Questions tagged [coordinates]
{coordinates} is about using coordinates in {diagrams}.
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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 ...
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Can't move starting point of rectangle [closed]
I want to draw a rectangle which starts in these coordinates: from northwest(3,0) to southeast(4,-2). Here is the code:
\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,oneside]{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{...
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How to move the origin or mirror the coordinate system?
Consider the following MWE
\documentclass{scrartcl}
\usepackage{pgfplotstable}
\pgfplotsset{compat=newest}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{axis}
\addplot table [
...
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Default tikz-3dplot main coordinates
I'm looking to draw two pictures, one of which a rotation of the other in 3D. The trouble is, I've already drawn the first.
To rotate the second, I would use tdplotsetrotatedcoords, but this only ...
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Is it possible to change the direction of axis in pgfplots?
Is it possible to change the direction of one (or both) axis?
I could achieve the visual result by using tikz and compute the coordinate by myself but this is obviously too long for a complex picture....
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Draw rectangle on absolute coordinates
I want to draw some rectangles on my pages.
For example a rectangle will be drawn
Start from top 5cm, left 4 cm
End in 3 cm from right, 2.5 cm from bottom
I tried tikzpicture package, but it draw ...
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Coordinates computation with tkz-euclide
In tkz-euclide, I want to draw a point with computed coordinates, like in TikZ. However I get a difficult to understand error of syntax which results in a wrong placement.
The following MWE shows ...
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3D Cartesian Coordinate System
I want to modify my three-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system as shown in the picture attached.
I would like to have numbers under my ticks.
I want parts of the grid to be parallel to the x_1 ...
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How to iteratively define coordinates in TikZ?
I'm attempting to iteratively define a coordinate system in TikZ. Essentially, I'd want to replicate the following using a \foreach command:
\begin{tikzpicture}
\coordinate (A1) at (0,0);
\...
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how to draw a differential volume element with tikz
from http://www.texample.net/tikz/examples/the-3dplot-package/ I'm trying to draw with tikz a differential volume element in spherical coordinates. I do not know how to draw the four arcs between the ...
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Why coordinate indicate middle of path constructed with controls rather then the start point
Consider this example
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\draw (0,1)..controls +(2,4) and +(-2,-6)..(4,0)
..controls +(2,6) and +(-2,-6.5)..(8,0)...
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Place coordinates in a circle with foreach with tikz
I tried to place coordinates as a circle and use them later to draw lines between the coordinates. To do so I thought it should be possible to use a foreach loop which works out perfectly if I use ...
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How to draw and label vertices of a polygon?
I am drawing a convex polygon and a line connecting two points on edges.
However, as shown in the figure below, the endpoints of the line are not on the edges. How to fix that?
\documentclass{...
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How to sum coordinates in a \put command in Latex
I would like to place a series of lines using the picture environment in latex but I can to placement of those lines to be relatively placed not absolutely place; i.e. I want to have defined ...
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Extract, convert, store and reuse (x,y) coordinate components
On a beamer frame, I have two tikzpicture environments one below the other. Both use the axis environment with identical scaling and domains. I need to:
Extract some coordinate from the picture on ...
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How to make co-ordinate independent ornamented document?
I have this code -
\documentclass{scrartcl}
\usepackage[banglamainfont=Akaash,banglattfont=Akaash]{latexbangla}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[dvipsnames]{...
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The units do not match with the coordinate system while drawing circles
I have drawn a set of circles in GeoGebra. It looks like this:
And I would like to draw the same picture in TikZ. Thus, I enter the coordinate of the centers, and draw using minimum width parameter. ...
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pgfplot addplot with predefined coordinates
I have a bunch of coordinates predefined, where I want to draw multiple lines in a plot by reusing coordinates. If I change a coordinate value, I only want to have to change it once, and not in ...
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Tikz: Calculate and store the Euclidian distance between two coordinates
Is there an easy way to store the Euclidian distance between two coordinates?
I want to store the value 4 in a macro, so that I can use it to specify the width of a node.
The easiest way I could ...
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Using a custom command inside Tikz-Calc
This my first question here, so I hope that I present it in an appropriate form.
At the moment I'm generating lots of schematics using the TikZ-package and it's calc-Library. Therefore I use ...
