I want to plot blocks (transportation pallets). Each block has 0.8m width, 1.2m depth, and 2.15m high, and they are placed horizontally (only one block height) grouped 2x2, 3x3, 4x4, 5x5, 6x6, 7x7 blocks.
I have been testing the two solutions of "Need help creating a 3D cube from a 2D set of nodes in TikZ " but I do not know how to adapt the code to my problem.
For example, I would like to change the cuboids dimensions of this example:
\documentclass[parskip]{scrartcl}
\usepackage[margin=15mm,landscape]{geometry}
\usepackage{tikz}
\newif\ifcuboidshade
\newif\ifcuboidemphedge
\tikzset{
cuboid/.is family,
cuboid,
shiftx/.initial=0,
shifty/.initial=0,
dimx/.initial=3,
dimy/.initial=3,
dimz/.initial=3,
scale/.initial=1,
densityx/.initial=1,
densityy/.initial=1,
densityz/.initial=1,
rotation/.initial=0,
anglex/.initial=0,
angley/.initial=90,
anglez/.initial=225,
scalex/.initial=1,
scaley/.initial=1,
scalez/.initial=0.5,
front/.style={draw=black,fill=white},
top/.style={draw=black,fill=white},
right/.style={draw=black,fill=white},
shade/.is if=cuboidshade,
shadecolordark/.initial=black,
shadecolorlight/.initial=white,
shadeopacity/.initial=0.15,
shadesamples/.initial=16,
emphedge/.is if=cuboidemphedge,
emphstyle/.style={thick},
}
\newcommand{\tikzcuboidkey}[1]{\pgfkeysvalueof{/tikz/cuboid/#1}}
% Commands
\newcommand{\tikzcuboid}[1]{
\tikzset{cuboid,#1} % Process Keys passed to command
\pgfmathsetlengthmacro{\vectorxx}{\tikzcuboidkey{scalex}*cos(\tikzcuboidkey{anglex})*28.452756}
\pgfmathsetlengthmacro{\vectorxy}{\tikzcuboidkey{scalex}*sin(\tikzcuboidkey{anglex})*28.452756}
\pgfmathsetlengthmacro{\vectoryx}{\tikzcuboidkey{scaley}*cos(\tikzcuboidkey{angley})*28.452756}
\pgfmathsetlengthmacro{\vectoryy}{\tikzcuboidkey{scaley}*sin(\tikzcuboidkey{angley})*28.452756}
\pgfmathsetlengthmacro{\vectorzx}{\tikzcuboidkey{scalez}*cos(\tikzcuboidkey{anglez})*28.452756}
\pgfmathsetlengthmacro{\vectorzy}{\tikzcuboidkey{scalez}*sin(\tikzcuboidkey{anglez})*28.452756}
\begin{scope}[xshift=\tikzcuboidkey{shiftx}, yshift=\tikzcuboidkey{shifty}, scale=\tikzcuboidkey{scale}, rotate=\tikzcuboidkey{rotation}, x={(\vectorxx,\vectorxy)}, y={(\vectoryx,\vectoryy)}, z={(\vectorzx,\vectorzy)}]
\pgfmathsetmacro{\steppingx}{1/\tikzcuboidkey{densityx}}
\pgfmathsetmacro{\steppingy}{1/\tikzcuboidkey{densityy}}
\pgfmathsetmacro{\steppingz}{1/\tikzcuboidkey{densityz}}
\newcommand{\dimx}{\tikzcuboidkey{dimx}}
\newcommand{\dimy}{\tikzcuboidkey{dimy}}
\newcommand{\dimz}{\tikzcuboidkey{dimz}}
\pgfmathsetmacro{\secondx}{2*\steppingx}
\pgfmathsetmacro{\secondy}{2*\steppingy}
\pgfmathsetmacro{\secondz}{2*\steppingz}
\foreach \x in {\steppingx,\secondx,...,\dimx}
{ \foreach \y in {\steppingy,\secondy,...,\dimy}
{ \pgfmathsetmacro{\lowx}{(\x-\steppingx)}
\pgfmathsetmacro{\lowy}{(\y-\steppingy)}
\filldraw[cuboid/front] (\lowx,\lowy,\dimz) -- (\lowx,\y,\dimz) -- (\x,\y,\dimz) -- (\x,\lowy,\dimz) -- cycle;
}
}
\foreach \x in {\steppingx,\secondx,...,\dimx}
{ \foreach \z in {\steppingz,\secondz,...,\dimz}
{ \pgfmathsetmacro{\lowx}{(\x-\steppingx)}
\pgfmathsetmacro{\lowz}{(\z-\steppingz)}
\filldraw[cuboid/top] (\lowx,\dimy,\lowz) -- (\lowx,\dimy,\z) -- (\x,\dimy,\z) -- (\x,\dimy,\lowz) -- cycle;
}
}
\foreach \y in {\steppingy,\secondy,...,\dimy}
{ \foreach \z in {\steppingz,\secondz,...,\dimz}
{ \pgfmathsetmacro{\lowy}{(\y-\steppingy)}
\pgfmathsetmacro{\lowz}{(\z-\steppingz)}
\filldraw[cuboid/right] (\dimx,\lowy,\lowz) -- (\dimx,\lowy,\z) -- (\dimx,\y,\z) -- (\dimx,\y,\lowz) -- cycle;
}
}
\ifcuboidemphedge
\draw[cuboid/emphstyle] (0,\dimy,0) -- (\dimx,\dimy,0) -- (\dimx,\dimy,\dimz) -- (0,\dimy,\dimz) -- cycle;%
\draw[cuboid/emphstyle] (0,\dimy,\dimz) -- (0,0,\dimz) -- (\dimx,0,\dimz) -- (\dimx,\dimy,\dimz);%
\draw[cuboid/emphstyle] (\dimx,\dimy,0) -- (\dimx,0,0) -- (\dimx,0,\dimz);%
\fi
\ifcuboidshade
\pgfmathsetmacro{\cstepx}{\dimx/\tikzcuboidkey{shadesamples}}
\pgfmathsetmacro{\cstepy}{\dimy/\tikzcuboidkey{shadesamples}}
\pgfmathsetmacro{\cstepz}{\dimz/\tikzcuboidkey{shadesamples}}
\foreach \s in {1,...,\tikzcuboidkey{shadesamples}}
{ \pgfmathsetmacro{\lows}{\s-1}
\pgfmathsetmacro{\cpercent}{(\lows)/(\tikzcuboidkey{shadesamples}-1)*100}
\fill[opacity=\tikzcuboidkey{shadeopacity},color=\tikzcuboidkey{shadecolorlight}!\cpercent!\tikzcuboidkey{shadecolordark}] (0,\s*\cstepy,\dimz) -- (\s*\cstepx,\s*\cstepy,\dimz) -- (\s*\cstepx,0,\dimz) -- (\lows*\cstepx,0,\dimz) -- (\lows*\cstepx,\lows*\cstepy,\dimz) -- (0,\lows*\cstepy,\dimz) -- cycle;
\fill[opacity=\tikzcuboidkey{shadeopacity},color=\tikzcuboidkey{shadecolorlight}!\cpercent!\tikzcuboidkey{shadecolordark}] (0,\dimy,\s*\cstepz) -- (\s*\cstepx,\dimy,\s*\cstepz) -- (\s*\cstepx,\dimy,0) -- (\lows*\cstepx,\dimy,0) -- (\lows*\cstepx,\dimy,\lows*\cstepz) -- (0,\dimy,\lows*\cstepz) -- cycle;
\fill[opacity=\tikzcuboidkey{shadeopacity},color=\tikzcuboidkey{shadecolorlight}!\cpercent!\tikzcuboidkey{shadecolordark}] (\dimx,0,\s*\cstepz) -- (\dimx,\s*\cstepy,\s*\cstepz) -- (\dimx,\s*\cstepy,0) -- (\dimx,\lows*\cstepy,0) -- (\dimx,\lows*\cstepy,\lows*\cstepz) -- (\dimx,0,\lows*\cstepz) -- cycle;
}
\fi
\end{scope}
}
\makeatother
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\tikzcuboid{%
shiftx=0cm,%
shifty=0cm,%
scale=1.00,%
rotation=0,%
densityx=1,%
densityy=1,%
densityz=1,%
dimx=4,%
dimy=2,%
dimz=4,%
front/.style={draw=blue!75!black,fill=blue!25!white},%
right/.style={draw=blue!25!black,fill=blue!75!white},%
top/.style={draw=blue!50!black,fill=blue!50!white},%
anglex=-7,%
angley=90,%
anglez=221.5,%
scalex=1,%
scaley=1,%
scalez=0.5,%
emphedge=false,%
shade,%
shadeopacity=0.15,%
}
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}
That has 2 layers of blocks when I want to plot only 1 layer, and the xyz dimensions of the cubes are the same, and I would like to change the x, y and the z dimension of the cuboids.
I have also tested the second solution, and also I was not able to get the result I am looking.
If possible, I would like also to place a label with the total dimension of each group of blocks at the x, y, and z dimensions. I do not know if it is possible that the text of the labels can be aligned with the same side angles of the figure. For example, in the case of a 2x2 group of blocks will be in the x dimension 1.6m, the y dimension 2.15 m (only one level of blocks) and the z dimension 2.4m.
EDIT
Using marmot's solution below, and
scalex=0.8,%
scaley=2.0,%
scalez=0.5,%
I would like to place text with the dimensions of each side of the group. For example:
