# Tools for tree diagram

I would like to make a simple scheme looking like tree diagram (structure like this or that). The problem is that all the packages I did try, could make nice binary trees with little information in the nodes. My tree is not binary and I need to put some words on each node, so what tools could you recommend me to try for this?

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somewhat related: tex.stackexchange.com/questions/50391/…. The second answer may be of interest to you. – Harish Kumar Apr 2 '12 at 8:11

I think TikZ can do that without problem and without library. It's possible to add some parameters if you want to change something automatically. You can with the next method to scale without problem.

\documentclass[11pt]{scrartcl}
\usepackage{tikz}

\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}[every node/.style = {shape          = rectangle,
rounded corners,
fill           = blue!40!white,
minimum width  = 3cm,
minimum height = 1.5cm,
align          = center,
text           = white},
blue edge/.style  = { -,
ultra thick,
blue!40!white,
shorten >= 4pt}]

\node(0;0) at (0,0) {Eukaryotes};
\node(1;2)  at (5, 4) {Unikonts};
\node(1;1)  at (5, 2) {Chromalveolates};
\node(1;0)  at (5, 0) {Excavates};
\node(1;-1) at (5,-2) {Rhizaria};
\node(1;-2) at (5,-4) {Plantae\\
(Archeplastida)};
\node(2;1)  at (10,-2) {Conifers};
\node(2;0)  at (10,-4) {Gnetales};
\node(2;-1) at (10,-6) {Angiosperms};

% edges
\foreach \j in {-2,...,2}
{ \draw[blue edge] (0;0.east) -- (1;\j.west); }
\foreach \j in {-1,...,1}
{ \draw[blue edge] (1;-2.east) -- (2;\j.west);}
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}


If you want to modify the position with parameters:

\documentclass[11pt]{scrartcl}
\usepackage{tikz}

\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}[every node/.style = {shape          = rectangle,
rounded corners,
fill           = blue!40!white,
minimum width  = 3cm,
minimum height = 1.5cm,
align          = center,
text           = white},
blue edge/.style  = { -,
ultra thick,
blue!40!white,
shorten >= 4pt}]

% nodes
\node(0;0) at (0,0) {Eukaryotes};
\node(1;2)   at (\dx, 2*\dy) {Unikonts};
\node(1;1)   at (\dx, \dy)   {Chromalveolates};
\node(1;0)   at (\dx, 0)     {Excavates};
\node(1;-1)  at (\dx,-\dy)   {Rhizaria};
\node(1;-2)  at (\dx,-2*\dy) {Plantae\\
(Archeplastida)};
\node(2;1)  at (2*\dx,-\dy)   {Conifers};
\node(2;0)  at (2*\dx,-2*\dy) {Gnetales};
\node(2;-1) at (2*\dx,-3*\dy) {Angiosperms};

% edges
\foreach \j in {-2,...,2}
{ \draw[blue edge] (0;0.east) -- (1;\j.west); }
\foreach \j in {-1,...,1}
{ \draw[blue edge] (1;-2.east) -- (2;\j.west);}
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

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Thanks! I have almost finished my own diagram, however, compiler tells me that it doesn't know key 'tikz/align'. When I remove this line, everything works, but I cannot wrap a line. Could you help me with this? – Pavasaris Apr 2 '12 at 16:10
If you work with pgf 2.00 you need to use text centered instead of 'align=center but It would be preferable to install pgf 2.10. – Alain Matthes Apr 2 '12 at 18:48

An example without coordinates. Run it with xelatex or latex->dvips->ps2pdf

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pst-tree,array}
\begin{document}
fillstyle=solid,linecolor=blue,framearc=0.3](0,0)(3,1.5){%
\shortstack{#1}}\endpspicture}

\pstree[treemode=R,levelsep=2cm]{\Tr[ref=rc]{\PSB{Eukaryotes}}}{%
\Tr[ref=lc]{\PSB{Unikonts}}
\Tr[ref=lc]{\PSB{Chromalveolates}}
\Tr[ref=lc]{\PSB{Excavates}}
\Tr[ref=lc]{\PSB{Rhizaria}}
\pstree[treemode=R,levelsep=4.5cm]{\Tr[ref=lc]{\PSB{Plantae\\(Archeplastida)}%
\pnode(0,0.75){Dummy}{}}}{\def\pspred{Dummy}%
\Tr[ref=lc]{\PSB{Conifers}}\def\pspred{Dummy}%
\Tr[ref=lc]{\PSB{Gnetales}}\def\pspred{Dummy}%
\Tr[ref=lc]{\PSB{Angiosperms}}%
}}

\end{document}
`

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