Questions tagged [pst-solides3d]
Drawing three dimensional solid faces.
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3D helix torus with hidden lines
How can I generate the above image using TikZ (possibly other methods will work if they produce better looking results)?
I would like to have a nicely shaded (not so dark image) without gridlines and ...
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Recreate the sphere in TeX.SX logo
I'm trying to recreate this
But looking in this Meta question the only code provided doesn't give that output
%!TEX TS-program = xelatex
\documentclass{minimal}
\usepackage{pst-solides3d}
\begin{...
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3D solids with Tikz - or an alternative?
I want to draw 3D shapes in latex. I have tried out different strategies, but nothing has led me to a good solution yet. First what I want to do, then what I have done so far.
In prioritized order, ...
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How to draw a cube as the following?
\documentclass[pstricks,border=10pt]{standalone}
\usepackage{pst-solides3d}
\begin{document}
\psset{viewpoint=120 50 30 rtp2xyz,Decran=50}
\pstVerb{/Colors [(red)(yellow)(orange)(green)(blue)] def }
\...
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Planes tangent to a cylinder
I am trying to make this graph
I have had several advances compared to my original question, but I don't know how to color the part blue,
This is the result that I have obtained together with the ...
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Truncated Icosahedron in TikZ?
I would like to draw the Archimedean solid Truncated Icosahedron (soccer ball, Bucky ball), so one can use the resources on transparency, position and light source to manipulate the images.
The image ...
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What option do I have to set to remove the mesh from the cylinder?
\documentclass[pstricks,border=12pt,12pt]{standalone}
\usepackage{pst-solides3d}
\begin{document}
\begin{pspicture}[viewpoint=5 30 45 rtp2xyz,Decran=5](-6,-6)(6,6)
\psSolid[object=cylindrecreux,h=...
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pst-solides3d: Draw squares between others
In order to create a gif I did the following:
\documentclass[border=0pt]{standalone}
\usepackage{pst-solides3d}
\begin{document}
\newcommand{\viewpoint}{25 15 5}
\newcommand{\axis}{\axesIIID(0,0,0)(4....
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Changing thickness line using pst-solides3d [closed]
Changing thickness line using pst-solides3d:
I'm trying to draw a thinness line in space using pst-solides3d:
\begin{center}
\psset{unit=0.4cm}
\psset[pst-solides3d]{viewpoint=40 30 25 rtp2xyz,...
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Drawing of a helix
On this blog I found a 3D drawing of a transformer by Thomas Söll.
After a few changes, I have the following code:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pst-solides3d}
\usepackage{expl3}
% ...
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Drawing intersecting 3D surface plots
I'm attempting to draw six semi-transparent intersecting spheres of different colors---two on each axis x, y, z and all joining at the origin---as shown in the figure below. Note how all the spheres ...
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How can I draw two intersecting spheres with highlighted intersection?
I would like to get an image like the this:
with two intersecting spheres, marked centers , one point on the intersection should also be marked and a highlighted intersection.
I've tried to get this ...
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Transparency with psSurface in pst-solides 3D
I'm trying to draw a graph with pst-solides3D with the option psSurface :
The problem is as follows :
I want to draw z = +/- (y^2-y^2), which should give a saddle-point graph with the lines x=y and ...
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Intersecting boxes in pst-solides3d
I need to make a picture of some 3D boxes (i.e., parallelepipeds) that intersect themselves in some complicated ways, so I tried pst-solides3d.
Here's the minimal working example: A long and thin ...
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How to plot the four regular star polyhedra with tikz?
I can plot the regular convex polyhedra, for examples
\begin{tikzpicture}[scale=1.0]
\tikzstyle{every node}=[circle,fill=blue!20,inner sep=0pt,minimum size=0.4cm]
\foreach \y[count=\a] in {10,9,...
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PSTricks code not compiling
The following code is an attempt to extend Herbert's figure here:
\documentclass[
dvipsnames
]{article}
\usepackage[
hmargin=2.4cm,
vmargin=3cm
]{geometry}
\usepackage{pst-solides3d}
\...
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Draw 3D lines between points with PSTricks
Consider the following exmaple:
Code
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{auto-pst-pdf,pst-solides3d}
\begin{document}
\begin{figure}
\psset{
viewpoint=15 -30 11,
Decran=10
}
\begin{...
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Point on surface using PSTricks
I would like to draw a Point on a surface using PSTricks and pst-solides3d. What I mean by that is, that the point should look like it is attached onto the surface. That means that the point should ...
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Does the package pst-solides3d affect images made with pst-3dplot?
I am working in a simple project creating some 3D representations of math surfaces and shapes for a calculus course.
Most of all the pictures I have created rely heavily on pst-3dplot. Once I found ...
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How to draw the solids to refer to cylindricals coordinates
I'm trying to replicate this figure:
but I don't know how to draw these planes. I need to draw the plane for constant z, rho and phi. I know that, to draw this, many lines of code are needed but the ...
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3D effects for hollow and solid cylinder in tikz
I want to make following things in tikz-
Solid Cylinder
Hollow Cylinder
The solid cylinder is little tilted and touching the top surface of hollow cylinder. The hollow cylinder is open from both the ...
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How to reproduce the following stereometry problem with pst-solides3d?
I am interested in reproducing the following diagram with PSTricks' 3D package named pst-solides3d.
Unfortunately I am not familiar with the package and I am not sure whether or not it supports
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