plus/minus signs look as 3D objects

Question

I use the following code to draw plus/minus signs

\documentclass{beamer}
\setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{}
\usepackage{tikz}   
\begin{document}
\begin{frame}[fragile,t]
\frametitle{}
\begin{tikzpicture}[scale=.9, transform shape]
\vspace {1.cm}
\draw [thick,orange,fill=yellow] (.25,.25) -- ++(0:.25) -- ++(-90:.25)-- ++(0:.25)-- ++(-90:.25)-- ++(180:.25)-- ++(-90:.25)-- ++(180:.25)-- ++(90:.25)-- ++(180:.25)-- ++(90:.25)-- ++(0:.25)-- ++(90:.25) -- cycle;
\draw [thick,green,fill=green](0,-1) -- ++(0:.75) -- ++(-90:.25)  -- ++(180:.75)-- ++(90:.25)-- cycle;
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{frame}
\end{document}

which gives me

Is it possible to make them look as 3-D objects as any one of the following drawings?

current_user · Answer 1 · 2018-08-05T13:39:04.310

This is just a proposal; it can serve like a “base“ for further things:

\documentclass[border=5pt,tikz]{standalone}
\usetikzlibrary{calc}
\begin{document}
    \begin{tikzpicture}
        \node[inner sep=2cm] (a) {};
        \fill[red] ([xshift=-.5cm]$(a.north west)!.5!(a.north east)$) -- 
                   ([yshift=-1.5cm,xshift=-.5cm]$(a.north west)!.5!(a.north east)$) -- 
                   ([yshift=.5cm]$(a.north west)!.5!(a.south west)$) -- 
                   ([yshift=-.5cm]$(a.north west)!.5!(a.south west)$) -- 
                   ([xshift=1.5cm,yshift=-.5cm]$(a.north west)!.5!(a.south west)$) -- 
                   ([xshift=-.5cm]$(a.south west)!.5!(a.south east)$) -- 
                   ([xshift=.5cm]$(a.south west)!.5!(a.south east)$) -- 
                   ([yshift=1.5cm,xshift=.5cm]$(a.south west)!.5!(a.south east)$) --  
                   ([yshift=-.5cm]$(a.north east)!.5!(a.south east)$) -- 
                   ([yshift=.5cm]$(a.north east)!.5!(a.south east)$) --
                   ([xshift=-1.5cm,yshift=.5cm]$(a.north east)!.5!(a.south east)$) -- 
                   ([xshift=.5cm]$(a.north west)!.5!(a.north east)$) --
                   cycle;
        \draw[red!70!black,ultra thick] ([yshift=-.5cm]$(a.north west)!.5!(a.south west)$) --
                                        ([xshift=1.5cm,yshift=-.5cm]$(a.north west)!.5!(a.south west)$);
        \draw[red!70!black,ultra thick] ([xshift=-.5cm]$(a.south west)!.5!(a.south east)$) --
                                        ([xshift=.5cm]$(a.south west)!.5!(a.south east)$) --
                                        ([yshift=1.5cm,xshift=.5cm]$(a.south west)!.5!(a.south east)$) --
                                        ([yshift=-.5cm]$(a.north east)!.5!(a.south east)$) --
                                        ([yshift=.5cm]$(a.north east)!.5!(a.south east)$) --
                                        ([xshift=-1.5cm,yshift=.5cm]$(a.north east)!.5!(a.south east)$) -- 
                                        ([xshift=.5cm]$(a.north west)!.5!(a.north east)$);
    \end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

The output:

EDIT: Here are some more examples:

\documentclass[border=5pt,tikz]{standalone}
\usepackage{fourier}
\begin{document}
    \begin{tikzpicture}
        \node at (0.02,-0.02) {Hier steht ein kurzer Text};
        \node[blue!70] at (0,0) {Hier steht ein kurzer Text};
    \end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

Output:

And:

\documentclass[border=5pt,tikz]{standalone}
\usetikzlibrary{backgrounds,calc}
\usepackage{times}
\begin{document}
    \begin{tikzpicture}
        \node[blue,text width=1.5cm,align=center,draw,fill=white] (a) {\bf\LARGE\TeX\\[3pt]\normalsize Users\\Group};
            \draw[blue,shorten >=1.2cm,shorten <=.1cm] ([yshift=6]a.west) -- ([yshift=6]a.east);
            \draw[blue,shorten >=1.2cm,shorten <=.1cm] ([yshift=6]a.east) -- ([yshift=6]a.west);
        \begin{pgfonlayer}{background}
            \fill[blue] ($(a.north west)+(-.1,-.1)$) -- ($(a.south west)+(-.1,-.1)$) -- ($(a.south east)+(-.1,-.1)$) -- ($(a.north east)+(-.1,-.1)$) -- cycle;
        \end{pgfonlayer}
    \end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

And here is the output:

Thank you very much. It is very lengthy, but it works fine. – Hany Aug 05 '18 at 14:29 — Hany, Aug 05 '18 at 14:29

score 9 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 05 '18 at 13:34

9

This is what works for 3D marmots

\documentclass{beamer}
\setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{}
\usepackage{tikz}   
\begin{document}
\begin{frame}[fragile,t]
\frametitle{}
\begin{tikzpicture}[scale=.9, transform shape]
\vspace {1.cm}
\shade [ball color=orange] (.25,.25) -- ++(0:.25) -- ++(-90:.25)-- ++(0:.25)-- ++(-90:.25)-- ++(180:.25)-- ++(-90:.25)-- ++(180:.25)-- ++(90:.25)-- ++(180:.25)-- ++(90:.25)-- ++(0:.25)-- ++(90:.25) -- cycle;
\shade [ball color=orange](0,-1) -- ++(0:.75) -- ++(-90:.25)  -- ++(180:.75)-- ++(90:.25)-- cycle;
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{frame}
\end{document}

answered Aug 05 '18 at 13:34

samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz

158,329

Thank you very much. Just one enquiry please. Is it possible to control the colours for example using inner color= , outer color=; and center/angle of shading – Hany Aug 05 '18 at 13:58
2

@Hany No, for this kind of shading you can only set the ball color. But you could try other shading, e.g. radial fo which you can controll the colours with inner color= , outer color= – samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz Aug 05 '18 at 14:02
How to use radial shading? – Hany Aug 05 '18 at 14:03
2

@Hany By using inner color= , outer color= – samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz Aug 05 '18 at 14:03

score 5 · Answer 3 · 2018-08-05T14:24:43.843

Really just for fun, using the tricks of this answer and that answer. This works with annotations of 3D ducks. ;-)

\documentclass[margin=1cm]{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{fadings,decorations.text,calc}
\usepackage{contour}
\contourlength{0.3pt}
\usepackage{calc}
\renewcommand*\sfdefault{ugq}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{soul}
\newsavebox\BlackHole

\newcommand{\blackHole}[1][1cm]{\tikz{%
\shade[ball color=black] circle(#1);}}
\sbox\BlackHole{\blackHole[0.6cm]}


\newcommand{\PlaceCharOverBlackHole}[2][20]{%
\begin{tikzfadingfrompicture}[name=temp]
\node[transparent!0,scale=#1] 
{\contour{black}{\bfseries\sffamily \textcolor{white}{#2}}};
\end{tikzfadingfrompicture}%
\tikz[baseline=(X.base)]{\node[inner sep=0pt,outer sep=0pt,scale=#1] (X) {\contour{black}{\bfseries\sffamily 
\textcolor{white}{#2}}};
\pgfmathsetmacro{\myscale}{1.2*max(width("#2"),height("#2"))/1cm}
\path[path fading=temp,fit fading=false,overlay,scale=\myscale] node {\usebox\BlackHole};}%
}

\makeatletter % from https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/2709/121799
\def\SOUL@soeverytoken{%
 \PlaceCharOverBlackHole[2]{\the\SOUL@token}}
\makeatother

\begin{document}
\so{+}~\so{$-$}~\so{abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz}
\end{document}

plus/minus signs look as 3D objects

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