Directory graphics/pgf/contrib/lua-tikz3dtools
Package Name: lua-tikz3dtools
Package Version: v2.3.0, 2026/01/22
GitHub: https://github.com/Pseudonym321/TikZ-Animations/tree/master1/TikZ/lua-tikz3dtools
Author Name: Jasper Nice
This work is licensed under the LaTeX Project Public License, version 1.3c or later.
Description:
Lua-tikz3dtools is a toolkit for making 3D illustrations with TikZ. It is specialized for the illustration of properly occluded 3D math illustrations composed of line segments and triangles; for example, this includes tessellates surfaces and curves.
Change Log:
v1.0.0:
- Robust triangle sorting, rudimentary line segment sorting.
- Division by zero handling.
- Clipping of individual planes by rectangular prisms.
- Geometric vector commands.
v1.1.0:
- Robust primitive sorting, so long as they do not intersect, and do not cyclically overlap.
- Arrow tips for curves
v2.0.0:
- nearly robust clipping
v2.0.1:
- robust partitioning of tiles which are capable.
v2.1.0: November 22, 2025
- filterinng of surfaces clipped by planes.
- partitioning
- bug involving partitioning in perspective
- bug involving partitioning into degenerate triangles (edge case)
v2.2.0 November 29, 2025
- lighting added
- luatikztdtoolspicture environment added
- small bug fixes
v2.3.0 January 22, 2026
- went back to the tikz environment
- made the code object oriented
- improved the lighting
Future goals:
- calculus based automatic sampling of surfaces
- cyclic overlap eleimination for occlusion
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lua-tikz3dtools – Not-so-experimental LuaLaTeX package for 3D illustrations in TikZ
This package improves on existing 3D capabilities in TikZ. In particular, the package enables z-sorting of multiple triangulated parametric objects and uses elaborate clipping and occlusion logic. The parametric objects are defined using pgfkeys, and endeavor to enable user customization.
All of the 3D math is handled in Lua, and the results are projected onto the 2D TikZ canvas. The user is enabled to use linear, affine and projective transformations on their parametric objects.
| Package | lua-tikz3dtools |
| Repository | https://github.com/Pseudonym321/TikZ-Animations/tree/master1/TikZ/lua-tikz3dtools |
| Version | 2.3.0 2026-01-22 |
| Licenses | The LaTeX Project Public License 1.3c |
| Maintainer | Jasper Nice |
| Contained in | TeX Live as lua-tikz3dtools MiKTeX as lua-tikz3dtools |
| Topics | Graphics 3D Graphics LuaTeX PGF TikZ |
