I would like to be able to transform tikz's predefined patterns. To make things concrete, how should I modify the following code to get the checkerboard pattern to be slanted along with the rectangle?
\draw[pattern=checkerboard light gray,yslant=-.5] (0,0) rectangle (1,1);
This question arose in the following context: In a 3D-picture, I would like to fill paths in the coordinate planes with the checkerboard pattern slanted in the way the coordinate plane is through the perspective defined by my coordinate redefinitions, e.g.,
z={(-.7,-.3)},x={(.9,-.1)}
pgfwill deliberately avoid passing one through, so you'd have to 'step output' and use a raw driver transform. – Joseph Wright Aug 05 '13 at 19:14