{pgfplots} is a package for creating 2D and 3D plots of mathematical functions and numerical data, using the PGF graphics framework. For questions about the inbuilt plotting functionality of TikZ/PGF, use {tikz-pgf} instead.
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Remove the scientific notation which is unreasonable
From the original data, we know that they are nearly 0.087 rather that 0.087 x 10^-2. Why is there scientific notation (10^-2)? It looks ridiculous. Please help me figure it out.
Thanks very much!
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pgfplots dollar sign in node, adjust space between bars
I'd like to format the nodes in this bar chart with $ signs (e.g $275). (The sets of bars could also be closer together; perhaps that should be another question.)
The answer is probably out there ...
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1answer
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Undefined control sequence \text when importing Matlab figures
I'm following a tutorial to import Matlab figures through tikz, however after trying to compile the .tex file I get the following error:
ABD: EveryShipout initializing macros (./mysphere.tikz
! ...
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Evince does not read patterns properly [closed]
I found a bug of Evince not showing correctly TikZ patterns. If you compile the following code and open the generated pdf with evince you will see. The same happens with nautilus preview. With Acrobat ...
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Exact scaling with TiKZ-scale
I am using tikzscale to scale all my figures to the same size. This works quite nicely, but sometimes there is a difference in the scaled width. I can manually tweak the scale parameter (using pdfcrop ...
4
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1answer
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Plot basic complex transformation in LaTeX
I want to first draw a shaded region on a xy-plane:
0≤x
0≤y≤π
and then the image of the above region mapped onto a uv-plane by the transformation f=exp(z), i.e. the shaded region:
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6
votes
1answer
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Pre-defined color cycles à la RColorBrewer?
When I have multiple line plots in pgfplots, the colors of the lines cycle through a few colors (my guess is the colors are blue, red, black and dark khaki) before repeating with different marks. See ...
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votes
2answers
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Placing text inside graphs using pgfplot
My node markers disappear using this code. Is there a better way to do this?
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}[domain=0:3]
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1answer
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PGFplots axis with arrow tips at the end
By using the following code:
\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{axis}[xmin=0,xmax=40,ymin=0, ymax=42, xlabel=Φρούτα,ylabel=Γάλα]
\addplot [color=Blue] coordinates {
(0 ,40)
(20, 30)
(30, ...
4
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1answer
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Changing the format to a plot ticks (using pgfplots)
Dera all:
I'm using pgfplots to plot the data from the table below (forst vs. fourth column),
3000 1.2970e+00 0.198956 0.258046
3100 8.6050e-01 0.18747 0.161318
3200 ...
4
votes
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Multiple Y-axis plot (4 Ys YY-YY)?
Can someone help me creat a figure like the attached one which is generated by Origin Lab?
According to Jack's suggestion, I made my tex code as follows. The last thing I have to complish is the ...
6
votes
2answers
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Adding jitter to a straight line
I have found a post about: How to add a jitter to a scatter plot with pgfplots. I'd like to add jitter to a straight green line to recreate this graph..
Would this be the best way do you think? Also ...
4
votes
1answer
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Modified pattern does not see the pattern color option
I have modified the north east lines pattern to accept a \LineSpace option that sets the density of the pattern (see the question Can I control the density of a pattern in TikZ?). The code works very ...
3
votes
2answers
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Pgfplots \closedcycle introduces unwanted slope
I'm trying to plot two graphs with the area between them filled. This works fine, except for the fact that the \closedcycle does not go down vertically, but rather at some (arbitrary?) slope, circled ...
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votes
2answers
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how can I change the exponential value to decimal?
I want to make my plot completely in decimal. I used the function
\pgfkeys{
/pgf/number format/precision=1,
/pgf/number format/fixed zerofill=true
}
to make my decimal like 2.0 instead of ...
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votes
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Bug with smooth style and \closedcycle in PGFPlots
Could you please confirm the bug?
\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz,pgfplots}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{axis}[axis lines=middle,xmin=0,ymin=0]
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vote
0answers
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Free space in bar-chart with empty entries
I would like to plot some data set with the ybar option of pgfplot.
But not all entries are nonzero.
The zero entries waste space between the bars and when the plot gets crowed it is not clear anymore ...
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vote
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Gap between xaxis and bars in tikzpicture
I am adding a bar chart with tikzpicture and I am getting a strange gap between the bars and the y axis. Am I doing something obviously wrong? Because my other bar charts works fine... Should I ...
4
votes
1answer
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Adjusting the distance between label and axis in pgfplots
The single label of following plot is intersected by the curve. How can I make it a little far from axis and point to axis by a dashed line?
\documentclass[border=5mm]{standalone}
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vote
1answer
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Strange behavior with \draw within axis environment
Consider the following snippet of code:
\documentclass{standalone}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{axis}
\draw[-latex,cyan] (axis cs:0,0) -- (axis cs:1,1);
\addplot coordinates ...
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votes
1answer
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How to change the scale between ticks
Is it possible to change the spacing between two ticks?
4000-3000 = 3000-2000 = 2000-1500 = 1500-1000
\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{groupplot}[
group style={
group name=my plots,
...
4
votes
1answer
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Consistent distance between bar plot groups of different sizes
I'm trying to make a bar plot where i always have one single bar paired against multiple bars. Two problems arise -- first, the first bar is assumed to have 6 other bar buddies and gets pushed to the ...
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votes
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How to add a regression line to randomly generated points using pgfplots in Tikz?
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{color}
\usepackage[active,pdftex,tightpage]{preview}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\usepackage{pgfplotstable}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
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4
votes
1answer
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Problem importing a table containing dollar signs in pgfplots
I use pgfplot for plotting (obviously).
I load a table from a file, but I have the problem that my columns can have a dollar sign in them and then LaTeX complains:
! Extra }, or
forgotten $.
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3
votes
2answers
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Distance of the labels from the axis
I am a beginner with the package TikZ. I am using pgfplots to produce a very simple plot. The code I am using has been copied from an example found on the web, but my output is different from the ...
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How to turn off the axis in tikz plot? [duplicate]
Anyone knows how to let the axis disappear from my plot.
\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{axis}[colorbar]
\addplot3
[surf,faceted color=blue,
samples=15,
domain=0:1,y ...
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votes
2answers
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Add text around the X label
Fig 1 is generated by Matlab, and the following code is created using Matlab matlab2tikz package. The different between Fig. 1 and Fig.2 is the position of % symbol. Fig.2 is produced by the converted ...
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vote
1answer
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Legend entry with curve fits
I am plotting two data sets with curve fits added manually (by defining two functions). How can I edit my legend entry to combine the data points and lines into one icon? So instead of having four ...
4
votes
1answer
51 views
Display problems when plotting large datasets (unwanted spikes)
I have a problem concerning pgfplots and large datasets. I have the following minimal example:
\documentclass{scrartcl}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{pgf}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
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Unsung Heros - PSTricks, TikZ, pgfplots,
While watching presentations (mostly made with beamer) at my university I noticed, most people here use LaTeX to create there presentations which is really nice. (not just for the health of my eyes)
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Using `external` selective for TikZ-pictures
For the following example:
\documentclass{beamer}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{calc,external}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\tikzexternalize
\begin{document}
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votes
1answer
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pgfplots: How to fix the number of yticks?
With max space between ticks= it is possible to set space between ticks, but I would like to setup the number of ticks, so all my graphs will look similar. I would be happy with 4 ticks, so if y vary ...
4
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pgfplots: percentages and endvalues in stacked ybar
I have two questions regarding the pgfplots package. I have attached the source code I worked on. There are two features I am not able to realize:
I would like to put the total value (sum of the ...
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votes
2answers
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colored dotplot with pgfplots
How can I control the color of a dotplot created with pgfplots?
I tried the point meta key, but apparently I did not get it right, since it is not respected.
\begin{edit}
I would also like to have ...
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votes
1answer
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Adding extra ticks inside the axis environment
I am wondering if it is possible to add extra ticks to a plot without declaring them in the options of \begin{axis}. Consider the following example, where I would like to have the coordinates of the ...
5
votes
1answer
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Change font family in pgfplots (followup)
The MWE below shows that the solution at How can I change the font family in pgfplots? does not cover all the cases. The digits in the plot itself and the subscript in math mode in the title need ...
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votes
1answer
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How do I zoom a rectangle area in pgfplots adding a gray background even for the axis labels?
The background to this question is: I want to "zoom" into a certain area of a function and show it a little bigger. Furthermore, I want to put a gray rectangle as a background of the zoomed area, ...
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votes
0answers
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Increasing dateplot's resolution to seconds
These three dots should be spread out over a period of 50 seconds, but for some reason they all appear at 13:00:30.
\documentclass{minimal}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\usepgfplotslibrary{dateplot}
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3
votes
1answer
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Scaling a multi-column TikZ/pgfplots groupplot to page width
I am trying to scale a pgfplots groupplot with multiple (and variable numbers of) subplots to match the \textwidth of a document.
What I found is that there seems to be no direct relationship between ...
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votes
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externalize pgfplots, and only pgfplots
I would like to externalize the plots in my document (using pgplots), but not other inline stuff, such as bonds automatically drawn by chemmacros. That is, in the following test document:
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votes
1answer
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! Dimension too large
I keep getting the error Dimension too large when i make my \Desktops{80} and my \DTUnits{20} however if I change my \DTUnits{14} it works, can someone help me please?
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2
votes
1answer
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pgfplots “dimension too large” with 3D graphic from external source
I want to include a 3D plot that I created in R.
The plot is prepared according to the example given for Matlab in the pgfplots manual.
I cropped the whitespace around the saved png, added ...
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votes
1answer
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How to Graph Floor/Ceiling Functions in LaTeX (PGFPlots)
I am trying to make a graph of some floor/ceiling functions for examplep the floor of 3x+2 like this: http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=graph+of+floor%283x%2B2%29#=.
However, I searched through ...
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votes
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Presumed error of pgfplots in the “cutting” of a surface
I'm struggling with a 3D representation through the use of the package pgfplots. I'm faced with an alleged error in pgfplots (from my point of view). Consider the txt file (which is attached here) and ...
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votes
1answer
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Stretch y-axis in pgfplots
I'm using pgfplots for simple plotting 2-dimensional data from a plain datatable file. What i try is to "stretch" the y-axis by a factor (say currently i have stretched it by factor '1' which is the ...
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votes
2answers
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Axis break in pgfplots
Is there an easy way to 'break' the axis in a pgfplots environment? What I'm talking about is something like this
Any minimal plot will do as an example...for example
\documentclass{minimal}
...
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votes
3answers
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How to plot a surface from a set of data?
Disclaimer: I already read questions like 2D surface on a 3D surface plot external data in a file and 3D surface plots in TikZ but these did not solve my problem.
I have this set of data:
x y ...
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votes
1answer
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Background image for pgfplots chart
Following up on the answer to proper tool for charts in tex I've built this picture to simulate/replace a scanned image from a newspaper:
I've tried several ways to put the background newsprint ...
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pgfplots: Plotting one data set with label and the other without label
I am trying to generate a plot using two data series and have the labels just on one of the series, but not the other. In the following example I would like to see the labels on first \addplot, but ...
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1answer
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Reverse xaxis on polar plot
I'm tring to obtain a clockwise polar plot, keeping the zero in north direction.
The plot is correctly displayed but I can't fix the xtick style.
\documentclass[10pt,border=10pt]{standalone}
...
