Questions tagged [shapes]
This tag is about shapes, geometric or otherwise, that can be drawn directly with LaTeX commands or with a related package.
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How to put ellipses around nodes in tikz-cd diagrams several times in one document
Using the idea of https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/394924/305075 I use execute at end picture to draw the ellipses in tikz-cd diagrams. The names of the nodes for the ellipse to fit are of the form ...
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“every" will change the shape in TikZ in LaTeX?
I am read the TikZ pdf file, in which there sometime use every to define a style, but sometimes not. After comparing every or no every, I found there is a change of shapes. For example:
\documentclass{...
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Drawing a hexagon structure similar to a Grötzsch graph with TikZ
I am trying to draw a hexagon that is connected to a set of vertices and edges within the borders of the hexagon itself. It is similar to a Grötzsch graph but is a hexagon rather than a pentagon.
So ...
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How to draw regions around nodes and edges in Tikz picture
I want to reproduce this kind of graph by using tikz :
I already made a Tikz picture with just the colored nodes and edges but I haven’t found a way to draw the shape that fits nicely around the ...
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I would like a perfect pentagon with 108° angles
I tried relative coordinates, but couldn't put a coordinate in to make angles. Is this possible?
\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{calc}
\usetikzlibrary{quotes,angles,calc,...
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Improve readability of Pie chart
I have a pie chart that displays percentage numbers in a crowded manner, and I want to improve its readability. Is there a way to do that? especially the way the 6.29% and 1.56% appears
The code is ...
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Removing borders only from the shared area of intersected shapes
I need to intersect two circles and have the borders around them except the borders inside the shared area.
It is the tikz code I am trying to write, I have removed all borders but have no idea how to ...
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Dynamometer - Creating custom shapes with anchor and options
I wanted to make a shape called "dynamometer" like rectangle, circle or so on with some anchors and options. But I can't figure out how to achieve such goal.
I've taken the dynamometer shape ...
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semicircle centered at chord center
I need a semicircle node centred at chord center. The positioning is achieved with the option anchor, but the external lines are still directed to center. Is it possible to direct lines to chord ...
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Drawing 3-D shapes
I would like to be easily draw 3-D shapes. I'm finding it difficult. I've got isometric paper, but it's difficult to see where to put the lines.
here's my MWE. But is the an easier way to draw shapes ...
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Paragraph in the Shape of an Isosceles Trapezoid with Shapepar Package
This post is related to Efficiently Displaying a Paragraph in Trapezoidal Formation in which the shapepar package was suggested in one of the comments.
Consider the code
\documentclass[10pt]{book}
\...
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Efficiently Displaying a Paragraph in Trapezoidal Formation
As part of an introduction to the contents of a book, I would like to display a particular paragraph in the formation of a trapezoid; and I suspect I will be able to do this (but rather laboriously) ...
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cube shape in Latex Math
I am looking to define a variable with the subscript indicating it is defined in plane or space, as shown in the attached image. \square works for plane. is there a way to get the cube?
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How to draw polygon from table/file using pgfplots
I can't figure out how to draw a polygon or just a triangle using only 3 rows of coordinates. I have several problems:
I can't make stitch corner look sharp (with thinner line it's just less ...
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Changing colors of edges and vertices
How do I change the color of each edge of the shape within \node[isosceles triangle]?
What I have currently is just a regular isosceles triangle,
\begin{tikzpicture}
\node[isosceles triangle,
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Drawing a filled shape in front of a line with even odd rule? [closed]
What I am trying to do is to draw a filled shape in "front" off a vertical line, to give the effect that the line is "behind" the shape. I think it involves the even odd rule but I ...
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Generating a specific graphic with TikZ
I am wondering how to generate a specific image with TikZ. This image is essentially a lattice grid without the grid, with a triangle, rectangle, and other shapes overlayed in a particular way. I ...
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How to Crop an Image Precisely in the Shape of a Norman Window
A Norman Window looks like a semicircle atop a rectangle; for example,
If would like to be able to take an existing rectangular image and crop it so that what is cut out resembles the perimeter of a ...
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Making an Image into a Lettrine
In the MWE
\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{lettrine}
\usepackage{graphicx,lipsum}
\setlength{\textwidth}{12cm}
%\renewcommand{\LettrineTextFont}{\normalfont}
\begin{document}
\thispagestyle{empty}
\...
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Why does using two styles in the same node in tikzpicture lead to an error?
The context
I know how to display a cross inside a rectangle (see minimal working example and image below)
\documentclass[border = 2]{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{shapes.misc, fit}
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Crop ellipse to fit in between other shapes in Tikz
Assuming I have two shapes and I want to add a circular shape (like an ellipse). How can I crop this ellipse so that it fits in between the other shapes like sketched below? I don't want to add white ...
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How to draw a closed path outward or inward, centering the line
When I have multiple shapes that are close to each other the picture is too busy to be considered "readable".
I would like to shift the media point of the line outward or inward as I need, ...
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How to draw a five-pointed star with labels?
I would like to draw a five-pointed star with different labels at each point of the star. I reached the example below, which closely follows this question, but I could not replace the numbers with ...
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Superellipse filled with a color
I would like to create a superellipse shape. I found the following question "How do I make a superellipse node shape in tikz?" with @Jake's answer that does indeed produce a superellipse. ...
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How to properly annotate lengths for a polygon(trapezium). How to calculate the perpendicular height?
I would like to know how to annotate a trapezoid. I think I have the widths okay but I'm having trouble calculating the height. I have adapted the code from answer to this post Once I have the ...
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Triangular Node has Unexpected Inner Space
I was expecting a much tighter triangle around the text in this example, similar to the inner spacing around the text in the rectangle nodes. How would I tighten up the inner spacing?
\documentclass[...
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I can't take my shape one step further. how can I draw more
I can't keep repeating the shape in the corners. I can't issue a command like corner of the corner. I want it to continue in a loop like fractal but I couldn't make the loop. With the command I wrote, ...
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How to use "sloped" when the x and y scales are different?
In the example below, I want to align the text to the right of the tangent, as the scales are different, the tilt is wrong. I tried to use "transform shape" by the text becomes unreadable (...
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How to shade overlaps of multiple circles?
I am trying to create in tikz an image like this illustration of the winset of the Q in two-dimensional space (drawn in Inkscape).
The code below draws the circles as nodes, since that seems to be ...
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Drawing rotated triangles inside triangles
How do I draw rotated triangles inside a triangle as shown above? I already know how to draw one triangle; But I'm not able to draw this specific figure. I found a similar example from https://...
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non rectangular body geometry with xintools failed when verse used
I use the solution suggested in “Non-rectangular body geometry” by the (deleted) user @user4686 but the render failed when it reached a verse environment in the body:
The MWE
As I need the non-...
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How to add colour shape to header on external pdf file with Latex?
I am working on a scanned PDF document to add a rectangular shape on the header to hide header text on all pages of the entire document. To incorporate the external PDF's I use the pdfpages package. ...
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Attaching a small rhombus with a circular bullet at its bottom
I wanna attach (means by adding a second arrow) a small rhombus with a circular bullet at its bottom to the following drawing:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{tikz-cd}
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Please give the latex code for this diagram, with the shaded region as shown
I have could draw the diagram except the shaded region and the marks showing that OP and OP' are equal. Please help me out!!
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TikZ node changes size based on text length even after setting minimum width and height
I have a trapezium node in TikZ that I would like to maintain consistent dimensions no matter how many times it is called in the \tikzpicture.
\documentclass[10pt]{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\...
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To get an arrow white inside and black border [duplicate]
I need your support to draw an arrow like this in Tikz. White inside, black border.
I’d like to insert it between two nodes and change the length, width and head extend. Accordingly with the distance.
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How can I draw a right triangle in LaTeX?
Let's say I would like to make the following figure.
However, I would like to see if I can make this figure in LaTex so that it looks much cleaner and nicer like this. What are the commands used to ...
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Vertical space of shaded box
I use package framed to color background of part of the text. I put attention that shaded environment uses extra space before and after colored box. In search how to reduce this space, I found macro
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Draw an arrow over and across tables and images with minimal LateX coding
Can someone reproduce the following in LateX:
I have looked extensively at various packages and techniques but none seem quite able to reproduce the desired behavior. I essentially wish to draw an ...
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How to draw shapes around text in TikZ?
Please look at the following figure. The right arrow consists of an &. I want to highlight only that & by drawing a circle or square or other shapes around it. The shape will be filled with ...
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Tikz node with multiparts coloring but single part text
I want to create a tikz node with two colors (split along a vertical axis) and a single body of text spanning the two parts.
The way I've seen the shapes.multipart library used makes the being ...
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Filling out the space between two circles with dashed lines in order to create a torus like shape
\documentclass[fleqn]{book}
\usepackage{amsmath, amssymb}
\usepackage{amsthm}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\definecolor{nord0}{HTML}{2E3440}
\definecolor{nord4}{HTML}{D8DEE9}
\definecolor{nord5}{HTML}{E5E9F0}
\...
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How to make text margins follow a specific shape? [duplicate]
How can text be formatted as in this example from Alice in Wonderland, where the margins for the text seems to follow a specific shape (if that's what's actually happening..sorry if I'm clueless here),...
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Parameterized pgf shape with optional dashed lines
Based on similar questions I found on SE, I have finally managed to create a relatively simple ‘folded document’ shape in tikz with a few horizontal lines inside:
\documentclass[tikz,border=1mm]{...
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Rounded corner in xy package and ellipse shape
This question very hard for me. xy package have also the shapes, circle with [o], or other forms using this table:
\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article}
\usepackage[all]{xy}
\begin{...
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How can I modify the SVG's viewBox while using dvisvgm
I have been converting tex files into svg:
lualatex --output-format=dvi flowchart.tex
dvisvgm flowchart.dvi
but the SVG's attributes always holds a view box with min-x, min-y value of
viewBox='-72....
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Tikz shape library not working on input files [closed]
Somehow, I can use the shapes tikzlibrary only on the current file, with it not working on files loaded via \input. Essentially, if I write a file with:
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{shapes}
\...
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Vertical alignment of tikz in minipage
The tikz picture should be top aligned with the minipage text.
MWE:
\documentclass{scrbook}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{shapes.symbols}
\usepackage[left=27.5mm, right=30mm, top=25mm, bottom=...
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shape border rotate has no effect on "tape" shape
I try to rotate the shape "tape" with no effect. Please take a look at the following MWE:
\documentclass{minimal}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{shapes}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
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Shape and arrows
I want to have the following design in Latex. Could you please help me how to draw it? 3 D format would be great. Many thanks!
