Questions tagged [tikz-3d]
For questions about projections using {tikz-pgf} including PGF's `3d` library.
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Illustrating Seebeck effect in TikZ
I'm trying to reproduce this image (source) in TikZ.
I have these humble beginnings but I'm a little bit daunted by the 3d objects that would be coming next. Could a TikZ wizard advise me on how to ...
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Symbolic 3d coordinates in TikZ
Warning: answering this question may require some efforts. The purpose of question is to "teach TikZ 3d coordinates". What does that mean? If we define a coordinate in TikZ,
\path (<x>,<y&...
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tikz: curley brace in a non-parallel plane
I am trying to denote some lengthes in a three dimensional tikz figure.
But the result looks weird because the curley braces are not properly transformed.
The transform shape option (which does the ...
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Triangulation of 2-Sphere with Tikz 3D
I am trying to draw the triangulation of a 2-sphere in $\R^3$ that is induced by a tetrahedron using tikz-3dplot.
What I got so far are the sphere and the corners of the tetrahedron as well as edges ...
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Animating a 3d plane
I'm learning how to produce animations in LaTeX. After some trials with different pictures, I would like to animate the following picture and start from the answer that Marmot provided me in this ...
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Outline of 3D plot and shading
I'm trying to draw the outline of a 3D graph (a simple function à la -x^2+y^2) but I don't know how to get the ``envelope'' of that graph.
\documentclass[tikz, border=2mm]{standalone}
\begin{document}...
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pgfplots: How to smoothen a 3D surface plot?
Long time has passed - based on this and this question I would like to know if pgfplots does already support surface smoothening of coordinate based 3D plots in 2019?
Minimum Working Example (MWE):
\...
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pgfplots: How to draw mesh of 3D plot only in y direction (but not in x direction)?
Assumed we draw a simple 3D plot with pgfplots.
Minimum Working Example (MWE):
\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{pgfplots,pgfplotstable}
\usepackage{filecontents}
\begin{filecontents}{testdata....
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Drawing a simple plane in 3D space
I'm trying to produce this simple 3d picture,
but, since it's the first time I draw a 3d pic, I'm not sure about how to get the plane passing through the line X. The following code shows a first ...
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Can't get the hold of the function \tdplotsetrotatedcoords{}{}{}
I'm still trying to get a hold of the function \tdplotsetrotatedcoords{}{}{}.
I give an example:
\documentclass[a4paper,11pt]{article}
\usepackage{tikz, tkz-euclide}
\usepackage{tikz-3dplot}
\...
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Draw a sphere with one handle with Tikz
I would like to draw a sphere with one handle as follows:
I have tried with the following code from Draw a sphere with a handle with TikZ, but this is different from my required image.
\...
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Drawing 3D convolutional neural network block with TiKZ/TeX
I'd like to draw a 3D volume of blocks for representing convolutional network (CNN) using TikZ. Below is a picture I'm trying to re-create:
I've been struggling to create this block for days and ...
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3D pressure field representation
I would like to make a 3d version of the figure below
I can draw the different vectors but I can not represent the cylinder.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{calc,...
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pgfplots - remove xz and yz background planes
I'm trying to get a 3dplot with only xy plane, without z axis and zx and zy planes.
To be clear, this is the best result i've got:
and this is what i'd like to obtain:
Here's the code:
\begin{...
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Drawn 3D prism on tikz
What is the best strategy to recreate this figure in tikz? I would like to add some color gradient to the red "triangular" region (darker at the bottom and lighter on top). Also, the larger side of ...
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How to draw cylinder and cone to finish this drawing?
After a lot of attempts without success, I am asking here:
How to draw a cylinder connecting the two circles?
How to draw a cone from point A to the nearest circle?
\documentclass[tikz,border=5pt]{...
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TikZ PGF: How to develop cell values for 3D graph?
Currently there are some awesome pgfplots around here. I think about something like this one:
Minimum Working Example (MWE):
\documentclass[border=5mm]{standalone}
\usepackage{pgfplots, filecontents}...
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How to remove one of the sides and show the inside of a cuboid
I would like to remove the top side of the following cuboid,
\documentclass[border=3mm,tikz]{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\newif\ifcuboidshade
\newif\ifcuboidemphedge
\tikzset{
cuboid/.is family,
...
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parallelepiped inscribed in cylinder
I 'm trying to draw a simple 3D shape (like parallelepiped or cylinder) with tikz, but I fund too complicated codes.
I want to draw something like this
Is it possible with a simple code?
Thank's ...
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Drawing a perspective ellipse with TikZ
I made the following ellipse in Inkscape
But I would like to draw it within TikZ environment.My final goal is to put this ellipse inside a coordinate system. Using the image from Inkscape, here is ...
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Is it possible to draw this configuration in latex?
I would like to draw this image in Latex.
Here the arrows inside the ellipse represent dipoles. They are polarized by the magnetic field $B$. $d$ is the distance between the two ellipses.
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Drawing 2D shapes using 3D coordinates with tikz
I tried to draw planetary system consisting of Sun-Venus-Earth. My code is
\begin{tikzpicture}[scale=0.1]
%-> DEFINITIONS
%... sizes
\def\srad{10}
\def\erad{3}
\def\eorb{60}
\def\vrad{0.3}
\def\...
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How to draw a 3d horseshoe in TikZ
I am trying to draw an experimental setup involving a horseshoe magnet. I am having difficulty of hiding lines that should not appear, and I am unsure how to use shading to indicate the different ...
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Draw the three cylindrical sections
I want to draw the three conic sections (circle, ellipse and rectangle) where the cylinder and cross sections are colored:
\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{animate}
\...
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Draw the four conic sections
I want to draw the four conic sections (circumference, ellipse, parabola, and hyperbola) as shown in the picture:
MWE:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pst-plot}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{...
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Drawing a node parallel to any of the x, y or z axis in a rotated tridimensionnal picture
I want to draw a node exactly parallel to one of the three axes that are rotated. One solution could be to compute the axis angle relative to the horizontal line but I don't know what is the best way ...
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How to draw an arc for a bullet
My apologies in advance if you feel that this question is more about drawing instead of being technical.
The following diagram is what I want to replicate in Latex:
I believe I have done most of the ...
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pgfonlayer pgfplotstableforeachcolumnelement issue
This is the continuation of this issue and this, where I try to draw normal distributions along the regression line for different x values in 3D.
The problem now is, for all distributions, I try to ...
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How to retrieve regression line to plot normal distribution upon it
This is a continuation of this question.
Below is my current output and problematic area is that brown curve.
I am trying to plot pdf as a 2D graph standing upon the regression line (red).
I am ...
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Marks do not appear in 3D for 3D scatter plot
I am trying a 3d scatter plot as below, however marks are circles, appearing only in 2D always whichever view I choose. I want them to be flat on the X-Y plane. Please let me know how to do it. I ...
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3D arrow with shade and text with tikz
I want to create a figure as shown with latex/tikz. It contains a three-axis space, 3D arrow with text inside and shadows, and 3D-rotated axis titles etc. Only other examples I find are about 3D ...
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How to make this graph?
Is there any software, which provides Latex code, where can I make this graph?
Or could you help me do this using Tikz?
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How to do a planar/multiview/first-angle projection in Tikz?
I need to make quite a few "first-angle projection" in Tikz (see Wikipedia ) for an exercise sheet, so I was wondering if there is a routine to make them?
By this I mean that I could give a certain ...
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TikZ: create break in arc behind diameter?
In the picture below, where the back portion of the great semicircle "ducks behind" the arrow-headed diameter, I manually stopped and restarted the arc drawing on the two sides of the diameter. The ...
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Drawing an arc to this image
I used the result in this post to achieve a rotation of a cone about an 3D axis. I am unsure on how to implement the following to this image:
I would like the imaginary lines that run along the '...
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Improve or simplify this TikZ code for southern hemisphere?
The code below is based upon the answer by @Max to the question Draw lower (southern) hemisphere and great semicircle with "mathematician's" axes orientation.
Question 1. Can the code ...
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Draw lower (southern) hemisphere and great semicircle with “mathematician's” axes orientation
With tikz and tikz-3dplot I want to draw:
the unit lower (i.e., southern) hemisphere; and on that
two great semicircles through the south pole, i.e., point $(x, y, z) = (0, 0, -1)$, the first joining ...
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How to draw circles in an arbitrary plane
I would like to generate the following image of TikZ:
The closest resemblance on the examples is this post. However, I am not sure how to add the circles in the plane of the cubes. Any help is ...
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How to draw the following diagram (a wedge of cheese) using pgfplots or tikz?
I would like to draw the diagram below using either pgfplots or tikz.
I am able to draw a cylinder, using the pgfplots manual, but I don't know how to draw a fraction of a cylinder.
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Drawing 3d grids (cubes)
Reading a few examples, while not being optimal, or organized, I was able to reach the following 3D grid drawn
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{positioning}
\begin{...
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Why objects in tikz3d not rotating?
I use tikz-3dplot and I expect that rectangle, grid and similar objects are rotated along with the rest part of the figure. However, they are drawn as if they are in 2D. How do I force a rectangle to ...
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Tikz: Draw a RGB cube
I am trying to draw a RGB cube using Tikz. Until now I managed to create this cube with color gradients:
\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{3d}
\usetikzlibrary{shadings}
\...
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Tikz 3d trimetric view coordinate calculation bug
I'm trying to draw a line in the x-y-plane and circles in the y-z-plane at constant x position.
Problem is, that the circle is far out of position (x-coordinate of center point of the circle is ...
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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}
\begin{...
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TikZ: How to draw an isometric drawing in tikz
In the below image
top: rectangles
Bottom: isometric views. How to do it in TikZ?
Similar result but not correct...
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\...
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3D Arrow Tips for TikZ/pgfplots
I really like the arrow tips shown in How to get rid of the viewer's (incorrect) axes in an Asymptote 3D graphics and am wondering how to produce this in pgfplots:
I admit I have not tried yet, ...
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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)}, y={(0.0cm,1....
