{nodes} is about nodes in {diagrams}.
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TikZ: Node placement best practices in an already cramped figure
How can I place more nodes in an already cramped figure? Here is intended outcome:
Here is my current figure:
I am looking to add the velocity vector notation and the time notations (t_f < ...
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Overlapping nodes in tikz
I used to make a chain diagram in tikz, like described in the manual p. 59 ff, but in contrast to the manual, my nodes are overlapping. I tried to use the "node distance" option but i doesn't seem to ...
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How can I create a queuing node using tikz?
I am a newbie trying to recreate an M/M/1 queue in tikz and would really appreciate any help.
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Alignment of tikz nodes in a chain
How can the north anchors of the nodes in a going to the right chain be aligned in a tikz picture?
As can be demonstrated by the following example, by default they seem to be aligned by the center ...
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rotate node shape in tikz
Edit 1
Claudio gave a nice solution to my question.
But the image should be included in a beamer presentation.
I use for that the option transform canvas={scale=0.5} and this has a side problem ...
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Tikz: placing a node at the intersection of two circles along a hyperbola
I know one can use the intersection package to find the point of intersection but I don't understand how to do it yet.
I would like to label the increasing order of the intersections F^*_2, F^*_1, ...
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Tikz: drawing concentric circles with specified origins and the arc that connects the intersections
I would like to draw a few concentric circles with origins of P1 and P2 where all the circles are greater than the minimum distances. The min distances is where the circles will touch at one point ...
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Styles in TikZ trees not working as expected
I want to draw a "cut-out" region of a tree, and visually underline this by having dashed edges on top and on the bottom of my diagram (to symbolize the levels further up and further down).
I am ...
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tikz center node below 2 other nodes
I want to create a node below 2 other node but place it exactly in the middle of the two nodes. Here's what I have so far...
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\thispagestyle{empty}
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Equal separation between south of one node and north of another
I am new to TikZ and am trying to get these three boxes with equal spacings between the outer frames of the boxes such that the two arrows are the same length. I am going to have a flow chart with ...
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Calculate numerical value for node text in TikZ
I am using a tikzpicture environment to draw a Temperature v composition plot. I do not have exact data so am only mimicking it.
I am aware that I could/should use pgfplots but the issue could be ...
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text in different arrows
maybe someone can help me to get text in arrows and textboxes below
I have just get the arrows like this...
\begin{tikzpicture}
\draw[thick,black](0cm,0) -- ++(0:3cm) -- ++(45:1cm) -- ++(135:1cm)-- ...
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TikZ shaded translated regions defined by boundaries of shape nodes and lines
Given a lattice made up of shapes, how do I shade the regions (and their translates) defined by the boundaries of these nodes and lines going through these shapes?
In my particular case, I have a ...
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Tikzpicture: Fill refuses to work with integer node names [duplicate]
I want to create a 3D-grid of named nodes using nested for loops and then fill some polygon based on the names. For some reason tikzpicture doesn't fill the polygon, although it draws the path ...
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How to make Tikz Node Content fit?
I'm trying to make a decision tree with Tikz, but the text in my nodes overlap. Does anyone know how to fix that? Thanks so much!
\begin{tikzpicture}
\node {{Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, ...
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Nodes near coords gives Undefined Control Sequence
I have the following example of a graph. I want to place the items in the table "Restart" next to the nodes. Everything works until I add "nodes near coords", I get a bunch of errors saying "Undefined ...
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Drawing a root-less graph of nodes with shared children
My aim is to produce a graph as illustrated by the code below: ( I am not yet allowed to post pictures)
\documentclass[tikz]{standalone}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}[node distance=4cm]
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Define tikz node based on pagenodes
I want to define a tikz node called current grid area based on the nodes defined by the tikzpagenodes package. This node is a rectangle that contains the 4 nodes defined in the package; current page ...
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How to define the default vertical distance between nodes?
Use positioning can control the individual vertical position of nodes. But is there any way to control the default vertical spacing?
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
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TikZ triming text based on an other node placement
I am using tikz to create a page layout comprising different nodes, each node containing a bit of text.
The nodes are placed relative to each other.
What I would like to achieve is that for some ...
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Create custom node to draw this
I'm very very new to tikz, I've already done this:
With this code:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[spanish,es-noquoting]{babel}
\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
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What is the nodename.number in the following example?
What is the nodename.number in the following example? For example a.345? Changing number arbitrarily rotates the arrows. How to decide on the numbers so that it remains parallel ?
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Pgfplots: Drawing Arrows Along Contour Plots
I would like to draw "stealth" arrows in place of the "0" labels along the trajectory in the phase portrait pictured below. I decided to draw the trajectory using the contour functionality of ...
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Tikz vertical alignement text and shape
I want to vertically align sans serif font with a rectangle. The following code show the problem:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary[positioning]
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TikZ fit nodes with non-regular shape
I am seeking a better way of doing the following: fitting nodes with a non regular shape, like it is in the MWE. So that I can give a label to the fitted nodes.
\documentclass{standalone}
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Irregular Flowchart using tikz
I have to draw a flowchart similar to Watch the original flowchart here
I have made some changes using the answer provided in this question Flowchart in tikz
and using this code in middle of my tex ...
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Tikz positionning on the baseline
I have the following piece of code
\begin{tikzpicture}
[mainbullet/.style={rectangle, minimum size=0.3cm,draw=orange!100, fill=orange!100,thick}, %
maintitle/.style={rectangle,opacity= 0.5}, %
...
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Align pinned nodes in PGFplots
I'm working with plots generated from matlab2tikz and I have several plot lines close to each other. Labeling them is proving difficult, but I believe a good looking solution could be to list the ...
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Connecting nodes with brace in TikZ
How would be possible to put a brace instead of a "line" connecting nodes and add some text above it with TikZ?
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Using Tikz Fit to draw a node covering a Tikz chains
A chain of nodes is drawn using tikz chains. I would like to draw a rectangle node covering the chain nodes (or, multiple rectangle nodes covering subsets of them). I am using tikz fit.
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Adding nodes to specific positions and without circles around them(but only labels)
Based on a previously asked question by me I already have the following code:
\documentclass [11pt,a4paper] {article}
\usepackage[usenames,dvipsnames,svgnames,table]{xcolor}
\usepackage{amsmath,tikz}
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Drawing lozenges in Tikz
I'm creating a simple flowchart using Tikz, and I'd really like the "decision" nodes to be lozenge-shaped (think "tilted parallelogram") rather than square, in order to fit text better.
Here's a ...
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Problem with left arrow on a flowchart [closed]
I'm making a flowchart for a thesis on math, and i'm having problems doing the straight arrow on the left side. Can someone give me a light about it?
The problem is in
\draw [line] (caixa2.west) ...
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pgfplots: Positioning “node near coord” at the bottom of the bar
I would like to position nodes near coords at the bottom of the corresponding bar, right by the X axis.
Here's what I've got now:
\documentclass{report}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\begin{document}
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node at sloped path and/or not respecting every path/.style [duplicate]
I'm producing a schematic Nyquist plot, and I want to create an arc between the x-axis and a straight line, which should be denoted PM (phase margin). I use the intersections library to find the ...
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how to draw double circle nodes in tikz more clear?
I like the drawing final states in Peter Linz's Book, more clear than final states in tikz. can do it with apply an option in tikz, or other packages?
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Typesetting digraph with weighted edges, varying vertex size, multiple lines in vertex
I would like to draw the graph displayed in the following picture with TikZ and also do some modifications:
Firstly I want to carry the labels of the nodes to the inside as a second line.
For ...
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anchor arrow start position
Attached below is the minimum working example. I would like the arrow to end at the
west anchor of the node "operation". I tried anchor and few other possibilities but they don't seem to affect the ...
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Placing a node on top of lines in TikZ [duplicate]
I'm using TikZ to draw a polytope/simplicial complex and I'd like to label the vertices with their names (which are numbers). However, in the picture below, the node seems to be placed behind the ...
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[Tikz-]Qtree: force direction of single child to left or right?
I'm trying to draw a tree that has internal nodes with only one child, but which must be oriented.
/
\
/\
\
/\
Instead of the typical qtree where said children just "hang":
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How to set node label position with anchor [duplicate]
Actually, I write some notes about programming with Tikz and reading Jake's answer to this question, I asked myself how tikz places the "node label".
I would like to reproduce:
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Adjusting font size with TikZ picture
Taking from the PGF manual,
\begin{tikzpicture}
\draw [help lines] (0,0) grid (3,3);
\coordinate (a) at (rnd,rnd);
\coordinate (b) at (3-rnd,3-rnd);
\draw (a) -- (b);
\node (c) at (1,2) ...
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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 parallelogram with fixed angle, width and height?
I want to draw parallelograms with fixed angle, width and height, but it seems that trapezium in PGF/TikZ cannot specific the height without changing angles.
\documentclass[tikz]{standalone}
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Custom, space-saving ellipse as TikZ node shape?
in some applications, one wants to use ellipses as node shapes in figures, e.g., when in the literature on a subject typically uses ellipses to denote certain things in figures. The problems with ...
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How can I set the TikZ label anchor explicitly?
I want to add a label to a node, but "inside" the node. Something like this:
The manual seems to indicate it might be possible, although no actual key is named.
The ... anchor point for the ...
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Node placement problem
This is my first question in tex.stackexchange. It might be relatively simple problem but I am having difficulties with the placement of the nodes inside graphics.
The problem is that when I try to ...
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decoration nodes not being placed on the circle they are intended to be on
I "placed" some nodes on a circular path but they aren't showing up in the correct place and they aren't even on the circle.
What is going wrong?
\begin{document}
\usepackage{tikz, pgfplots}
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circle node on an ellipse
I want to put this node on an ellipse at about the 35% mark
\node[draw, circle, inner sep = .08cm, scale = .75] (location) {2};
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\usepackage{tikz}
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Drawing a rectangular shape with a border around it in TikZ
Could anyone please tell me how do I draw a rectangular shape with a black border around it?
I want that for all my rectangles in the following TikZ picture:
\documentclass[tikz]{standalone}
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