35 questions linked to/from Custom and built in TikZ fill patterns
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Change thickness of TikZ pattern library patterns [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: custom and built in tikz fill patterns Is it possible to change the thickness of patterns drawn by the TikZ pattern library (IV Libraries, 41 Pattern Library)? Setting thick ...
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Penrose tiling in TikZ

How can I auto-generate a Penrose tiling by TikZ? Here's my code for Mathematica: GG = (Sqrt[5]+1)/2; standardthin = {1/2+Sqrt[GG^2-(1/2)^2] I , 0, 1}; standardthick = {GG/2+Sqrt[1-(GG/2)^2] I, 0, GG}...
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Drawing hexagons

I have a case where I need to draw a hexagonal grid in LaTeX. I am considering just reading the grid from an eps file. Is there an alternative way to do it completely within LaTeX?
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Hatch a rectangle in TikZ

I know how to make a rectangle and fill it. But what shoud be done to hatch this rectangle with thin 45 degree inclined line with 2mm gap. \documentclass{article} \usepackage{tikz} \begin{document}...
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Pgfplots: how to fill the area under a curve with oblique lines (hatching) as a pattern?

I want to hatch the area under a curve (graph of a function) with oblique lines on an interval (to illustrate the function's integral on that interval). This can be done elegantly in gnuplot... ......
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Fill style that looks like hand-drawn / hand-filled with crayon

How to generate in LaTeX (TikZ or something similar) the following image: This was not drawn by hand, as far as I known, but with some Mac tool.
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Can I control the 'density' of a pattern in TikZ?

...i.e. I want to control the spacing between lines in a hatch pattern. Is that possible at all with the predefined patterns from the pattern library, like north east lines? Or should I just create my ...
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How to improve the creation of repeating patterns with TikZ?

I am a beginner in LaTex, trying to use TikZ to draw a series of RF cables for industrial documents. On the MWE below, I cannot find a way to prevent overlapping the threads of the braid while ...
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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 ...
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Rotated paraboloid/square root in pgf/TikZ

I want to redraw the following graphic in pgf/TikZ. I struggle to draw the rotated paraboloid/the root function. I come this far: \documentclass{minimal} \usepackage{tikz} \begin{document} \begin{...
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TikZ custom zigzag pattern

I'm trying to create a custom pattern made of zigzag lines. Thanks to the TikZ manual and to Decorating (with random steps) a filling pattern I'm almost there: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{...
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Filling rectangle in TikZ with more than one color

To draw a rectangle and fill it in gray in TikZ: \draw [fill=gray,very thick] (0,0) rectangle (2,1); Now, I want to fill it in both gray and yellow. The best way would be if I can make diagonal ...
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custom hatching pattern : arbitrary direction of hatching

For a kind of mathematical illustration, consider the case where several distinguishable hatchings, all black and white, and precise direction has meaning, are required. I give a simple example of a ...