Questions tagged [tikz-pgf]
TikZ is a higher-level drawing language built on top of the PGF graphics framework. For questions specifically about the PGF layer use {pgf-core} instead. Both tags are possible on the same question. The tag {diagrams} is also compatible with this tag.
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Background image from tikzpicture does not fit the whole page
For a poster, I would like to have an image fill the whole page. This image is supposed to be drawn within a tikz environment as my other content. However, graphicx seems to fail at rescaling when the ...
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Badbox from PGF layer using fit
Why does the code
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{backgrounds,fit}
\tikzstyle{internal} = [draw, fill, shape=circle]
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}[scale=0.6,...
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How to make right angle mark in geometry 3D like this picture?
I want to mark right angle. I tried in Geogebra
\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{pstricks-add}
\begin{document}
\psset{xunit=1.0cm,yunit=1.0cm,algebraic=true,dotstyle=*,dotsize=3pt 0,linewidth=...
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make enumerated button in TikZ
Is it possible to make an enumerated button, similar to the ones shown in the figure below? I will be using them as pictures in an external document (not TeX).
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Circuitikz doesn't recognize units
For example when I use \ohm or \micro it throws an error. For example, in the MWE:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{circuitikz}
\begin{document}
\begin{circuitikz} \draw
(0,0) to [C=$100\ohm$](...
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TikZ: two ellipses in different planes
How can show that two ellipses are in different planes?
\documentclass[convert = false, border = 1cm]{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{calc}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\...
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How to position multiple decorations on a path while keeping their separation constant?
The at position=<value> syntax for decorations obviously makes the positioning of the decorations dependent on the path length:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{...
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Problem: tikz, pgfplots and external coordinates using overlay
I need to draw arrows from text to a pgfplots graph using TikZ. For some reason, the arrow coordinates are not where I want them to be in the pgfplots graph. Here is an example:
\documentclass[12pt]{...
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tikz, conditional setting of shape parameters
In my illustration I use simplified sketches of stopwatches (timers), which appear in three different "modes": (1) start of interval (coloured green), (2) time in progress (yellow), and time is ...
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How can I produce such a graph of my piecewise function?
I am writing my thesis in behavioural economics and have to draw individual discount functions, I did the following graph with stata, but would love to have it with tikz.
I played around in tikz and ...
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pgfplots axis enlargelimits [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Image with axis
I want to place an image against the edge of an axis frame, but because of the (unknown to me) value of the enlarged limits, I can't find the coordinates both ...
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Help to draw a trapezoid
I would draw the isosceles trapezoid from the picture but I have a problem. Could you help me and write what I should write in latex?
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How to define a random number with xcolor and tikz/pgf
I tried to get a random color with xcolor and tikz:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[xetex, rgb]{xcolor}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}
\pgfmathsetseed{1}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\...
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how to fill intersection of 2 shapes in latex tikz package [duplicate]
I have to fill a specific region as given in the following figure.
The code I have written is
\begin{tikzpicture}
\draw (0,0) rectangle (10,10);
\draw (3.5,3.5) circle (5) node {A};
\end{...
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Tikz : pgfmathresult after a pgfmathparse returns 0
I'm trying to create a generic code to draw a cycle graph. I used a code found in the net to create the nodes... But when it comes to re-use pgfmathparse and pgfmathresult, I only get as value for the ...
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Drawing an intersection of two equations in 3D
I'm trying to draw the intersection of the following two equations: x^2+y^2=4 (a circle of radius 2) and z=x+4. I got kind of close with tikz-3dplot (which has preferrable output in my opinion), but ...
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TikZ - game tree representation with continuum of moves
I have been using TikZ to draw game-trees for my game-theory lectures (mostly using the automata package) but I could not figure out how to draw an arc across the edges the leave a given node. When we ...
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How to highlight specific entries in a tocloft-formatted ToC
I am writing a document using the book class, and I use tocloft in order to customize the appearance of my ToC. So far, the package did a great job for most customizations, except for one thing: I am ...
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Draw straight line/arrow from between two shapes
I am trying to draw a straight arrow from one shape to another, two rectangles precisely. I have an MWE below, but the arrow from rectangle B meets rectangle A at an angle instead of at 90 degrees.
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Truncated at the top of the graph for a Lorentzian function
I had plotted using \usepackage{pgfplots} the Lorentzian's function
f(x,\epsilon)=\frac{1}{\pi} \frac{\epsilon}{(x-x_0)^{2}+\epsilon^2}}
when $\epsilon=0.5$ and $x_0=0$ i.e.
$f(x,0.5) = \frac1{\...
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Planes tangent to a cylinder
I am trying to make this graph
I have had several advances compared to my original question, but I don't know how to color the part blue,
This is the result that I have obtained together with the ...
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Shading a region between two polar curves
I'm using Tikz and have two polar curves r=1.5+cos(t) and r=1.5. I would like to fill (shade) the area between curves (shown by an arrow on the picture). How can I do this? Maybe using \clip or ...
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Overlay red rectangles on top of verbatim text
I am using Beamer to prepare a presentation. In some slide I need to print a great deal of verbatim text and, also, I need to draw some red rectangles on top of it.
What would be the most ...
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Using \addplot+ and \foreach in pgfplot
I have four text files with each 21 columns, and I want to plot, for each file, the first column as x, and then the 20 next columns as y. For each file, then put it all together on the same graph. It'...
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PGFplots - label each group plots
In this group plot how do I add labels to individual graphs. I want to label each graph as (a), (b), (c)...
\documentclass[margin=5mm]{standalone}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\...
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Align vertically two tikzpicture in subfloat
I have two sublfoat that I would like to align from the horizontal coordinate line.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{subfig}
\begin{document}
\begin{figure}
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Tikz: Is it possible to change line style within same \draw command? [duplicate]
Is it possible to change the line style in a tikz figure in the same \draw command?
I am looking for something like:
\documentclass[tikz]{standalone}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
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TikZ datavisualization example fails
While trying an example from the datavisualization section of the current TikZ manual I get a strange error message. On my system I have the current MikTeX 2.9 and installed the CVS version of TikZ (...
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Segment marks with round caps
(I guess many will view this nitpicking.) How can I replicate the soft-yet-beautiful-looking segment marks of GeoGebra.
\documentclass[tikz,border=10pt]{standalone}
\usepackage{tkz-euclide}
\...
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pgfplots: color a surf using arbitrary colors
I am trying to figure out if there is an equivalent in pgfplots to what in MATLAB is done through the following command: surf(A,B). This would plot the geometry A, using the colors specified in B.
I ...
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Typesetting A when a register is 1, B when 2, etc
I have a register \count0=<some-value> and need to get the letter of the alphabet on the index of \count0. That is, if it is 1, I need an A, if 2, a B, etc.
Is this possible?
I'm reluctant ...
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Tikz Mindmap - how to get more nodes
% Author: Till Tantau
% Source: The PGF/TikZ manual
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{mindmap,trees}
\usepackage{verbatim}
\begin{document}
\pagestyle{empty}
\begin{comment}
:...
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Using gnuplot in tikzpicture environment using pgf-package
I´m trying to use gnuplot in the tikzpicture environment with the pgf package.
Example
\documentclass[paper=a4,12pt,version=last]{scrartcl}
\usepackage[miktex]{gnuplottex}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\...
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How to draw the unit hyperbola in LaTex?
I want to make a graph of the unit hyperbola, but I'm not sure how to make it appear using pgfplots. Basically, what I'm using is this:
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\begin{...
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\tikzexternalize doesn't work with lua code
The following code from the pgf manual compiles fine with lualatex --shell-escape
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{external}
\tikzexternalize
\begin{document}
A simple image ...
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How to define at tikz style option to draw a dimension line between to specific points
I want to create a LaTeX package called for example dimension to provided a tikz style option named for example dimstyle.
Then given two points A and B we can use this style to draw a dimension line ...
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Create association lines between characters
I intend to create "association lines" between characters, where the start of the line is one or more characters inside a word, and the end of the line is a single character. Something like this (...
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How to get, both fork down and right in a TikZ tree or diagram
I need your help with a diagram, where I want to place both fork down and right to organize my concept map.
If someone have a better solution, please give me some advice.
Here´s the code:
\...
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How to draw just the arrow tip in TikZ
How can one draw "just the arrow tip" from one of the arrows in the arrow tip library in TikZ?
The problem is that if you try a brute-force solution, eg.
\tikz \draw[-triangle 90] (0,0) -- +(.1,0);
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Calendar with TikZ; only print week days
I'm trying to compose a TikZ calendar, but only want workdays printed. From the manual (I'm using v2.1):
57.1.2 Checking Dates
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workday Passed by Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, ...
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How to get started with drawing this flow chart in TikZ?
I have some old drawings prepared in Word which I would like to translate into TikZ. Being a complete novice and having never worked with TikZ before, I am really struggling with getting started.
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Remove rows in a \addplot table command
Is there any way to adapt Show last N rows from input datafile only in \pgfplotstabletypeset to a \addplot table command ?
This doesn't work:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\...
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How to change fill opacity without affecting the angle label?
Is there an easy way to change the fill opacity of the sector without changing the opacity of the angle label?
I tried to use fill opacity=0.5 but the label ("$\alpha$") changes too.
\documentclass{...
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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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Simple way to draw a triangle with one side and two angles given
What's the simplest way to draw an triangle (not as a node!) with tikz with a given side and two given angles?
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ifthenelse inside TikZ: not working
I would like to to get this:
I tried using ifthenelse inside foreach but I get an error: Missing number, treated as zero.
<to be read again>
=
l.9 }. Here esdd says "\...
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tikzDevice is not getting sizes right (knitr)
I am using OSX, pdflatex, R (cran), tikz/tikzDevice and knitr to create my documents. My problem is that the font sizes of the produced tikZ-file do not match the LaTeX document font sizes.
Result / ...
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How can I represent the curved shape of a surface?
How can I give third dimension to the green surface, with shadings of color or light effects, using tikz or pgfplots?
The matter is that the green surface looks (is) flat as the red one, while I ...
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Adding words centered above other words with TikZ
I'm writing a sentence, and I'd like to add labels to the elements of the sentence above those elements. In the example below, I'd like the label Verb to be centered above the verb constitutes and the ...
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TikZ current page.north west shifted ~4pts?
I'm trying to draw a background grid on a page, but current page.north west is shifted down and to the right ~4pt. Anyone know how I can get the exact north west corner of the page?
Here's an ...