Questions tagged [tikz-3dplot]
This tag is for questions related to the tikz-3dplot package for enhancing the TikZ coordinate system to 3D.
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How can I draw a filled plane using tikz/closedcycle
I want to make a 3-D figure with a spatial diagram line and draw its projections onto the three axes planes. For better visibility, I want to mark the projections' positions with shaded planes. The ...
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How to add stripes/layers to a Tikz cube
I have the following cube and I would like to add stratified layers/stripes vertically, i.e. travelling in the x_1 direction I come across a red layer, then blue layer, then red, then blue etc. How ...
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What package is being used to generate these 3d plots? and advice on how to efficiently produce similar figures without hand-drawing everything
In the following 4800 pages long topology book one can see lots of images like this: At the moment I am writing a document (Using Lyx) in which I would like to include similar plots. Does anyone ...
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Selectively Shift Axis Ticks in 3D Plot
I am currently working on a 3D surface plot in which both x-, and y-axis are logarithmic. The issue I am facing and why I am posting is that the measurements are too close to each other, and I hence ...
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tikz-3dplot: Changing the default length unit from pt to cm
For the following, is it possible to change the default length unit to be cm so that the red and blue texts overlay each other? \documentclass[border=5pt]{standalone} \usepackage{tikz} \usepackage{...
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Help with drawing stress tensor in cylindrical coordinates in tikz
I want to draw stress tensors in cylindrical coordinates like in the figure below. I have been able to draw stress components on the surfaces normal to the $z$ and $r$ directions, but I have not found ...
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points with "node label" fails to create closed region with cycle and fill it
The title and contents below have been edited to reflect the current problem and culprit. I think it is not specific to 3dtools or tikz-3dplot but the inherent feature of TikZ where we cannot make a ...
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How can I draw this box in 3D ? I am unhappy with that I have
I need to draw a 3D box comprising two half cylinders on either side attached to a cuboid with square holes. I have managed to accomplish this. But I am not happy with what I have now. For one, it ...
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Clip 3D shape in tikz
I do not know if this is possible: when I create this basic 3D figure, I would like the flat surface to follow the curvature of the sphere when they meet, giving a more clear 3D view. Here the code: \...
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PGFPlots and the gradient of a function
Tonight, I discovered that pgfplots can generate automatic vortices (gradient), i.e., level curves, using the contour lua= option when compiling with LuaLaTeX. I made some modifications to the code ...
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Managing vortex and spiral behavior in PGFPlots
I am trying to draw a vector field in pgfplots, but I am encountering issues that I can't solve despite various attempts. Specifically, I want the vortices or spirals to be dependent by the vector ...
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Drawing a 3D vector field with vortices and perspective axis labels
I am trying to draw a 3D box showing a vector field in the xy-plane, similar to what you might get for a fluid velocity V in physics. Here is an example of what I would have: the blue arrows that ...
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\tikzsetnextfilename (externalize) with \tdplotsetmaincoords (3d-plot) and tikzscale
Where is the mistake or incompatibility? If I comment out tikzsetnextfilename everything works as expected. Consider the following setup (Windows machine, MikTeX installation): <project_directory&...
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How i can do this ( I don't know how to adjust the brackets of angels) [duplicate]
How i can do this ( I don't know how to adjust the brackets of angels)
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Help recreating an image using TikZ [closed]
I'm useless with Tikz, my limit is very simple 2D plots. I need to try and reproduce something along the lines of the figure I am attaching here. Is anyone able to provide any guidance as to where to ...
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