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Using form-only patterns with variable: possible TikZ bug
While trying to use a variable pattern in TikZ with varying pattern color, I found that it did not seem to work. Here's a minimal working example:
\documentclass[tikz]{standalone}
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6
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1answer
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TikZ: posticipate execution of type /.code key
I'm trying to create some TikZ keys which allows to easily draw distributed loads on a mechanical structure (or truss). The code I wrote at the moment is:
\documentclass[a4paper]{article}
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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)
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Why do my “to path” arrowheads disappear when I upgrade to PGF 2.10?
Since I upgraded to PGF 2.10, some of my arrows drawn with to don't look right anymore. For instance, they are missing arrow-heads, and some other styles I applied to them have also disappeared. For ...
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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 ...
9
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2answers
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Custom shapes in TikZ
I am trying to define a new shape in TikZ following the instructions of section 75.5 of the manual. Reading the question Drawing mechanical systems in LaTeX, I started to think that a "mechanical" ...
14
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1answer
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Reuse of soft path in fading declaration? Transformation of fadings?
This question led to a new package:
pgf-blur
I have an idea for a fairly realistic-looking fading drop shadow, that works with almost arbitrary node shapes. This would also give a generic ...
3
votes
1answer
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How to get the tikz/font pgfkey value and pass is to \pgfnode command
Let's say that I'm writing a decoration where I use the \pgfnode command in it. It works well but if I change the pgfkey TikZ/font to any dimension, it is not passed to the nodes in the decoration. ...
3
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1answer
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Multiple listings using range markers and PGF's \foreach
I've been trying to include multiple code snippets from a unique source file by using listings's range markers (named lines) and PGF's \foreach macro:
\foreach \x in {1,2,...,8} {
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0
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0answers
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Package clash? Tkz-berge and memoir [closed]
I'm having trouble using memoir and tkz-berge at the same time.
If I use:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tkz-berge}
\begin{document}
Hello world
\end{document}
I can compile without a ...
6
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1answer
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Tikz: redefinition of patterns
I save my TikZ figures in separate files containing all the necessary definitions, so it's easy to reuse them.
In some cases I defined a new pattern, e.g. by
\pgfdeclarepatternformonly{wide ...
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2answers
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How to raise a generic curve. Problem with \pgfdeclaredecoration
The goal I want to obtain is to have a parallel curve to a generic curve defined in a \draw command trough TikZ. To achieve it, I used the TikZ decorations library and the command ...
6
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3answers
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How to learn to create General (Functional) Shadings wifth pgf?
In the section called General (Functional) Shadings in the PGF/TikZ manual, there is an "explanation" of the command to create a general functional shading.
The author of this section assumes that ...
4
votes
1answer
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How to animate a path or how to draw starting fraction of a complex but linear path?
I would like to reproduce something similar to Animating Protocols but with a compound path and not a straight one.
\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{animate}
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1answer
675 views
Using patterns inside pgf shapes
Is it possible to (correctly) use patterns inside a pgf shape definition ? For example, I try to define a shape as a rectangle filled with a pattern, like this
\usetikzlibrary{patterns}
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8
votes
1answer
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Does \let\a=\a do anything more than \relax?
Poking around with \show (and \loggingall) in the TikZ code, I see that the definition of \tikz@command@path (which \path is \let to inside tikzpictures) starts with
\let \tikz@signal@path ...
2
votes
1answer
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Line with transparence changing with TikZ
I'd like to have a colored line that starts with transparent 100 and ends with trasparent, let's say, 30.
I tried this code:
\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
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2
votes
3answers
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Length, surface, and coordinates of a tikz-pgf path
I need to perform computations on the points that belong to a tikz-pgf path. More specifically, I want to know how many points have a y coordinate exceeding a given value, and I want to calculate ...
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vote
1answer
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Installing pgfcore.sty
There is a problem with installing pgfcore.sty file for the beamer package. This file can not be installed from the internet (TeX says file not found) and when I plug this file manually into the ...
4
votes
1answer
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Determine if within a PGF axis environment
Is there an easy way to test whether a macro is called from within an PGF \begin{axis}...\end{axis} environment? One solution would be to define a new environment myself that sets a flag at ...
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2answers
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Flushing PGF commands and local variable
I think I need a way to flush the PGF commands as the reference to \LabelText uses the last value, and not value at the time of invocation. The macro LabelPoint is intended to replace the first ...
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6answers
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What is the easiest way to draw 3D cube with TikZ?
I'm trying to find the easiest way to draw a 3D cube (it's for my UML diagram) with TikZ. Could you please give an example?
Like this:
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votes
2answers
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How to use pgf-math inside an argument?
I response to xport's recent questions, I tried to do the following
\usepackage{pgf}
[...]
\rule{\pgfmathdivide{4}{3}\pgfmathresult mm}{5mm}
Unfortunately, this fails with the following error ...
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1answer
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Does \pgflowlevel{\pgftransformscale{}} do the same as normal tikz scale?
I am wondering the following.
Somebody made a complicated tikz figure (our university logo). Now I am having troubles, because the width and height latex is reporting are not the 'real' width and ...
