. I already played around a bit and ist seems to me the ...
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Stereographic Projections
Take the unit sphere in the three dimensional space. A plane through the half of the sphere perpendicular to the vertical axis.
Pick a point in the plane and draw the line which joins it with the ...
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How to get rid of the viewer's (incorrect) axes in an Asymptote 3D graphics
I have an Asymptote graph of a 3D surface (code below) that I export into 3D PDF file (containing PRC). I include nice axes with LaTeX labels on them, but in addition to these the viewer displays very ...
5
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1answer
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pgfplots: color a (3D) surf using arbitrary RGB colors
I would like to color a surf using arbitrary RGB colors (unlike this question, which just colors the surf using the colormap).
In this minimal example (which plots the x+y function), I would like the ...
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votes
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2D surface on a 3D surface plot external data in a file
I am drawing a 3D surface from external data. Here they are:
0 0 -0.64
1 0 -0.5
2 0 -0.4
3 0 -0.31
4 0 -0.23
5 0 -0.2
6 0 -0.24
7 0 -0.32
8 0 -0.42
9 0 -0.59
10 0 -0.76
0 1 -0.54
1 1 -0.4
2 1 -0.27
...
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Is there any way to remove mesh lines completely in a pgfplots faceted 3d plot?
I can not seem to find the way to remove the lines in the surface mesh in a 3d faceted plot. I need a solution that does not use the "shader=interp" (i.e. gradient filling) so that the faces are ...
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Some extensions to pst-solides3d
I asked this set of questions (actually 2 of the 3 below) on the PSTricks mailing list a couple of days ago, but have since heard that Herbert's "to do" list is quite lengthy. So, I'm distributing ...
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How can i import a 3D SolidWorks Model into my PDF using LaTeX
Acrobat Adobe supports 3D PDFs to be included into LaTeX.
I could use another tool to create a PDF and import that PDF into my build, but i would rather use a package o include a solid works model ...
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Disable movie15 movies and U3D graphics for printing
I am using the movie15 package to include movies and U3D graphics into my document. I have it setup so that a PDF reader not supporting U3D will display a static image which I have chosen instead.
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Draw 3D rectangle
I've been searching this for hours, but didn't find a reason for this behaviour:
Here is my example:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{3d}
\begin{document}
...
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tikz-3dplot rotation around the X axis?
I'm trying to create a simple spherical quadrant grid using the tikz-3dplot package. The longitudinal grid lines look fine but when I try to create the latitudinal lines I get really strange results ...
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What packages or tools best support any 3D line, plane, surface intersections?
I have not explored the PSTricks' pst-solides3d, TikZ's equivalent packages, Asymptote as a tool, etc, yet.
I have a task to make some simple 3D diagrams that are related to 3D geometry subject we ...
5
votes
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plot 1d curves in 3d space with nice looking intersections
I am trying to draw multiple colored one-dimensional parametric
curves in three dimensional euclidean space. The curves
themselves do not intersect in 3d, but ...
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How can I create a 3D Manhattan bar chart? [duplicate]
I have some data which I would like to visualize. This data are 3-tuples of integers:
(Threads,Sum,# of occurences)
(1,2,20)
(1,7,18)
(1,100,25)
(2,7,15)
(4,103,24)
I would like to visualize this ...
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Shading of cubes in 3D picture
The example here is just great (and even better with the implementation in the comment).
I would, however, like to have all the sides on a cube in the same color but have the color change in each ...
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votes
3answers
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Surface plot with coordinates in pgf
Is it possible to draw a three dimensional surface using coordinates instead of formulas? Sadly I found nothing in the pgfplots-manual according to this problem.
MWE so far:
\documentclass{article} ...
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PDF file containing 3D object is not included correctly with \includegraphics
I have a PDF file, containing a 3D object in PRC format. I try to include this into a LaTeX document to be compiled with pdflatex, with the simple source below:
\documentclass{minimal}
...
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Drawing a central composite design
Please I would like to draw a central composite design using PSTricks, or possibly tikz. This is the cube with the axes showed below. I have tried pst-3d but this is not easy. If you had an example of ...
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Relative positioning in 3D
I am trying to position a node in 3D according to the (x, y) coordinates of a node previously defined on another z level.
However, I can't figure out how to make it work:
\documentclass{article}
...
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votes
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How to remove coordinates in a 3d plot using pgfplots
I would like to know how to remove coordinates in an addplot3 surf plot. Here is a simplified example:
\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{axis}[clip=false,view={45}{45},grid=major]
...
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votes
1answer
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Navigation system coordinates in tikz-3dplot
I am using tikz-3dplot and trying to represent navigation system transformations. In navigation systems, the orientation of the vehicle axis is given in terms of Roll, Pitch and Yaw. These are ...
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Easy way to do several line styles on one path using TikZ?
I'm drawing a lot of 3D pictures for school using 3D-plot for TikZ.
I like it when the lines that are inside or behind an object, eg. the ones that shouldn't be visible to be thinner than the lines ...
4
votes
1answer
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PGFPLOTS 3d box line for Z axis not being drawn
The vertical 3d box line for Z axis is not being drawn. If I make the grid lines dashed, the line is drawn, but also appears dashed, as the grid lines.
To me, it looks that the line is in fact drawn, ...
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How to draw the right ascension and declination of a vector in a rotated coordinate frame in TikZ?
During my research I came across the illustration of two reference frames. In my opinion this illustration is lacking, because the coordinate systems are not drawn. This makes it hard to understand, ...
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3d axis label ovelapping [closed]
I'm using matlab2tikz to generate the tikz code for my figures. When compiling the document with the figure code as below, I get an ovelapping with the axis label y and z.
Here is what I've got:
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Triangulated Toruses in Sketch [closed]
I want to be able to use sketch to generate an image like this:
I am able to get the torus okay using nested sweeps as demonstrated in the tutorial, but my attempts to draw the diagonals using ...
