Cfrgtkky

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, but adapting something like the solutions from Cut-off cone in TikZ seems a bit much, so before I pursue that thought I would see if this was already available in some 3D library.

The code below is a reduced version from Drawing Axis Grid in 3D with Custom Unit Vectors and sets up a basic 3d axis and grid.

Code:

documentclass[border=3pt]{standalone}



usepackage{xparse}

usepackage{tikz}

usetikzlibrary{3d}



NewDocumentCommand{DrawCoordinateGrid}{O{} m m m m m m}{%

    defXGridMin{#2}

    defXGridMax{#3}

    defYGridMin{#4}

    defYGridMax{#5}

    defZGridMin{#6}

    defZGridMax{#7}

    %

    begin{scope}[canvas is xy plane at z=0, thick, red]

      draw [#1] (XGridMin,YGridMin) grid (XGridMax,YGridMax);

    end{scope}

    begin{scope}[canvas is yz plane at x=0, thin, blue]

      draw [#1] (YGridMin,ZGridMin) grid (YGridMax,ZGridMax);

    end{scope}

    begin{scope}[canvas is xz plane at y=0, thin, orange]

      draw [#1] (XGridMin,ZGridMin) grid (XGridMax,ZGridMax);

    end{scope}

}%



NewDocumentCommand{DrawCoordinateAxis}{O{} m m m m m m}{%

    defXAxisMin{#2}

    defXAxisMax{#3}

    defYAxisMin{#4}

    defYAxisMax{#5}

    defZAxisMin{#6}

    defZAxisMax{#7}

    %

    begin{scope}[thin, gray, -latex]

        draw [#1] (XAxisMin,0,0) -- (XAxisMax,0,0) node [below left] {$x$};

        draw [#1] (0,YAxisMin,0) -- (0,YAxisMax,0) node [right] {$y$};

        draw [#1] (0,0,ZAxisMin) -- (0,0,ZAxisMax) node [above] {$z$};

    end{scope}

}%



begin{document}

begin{tikzpicture}[

    x={(1.0cm,0.0cm)}, y={(0.0cm,1.0cm), z={(-0.5cm,-0.1cm)}}% All grids are ok

    ]



    DrawCoordinateGrid{0}{4}{0}{4}{0}{4}

    DrawCoordinateAxis[thick, black]{0}{5}{0}{5}{0}{5}

end{tikzpicture}

end{document}

Update

It's possible to get a better integration. The first try gives this code

documentclass{scrartcl}

usepackage{tikz}

usetikzlibrary{3d}   

begin{document}



newcommand*elevation{20}

newcommand*anglerot{-50}

pgfmathsetmacroxc{cos(anglerot)}   

pgfmathsetmacroxs{sin(anglerot)} 

pgfmathsetmacroyc{cos(elevation)}   

pgfmathsetmacroys{sin(elevation)}

newcommand*axexthreed{xs*1cm,-xc*1cm} 

newcommand*axeythreed{yc*1cm,-ys*1cm}

newcommand*axezthreed{0cm,1cm} 



newcommand*{arrowthreeD}[3]{%

draw[#1!50!black,

     ball color=#1,

     shift = {#2},

     rotate=#3]

     (0,0) -- (75:.8mm) arc (75:105:.8mm)--cycle; 

}

begin{tikzpicture}[x = {(axexthreed)},

                    y = {(axeythreed)},

                    z = {(axezthreed)},

                    scale = 4]

   begin{scope}[canvas is zy plane at x=0]

     draw[green!50!blue] (.5,.5) circle (.5cm); 

     draw [green!50!blue,step=.1] (0,0) grid (1,1);  

   end{scope}

   begin{scope}[canvas is zx plane at y=0]

     draw[blue!50!red] (.5,.5) circle (.5cm); 

     draw [blue!50!red,step=.1] (0,0) grid (1,1); 

   end{scope} 

   begin{scope}[canvas is yx plane at z=0]

     draw[red!50!green] (.5,.5) circle (.5cm);

     draw [red!50!green,step=.1] (0,0) grid (1,1);   

   end{scope} 



draw[red]   (0,0,0) -- (.95,0,0)    node[red,left=6pt]    {$x$}; 

draw[green] (0,0,0) -- (0,.95,0)    node[green,right=6pt] {$y$}; 

draw[blue]  (0,0,0) -- (0,0,.95)    node[blue,above=6pt]  {$z$};       

arrowthreeD{blue}{(axezthreed)}{180}

arrowthreeD{red}{(axexthreed)}{anglerot} 

arrowthreeD{green}{(axeythreed)}{90-elevation}    

end{tikzpicture} 

end{document}