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Tikz realistic 3D grid

I want to draw a finite set of 3d-points. I have been looking at examples on the web, but I have not found anything to do this (the tricky part seems to be that I only want to draw a discrete number of points).

Can anybody suggest what package (and extension) might be a good one to draw the points in the set {0,1,2,3,4}^3 ?

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  • "(the tricky part seems to be that I only want to draw a discrete number of points)." -- So, you do want the grid lines? – kan Sep 15 '12 at 15:23
  • pgfplots, see the \addplot3 command – cmhughes Sep 15 '12 at 15:25
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Maybe I get your question wrong, but do you you search for something like this:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}

\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
        \foreach \x in {0,1,2,3,4}
            {
                \foreach \y in {0,1,2,3,4}
                {
                    \foreach \z in {0,1,2,3,4}
                    {
                        \fill[black] (\x, \y, \z) circle (0.1);
                    }
                }
            };
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

The result isn't looking quite nice but it draws a dot at any permutation of the coordinates {0,...,4} in 3d space. So there's no further packages or extensions needed, just simple tikZ.

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  • circle (0.1) make things big. An alternative is this: \node[color=black] at (\x,\y,\z) {.}; . Is there a better solution? – Herman Jaramillo Nov 02 '15 at 18:09
  • @HermanJaramillo The circle(0.1) was basically just to demonstrate how it would work. You can basically put every code you like there. – Benedikt Bauer Nov 04 '15 at 16:31
  • you made a good point. Actually we would like to store all those points in an array and use some tikz function to plot them. Is this possible? – Herman Jaramillo Nov 04 '15 at 17:08
  • @HermanJaramillo I'm quite sure it is possible somehow. However, consider to post this as a question of its own, since it will require some more explanation on what exactly you are trying to accomplish. – Benedikt Bauer Nov 04 '15 at 18:55