Questions tagged [axis]
For labels, markings, or other information, related to an axis of a graph
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Rotate whole coordinate system
I'm kinda new in TikZ, so question may sound stupid. How can I rotate the whole coordinate system? This is what I have (simple 3D coordinate system):
\begin{tikzpicture}[x=1cm, y=1cm, z=-0.6cm]
% ...
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Axis and Tikz Formatting
\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[fleqn]{amsmath}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\draw[step = 0.4cm, gray, very thin] (-2,-2) ...
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TikZ PGFPlots Boxplots - Two labels (agree & disagree) on x axis
I want to visualise the results of a questionnaire using Boxplots. I am using TikZ with PGFPlots. I would like to label the left of the x axis with "Strongly disagree" and the right with &...
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Adding coordinate 0 on log scale in tikz
I am trying to plot a graph using tikz/pgfplot. I want the x-axis to be in log scale, I have got it using xmode=log. However, while using linear plot, the coordinate (0,0) is displayed on the graph. ...
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Can't get x coord trafo to use previously used x values
I would like to replicate an Arrhenius plot: it's a semi-log plot presenting something as a function of 1000/T (T being the temperature in Kelvin). This is not very convenient for the reader, so an ...
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How can I get scaled x ticks=false to work with xbar stacked in pgfplots?
Consider the following code:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{pgf}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\pgfplotsset{compat=1.15}
\begin{filecontents}{test.csv}
name,a,b
name1,1000,1000000
name2,...
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How to transform the x-axis from second to minute?
Happy holidays everyone!
A little question: I want to transform the second to minute in x-axis. Is there any solution such as add some math expressions can do it?
Here is my code:
\documentclass{...
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How can I add a horizontal line into a plot in case of I've changed the x-axis?
Here are my MWE:
\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\pgfplotsset{compat=1.17}
\begin{document}
\pgfplotstableread{
x y error
P53 0.21 0.07
IgG -0.16 0.06
cTnI 0.03 ...
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How to draw x^(2/3) as a tikxpicture
I've tried the following code, but the part with negative x doesn't get drawn
\begin{subfigure}{0.4\textwidth}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{axis}
xtick=\empty,ytick=\empty,
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Using foreach to draw a line
I desperately need some help with the following: In this MWE I would like to draw a circle (ideally: a vertical line) at an x value coming from a foreach command.
\documentclass{standalone}
\...
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PGFplots 3D plot with axis lines left
I try to align the three axes of a 3D plot such that each axis start in the point (xmin, ymin, zmin):
I tried axis styles=left, but in this case the y axis begins at xmax:
Which is the behavior ...
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Re-label second x-axis on pgfplots
I have the following simple pgfplots with multiple ordinate axes (see below for figure and MWE). I would like to plot a second x-axis at the top that is 10 times the values shown on the bottom and ...
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Sci Tick Label Number Format same magnitude
I'm trying to plot an tikzplotlib export with large numbers on the y axis. I'd like to format them as /pgf/number format/sci, which works so far. However, I'd like the numbers to all have the same ...
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Unexplainable error message with a plot using tikz and pgfplot [closed]
I am having a problem with a plot which I am unable to explain, let alone fix.
A simple example is this (there is also a curve plotted from data, but I skipped it as it doesn't affect the outcome):
\...
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tikz equal axis [duplicate]
How can I get equal scaling?
In the MWE I would like to have it so that the grid consists of squares.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{geometry}
\geometry{textwidth=150mm, textheight=270mm}
% ...
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PGF: 2 x axes without a second plot
I would like to add a second x axis to my single plot. The first x axis goes from 0 to 2, the second one goes from 0 to 0.28. 0.28 on the second axis should be on the same x coordinate as 2 on the ...
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How to label a pgfplot from top to bottom?
I just started using pgfplots for diagramms in my paper. I am using a double column layout and want to create the diagramms with the intend that they fit in a single column if possible.
I find it a ...
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Creating histogram using pgfplot and tikz
I am creating histogram graphs using pgfplots and tikz. I have used tikz for other figures, but never a graph.
The code I am running is:
\documentclass[oneside,12pt,openany,fleqn]{article}
\...
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How to hide axis labels (except some of them) inside axis environment without disabling a grid?
Let's say you want to draw a plot:
\documentclass[dvipsnames]{article}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\usetikzlibrary{babel,calc,backgrounds,quotes,angles,patterns,decorations.markings,intersections,arrows,...
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How can I add a unit to the y tick labels?
I want to add '%' as a unit to the y tick labels (not for the y label) for this graph here:
This is the code that i wrote for this plot:
\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{axis}[
ybar,
...
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How to rotate a node so it'll be parallel to a line?
I'm trying to put a node rotated parallel to a line y = 5 + x. Obviously, I expected the angle of rotation would be 45.
\documentclass[dvipsnames]{article}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\usetikzlibrary{babel,...
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manual colormap plot screws with ticklabels
I want to manually create a colormap plot with pgfplots. Here's what I have so far:
\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{pgfplots,tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{calc,shapes.misc,positioning}
\pgfplotsset{...
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Axis lines=middle doesn't center axis in (0,0). Difference between axis lines and axis lines*
Whenever I want axis go through (0,0) axis lines=middle works fine. But
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\pgfplotsset{compat=newest}
\begin{document}
\begin{...
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Drawing histogram on a ruled graph sheet. Help me with this
I would like to draw this histogram (see the attached image) on a ruled graph sheet. So far, I have the MWE as follows:
\documentclass[tikz,border=2mm]{standalone}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\pgfplotsset{...
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How to draw a linear axis with different labels and references
In line with my previous question How to draw a linear axis with tick labels at different alternative distances?, which was answered successfully by @user30471, now I need to make a variation based on ...
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Plot of function composition by coordinates
I'm try to plot the function $2^f(x)$ where $f(x)$ is a piecewise function. $f$ is given by a set of coordinates, i.e:
\addplot[blue,line width=1pt,rounded corners=1pt] coordinates {
(-6,4)
(-2,0)
(-1,...
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Best way to draw graphs of functions for students [closed]
My question is more like ask for a common advice from more skilled people.
Let's say you write a manual covering some math or physics topics. You know TeX quite well, you can write complicated ...
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Dashed line as a mark in pgfplots
I am trying to turn some markers into a dashed line in this diagram. However, I can only change them all at once. I need the "a", "b" and "c" to remain as a solid line, ...
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Undefined control sequence for tikzpicture bar plot [closed]
I am getting Undefined control sequence. error for the following tikzpicture code. it's generated at \end{axis}. I have checked the code multiple times but coundn't figure out the error. Please note ...
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pgfplot with multiple y axis stacked on top of each other
Hodgkin and Huxley have produced this plot in their 1952 paper
How would we reproduce such axis position and scaling in pgfplots ?
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Error in graphs when passing to pdf
I am plotting 3 graphs in a column and I find that when I pass the doc to PDF the three graphs lose the right axis... Could you help me?
\begin{subfigure}%{0.5\linewidth}
\begin{adjustbox}{width=0.5\...
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matlab2tikz - problem with german letters - ä, ö, ü, \cdot and r_N
I'm using matlab2tikz the first time and get some problems with the first graph. I could seperate the problem. In the moment, I insert german letters like ä, ö, ü or special code like \cdot and r_N in ...
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Adding a letter to the x-axis ticks of pgfplots graph of function [duplicate]
I'm new to stack exchange, so please let me know if there is anything I should do to make my question more clear.
I'm new to LaTeX, and I am trying to make a graph of the equation from special ...
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Drawing a second and third x-axis with tikz
This is what I want to draw:
Until now I have, with help of Diagramming Unit Circle and Sine Wave with TikZ the following code:
\documentclass[a4paper]{article}% guessing (cfr)
\usepackage[landscape,...
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pgfplots: 2D contour plot of 3D function: placement of axes labels
I'm using pgfplots \addplot3 to plot contour plots of two-variable functions, as seen in the (x,y) plane (using view={0}{90}). However the default placement of the axes labels is odd (I suspect, ...
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How to draw a linear axis with tick labels at different alternative distances?
I need help to draw a linear axis that have a ticks labels below of axis in progresive diferent distance one from the other like a stair. I try draw this using tikz package, but I don't know do that. ...
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interval of the horizontal axis
I want to add a custom interval to the x-axis for the graph attached.It should be start from 20, and then increased by 5. For example, 20, 25, 30, ......50. Similar question was asked before, but it ...
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Using arithmetics on macros in pgf-axis-environment to specify x-ticks with TeXLive2016
The Problem: I want to compile the figure below with TeXLive2016 compatibility. I know this is kind of outdated, but apparently it is used by arxiv. The MWE compiles with TeXLive2019, but not when I ...
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How can I set the Y-asis to auto. if I don't know the range of my data?
I have a .dat file which I want to fetch the median data points to plot my figure. However the y-axis is giving issues. here is my code. and attached is the data file.
\documentclass{article}
\...
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Curves extends beyond the axis limits when plotting on added layers
I have encountered some problem while I was trying to change curves displaying order and at the same time maintaining the legend entries order.
The curves order was changed as expected, however, they ...
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Axis label position in pgfplots using axis description cs
In the following example the x axis label and the node have the same coordinates in the axis description cs. Why are they placed at different positions? How does the label positioning work exactly?
\...
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pgfplot: y axis line style and y dir conflict
There seems to be a conflict between y axis line style and y dir : in fact, although I have specified the y axis style, it still remain with the arrow pointing down
My MWE
\documentclass[12pt]{article}...
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Reading `xticklabels` from file: comma's do not split
The following is a MWE of a plot reading the xticklabels from a file. It works, but the comma's inside the string that is fetched from the file, don't split the string into multiple parts. How do we ...
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Error bars change marker position
For my scatter plot I have two y-axis, but they are proportional, meaning the left values are divided by a constant. Therefore, all the circles and stars are at the same position. When enabling the ...
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Shift scatter plot according to class
I have a scatter plot with many points at the same coordinate. I would like to shift every point belonging to one class a bit on the x-axis, so that they are more easily distinguishable. I've tried to ...
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Coloring cartesian axes differently [closed]
Starting from this question, How to can I make a code of tikzpicture to plot the graph of $\sin x$ as shown in figure?, and considering the same image, it is possible to see that there are different ...
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tikzpicture x ticks are aligned on the side
I want my x-ticks to be aligned below the x-axes. But as it is right now,
the ticks are overlapping with the x axes. All examples I've found online don't
specifiy the position of the x labels but they ...
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Labeling x-axis with pi/4, pi/2,
I'm trying to create a rectangular graph using some variation of Tikz such that I count by pi/4 on the x-axis. I can mostly get it; however, I want the labels to be in exact form (i.e., fractions, ...
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Incorrect bar graph formatting in TeX
For some reason, two very simple Bar graphs look very different after compiling in tex. More precisely, on the right graph there is a distance from the columns to the lower border of the square. In ...
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pgfplots equivalent to matplotlibs Secondary Axis
I am looking for a pgfplots equivalent to matplotlibs Secondary Axes https://matplotlib.org/3.1.0/gallery/subplots_axes_and_figures/secondary_axis.html
