Questions tagged [technical-drawing]
{technical-drawing} is about engineering drawings with units and dimensions of each component also known as drafting.
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Drawings inside Concentric circles using TikZ
I want to draw certain shapes inside a set of concentric circles. I have been able to draw the concentric circles. My current MWE is:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{...
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Plot discrete graph with omitted/missing values
I want to plot graph like there (plotting discrete signals) but with dots in values, I mean, dotted values on x without values of y, like "no information" (...). I slightly changed code from ...
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How to draw an overhanging beam in LaTeX? [closed]
This image is what I want to draw. Is it possible to draw it in LaTeX itself or should I draw it in some other app and import it?
I have tried Tikz, I couldn't quite get it right.
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How to produce those curves in LaTeX?
I would like to reproduce the curves as shown in the picture below (taken from here):
I don't know if this was produced via LaTeX, but possibly TikZ or something similar was used. I guess that a &...
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How to invert a triangle (make its base its top and its top its base)
Here is the triangle I want to invert:
\newcommand{\arrowL}{
\tikz \draw[latex-] (0,0) -- (0.1,0);
}
\newcommand{\arrowR}{
\tikz \draw[-latex] (0,0) -- (0.1,0);
}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\draw (0,...
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Drawing liquid inside a tilted test tube
I am trying to modify the water inside the tilted test tube so that the water inside this tube flows up the tube like indicated by the yellow line.
Could anyone help me on this?
\documentclass[]{...
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How to draw the following picture on tikz?
Is there any way to do this without drawing every single circles?
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How to align a rectangle in a specific path in latex
I am trying to draw a rectangle on a specific path, that is, I have an inclined line from A to B and I need to draw a rectangle using that angle.
This is the diagram I am trying to replicate:
and I ...
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Help drawing complicated image [closed]
I am in the middle of writing my dissertation. I need help drawing this image in latex. Can anyone provide any guidance or help with the image?
Thank you
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Drawing 3D diagrams in LaTeX
I'm currently writing my bachelor's thesis and I'm having trouble with 3D diagrams. Up until now, I was using Inkscape but I was not satisfied with the look of it. Especially with the look of the ...
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Extending dimensioning command \Cote to draw annotation to the side/margin in technical drawings
I'm trying to annotate a technical drawing made in tikz. Following the elegant work of Tarass, I needed to be able to annotate to the side like depicted below because my annotation text can be longer ...
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change the size of the labels? [closed]
In the following code, I would like to make all the vertex and edge labels the same size.
\documentclass
\begin{figure}[H]
\begin{center}\setlength\extrarowheight{7pt}
\begin{...
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Camera film effect to put in sequence the images [duplicate]
I wished to know if there is a specific package to put in a sequence of images like the old films of a camera or old movies.
Just as an alternative for my book the effect of which could also be very ...
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How can draw this? i only get to do this
Hello I have managed to draw this, but I am not able to draw the rest, any help?
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pst-labo}
\newcommand{\pstClamp}{
\colorlet{myfill}{brown!60}
% potence
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I use overleaf and the pst-labo package does not work, can someone help me?
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pst-labo}
\newcommand{\pstClamp}{
\colorlet{myfill}{brown!60}
% potence
\psframe[fillstyle=solid, fillcolor=myfill](-.5,-2.625)(-.25,13)
\psframe[...
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Drawing diffraction gratings
I'm new to tikz and I'm having trouble drawing this. How can I do it?
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TikZ: how do I draw the following missing parts?
I am starting to learn TikZ and my goal is to draw the following image.
What I got until now with the following code:
\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{shapes.geometric}
\...
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Is TikZ most appropriate for drawing cartoon for Latex documents? If not, is there any suggestion on which software might be preferable?
For example, I wish to draw simple figures such
or
and include them as vector graphics in Latex documents
Is TikZ the most appropriate tool to use? Meaning, how difficult/time consuming would it be ...
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Dimension Lines in 3D drawings
I am trying to apply Tikz-dimline label position (Dimension lines) to a 3-dimensional drawing. This has worked well for me in 2D, so thought it would do so in 3D.
Thus, when in a 2D drawing I would ...
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Formatting Safety messages
In technical documentation the appearance of safety messages is regulated, e.g. ANSI Z535. I was wondering if anyone is aware of an implementation of such a norm in LaTeX. If not would anyone be ...
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Simple grid drawing in TikZ
I need to draw something in TikZ, but I am still inexperienced. Can someone help and draw this in TikZ? Thank you very much.
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Using TikZ to get correct framing
I am currently trying to get this display using TikZ, and i managed to get the correct display but it is not exactly perfect. Let me explain.
This is the code that i wrote to get the following display
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How to construct a flow diagram?
I would like to draw the flow diagrams attached in the photo as figures:
How can draw these in LaTex as figures?
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Help with drawing this diagram Tikz or any useful code to be rendered in latex
I need help with drawing this diagram in tikZ
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Circuitikz causes error in TikZEdt even with \usepackage{circuitikz} included
I'm using circuitikz in TikzEdit, I have put \usepackage{circuitikz} in the setting, but in output I saw only node position.
I tried to simplify, but the problem persists.
In Log file I get :
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Drawing vector summation parallelogram with TiKZ
I'd like to draw something like this:
With two sides labeled, and the ability to label all four vertices, using TiKZ. How can this be done?
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What is a good tool or software for generating curved lines for Latex graphics?
For example, I want to generate the following images,
or
I am using LaTexdraw at the moment but it seems to be very bad at generating curves. What would be a good choice for generating these curves ...
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Diagram with antennas in circuitikz
Hi everyone. I want to make this diagram using circuitikz. Thus, far I have the following:
\begin{circuitikz}
\draw (0,0) to [twoport, blocks/scale=0.8, name=D1, t={a}] ++(1.5,0) coordinate(E1);
\...
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Diagram of stress - strain in TIKZ
I'm having trouble starting the strain-strain diagram, could someone help me start this process?
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How can I create a diagram in tikz that contains both images, blocks of text and tikzpictures, which are all connected by arrows?
I would like to draw a diagram that contains both an image, two blocks of text and a tikzpicture. More precisely, it should look as follows
Image -> Rectangle with text -> Tikzpicture -> ...
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Search for a package to generate graphic displays of calculators
My question it is very simple: I have seen that there are several packages like, Graf35, and Casio ClassWiz font.
Is there any package that could generate this kind of drawing? I remember to have seen ...
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Draw an airport runway in Tikz with perspective
I am trying to generate an airport runway in TikZ with the markings and with a slight perspective. The solution I obtain using a for loop seems quite complex and not very clean.
Is there an efficient ...
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Which LaTeX packages do really support 3D points manipulations, etc?
First consider the following example for illustration purposes. The objective is to draw the shortest line segment from the point H to the plane BDE. The prism ABCD.EFGH has AB=AD=5\sqrt{2} and AE=12. ...
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Circle using tikz
How can I draw a Circle using tikz?
I'm practicing tikz, but I can't draw this one, it's difficult for me.
Any help?
Thanks in advance.
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ipe latex text not able to run
I was trying to add latex text/symbols in ipe tools, but it's popping out error shown in the image.
I tried to add the path as an environment variable as C:\Users\Pramod\AppData\Local\ipe where "...
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Cross section of the spherical projection using Tikz
How can I draw a cross section of the spherical projection using tikz?
I tried graph using manual TikZ, but I did not succeed.
Any help?
Thanks in advance
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Draw solid cylinder with asymptote
I want to draw an image like this with asymptote, but I don't know how to draw the cylinder part like in this image.
I try with this code
triple v=O;
real cyl_r=2;
real cyl_h=3;
triple axis=Z;
axis =...
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Sphere shell using tikz
How can I draw a Stereographic Projection using tikz?
I tried graph using manual TikZ, but I did not succeed.
Any help?
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Drawing Pictures in LaTeX [duplicate]
I want to know the methods and packages for drawing directly in latex. I work mostly in Overleaf. I want to draw graph-theoretic figures directly.
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Text along the planes in 3D
I am not able to project correctly text along the planes in 3D. Complete code and picture is attached. The red text in xz plane at x = 0 $p_Y(y)$ and blue text in yz plane at y = 3 $p_X(x)$ are not ...
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pgplot how to hide yaxis negative part
I have made this pgfplot but not able to remove yaxis negative part. I want yaxis to start from 0 above.
The complete running code and picture is attached. Kindly guide me in this regard.
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Can function definition be used inside draw coordinate
I have a simple question. If we define a function example
declare function={
expcdf(\x,\l) = 1-e^(-\l*x);
}
want to use it in calculating coordinates of a line like
\draw [dashed,red] (0.5,...
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pgfplot picture placement
First of all I am extremely thankful to stackexchange and particularly to Schrödinger's cat for helping me pgfplots and tikz.
I am preparing my lecture on continuous random variables, I have made the ...
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Dimension drawing macro for TikZ pictures
Preamble
I use a lot of environments provided by tikz-timing and pgfplots packages.
Often i specify dimensions for some elements in tikz picture.
For example, time delay between rises of two pulses ...
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How to write in bias with tikz?
Hello I wish to write on an image respecting the initial orientation of the text.
As you can see, the initial lettering of the letters is vertical but they follow the direction of the object.
With ...
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PGFPLOT Help Required for joint and marginal pdf
I have made the first two figures in Matlab of two independent normal random variables. If somebody can help me to make them in Latex pgfplots. I am novice in pdfplots.
I have used these equations ...
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Draw the polyhedra tessellation in the 3-dimensional-space
Consider a polyhedron composed by
24 vertices (4×6)
14 faces (contain 6 squares and 8 hexagons)
36 edges (4×6+6×82=36).
This polyhedron can pack and tessellate the 3-dimensional-space like this.
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Draw colorful patterns on the coordinates
Is there some easy way to draw this figure on LaTex using any method?
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/SO10.svg/2560px-SO10.svg.png
Many thanks to share any comments.
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Draw a table of clocks on a plane
Inspired by this question and an answer by @Schrödinger's cat, how to draw a table of clocks on a plane in an effective way?
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