{arrows} is about drawing arrows, usually in {math-mode} or inside {diagrams}.
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How to set default style for arrow tips in tikz?
I am creating multiple tikz pictures within one document and would like to set the default style of arrow heads for all the pictures to the "latex" style, i.e. like -latex does, so that I don't have ...
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Drawing network protocols
I want to produce network protocols, a very simplified example of which is depicted below:
The protocol has two parties, each of which does some computation and then communicated with the other.
I ...
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Various arrow shapes above letters
I needed to type vectors with bend arrows, (in the debate arrow- bold, I vote for arrow). I did not find anything about that on internet (wording problem may be) but the closest I found was Dot ...
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Possible bug with \implies and \Longrightarrow — there's a dot in the middle of it
I'm using TeXShop 2.43 on Mac OSX 10.6.8 and one of the latest LaTeX releases (I ran an update a few weeks back). My long implication arrows have a dot on either the top or bottom line (see attached ...
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Tikz diagram with stacks and box
I'm trying to make the diagram
in Tikz. I can draw the stacks by adapting this example and the box. But how can I put the description around the boxes.
Also how to add the two arrows between the ...
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TikZ signal flow graphs illustrating Mason's rule
I'm trying to make some Automatic Control charts illustrating Mason's rule, but couldn't find any suitable library. Is there any way to ease the process of creating these with TikZ?
An example can be ...
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Insert a separate mark inside a pgfplots graph
First of all, let me apologize if the title is not enough clear, but I didn't know how to explain myself better.
I have a graph consisting in three different curves that are covering almost the same ...
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reflexive arrow
$$
\begin{array}{c}
\ovalbox{A} \\
\uparrow \downarrow \\
\ovalbox{B} \\
\uparrow \\
\ovalbox{C}
\end{array}
$$
(The fancybox package is used here, so that \ovalbox{B} appears as a capital B in ...
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Enriching \to^*
I am trying to enrich $\to^*$ with a $w$ above it, and the cleanest look I could get was with the {\smash {\overset w \rightarrow}}^* command. However, I believe this to be a pretty ugly solution, and ...
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tikz: Bigger arrowheads, merging lines
I'm trying to add arrows between equations using TikZ and I'm having some issues.
First, I can't figure out how to make the lines thicker and the arrowheads bigger.
Second, I can't figure out how to ...
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Changing arrowheads size in pgfplots axes
I need to change the default axes arrowheads size of pgfplots when using the option axis lines=center. Following this answer, I tried this code:
\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
...
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How can I label \rightleftarrows above and below?
How can I label $\rightleftarrows$ above the top arrow and below the bottom arrow?
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TikZ: How to decorate a path with the open diamond arrow tip that “bends” with the path?
I have a curved path that I want to put an open diamond arrow tip on. Here is a MWE with my best attempt:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{arrows,decorations.markings}
...
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How to draw a not fully-connected elliptic arrow using TikZ?
I want to draw an arrow like this:
I found this question which is kind of similar, but it relies on that the circle is fully drawn. What I want to do is to draw an ellipsis which has a small gap in ...
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1answer
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Larger arrows in xy
I'm trying to make a poster, and have managed to enlarge math symbols in XY for my diagrams, but the arrows are too thin and unless you're right up against the poster, the arrow heads are almost ...
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I want a “Go on to next page” arrow where text is inscribed in arrow
I was wondering how i can create an arrow that says embedded "Go on to next page"
the arrow should be something like the implies arrow or the rightarrow.
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Self loop in an undirected graph using TikZ
How can I create a self loop without a direction on the edge?
\path[every node/.style={font=\sffamily\small}]
(3) edge[loop] node {$e_{1}$} (3);
creates the loop I want but has a direction.
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Commutative diagram with parallel arrows in opposite direction
I have a diagram of the following form, written with the package amscd:
\begin{align*}
\begin{CD}
W @>\phi>> X \\
@V{a}V{b}V @V{c}V{d}V \\
Y @>\phi>> Z \\
\end{CD}
...
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How can I increase arrow-head size in tkz-graph?
How can I increase the size of the head of the arrows in a tkz-graph graph? This question is similar to Is it possible to change size of arrowhead in TikZ/PGF?, but requires an adaptation of the ...
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TikZ rectangle split and edges
This is my first time posting in this site
So I have the following code:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{shapes.multipart}
\usetikzlibrary{arrows}
...
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Curved connector ends with arrow [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to make bend lines/arrows with TikZ?
I draw arrows in TikZ often by that:
\draw [->] (begin_point.south) -- ++(0,-4) -| (end_point.north);
Now I would like to ...
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Distributive arrows in xypic
I am trying to draw "distributive arrows" in xypic, but I can't make it look nice. Here is a MWE:
\xymatrix{a\ar @/^1.4pc/[r] \ar @/^1.4pc/[rrr] &( b &+& c)}
Does anyone know how to ...
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arrows with tikz package
I use tikz, and try draw a directed graph with
\begin{tikzpicture}
\node[draw, circle] (1) {1}; ...
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4answers
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Merge arrows with TikZ
I am still learning to use TikZ and now I find myself in a tight spot.
I want to draw three processes on the lhs and one on the rhs. These processes are represented by a circle. I then want three ...
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votes
1answer
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Setting fill color for TikZ arrow tips only (and not the path itself)
For many TikZ diagrams, I’d like to draw colored (often gray) arrows. I prefer the latex-style arrow tips (from the arrows library). These are filled by using the default background fill color. My ...
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How to draw arrows from cell to cell at the borders of a table
How can I draw arrows from cell to cell at the borders of a table? More precisely I'd like to get something like this:
It would be nice to have a solution using TikZ.
Edit:
Since I have other ...
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votes
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TikZ: Large arrow tips at the end of smooth curves
I have problems with adding a large arrow tip to smooth curves. It works perfect with straight lines, but as soon as I use the edge command, the arrow tips are added to the beginning of the curve ...
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votes
1answer
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Diagonal arrows/vectors not working
For some reason I can't get diagonal arrows/vectors to work. Only the arrowhead shows up - the line is missing. For example, in the following, the first vector is fine (horizontal) but the second just ...
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votes
1answer
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There is a need for (at least) two more dashed arrows in amssymbols : how to produce them?
In birational geometry, we often use dashed arrows to insist on the fact that our maps are not defined everywhere. I wonder how can we produce:
a mapsto dashed arrow joining \mapsto and ...
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Inserting an image properly in a table
I'd like to insert those lines that from "Foo" point to the four different rows in the table.
I've tries inserting an image but it doesn't come out right (please ignore the bad quality of the ...
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Two way arrow as when defining adjoint pairs
How does one write the two arrows that are piled on top of each other in an adjoin pair, where one is pointing to the left and the other to the right?
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Can't draw ending arrow using tikz [closed]
I need that red edges become arrows, I use \draw[->] but the end of the drawn line is the same as the beginning, this is not an arrow!
This is my code:
\documentclass[demo]{article}
...
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How can I draw an arrow from one text element to another? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to draw arrows between parts of an equation to show the Math Distributive Property (Multiplication)?
Suppose I have the following text:
{A, B, C, D, E}
Now I would ...
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votes
1answer
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How to have one straight arrows surrounded by two curved arrows (TikZ)
What is the best way to draw one arrow surrounded by two circular arrows (see image below). This is very easy to do when you have a small number of nodes, especially so when the arrows go from one ...
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votes
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Tell TikZ arrow to terminate prematurely
Is it possible to tell arrows in TikZ to ease off a bit so as to not get within a thousandths of an inch of the target node? In my particular case I am using shadows which are interfering with the ...
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Making an arrow in a pgfplot figure from one point to another?
How can I make an arrow from one point in a tikz picture to another point?
In the following example, I would like to draw an arrow from the word data--which is approximately the coordinate (1982, ...
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votes
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How to draw an arrow to a table cell?
I'd like to draw something like drawing an arrow to a table cell. But in my case the arrow should be in the right side. Could you please change the following code:
\documentclass{article}
...
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votes
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covering map arrow
I am trying to draw an arrow going down similar to these we usually see in topolgy books. For example, when we study covering spaces we usually put the covering space and then an arrow and then the ...
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votes
1answer
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TikZ arrowheads to match xy-pic?
I’d like to make arrow tips in TikZ that match with xy-pic’s standard arrowheads. The methods from this similar question look appropriate, but I thought I’d check first: has anyone else already ...
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How to make a thick line connect completely with the side of a box in TikZ?
In my figure, I have a thick line that connects with the side of a box. However, the line does not connect completely with the box. Also, the line covers part of the box (which I don't want).
So, I ...
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votes
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Align arrow to text box with Tikz?
I'm new to TikZ, and I can't seem to figure out how to align lines to a text box.
In the figure below, the bottom arrow is aligned exactly how I would like (from the upper right corner of box C to ...
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votes
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Adding Arrows to Lines Drawn in TikZ
I am using the markup listing from Draw comparison lines between two listings.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{listings}% http://ctan.org/pkg/listings
\usepackage{tikz}% http://ctan.org/pkg/pgf
...
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\upharpoonright problem [closed]
Sometimes \upharpoonright prints the "restriction" (as it is supposed to do) on the output text file, but sometimes it prints horizontal bars (on top of the line) - which I don't know how to correct.
...
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Matrix with arrows and labels
I would like your advice on writing a matrix with latex. In order to explain the meaning of the rows and columns, the matrix should be surrounded by two arrows, one on the left side pointing downward ...
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How can I visualize Matrix operations?
I would like to visualize some matrix operations like that:
How can I do that (preferably something that also works for mathjax)?
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votes
1answer
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Declaring an arrow for chemical equilibrium (steady-state arrow)
I tried to create an steady state arrow with pgfarrowsdeclare and pgfsetinnerlinewidth which seems to have no effect, when placed in the arrow declaration. So the following code shows my solution, ...
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Tikz: Arrowheads in the center
For arrows I have gone through options like ->, ->>, <-, <<- but havent found one for making the arrowhead appear in the center of the line of the curve (something like ->-) How do I do it in ...
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“Broken” arrow symbol
In his pretty awesome book “Undergraduate Algebraic Geometry” M. Reid uses (e.g. see page 4) symbol of “broken” arrow (which looks quite a like dash+space+short arrow : “- →”) for partially ...
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How to draw just the arrow tip in TikZ
How can one draw "just the arrow tip" from one of the arrows in the arrow tip library in TikZ?
The problem is that if you try a brute-force solution, eg.
\tikz \draw[-triangle 90] (0,0) -- +(.1,0);
...
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Drawing Multiple Diagonal Arrows in a Table
My question is basically the same as this one, but with many arrows instead. (I'd like to see the TikZ solution--I feel like once I get it here, I'll be able to extrapolate and do it in other cases ...
