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How can we draw a Christmas tree with decorations, using TikZ?

I would like to use TikZ for drawing a christmas tree. Here's a start, I used the lindenmayersystems library for drawing a tree: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{tikz} ...
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How can I draw simple trees in LaTeX?

I need to draw a tree, and constantly using dotty and including the PNGs is starting to be a pain. Is there a way to get LaTeX to draw it's own trees that doesn't involve learning an entirely new ...
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How can I improve this family tree in TikZ?

To answer a question about how to draw family tree on LaTeX-Community.org, I created an example: \documentclass{minimal} \usepackage{tikz} \usetikzlibrary{trees} \begin{document} ...
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How to change the level distance in tikz-qtree for one level only?

I am trying to draw a tree for a game theory problem. The problem is that the label p1=0.5 crosses label I. I would like to adjust the level distance of the first level, but the \tikzset{level ...
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Rounded corners in TikZ trees.

When I use TikZ tree with nodes with rounded corners, the connecting lines do not touch the nodes (near corners) but end where would rectangle end. Is there an easy way around it? ...
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TikZ: “skipping” levels when drawing trees

I'm interested in using TikZ to draw rooted trees whose leaves should all be on the same level, pretty much like this: Please don't pay attention to the fancy style and colours, I'm only interested ...
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Drawing a directory listing a la the tree command in TikZ

Good day everyone - Is there a fast and efficient way to draw directory tree structures (aka depth-indented listings) like the unix's tree command, that is, is there a way to draw the following using ...
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Making a (simple) directory tree

I'm trying to make a simple directory tree representation in LaTeX. Something like: spam | +-- ham +-- eggs | +-- more spam +-- dead parrots The tree won't be that long (say, ...
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How to automatically draw a graph in LaTeX

clarification: when I say "graph", I mean the computer science term. I want to draw a full binary tree of h height. It means that there's one root with two sons, each son has two sons and so forth. ...
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How to make a 3 level deep tree with tikz

I am busy making a full binary tree of three levels deep. The code I am having now is (using the trees library): \begin{tikzpicture} \node {root} child {node {left} child {node {lleft}} ...
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How two connect any arbitrary nodes of tree in tikz

I need to be able to connect any arbitrary nodes in a tree to each other. I am using the tree package in tikz to create my tree. I cannot figure out though how to connect to nodes by let say a draw ...
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Is it possible to emulate qtree with forest?

This question was actually asked by Alan Munn in a comment to How do I create a LCM tree diagram?. I repeat (and self-answer) it here because the answer is too long to fit the margin :-) qtree is a ...
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draw a many edge from a node- Tree - tikz

i want to draw the tree in the following picture : i have write : \documentclass{article} \usepackage{tikz} \usepackage{color} \definecolor{red}{rgb}{1,0,0} \begin{document} ...
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How do I draw a B+ tree in latex?

Is there some way to draw a B+ tree in latex? It would look something like the picture below (ignoring the animations) Animation linked here: http://i.stack.imgur.com/JRcmY.gif Screenshot of the ...
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Tikz tree and position of single leaf in binary tree

I am constructing a binary tree which looks as follows: \begin{tikzpicture} \node {root} child { node {left} } child { node {right} child { node {rightmost} } ...
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Indefinite Subtrees

While doing tree proofs, sometimes we need to consider a root with some subtrees, but we don't know the exact properties of the subtrees, so we just represent them using triangles. Is it possible to ...
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How to draw syntactical trees with parallel leafs for a natural language?

I need to draw syntactical trees for a natural language. The problem is that I need all the leafs to be parallel. How the other nodes are sorted in relation to the other at the same depth is not ...
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How to control spacing in a TikZ tree?

I want to draw a tree and I don't know how to enforce the spacing between them. Some are overlapping. This is my code: \begin{tikzpicture} \tikzstyle{every node}=[circle,draw] \node {A} child { node ...
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draw an ellipse into a Tree picture -tikz package

I have draw a tree using tikz package like this \begin{tikzpicture} \tikzstyle{level 1}=[sibling distance=40mm] \tikzstyle{level 2}=[sibling distance=20mm] \tikzstyle{level 3}=[sibling ...
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How to draw a tree diagram where its rectangular nodes have a floating numbering label each?

This is a graph someone send me in Word: Ignoring the Hebrew text, how can I produce such a graph in LaTeX (I actually use LyX, but I suppose it won't help me so much)? If there's an elegant and ...
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tikzpicture has a node whose text is a tree: unevenly formatting

I want to typeset a picture similar to the following one, using tikz. For that purpose I have written the following latex document \documentclass{minimal} \usepackage{tikz} \usetikzlibrary{chains} ...
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How to draw up a hierarchical tree diagram for taxonomic classification

Please show me the most simple, elegant code for this: How to do it in other words.
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beamer & TikZ: gradually unveil trees

Imagine a simple tree: \begin{tikzpicture} \node {Selbstregulation} [edge from parent fork down] child {node {Kognition}} child {node {Metakognition} child {node {Planung}} ...
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Problem using macros to define tree substructures

Relatively simple problem: I want to use macros to define substructures of a tree. In the following example for illustration, I want to define some children (left and right) to be used several times ...
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How to draw a joining line between two picture tikz-pgf

I'am having draw two tree using the tikz-pgf package \begin{frame} \begin{columns}[c] \begin{column}{2cm} \begin{tikzpicture}[scale=0.5] \tikzstyle{level 1}=[sibling distance=10mm] ...
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Tikz - Marking nodes in a binary tree?

I need help marking nodes in a binary tree. I've tried drawing this using the fitting library in tikz, but the fit would cover other undesired nodes as well. Please help. The code I tried is here ...
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LaTeX probability tree

Please could you tell me if the Probability tree posted on 2006-12-14 by Kjell Magne Fauske can be done with three branches instead of just two.
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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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Seeking improvement on a poor solution---for descendant charts

I've a solution to a problem that screams out for improvement. I'm working on a second edition of a family history (mine) that has a great number of descendant charts. I've cobbled together a way of ...
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pstree: How can I force a tree node to one side?

I'm drawing some binary search trees using pstricks and pstree, but I don't see anything in the docs to push a node to one side. In a binary search tree, every child must be either right or left, but ...
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Tools for tree diagram

I would like to make a simple scheme looking like tree diagram (structure like this or that). The problem is that all the packages I did try, could make nice binary trees with little information in ...
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How do I draw curve crossing one edge of a tree (using tikz-qtree)?

I am using tikz-qtree, and I'd like to draw a curve separating a set of nodes from the rest of the tree. For example, \documentclass{article} \usepackage{tikz} \usepackage{tikz-qtree} ...
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Triangle node with adjustable height

I'm trying to draw AVL trees with TikZ, what I need is: Binary tree with simple circle nodes, and adjustable height triangle (or rectangle) nodes for subtrees, both containing only single ...
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What is a suitable package for drawing term algebra style trees

I want to be able to draw something like nested triangles that are arranged in a tree-like fashion. Or explicitly, a node of a tree is represented as an isosceles triangle pointed upward. Each ...
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tree list in a table

I would like to put a tree list into a table environment. Smth. like: +--------------------------+---------------------------+-------------+ | Heading 1 | Heading 2 | ...
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How to specify left and right node of a tikz-qtree

I'm drawing a binary tree using tikz-qtree. In my binary tree the order of children is important, so I need distinguish which edge is the left one and the right one. In my sample code I can't ...
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drawing a syntax tree in tikz

I would like to draw a syntax tree, which resembles the below syntax tree. I know that I can use tikz to draw syntax trees, but I can't seem to figure out how to draw a straight line down to a node, ...
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How to create syntactic trees and align them in LaTeX?

I want to create syntactic trees and align them in LaTeX as in the picture below. Can you help me?
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I'm getting the error: ! Paragraph ended before \@@label was complete

I've scoured this forum and it looks to me like I'm setting up the tree correctly, but I'm still getting this error, I have \usepackage{tikz} \usepackage{tikz-qtree} in the header. Here is the ...
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How to align a vertical tree to the upper-left corner?

How do I align vertical trees to to the top? This is my current tree:       I want to get this tree:                  ^ That's a part of ...
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How to fix the overlapped nodes with long text, in TikZ. Concept maps

I'd like to get helping from you. I want to have paragraphs in the nodes of the concept map with Tikz, I mean, texts with multiple lines. I have a problem with texts, the nodes are overlapped. Here's ...
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Incomplete arrows and missing arrow heads in TikZ

I have the following plot which looks good, but there are two issues: Not all arrows have arrow-heads. I have no idea why this is. Some edges are not long enough. For example, the left edge of the ...
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Tree using Latex

I want to to reduce the size of the node to which they perceived better in my presentation; the problem is that the nodes are overlap. I have the code from Drawing a tree where many nodes have the ...
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TikZ: Draw a B+ Tree

Having consulted this and this thread, I think the multipart feature of TikZ might just do what I need (see picture below). Is there any way to hide the vertical lines between node parts and still be ...
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Square edges in forest package

I can easily do trees with horizontal (square) edges in tikz-qtree (see MWE). The forest package is however a far superior alternative for my purposes. However, every attempt to do either horizontal ...
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Arrows in tikz-qtree with symbols in node names

I have a syntax tree with angle brackets to represent movement: \begin{tikzpicture} \Tree [ .TP [ .T' \node{T+verb}; [ .vP \qroof{`ana}.DP [ .v' ...
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adding a node to a qroof in tikz-qtree

I need a node in the head element of a qroof in tikz-qtree (using tikz-qtree-compat). I need the 'np' to be a node so I can draw an arrow to it. However, the following breaks: ...
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Restoring qtree spacing in tikz-qtree

Is it somehow possible to achieve the same node spacing in tikz-qtree as in the original qtree package? Compare the two: qtree: tikz-qtree: The spacing between nodes in one level should be the ...
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Package for energy budget trees

Is there a package that can typeset trees used for energy budgets? The image is an extract from Dynamic Energy and Mass Budgets in Biological Systems by B.Kooijman which is easily identifiable as ...
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Probability Tree-diagram with TikZ

Thanks for helping me out. How can I make the following tree-diagrams? http://www.vias.org/tmdatanaleng/cc_prob_cond_independ.html

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