\documentclass[tikz]{standalone} \usepackage{tikz-3dplot} \begin{document} \tdplotsetmaincoords{70}{130} \begin{tikzpicture}[tdplot_main_coords, scale=5] %% Definition of the different styles \tikzstyle{init} = [black] % initial base \tikzstyle{prec} = [blue] % 1st intermediate base \tikzstyle{nuta} = [red] % 2nd initial base \tikzstyle{rotp} = [green] % final base \tikzstyle{base} = [thick, -stealth] % Base layout \tikzstyle{angle} = [thick, -latex] % Draw arcs for angles \tikzstyle{circle} = [thin, dashed] % Drawing circles %% Geometric parameters \def\epsi{15} % Precession angle drawn \def\etheta{15} % Nutation angle drawn \def\ephi{15} % Own rotation angle drawn \def\rang{0.7} % Radius used to draw angles %% Trace % Initial mark \coordinate (O) at (0,0,0); \draw[base, init] (O) -- (1,0,0) node[anchor=north east] {$\overrightarrow{x}$}; \draw[base, init] (O) -- (0,1,0) node[anchor=north west] {$\overrightarrow{y}$}; \draw[base, init] (O) -- (0,0, 1) node[anchor=south] {$\overrightarrow{z}$}; % Precession \tdplotsetrotatedcoords{\epsi}{0}{0} \draw[tdplot_rotated_coords, angle, prec] (O) --(1,0,0) node[anchor=north east] {$\overrightarrow{u}$}; \draw[tdplot_rotated_coords, angle, prec] (O) --(0,1,0) node[anchor=west] {$\overrightarrow{v}$}; \tdplotdrawarc[tdplot_rotated_coords, circle, prec] {(0,0,0) }{1}{0}{360}{}{} \tdplotdrawarc[tdplot_rotated_coords, angle, prec] {(0,0,0)} {\rang}{90-\epsi}{90}{anchor=north east, prec}{$\psi$} \tdplotdrawarc[tdplot_rotated_coords, angle, prec] {(0,0,0)} {\rang}{-\epsi}{0}{anchor=north east, prec}{$\psi$} % Nutation \tdplotsetrotatedcoords{\epsi}{\etheta}{0} \draw[tdplot_rotated_coords, base, nuta] (O) --(1,0,0) node[anchor=north east] {$\overrightarrow{w}$}; \draw[tdplot_rotated_coords, base, nuta] (O) --(0,0, 1) node[anchor=south east] {$\overrightarrow{z}_1$}; \tdplotsetrotatedthetaplanecoords{0} \tdplotdrawarc[tdplot_rotated_coords, circle, nuta] {(0,0,0) }{1}{0}{360}{}{} \tdplotdrawarc[tdplot_rotated_coords, angle, nuta] {(0,0,0)} {\rang}{90-\etheta}{90}{anchor=south west, nuta}{$\theta$} \tdplotdrawarc[tdplot_rotated_coords, angle, nuta] {(0,0,0)} {\rang}{-\etheta}{0}{anchor=south, nuta}{$\theta$} % Proper Rotation \tdplotsetrotatedcoords{\epsi}{\etheta}{\ephi} \draw[tdplot_rotated_coords, base, rotp] (O) --(1,0,0) node[anchor=north] {$\overrightarrow{x}_1$}; \draw[tdplot_rotated_coords, base, rotp] (O) --(0,1,0) node[anchor=west] {$\overrightarrow{y}_1$}; \tdplotdrawarc[tdplot_rotated_coords, circle, rotp] {(0,0,0) }{1}{0}{360}{}{} \tdplotdrawarc[tdplot_rotated_coords, angle, rotp] {(0,0,0)} {\rang}{90-\ephi}{90}{anchor=west, rotp}{$\varphi$} \tdplotdrawarc[tdplot_rotated_coords, angle, rotp] {(0,0,0)} {\rang}{-\ephi}{0}{anchor=north, rotp}{$\varphi$} \end{tikzpicture} \end{document}