\documentclass{article} \usepackage[pdftex,active,tightpage]{preview} \setlength\PreviewBorder{2mm} \usepackage{tikz} \usepackage{tikz-3dplot} \begin{document} \begin{preview} \tdplotsetmaincoords{70}{110} \begin{tikzpicture}[scale=3,tdplot_main_coords] \draw[thick,->] (0,0,0) -- (1,0,0) node[anchor=north east]{$x$}; \draw[thick,->] (0,0,0) -- (0,1,0) node[anchor=north west]{$y$}; \draw[thick,->] (0,0,0) -- (0,0,1) node[anchor=south]{$z$}; \tdplotsetcoord{O}{0}{0}{0} \tdplotsetcoord{P}{.8}{50}{70} %draw a vector from origin to point (P) \draw[-stealth,color=red] (O) -- (P); %draw projection on xy plane, and a connecting line \draw[dashed, color=red] (O) -- (Pxy); \draw[dashed, color=red] (P) -- (Pxy); \tdplotsetthetaplanecoords{70} \draw[tdplot_rotated_coords,color=blue,thick,->] (0,0,0) -- (.2,0,0) node[anchor=east]{$x'$}; \draw[tdplot_rotated_coords,color=blue,thick,->] (0,0,0) -- (0,.2,0) node[anchor=north]{$y'$}; \draw[tdplot_rotated_coords,color=blue,thick,->] (0,0,0) -- (0,0,.2) node[anchor=west]{$z'$}; \end{tikzpicture} \end{preview} \end{document}