{coordinates} is about using coordinates in diagrams.
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Coordinate system along line
I would like to draw a coordinate system along some lines in a framework for a structural course. This little coordinate system is called local coordinate system.
At the moment the framework looks ...
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Relative coordinates in PSTricks
TikZ gives us the ease of using relative coordinates, like in the following example.
\documentclass[border=3mm]{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{calc}
\begin{document}
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Extracting x, y coordinates of an arbitrary point in TiKZ while using yscale and xscale
Inspired by Extract x, y coordinate of an arbitrary point in TikZ, I am trying to use the x coordinate of a point to draw another element.
However, when I use the yscale and xscale commands, the ...
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How to draw and annotate a spherical coordinate system
For some lecture script I am preparing I would need some descriptive images showing how to work with spherical coordinates as often seen in textbooks, i.e. a globe and some descriptive arrows ...
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illegal unit of measure in tex code created from dot2tex
I am using dot2tex to convert some code from graphviz into LaTeX (PSTricks) drawings. However, I get following error
! Illegal unit of measure (pt inserted).
<to be read again>
l.21 ...
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placing invisible links at certain coordinates?
Does anybody know if this is possible using TikZ?
I'm trying to create links over a picture that i have layed on the background of a frame or at least placing them on some nodes in a TikZ code.
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Pass a coordinate via pgfkeys
I'm using 3dplot to draw in 3D. Now I want to define my own environment, called pose, that is supposed to be used inside a tikzpicture-environment. It should perform a coordinate system tansformation ...
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How do I set top left position as the anchor for a node (TikZ)
Is there a way to position a node in terms of left/right coordinates of bounding rectangle? It appears to me that I can only specify center position.
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Drawing on multiple images inside the same tikzpicture, how to get the right transformation of coordinates?
Following Drawing on an image with TikZ, I've had many succesful instances of drawing on a picture with TikZ.
However, now I have a tikzpicture environment with several graphics, and I want to draw ...
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How can I do an affine coordinate transformation in pgfplots?
It is possible to perform a general affine coordinate transformation in TikZ by combining the shift, x, and y keys (or just the generalized cm key to set the coordinate matrix and shift). This allows ...
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Color influences layout?
To verify a layout template, I use eso-pic. In this example, all boxes should start at 20mm from the left, but as soon as I use \color...put \color...put the X-coordinates of the boxes are deferred.
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How to position one node relative to another node at a certain angle in TikZ taking the nodes' size into account?
I asked a question before about how to position a node relative to another node at a certain angle in TikZ, and the answer I got there was that you can use the \path (node1) ++(angle:distance) node ...
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Transform defined coordinates in TikZ
Say I have a triangle with vertices defined using
\coordinate (a) at (0,0);
\coordinate (b) at (1,0);
\coordinate (c) at (0,1);
Let us denote by T(x,y) the triangle defined by (a),(b) and (c) which ...
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How to draw a coordinate system with LaTeX?
I want to draw a coordinate system like this:
I would like to specify the width and height of the coordinate system and where the origin begins (upper left corner). I also want to specify the x and ...
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tikz coordinate calculations gone wild
I'm quite a bit baffled why my coordinate calculations are coming out so differently. All coordinates are where I expect them to be, except coordinate Z.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
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How to reference an axis label, e.g. xlabel
I'm new to that forum but it already helped a lot, thanks for this!
But now I really got stuck. Basically I'm looking for a possiblity to reference the xlabel of an axis in a TikZ picture. The ...
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tikz: placing nodes relative to the bounding box coordinates
I have a tikzpicture,in this case a blue rectangle, that will produce a bounding box, here visualized by the green background. I would now like to place a node in the top left corner of the bounding ...
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pgfplots - Placing Nodes on x Coordinates of a Plot
I want to plot some graphs in pgfplots and want to place nodes on the exact same x coordinate of the plot. The position of the note has to be set in x direction but free in y direction.
Here is one ...
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TikZ: difference between \node and \coordinate?
What is the difference between \node and \coordinate in TikZ? Exchanging them does no visual effect in my (to be honest: still simple) pictures.
When to use what?
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Tikz - Using calculated coordinates inside the plot function [closed]
I'm wondering if its possible to use calculated coordinates inside the function plot, somehow like this:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{calc, positioning}
...
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TikZ change coordinate system so Y points downwards
How can I change the default coordinate system of TikZ, so the Y coordinates go downwards, instead of upwards. This is because in the picture I'm trying to draw it is more natural to reference points ...
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Error with TikZ's Fitting Library when using coordinates
I try to use the TikZ's Fitting Library with coordinates but it didn't compile.
In the manual of TikZ we got
This option must be given to a node path command. The coordinates or nodes should be a ...
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normal coordinate system in tikz using parallel curves
I have a wavey looking curve and would like to show the corresponding normal coordinate system, which is defined by arclength along the curve and (signed) distance from the curve. So there should be ...
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Reverse labels without reversing the coordinates in circuitikz
How do I flip the label to the bottom without having to flip the coordinates?
\documentclass[preview, american, convert]{standalone}
\usepackage[siunitx]{circuitikz}
\begin{document}
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Computed coordinates are all the same?
It's embarrassing question time. Why are my computed coordinates all showing up at the same location? The larger filled quarter circles are drawn with:
current page.\x
where \x is south west, ...
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Problem with external graphics and 3D pgfplots
I want to include an external graphics with pgfplots. I tried to follow the instructions of the manual (p45 et seq.) as carefully as possible. But the result is hoorible as hell.
Here is the code I ...
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perspective tikz figure 3d
I want to rotate my figure, like here below:
\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{tikz-3dplot}
\begin{document}
\tdplotsetmaincoords{180}{0}
...
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How can I create one variable for coordinates?
Currently, if I want to make my TikZ images independant of coordinates, I use
\newcommand\AX{0}
\newcommand\AY{1}
Can I create one coordiante for one point? How can I access the x-part or the ...
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Handling lists of coordinates (min, max, merge, sort) [closed]
I'd like to write a macro following the idea (in bold at the end of this question). I need a little help:
How can I find the min/max of a list of coordinates (along some dimension)?
How can I merge ...
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Curve synthesis - Adding many (mostly piecewise linear) curves
It's a follow-up to a previous question. If I could have a macro out of the solution over there, it would have been great but then I couldn't make it.
The following code (to be added to the one in ...
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Curve synthesis - Adding two curves to get another one
Case 1:
Let's say I have a few coordinates (A), (B), (C), (W), (X), (Y), and (Z) (possibily obtained through intersection, rotation, and whatnots).
I draw two piecewise linear curves through (A), ...
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Using TikZ coordinates in expressions?
I would like to be able to calculate two new \coordinates by starting from two existing coordinates. I have defined two coordinates c1 and c2. A minimal example would be
\documentclass{report}
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extract x value from coordinate in TikZ
maybe I'm stupid, I looked at the many examples in which somehow shows the work with the coordinates, but I don't understand it. Simple example - I have:
\begin{tikzpicture}
\coordinate ...
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Setting coordinate system for TiKZ picture
I'd like to use TiKZ to generate stand-alone PDF diagrams programatically. I have an application that generates simple geometry of lines and arcs etc and I'd like to create (using e.g. Ruby) TikZ ...
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Circuitikz - IC circuit with relative coordinates
I've represented an IC circuit using circuitikz, but it's a bit too rough to what I prefer. In particular I would like to use relative coordinates in this case and connect them to the ``IC device'' so ...
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Box plots with symbolic x coords
I'd like to use box plots with pgfplots.
As an additional feature, I'd want my x coordinates to be symbolic.
Currently, only the last line from the file data/gp.dat is plotted.
It works fine, if I use ...
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Transforming “rel axis cs” to absolute coordinates?
I've got two plots arranged vertically using \matrix. I'd like to draw a vertical line, that spans over both plots with a margin of 1cm at the top and at the bottom. The starting point of the line ...
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Formatting of coordinates?
In case I want to describe the pixels of a picture with cartesian coordinates, how would I properly typeset the coordinates?
Is p_\mathrm{x}, p_\mathrm{y} correct or rather c_x, c_y?
x and y represent ...
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How to specify a Tikz coordinate relative to a node?
is there a simple idiom (one not using the calc library) to specify a Tikz coordinate relative to a node?
Something like \coordinate (x) [right=of A]; instead of \node (x) [draw=none, right=of ...
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Is there a better way to do intersections and calculations with relative coordinates in TikZ?
I've been doing many TikZ diagrams lately and every so often I encounter a situation where I am forced to use some temporary coordinate in a \path. In the following short example, the problem is ...
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tikz, tikz circuits, relative coordinates
I am trying to draw a dimensioned line, <---- 2 cm ---- > in the x, and y directions on a circuit diagram. Using absolute coordinates, there is no problem. However, the display is faulty using ...
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Tikz - How to determine the coordinates in fill
How to create Candle Symbol in LaTeX
I previously asked a question about making candle light and got amazing answers. To todd's answer I have another question which would help understand basics of ...
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Using TikZ absolute coordinates
I wonder is that possible to use absolute coordinates regarding all document?
Please see my example
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\filldraw[red]
...
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Pgfplots: How to get the data to be shown by hours instead of days? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
pgfplot: Datafile format for datetime field
The solution to the following problem is probably very straightforward, but I've yet to find the right solution.
I'm trying ...
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How to create a macro with two or three ;-separated arguments?
I want to create in 2D a point with \defpoint(1;2){A} and in 3D with \defpoint(1;2;-5){A}. I prefer a solution with TeX but it would be interesting to see if LaTeX3 is useful in this situation. I ...
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Coordinates A, B: compute |B-A| and angle between +x and (B-A)
This question has two parts:
why is the angle computed always 0 (should be 45)
what is a straightforward way to compute distance between coordinates (there is How can I compute the distance between ...
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How can I compute the distance between two coordinates in TikZ?
Given two points (defined, for instance using nodes), I want to compute the distance between them.
Is there some build in functionality in tikz to do this?
If not, how can it be done using the ...
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Global Coordinates
How can I declare coordinates in a block and access them from outside of the block?
\begin{tikzpicture}
\foreach \x / \y in {
1 / 3,
2 / 8,
3 / 14,
}{
\coordinate (N\x) at ...
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How to use trigonometric functions in tikz coordinates [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Problems with TikZ calculations
I am trying to get the following arrows to get lengths defined by a trigonometric function, in this case cos.
This was my attempt, but it ...
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Problems with TikZ calculations
When can I use functions and do calculations in TikZ?
How do I make this work:
\draw (0,0) arc(0:90:sqrt(15)); %not ok
why is this working:
\draw (0,0) arc(0:asin(1):5); %ok
with ...
