Edge-on view of LMC 3D models. First and second row left panels: inversion method to best fit the inferred viewing angle variations with the galactocentric radius R^′ as a continuous surface. First and second right panels: inversion method to best fit the inferred viewing angle variations with both the galactocentric radius R^′ and azimuth ϕ as a continuous surface. We plot a triad that displays the unit vectors in the following directions: W, N, and LOS, being the last the observer’s direction. In the (x, y, z) frame, those vectors are defined by (1, 0, 0), (0, 1, 0), and (0, 0, 1), respectively – see Fig. 11 of Jiménez-Arranz et al. (2023b). To best highlight the tilted bar (left) and outer warp (right), the two 3D models are viewed from different angles, with a difference of Δ ϕ = 70^∘ in the edge-on plane. Top panels (green): LMC Combined complete sample. Central panels (salmon): LMC Combined optimal sample. Bottom panels: For comparison, two N-body simulated LMC analogues from the KRATOS suite (Jiménez-Arranz et al. 2024b), K15 (left) and K21 (right), respectively. These were selected visually for resembling the edge-on views above determined from the data.