Questions tagged [coordinates]
{coordinates} is about using coordinates in {diagrams}.
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Node at upper right corner, minus 12 pts vertically, using mdframed and tikz
I discovered the mdframed package and have been toying with the framemethod=tikz setting to create a frame with some text in it. I'd like to place some text near the upper left corner, but set a few ...
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How do I pass a curved line through a relative coordinate in a polygon using Tikz?
I haven't found an answer that quite fits my situation. I need to link two rectangles, with a curved arrow, passing through the bottom right of a third rectangle, avoiding the text.
I'm using a ...
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Why is only every other symbolic axis coord showing up?
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\pgfplotsset{
compat=newest,
axispower/.style={
xbar,
y axis line style={ opacity=0 },
axis x line=none,
tickwidth=0pt,
xmin=0,
...
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How to “simplify” the syntax of a particular coordinate system in TikZ?
I am writing a document in which I use coordinate system barycentric very many times. So a MWE looks like this
\documentclass[tikz]{standalone}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\fill (1,4) ...
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Lambert Conformal Conical Map
I want to draw a map with TikZ and as a starter this map should be in Lambert Conformal Conical projection. However to make it convenient, I would like to include some geodesic calculations, so that ...
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Desperately Looking for a tikZ MWE
I'm looking for a basic MWE on how to create a tikZ graph (or any other environment) along the lines of the attached picture.
I'm able to create one simple coords system but that's about it...
What's ...
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Problem with coordinates
I don't know how those coordinates in brackets work. I mean, if I got $(a,b)$ it is like in Euclidean coordinates. But in below example I can't deduce how it works.
\begin{tikzpicture}[scale=0.6]
\...
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tcolorbox , tikzmark and distances to the borders of a tcolorbox
The last code below does a good job. Here is the output.
But the API is not efficient. I would like to define my marks as in the following code.
\begin{coding-python}{Basic loop Python}
def oneloop(...
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How to highlight a point in line graph by drawing a circle around it?
I want to highlight a point (i.e., (3, 4.8)) in the following line graph by drawing a red circle around it. However, as you can see, the circle is not drawn at the expected position.
Why? And how to ...
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Use coordinates of bounding box
Consider the following MWE:
\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{latexcolors}
\usetikzlibrary{patterns}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{scope}[local bounding box =...
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Transform x coords, then set x limits
I'm trying to reproduce the following pyplot figure with pgfplots:
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
x = np.linspace(0, 1)
plt.plot(np.log(x)-np.log(1-x), np.log(x / (x + (1-x))))
...
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Evaluate variables for positioning multiple times
Here is a working code (I'll describe it just after) :
\documentclass[border=2pt]{standalone}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{graphics}
\usepackage{tikz,pgfplots}
\...
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Get outermost coordinates/length in a Tikz-picture
From my previous question/answer Tikz image within a defined box (& the textpos package), @frougon provided a great solution. And now, I'm seeking to have a standard scaling for all of my Tikz-...
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Symbolic coordinates versus literal coordinates
I am trying to draw a yz-axis, and ontop of it, a rotated y'z'-axis for some work in mathematics. The following code
\newcommand{\axislength}{2}
\draw [->, -latex]
(0,0) coordinate (O) node[above ...
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How to color tikz mindmap nodes by y-coordinate
In a mindmap, I would like to color (most) nodes according to their y-coordinate, that is, their height on the page.
For this, I am accessing the viridis colormap and sample its colors.
Using code ...
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How do I draw only the beginning and the end of an arrow from one node to another?
I am trying to create a node-network using pdflatex and have something very specific in mind. Below, you can find my current minimal example as a tex file that I have a problem with (compilable with ...
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How to show a “node near coord” even when it is out of bounds (with clip = true)?
I have a ybar graph using the pgfplots package in which I use nodes near coords to display y values near the tops of the bars. There are some outliers in the data, for which I'd like to show a bar ...
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Node-local coordinate system
This is essentially the same question as this, this or this, but in all three questions the picture that defines the new coordinates is positioned at (0, 0) of the tikzpicture. In my case it is not.
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Tikz show the corner coordinates of a rectangle
I use the following Latex script
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz,xcolor}
\usetikzlibrary{positioning}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\filldraw[fill=gray!40!white, draw=black] (0,0) ...
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Local, relative, inner, intensive coordinate of one node
If often find myself writing:
\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{calc}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\node (refNode) {\includegraphics[width=5em]{example-...
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How to know the tikz working area coordinates in a beamer frame with header and footer?
In this example, slightly modified, the positionning of 'N' has been corrected with textheight to not be masked by the header:
\documentclass[beamer]{beamerswitch}
\usetheme{metropolis}
\usepackage{...
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Use of @ in coordinate names (Tikz)
I was writing some macros for drawing timelines in Tikz and thought that it might be good to name the internal help coordinates with an @ in it.
The idea is that in this way it will not conflict with ...
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Repeat nodes in tikz rectangle iteratively
So I want to fill a rectangle, like below, but without all the hassle of forlooping and getting coordinates.
I want a magic command that places my symbol repeatedly inside a rectangle. Preferably ...
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tikz: draw plot by given coordinates points
I'm trying to draw, in a T=f(x) plane graphic, a curve passing through four points whose coordinates have been obtained experimentally. The x axis range is 0 to 0.5, the y axis range is 0 to 80. This ...
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Coordinate position not precise
\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{calc,intersections}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}[scale=0.5]
\draw[<->] (0,12) node[above]{$w$} |- (12,...
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How to declare a custom coordinate
I have created this sample diagram, where everything is aligned with the inputs of the first and gate. Would it be possible to replace these ([xshift=-15mm]bothNegated.bin 1) with a custom expression ...
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How to align coordinates vertically and horizontally in TikZ
I have points with irrational coordinates, because I'm mixing polar and Cartesian coordinates. I'd like to specify a coordinate as the x-value of one thing and the y-value of another thing.
In this ...
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tikz-3dplot accumulates the transformation every time let operator is used
In follow up to my previous question, I now have the following problem with the tikz-3dplot library. Every time I use the "let" operator, the transformation matrix seems to act again on the coordinate ...
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tikz-3dplot causes problems to let operator
I am trying to use the 3d-plot library. The plan is to define some basic 2d coordinates at the beginning and then use them to define all kind of 3d points, using the "let" operator:
\documentclass{...
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how to use date coordinates in non-date coordinate context?
How can I specify the x coordinates in the \draw and \node commands below using dates (e.g., 2019-03-28 instead of 5.2)? Thanks.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\usepackage{tikz}
\...
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How to align eso-pic & tikz coordinates
I have a grid on my beamer slides generated by:
\usepackage[texcoord,grid,gridunit=mm,gridcolor=black!30,subgridcolor=gray!10]{eso-pic}
I'd like to draw a rectangle in tikz with:
\draw [textpos,...
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TikZ specifying barycentric coordinates using just lists of numbers
Here's what I currently have to type:
\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\coordinate (a) at (90:3cm);
\coordinate (b) at (210:3cm);
\coordinate (...
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Coordinate problem with \tikzset
When using \tikzset the coordinates there are not working as I expected. Why does the red line not start inside the rectangle?
I tried "\tikz \pic at (1,1) {mypic};" instead which does not seem to ...
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TikZ: Coordinate on shape vertices
I know that I can draw a rectangle with tikz using \draw (0.0,0.0) rectangle (1.0,1.0);. Is there a possibility to determine all 4 edge coordinates directly from the shape?
I do can save the lower ...
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Tikz with standalone: pinning tikz coordinates to page cm
I've got something like the following:
\documentclass[tikz]{standalone}% Does not support leap years.
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage[paperwidth=12cm, paperheight=25cm, margin=0cm]{geometry}
\...
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X ticks different from coordinates in pgfplots
I have the following problem creating an histogram with pgfplots. I am quite a beginner, so there could be some clear mistakes. When I compile this:
\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{axis}[
xtick={-0.0003, -...
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Extract specific pixel locations from latex generated pdf
Does anyone know how or which commands should i issue from within a .tex file so that the tex compiler would generate a descriptor file pointing metadata of the generated PDF (such as pixel locations ...
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Coordinates of an Intersection, outside of the axis-environment
I would like to access the x- and y-Coordinate of an intersection, outside of the axis environment. This is what I believed would solve my problem, based on this and this:
\documentclass{article}
\...
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Why arrow decoration position can not coincide with coordination point?
I was trying to add arrow decoration to a curve in a three dimensional plot like following
% !TEX TS-program = xelatex
\documentclass[UTF8]{article}
\usepackage{float}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\...
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Visually labelling coordinates in tikz
Sometime it is very useful to be able to see where the \coordinates that you are defining really are in a diagram. I am using what I think it's an hack to do it, defining a command and then change the ...
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Edge coordinates of a regular polygon shaped node
I want to have two inverse triangle side by side. In between, there shall be horizontal arrows in between. Which coordinates do I have to specify in order to address the edges of the shape instead of ...
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Combining calc and perpendicular coordinates in tikz
As it is described there, the following does not compile:
\documentclass{report}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{calc}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\node at (0, 0) (node1) {Hello};
\node ...
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Tikz coordinates relative to one node
Using both calc and |- would be a convenient way to refer to "inner, relative coordinates" of a node, with
(0, 0) meaning node.center,
(0, 1) meaning node.east and
(.3, -.5) meaning somewhere precise ...
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Prevent tikz node intersection
I'm making a macro to generate a tikzpicture depending on the arguments passed into the macro. I want to be able to draw a \node only if it won't intersect with a specified x coordinate.
So say my ...
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how to draw the angle bisector of a triangle
\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{tikz,amsmath,amssymb,tkz-euclide}
\usetkzobj{all}
\usepackage{color}
\usetikzlibrary{positioning}% To get more advances positioning options
\usetikzlibrary{...
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Define coordinate with anchor point
I have macros that use anchor points in pgfplots to access certain coordinate. For instance, in a graph I can invoke a macro such as:
\newcommand*{\DoSomethingWithXAxis}{%
\draw [ultra thick, blue]...
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How can I add third point in plot?
This question is about the answer of @TorbjørnT. in Math Error: The function 'f' already exists.
How can I add the third point, which has x coordinate as the mean of first two points and y ...
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Draw a Line Between Two Points described by Trigonometric Calculations
Suppose I have two points the unit circle corresponding to 30 and 60 degrees from the x-axis.
I want to draw a line between these two points.
\documentclass[border=5mm]{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}...
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Rectangle parallel to a radial direction
I wanted to draw a rectangle parallel to a radial direction and I achieved this, but I would like to know if there is a more elegant way to do it.
Here is my MWE:
\documentclass[border = 0.5cm]{...
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Tikz: display coordinate of node using let command
I am creating a graph where a node is placed. I would like to display the coordinates of that node on the axes without manually entering them.
I get Tikz to retrieve those coordinates using let but ...
