{nodes} is about nodes in {diagrams}.
8
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1answer
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Add “tangential nodes” to a hobby curve
Is it possible to place nodes along a hobby curve such that the orientation is tangential to the curve. I should add what I mean with tangential: The curved hobby path should represent a curvy street ...
7
votes
3answers
549 views
How to draw a node as a filled circle (dot) to indicate a connection using TikZ and LaTeX?
I have some trouble drawing a control system block diagram using TikZ. I want a certain node to be shown as a dot, indicating a connection. However, the dot is not positioned at the center of the node ...
5
votes
2answers
110 views
Tikz: How do you label a circled node to the left without collisions?
I'm trying to label a circled node in Tikz with some text to the left. The problem is it is colliding with the circle.
For example I have something like:
\begin{tikzpicture}
\node[draw,circle] at ...
7
votes
1answer
173 views
Start line in the corner of a node
Hwo to put start line in the corrner of a A node?
How to force TikZ to draw C-level siblings to the right direction.
\documentclass{beamer}%
\mode<presentation>%
{
\usetheme{Madrid}%
...
5
votes
2answers
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How do I use scopes to apply a style to nodes inside a path?
I want to use nodes inside a single path, in order that I might position one relative to another using the ++(x,y) notation.
However, a scope that I want to use to style the nodes only styles the ...
3
votes
1answer
263 views
Statecharts using TikZ
I haven't found any example of using TikZ for drawing Harel's statecharts notation. There are numerous examples of finite-state automata, but that cannot be applied for statecharts for two reasons: no ...
7
votes
2answers
338 views
How does the 'on grid' node positioning in TikZ actually work?
I thought I knew how the on grid option of TikZ (cf. version 2.10 manual section 16.5.3 pages 186-187) worked, but the results I get are different from what I expected.
I have a minimal example:
...
4
votes
1answer
175 views
How to draw hierarchical boxes with vertical lines of sight? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Creating a node fitting the horizontal width of two other nodes
I would like to draw a hierarchy of boxes where the borders of the boxes are vertically in the same line ...
16
votes
2answers
414 views
How to modify nodes in TikZ to automatically add a line on their top?
In TikZ there is the very flexible node system. As a beginner I am still stumbling over a few details. How can I modify a node or create my own nodes easily? As an example I need a node with a thick ...
7
votes
1answer
172 views
Tikz node and nonalphanumeric characters
I cannibalised some code from the thread Simple speech bubbles, arrows or balloon like shapes in beamer. It works really well, but crashes whenever non-alphanumeric characters are used in the node. ...
1
vote
0answers
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mindmap problem [closed]
When compiling (on debian) the example in http://www.texample.net/tikz/examples/computer-science-mindmap/ I get a strange behavior of the central node (see attached image). have you any suggestion ?
...
7
votes
1answer
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TikZ: text along path as node
I'm using the decorations library to put bended text along a path. That works fine. However, I'd like to have the bended text as a node, so that I can later use it as a reference (for instance to draw ...
5
votes
1answer
582 views
How to rotate a node and text independently in Tikz
How can I rotate the text inside a node independent of the node in tikz? Right now I am using the rotatebox. The other option I tried was to have two overlapping nodes.
Is there a better way to do ...
4
votes
1answer
418 views
How to make different shape nodes in automata in TikZ?
This is my code:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{shapes,arrows,fit,calc,positioning,automata}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}[shorten >=1pt,auto,node distance=7 ...
8
votes
1answer
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Naming the nodes of nodes near coords
I would like to use pgfplots command nodes near coords to get a
list of named node ((no1), (no2), (no3) etc.) that I can use
afterwards to draw some paths that I fail to construct with pgfplots
only.
...
5
votes
1answer
118 views
How to build a trail of nodes from a path?
What I want:
where the yellow line is the path to be transformed. The points inside the yelow line are the nodes after processing.
The only way I found to do this is the intersection between a ...
5
votes
1answer
516 views
Position text next to rectangle in TikZ
Consider the following TikZ code:
\filldraw[fill=black!40!white,thick] (0,1.5) node[above left] {start} rectangle (3.2,2) node[below right] {end} node [midway] {cp} ;
It produces a rectangle at the ...
5
votes
1answer
285 views
Arrow heads as plot marks
I would like to draw a plot and put arrow heads pointing in the
direction of the plot instead of marks.
My first idea was to use the quiver option from pgfplots by
duplicating and stagering the ...
5
votes
1answer
294 views
Nodes with cases with TikZ
I need to make something that should look like this (sorry for such low quality of picture)
So I type this but it's doesn't work correctly:
\begin{tikzpicture}
\node (A) at (0,0) {$ \vec{\bf ...
4
votes
1answer
160 views
Nodes being covered when using “right of” for placing nodes in TikZ
I am using Beamer and TikZ for creating some slides, and I am having some problems with positioning nodes. I incrementally display some nodes, and position them using [right of=previousnode]. On the ...
5
votes
2answers
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creating a fifo symbol with pgfdeclareshape
I'm compiling with:
pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.3-1.40.12 (MiKTeX 2.9 64-bit) (preloaded format=pdflatex 2011.7.8)
pgf 2008/01/15 v2.10 (rcs-revision 1.12)
tikz 2010/10/13 v2.10 (rcs-revision 1.76)
...
8
votes
2answers
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Calculating a common height for nodes with different amounts of text in Tikz
When using labelled nodes (e.g. for a flow chart), their sizes are automatically chosen. One can enforce the same size, which must be known a priori, for multiple nodes by using "large enough" values ...
4
votes
1answer
362 views
Adding arrows, text, and overlaying to two nodes pointing to the same node in beamer and tikz
I would like to create a diagram similar to:
http://www.texample.net/tikz/examples/marketing-distribution-channel/
Instead, I would like for the 2 nodes at the bottom to point to the top node, and I ...
5
votes
2answers
377 views
Node positioning relative to 2 other nodes
I'm wanting to align/position a node relative to 2 others. Basically I'd like everything to be in rows and columns (whose is determined by the largest member). In this specific instance, I'd like node ...
5
votes
1answer
322 views
Node spacing based on node boundaries
TDLR: Is there a way to get the nodes to space based on their 'tips'. Thus avoiding the x-scale=#cm all over the place to get things just right.
I am in the process of converting a bunch of visio ...
5
votes
2answers
242 views
Increase the bending distance of a ``to`` path in TikZ
I have problem with an small graph. The path between the node J and B should to the right of node I.
Is there a way to do this?
\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\pagestyle{empty}
\usepackage{tikz}
...
3
votes
1answer
414 views
Grouping nodes in tikz
For the MWE below:
\documentclass[a4paper,11pt,twoside]{report}
\usepackage[left=2.5cm,right=2cm,top=2cm,bottom=2cm]{geometry}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{amsmath, graphicx, tikz, enumerate, ...
1
vote
1answer
191 views
Making figures (listings) be like tikz node/arrow transitions
I have the MWE as below:
\documentclass[a4paper,11pt,twoside]{report}
\usepackage[left=2.5cm,right=2cm,top=2cm,bottom=2cm]{geometry}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{graphicx}
...
5
votes
2answers
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How to share selected options between different nodes in TikZ?
(I didn't find a better title for the question. Suggestions are welcomed.)
I have created some new shapes in TikZ and I would like to put one of them below another one when a certain key is passed to ...
8
votes
2answers
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multipart node to represent a byte
I am trying to create a multipart node to represent a byte
I wish I could write
\Byte{0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0} or \Byte {0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0} and obtain
\documentclass[12pt]{standalone}
...
8
votes
1answer
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How can I move the position of a label inside a node?
I just started using TikZ an it's amazing. But I can't find out how to change the position of the label inside a node. At the moment I've:
\node (DataAccess) at (0,2) [draw,thick,minimum ...
1
vote
0answers
39 views
pgfplots: How to change the alignment of one single node [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to display labels on points of a tikz plot
I plot a scatter plot using pgfplots and automatically label every single mark with its description. When two marks are ...
3
votes
1answer
526 views
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 ...
7
votes
2answers
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Align the length of two nodes inside a matrix
I wanted to create a node with vertical and horizontal parts. So after some
searching I found that I can achieve this by using a matrix.
I tried the code below:
\documentclass{article}
...
3
votes
1answer
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Slight vertical mis-alignment of cells when using TikZ matrix of nodes
While laying out a bunch of nodes with a TikZ matrix, I noticed slight vertical mis-alignment of nodes.
It seems that words with “tall” letters (p, b, l) shift the box vertically up or down. This does ...
2
votes
2answers
386 views
Using node shapes or self made tikzpicture as image in legend
I am using the solutions of
Using a pgfplots-style legend in a plain-old tikzpicture
and
Legend in tikzpicture
to create a legend in a tikzpicture.
In this legend I need a cylinder as image. I ...
9
votes
2answers
802 views
How to make tikz multipart node parts have uniform size?
When making boxed nodes in TikZ, a common requirement is that the nodes be of equal size. Because TikZ automatically adjusts the size of nodes to fit the contents of the node, this is usually done by ...
6
votes
3answers
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TikZ: Using Loop to Draw Grid of Nodes
I am trying to draw an Ising model (in my case, a grid of nodes with an undirected edge between adjacent nodes on the same row or column) using TikZ. I have the grid of nodes working nicely using a ...
11
votes
1answer
176 views
How can I put “=” in a TikZ node label specified as an option
When I try to put an = symbol into a TikZ node label specified as an option (using label=), I get an error:
Extra }, or forgotten $.
Is there a way to specify = in such cases that I'm missing?
...
21
votes
3answers
525 views
TikZ Nodes not exactly centered
In my solution to draw a plot with point, it was pointed out that the nodes containing \textbullet and $\circ$ were not placed exactly centered at the specified point. I found this hard to believe ...
2
votes
1answer
936 views
Tikz multiline node with center align
I have a problem with nodes in scheme. I need type a node where will be text "Banka melovskych filtru". Each word on a special line with center align.
1
vote
1answer
251 views
Draw a tree with variable node number
I would like to draw a tree in tex that is more like a sketch of a tree: It should contain variable node numbers.
Important is, that the dots are contained in the tree drawn. Is that possible with ...
13
votes
2answers
456 views
Text over rectangular node
I am trying to create a new environment that will contain the following displayed counter (at least something like it):
\documentclass[letterpaper]{article}
\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb}
...
6
votes
1answer
235 views
Custom TikZ node with svg path not clipped
I would like to make a custom node shape with a small picture (on north east) using the svg directive of TikZ, because the picture comes from a svg path.
As you can see with this simple code, the ...
2
votes
2answers
287 views
How to join two arrows with (TikZ) [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Merge arrows with TikZ
Is there a way to join two arrows? They should start from two different nodes, join and point to a third node. That would be great!
here I have a ...
7
votes
2answers
696 views
Center a Node Vertically TikZ
I'm using TikZ to create the following drawing:
So far so good, but now I'd like to center the node with the gray background vertically. Here's its code:
\setlength{\arraycolsep}{2pt}
...
5
votes
2answers
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Set total width of TikZ node / Resize lrbox
I am currently preparing a poster for a conference and
decided to use 'beamerposter' for that purpose.
As I don't really like the standard templates I decided
to go after a design similar to this ...
11
votes
1answer
617 views
How to use “fit” to frame the nodes and labels
I'm using the fit TikZ library to fit a rectangle around two nodes which include labels. However, the rectangle is only fit around the actual nodes, not about their labels:
\documentclass{article}
...
7
votes
4answers
490 views
How create circle node in Tikz with T from lines inside? T made split node to 3 sectors
I woud like create 3 sector circle node. See the following figure
sectors are bounded by lines
10
votes
1answer
511 views
macro for empty nodes in tikz-qtree
I'm trying to define a macro for writing empty nodes in a binary tree using tikz-qtree.
Referring to the code below, I want the string \missing in my code to be replaced by \edge[draw=none]; {} as-is ...
