Drawing aircraft fuselage

Question

I have this image...

I want to replicate this in LaTeX but also have dimensions in one of the windows. Something like this...

How could I do this using TiKZ whilst also maintaining the feel and shape of an actual aircraft like in the image, and adding the dimensions thing as well?

The 'Draw an aircraft with Tikz' question does not answer this question.

This seems to be identical to https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/534026/drawing-aircraft-fuselage you could edit that question and ask that it be re-opened rather than just posting again. It does not seem substantially different from the question on drawing a whole aircraft. Rather than just asserting the answers to that do not help it might be better to start with one of the answers there then ask for help adapting it — David Carlisle, Mar 26 '20 at 19:03
why do you want to re-draw the aircraft why not include an image and just draw the dimension arrows over the window? — David Carlisle, Mar 26 '20 at 19:04

score 16 · Answer 1 · 2020-04-10T19:20:02.647

It is very easy to draw such things, just tedious. For the future I'd kindly ask you to provide some code that at the very least defines the colors, sets some dimensions and so on, so that others do not have to start from scratch.

\documentclass[tikz,border=3mm]{standalone}
\definecolor{wt}{RGB}{210,215,219} % frame top
\definecolor{wb}{RGB}{151,154,162} % frame bottom
\definecolor{w}{RGB}{49,66,89}     % window
\definecolor{pt}{RGB}{242,242,242} % plane top
\definecolor{pb}{RGB}{208,209,213} % plane bottom
\definecolor{wf}{RGB}{85,96,110}   % inner frame
\definecolor{blind}{RGB}{115,119,128}      % blind
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}[>=latex,pics/fuselage/.style={code={
        \tikzset{fuselage/.cd,#1}%
        \def\pv##1{\pgfkeysvalueof{/tikz/fuselage/##1}}%
        \fill[w,rounded corners=\pv{r}-\pv{d}]
            (-\pv{w}/2+\pv{d},-\pv{h}/2+\pv{d}) rectangle (\pv{w}/2-\pv{d},\pv{h}/2-\pv{d});
        \clip [rounded corners=\pv{r}]
            (-\pv{w}/2,-\pv{h}/2) rectangle (\pv{w}/2,\pv{h}/2);    
        \fill[blind] (-\pv{w}/2,\pv{h}/2-\pv{b}) rectangle (\pv{w}/2,\pv{h}/2);
        \fill[wf,xshift=1.3pt,yshift=-1.3pt,even odd rule]
            [rounded corners=\pv{r}]
            (-\pv{w}/2,-\pv{h}/2) rectangle (\pv{w}/2,\pv{h}/2)
            [rounded corners=\pv{r}-\pv{d}]
            (-\pv{w}/2+\pv{d},-\pv{h}/2+\pv{d}) rectangle (\pv{w}/2-\pv{d},\pv{h}/2-\pv{d});            
        \draw[top color=wt,bottom color=wb,even odd rule] 
            [rounded corners=\pv{r}]
            (-\pv{w}/2,-\pv{h}/2) rectangle (\pv{w}/2,\pv{h}/2)
            [rounded corners=\pv{r}-\pv{d}]
            (-\pv{w}/2+\pv{d},-\pv{h}/2+\pv{d}) rectangle (\pv{w}/2-\pv{d},\pv{h}/2-\pv{d});            
}},fuselage/.cd,h/.initial=1.4cm,w/.initial=1cm,
    d/.initial=0.7mm,r/.initial=4mm,b/.initial=2mm]
 \path[top color=pt,bottom color=pb] (-4,-3) rectangle (4,3);
 \path foreach \X in {0,...,3} {(-3+2*\X,0.5) pic{fuselage}};
 \draw[|<->|] (1-0.425,0.5) -- (1+0.425,0.5) node[pos=0.75,above]{$a$};
 \draw[|<->|] (1,0.5-0.625) -- (1,0.5+0.625) node[pos=0.75,left]{$b$};
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

ADDENDUM: Per request a version with passengers. (These are not necessarily animals, among the TikZlings there is a snowman and three beings.)

\documentclass[tikz,border=3mm]{standalone}
\usepackage{tikzlings}
\definecolor{wt}{RGB}{210,215,219} % frame top
\definecolor{wb}{RGB}{151,154,162} % frame bottom
\definecolor{w}{RGB}{49,66,89}     % window
\definecolor{pt}{RGB}{242,242,242} % plane top
\definecolor{pb}{RGB}{208,209,213} % plane bottom
\definecolor{wf}{RGB}{85,96,110}   % inner frame
\definecolor{blind}{RGB}{115,119,128}      % blind
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}[>=latex,pics/fuselage/.style={code={
        \tikzset{fuselage/.cd,#1}%
        \def\pv##1{\pgfkeysvalueof{/tikz/fuselage/##1}}%
        \fill[w,rounded corners=\pv{r}-\pv{d}]
            (-\pv{w}/2+\pv{d},-\pv{h}/2+\pv{d}) rectangle (\pv{w}/2-\pv{d},\pv{h}/2-\pv{d});
        \clip [rounded corners=\pv{r}]
            (-\pv{w}/2,-\pv{h}/2) rectangle (\pv{w}/2,\pv{h}/2);    
        \fill[blind] (-\pv{w}/2,\pv{h}/2-\pv{b}) rectangle (\pv{w}/2,\pv{h}/2);
        \tikzling[scale=0.6,yshift=-2cm]    
        \fill[wf,xshift=1.3pt,yshift=-1.3pt,even odd rule]
            [rounded corners=\pv{r}]
            (-\pv{w}/2,-\pv{h}/2) rectangle (\pv{w}/2,\pv{h}/2)
            [rounded corners=\pv{r}-\pv{d}]
            (-\pv{w}/2+\pv{d},-\pv{h}/2+\pv{d}) rectangle (\pv{w}/2-\pv{d},\pv{h}/2-\pv{d});            
        \draw[top color=wt,bottom color=wb,even odd rule] 
            [rounded corners=\pv{r}]
            (-\pv{w}/2,-\pv{h}/2) rectangle (\pv{w}/2,\pv{h}/2)
            [rounded corners=\pv{r}-\pv{d}]
            (-\pv{w}/2+\pv{d},-\pv{h}/2+\pv{d}) rectangle (\pv{w}/2-\pv{d},\pv{h}/2-\pv{d});            
}},fuselage/.cd,h/.initial=1.4cm,w/.initial=1cm,
    d/.initial=0.7mm,r/.initial=4mm,b/.initial=3mm]
 \path[top color=pt,bottom color=pb] (-4,-3) rectangle (4,3);
 \path foreach \X in {0,...,3} {(-3+2*\X,0.5) pic{fuselage}};
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

These are randomly chosen TikZlings, in each compilation you will get a random set. If you do not like this randomness, use \pgfmathsetseed{<int>} where int is an integer.

@AlexG Here is a version with photo-realistic passengers. ;-) — , Mar 26 '20 at 21:20
@Schrödinger'scat Just for curiosity, could you add the code of the animals picture you've done in the comments please. — dave, Apr 10 '20 at 19:13
@Sebastiano No. it is highly unfair. The bear should not have gotten the business class seat! — , Apr 10 '20 at 19:29
@Schrödinger'scat But the bears are the same! Are they brother and sister? — Sebastiano, Apr 10 '20 at 19:30
@Sebastiano I really do not know, but the airline must have made a mistake giving them so good seats. — , Apr 10 '20 at 19:31
@Schrödinger'scat A note...in your fuselage is missing the long line. Please, can you see the initial picture of the OP? — Sebastiano, Apr 10 '20 at 19:32
@Sebastiano Just add \draw[gray,thin] (-4,-1.5) -- (4,-1.5); under \path[top color=pt,bottom color=pb] (-4,-3) rectangle (4,3);. — , Apr 10 '20 at 19:37
Unless seats have been seriously rearranged since the last time I was on an airplane, I hope this one is on the ground, because that view of passengers means that they haven't buckled their seat belts. — barbara beeton, Apr 10 '20 at 20:32
@barbarabeeton Some time after take-off it is fine to unbuckle, especially if you are as lucky as the TikZlings who got upgraded. — , Apr 10 '20 at 20:38

Drawing aircraft fuselage

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