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How to clip a TeX box using low-level PS commands?
I like to clip an arbitrary TeX box (\hbox) but without using larger graphic related packages like PGF/TikZ or PSTricks. This is intended to be used in packages which should not force the user to also ...
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How to Reverse Clip on Custom Path Defined by Ellipse Intersections
Suppose I have two ellipses with known locations, major and minor axes, and rotation angles. What I would like to do is define a custom path that primarily uses one ellipse but follows the other at ...
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TikZ: complicated paths, e.g. for complex integrals
I would like to illustrate lecture notes on complex analysis, which by its nature is a lot about how the lines of integration are running through the complex plane. However, I'm having trouble finding ...
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Tikz clip shapes with another (built in) shape
I have some geometry that I need to clip. I would like to use the built in node shapes like diamonds, stars, etc...
http://www.texample.net/tikz/examples/node-shapes/
Basically I use standard tikz ...
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How to control borders of intersected nodes (rectangles)
I am trying to superpose 2 rectangles; one blue, one red, and have the intersection area with a mix of blue and red. I have problems with the borders though.
I am not getting the thickness of the ...
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How is the interior of a path determined when reverse clipping?
I'm been playing around with [reverseclip] from How can I invert a 'clip' selection within TikZ?. It works quite well. When you apply [reverseclip] it seems to add another part to your ...
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Clipping tikz and raster pictures zigzag style
Is there a way to achieve this kind of clipping for raster images as well, not only for tikz pictures? -- Solved, see Edit #1.
Are there any easier solution to achieve this with TikZ? -- Solved, see ...
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Clipping a formula to make a nice compliment
I just found a nice cartoon and wonder if this is possible with LaTeX as well.
If you draw "128 \sqrt{e 980}" on the blackboard (sqrt written with the root character) and erase the approximately ...
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change draw color in a clipped region in tikz/pgf
I use \clip to clip a rectangular region of a drawing in a tikzpicture. I would like to have the lines in the clipped region to have a different color than their color in the original drawing. Would ...
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How to clip overlaying surfaces/paths instead of filling them with white?
The following code
\newcommand*{\arcthickness}{0.3}
\newcommand*{\myarc}[4]{ % x,y,radius,text
% node is positioned by splitting the arc in two parts
% see ...
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Draw only part of a rectangle in Tikz
How can I draw only parts of a rectangle? I want to omit a small part of the rectangle to put some text in. As I'm using various complex rectangles, I do not want to construct own "open rectangles".
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Drawing full nodes whose center is not clipped by some path
Goal
I would like to draw full nodes whose center is not clipped by some path.
How the solution would possibly work?
To be better understood I would describe it in two steps:
clip before drawing ...
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PGF/TikZ Clipping & Drawing: How to customize lines?
I have gotten some undesirable behavior with PGF/TikZ related to clipping and drawing paths with different color, say gray. So I tried with no success to exchange between \clip[draw=gray], ...
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How to scale and clip a path at the same time?
Again, i started a question here, and i found the solution. But i think this method maybe useful for others.
The problem: i exported the TikZ code of one path from Inkscape; then, i wanted to use it ...
