Save tikz image in a pdf file in Overleaf

Question

I have a tikz figure in the Overleaf project. I want to export and save the tikz image in a pdf file. I tried using

\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{external}
\tikzexternalize % activate!

as suggested here.

\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{external}
\tikzexternalize % activate!
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
...
\end{tikzpicture}

This didn't help me, it only created a blank tikz image in the compiled document and I am not sure if an additional command has to be included to export the tikz image to save the tikz figure as a pdf in the overleaf project. I'm basically doing this to generate pdf versions of all images in my manuscript for submission. Could someone please help me with this?

Answer 1

Following the method described above, I presume that you have tried heading over to the 'Logs and output files' at the top of the Overleaf page?

For me this works by the following three steps after compiling the file:

1. The images are saved as individual .pdf files here:

2. Go to the 'Other logs and files' tab:

3. Open + save the file.