I would like to know if it is possible to draw an image like this in 3D using tikz? I am having some text around this picture, which looks great in tikz, but I am unable to draw this kind of 3D figure in tikz. Also the shadows around it looks quite complex to me.
Any examples, ideas, suggestions?
Thank You !
Definitely not perfect in any respect but anyway...
\documentclass[tikz,border=5]{standalone}
\tikzset{pics/.cd,
disc/.style={
code={
\fill [white] ellipse [x radius=2, y radius=2/3];
\path [left color=black!50, right color=black!50, middle color=black!25]
(-2+.05,-1.1) arc (180:360:2-.05 and 2/3-.05*2/3) -- cycle;
\path [top color=black!25, bottom color=white]
(0,.05*2/3) ellipse [x radius=2-.05, y radius=2/3-.05*2/3];
\path [left color=black!25, right color=black!25, middle color=white]
(-2,0) -- (-2,-1) arc (180:360:2 and 2/3) -- (2,0) arc (360:180:2 and 2/3);
\foreach \r in {225,315}
\foreach \i [evaluate={\s=30;}] in {0,2,...,30}
\fill [black, fill opacity=1/50]
(0,0) -- (\r+\s-\i:2 and 2/3) -- ++(0,-1)
arc (\r+\s-\i:\r-\s+\i:2 and 2/3) -- ++(0,1) -- cycle;
\foreach \r in {45,135}
\foreach \i [evaluate={\s=30;}] in {0,2,...,30}
\fill [black, fill opacity=1/50]
(0,0) -- (\r+\s-\i:2 and 2/3)
arc (\r+\s-\i:\r-\s+\i:2 and 2/3) -- cycle;
}
},
disc bottom/.style={
code={
\foreach \i in {0,2,...,30}
\fill [black, fill opacity=1/60] (0,-1.1) ellipse [x radius=2+\i/40, y radius=2/3+\i/60];
\path pic {disc};
}
}
}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\path (0,0) pic {disc bottom} (0,1.25) pic {disc} (0,2.5) pic {disc};
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}
I'm afraid I also could not resist giving it a shot with Asymptote. Unlike the TikZ solution, this actually uses an underlying 3d model. In particular, the "white ring" around the top emerged naturally as a result of rounding the corner, together with Asymptote's shading capabilities.
\documentclass[margin=10pt,convert]{standalone}
\usepackage{asypictureB}
\begin{document}
\begin{asypicture}{name=disk}
settings.outformat = "png";
settings.render=16;
unitsize(2cm);
import three;
import roundedpath;
currentprojection = orthographic(0,4,1);
int nslices = 20;
pen colorfunction(int u, real v) {
real t = (v/nslices)*4pi;
static pen dark = gray(0.3);
static pen light = white;
return interp(dark, light, (sin(t)+1)/2);
}
real radius = 2.0, height = 1.0;
path3 to_revolve = path3(roundedpath((0,0) -- (radius,0) -- (radius,height) -- (0.9 radius, height) -- (0,height), R=0.05), YZplane);
surface disk = surface(to_revolve, c=O, axis=Z, n=nslices, color = colorfunction);
draw(disk);
pen undercolorfunction(int u, real v) {
pen overpen = colorfunction(u,v);
real r = point(to_revolve, u).y;
return interp(black, overpen, (r/radius)^5);
}
surface underdisk = surface(to_revolve, c=O, axis=Z, n=nslices, color=undercolorfunction);
draw(shift(-1.2*height*Z)*underdisk);
draw(shift(-2.4*height*Z)*underdisk);
\end{asypicture}
\end{document}
The result:
I worked on Mark's solution to make it look more similar to the original picture.
\documentclass[tikz,border=5]{standalone}
\usetikzlibrary{fadings}
\tikzfading[name=fade out,
inner color=transparent!0, outer color=transparent!100]
\def\factor{4}
\def\xradius{2}
\def\yradius{2/\factor}
\def\height{1.05cm}
\def\xandy{2 and 2/\factor}
\tikzset{
pics/.cd, %
disc/.style ={
code = {
%% the foundation
\path [fill=black!15] (-\xradius,0) -- (-\xradius,-\height) arc
(180:360:\xandy) -- (\xradius,0) arc (0:180:\xandy);%
\path [top color=black!25, bottom color=white, opacity=0.2] (0,0) ellipse
[x radius=\xradius, y radius =\yradius];%
\path [left color=black!25, right color=black!15] (-\xradius,0) --
(-\xradius,-\height) arc (180:240:\xandy) -- +(0,\height) arc
(240:180:\xandy);%
\path [left color=black!15, right color=black!30] (\xradius,0) --
(\xradius,-\height) arc (360:320:\xandy) -- +(0,\height) arc
(320:360:\xandy);
%% rays in front
\foreach \col/\r/\shift/\stop/\opacity in {%
black/205/25/20/100, %
black/295/35/30/100, %
black/295/30/30/200, %
black/295/25/20/300, %
white/245/14/14/100, %
white/245/12/12/20, %
white/245/10/10/10} {%
\foreach \i [evaluate={\opposite=\r-180;}] in {0,1,...,\stop}{%
\fill [\col, fill opacity = 1/\opacity] (\opposite:0.1 and
0.1/\factor) -- (\r+\shift-\i:\xandy) -- ++(0,-\height) arc
(\r+\shift-\i:\r-\shift+\i:\xandy) -- +(0,\height) -- cycle; }}
%% rays in back
\foreach \r/\shift/\stop/\opacity in {%
25/25/20/100, %
115/35/3/150,%
115/30/23/100} {%
\foreach \i [evaluate={\opposite=\r-180;}] in {0,1,...,\stop}{%
\fill [black, fill opacity = 1/\opacity] (\opposite:0.1 and 0.1/\factor) --
(\r+\shift-\i:\xandy) arc (\r+\shift-\i:\r-\shift+\i:\xandy) --
cycle; }}
%% masking the four edges in the center
\foreach \i in {0.1, 0.2, ..., 0.4}%
\fill[black!15, opacity=0.7, path fading=fade out]
(0,0) ellipse[x radius=\i, y radius =\i/\factor];
%% the light and the dark arcs
\foreach \i [evaluate={\start=185+10*\i; \finish=355-10*\i;}]%
in {0.1, 0.2, ..., 1.5}{%
\draw[white, opacity=0.04, line width=\i, yshift=0.02cm]
(\start:\xandy) arc (\start:\finish:\xandy);
\draw[black!80, opacity=0.05, line width=\i, yshift=-\height]
(\start:\xandy) arc (\start:\finish:\xandy); }
}
},%
disc bottom/.style = {
code = {
\foreach \i/\opacity in {%
1/20,2/20,3/20,4/30,5/35,6/40,7/60,8/80,9/100,10/100,11/100,12/100}%
\fill [black, fill opacity = 1/\opacity, yshift=-0.03cm] (0,-\height)
ellipse [x radius = \xradius+\i/40, y radius = \yradius+\i/20/\factor];
\path pic {disc};
}
},%
disc top/.style = {
code = {
\foreach \i/\opacity in {%
2/60, 3/55, 4/50,5/40, 6/35, 7/30, 8/20, 9/20, 10/20, 11/20, 12/20,
13/20, 14/20, 15/20, 16/20, 17/20, 18/20, 19/20, 20/20, 21/20, 22/20,
23/20, 24/20, 25/20, 26/20}%
\fill [black, fill opacity = 1/\opacity, yshift=-0.35cm] (0,-\height)
ellipse [x radius = \xradius-\i/40, y radius = \yradius-\i/20/\factor];
\path pic {disc};
}
}
}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\path (0,0) pic {disc bottom} (0,1.4) pic {disc top} (0,2.8) pic {disc top};
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}
UPDATE: the dimensions are parametrizable. But you might need to shift the discs and the shadow below accordingly.
\includegraphics{my-vector}—no need for TikZ. I would recommend you convert whatever you have to PDF first, just for ease of use.