Questions tagged [tikz-pic]
{tikz-pic} is about questions concerning “pics” in a Ti*k*Z context. A “pic” is a “short picture” that can be inserted anywhere in TikZ picture where you could also insert a node.
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Adding braces above other braces on timeline graph
I am trying to add two orange braces as shown in the picture below:
I am struggling to place them (in orange) on my diagram. Below is my MWE:
\documentclass{standalone}
\newcommand{\ImageWidth}{11cm}
...
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Right bracket marker in tikzpicture axis to draw closed set
I'm trying to draw a simple set interval with left/right paranthis for open sets and left/right brackets for closed sets. Here's how I'm drawing it:
\begin{adjustbox}{width=\textwidth}
\begin{...
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Creating swimlane diagrams with flow charts
I want to create a vertical swimlane with 2 groups. In each lane I want to add a complex flow chart. How can I do that? I'm not familiar with a package that could facilitate this. I have the first ...
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Arrow directions in a flowchart
I am trying to create a flowchart. So far, I have all the blocks I need. I simply need to create the appropriate 'flow'. I want the arrows in the following directions:
How do I do that? I've tried ...
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How to bend a word around the circle
I would like to bend the ``commutative rings'' around the circle. I would appreciate any help.
\documentclass[a4paper, 12pt, openany]{book}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{calc}
\colorlet{euler1}{...
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Generalizing the body of my tikzpicture environment in the preamble
I would like to generalize this diagram and place it before the \begin{environment} command, so I can just simply/easily change the numbers as I am rotating the square. I would appreciate if I can be ...
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Designing a nested Venn Diagram
Is there any way to make these similar diagrams look more beautiful, by adding special designs, colours, etc.? I'll really appreciate if I can be helped out.
\documentclass[a4paper, 12pt, openany]{...
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Tikzpicture path creating a lot of whitespace [duplicate]
This code
\documentclas{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}
\begin{figure}
\centering
\resizebox{.5\textwidth}{!}{
\fbox{
\...
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Drawing loops around an ellipse in Tikz
I am trying to show the loops of magnetic field flow around a circular current in tikz. I'd like to end with a central ellipse, something like \draw (0, 0) ellipse (3 and 1), that has eight 'equally' ...
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How to fix the line width when writing text in a node in Tikzpicture?
I am using Tikzpicture to add a figure to my document, with the caption as a textbox inside a second node.
My text either extends beyond the page width, or becomes messy with uneven line widths. What ...
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Error Missing Number, treated as zero after two If
I have trouble with \tikzset.
When I create a function (here foo), the parameter \lfvert is not recognize on the second if statement. (The node didn't print it anymore)
And that give me the following ...
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Serpentine-shaped plots on the x and y axes
I would like to know how to create serpentine curves in the 'tikzpicture' and 'axis' environments on the x and y axes.
I used the 'tikzpicture' and 'axis' environments to build the uncolored part of ...
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Adding a Border to an Oval-Shaped Cropped Image
Consider the code
\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage[abs]{overpic}
\usepackage{tikz}
\definecolor{Gold}{RGB}{228,168,73}
\begin{document}
\thispagestyle{empty}
\begin{center}
...
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How to rotate a polar plot without rotating the grid lines
Please, how do I rotate the following polar plot without rotating its grid lines and polar axis lines? To make it clearer, I just want to rotate the petals alone without rotating any axis or grid ...
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Drawing graph with unknown constant [closed]
Q=VC(1-e^\frac{-t}{RC})
Is it possible to plot this function, Q-t graph? V and C are unknown constants.
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I am getting an error while plotting
\documentclass[border=5pt,tikz,12pt]{article}
\usepackage[margin=0.75in,footskip=0.25in]{geometry}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\begin{document}
\begin{center}
\begin{...
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Centering 2 tikz pictures
\begin{tikzpicture}[declare function={f(\x,\y)=3-2*\y;}]
\def\xmax{3} \def\xmin{-3}
\def\ymax{3} \def\ymin{-3}
\def\nx{15}
\def\ny{15}
\pgfmathsetmacro{\hx}{(\xmax-\xmin)/\nx}
\pgfmathsetmacro{\hy}{(\...
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Circular Gauge Plot in LaTeX [duplicate]
Is there a way to create a circular gauge plot in LaTeX using Tikz library or PgfPlots?
I found a way to create a horizontal gauge plot, but can't find the circular one?
Thank you.
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Plots with functions like n/2
i'm using tikzpicture and pgfplots to make my plots and i'm currently facing a problem when i use a function like 2/x
\begin{center}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{axis}[ ymin=-10, ymax=10, xmin=-10, ...
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Drawing an angle between two vectors?
I want to draw an angle between two vectors:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{angles,quotes,babel,plotmarks}
\usetikzlibrary{decorations.pathreplacing}
\usetikzlibrary{calc}
\...
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adding node to tikz figure
I want to add text where I put the dots, for example w_1, w_2, ... w_n.
This is the code:
\documentclass[tikz,border=3.14mm]{standalone}
\usetikzlibrary{positioning}
\begin{document}
\tikzset{%
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How to place a tikz node at a lower level
Using the solution provided by @Zarko at Markov Chain Arrows and Labels stacked together, I want to know a way insert a node that is on a lower level than the others as shown in the picture below:
I ...
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Tikz Code No Longer Running
This question follows from Markov Chain Arrows and Labels stacked together where I got 2 different solutions to my problem, the one provided by @Zarko which I accepted as my answer and also the one ...
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How to Produce a Bclogo Similar to a Given Tikzpicture and Then Align It Directly Above
Consider the code:
\documentclass{book}
\hoffset 10pt \voffset -55pt
\oddsidemargin 17pt \evensidemargin 18pt \topmargin 35pt
\headheight 25pt \textheight 8.25in \textwidth 5.75in
\headsep 40pt \...
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Markov Chain Arrows and Labels stacked together
I am having challenges with the following:
My bottom chain arrows and labels (1-\theta) are stacked
together/overlapping which is something I dont like, and
I want to add an extra broken line that ...
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How to have alternate coloring of histogram bars
I am kindly requesting for assistance on how to have the color of my histogram bars alternate between blue and orange. Currently the bars all have the same color which is something I do not like. ...
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Logarithmic plot using tikz ung pgfplots
I want to draw a logarithmic plot of wavelength and frequency. The x and y axes show an exponential plot. I want the representation to be a simple number. How do I change the labels on the axes?
Since ...
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Drawing Capital Market Line and Efficient Frontier
I am struggling to produce the diagram shown in the picture below:
How do I reproduce it? So far my trial yielded an awful result. Below is my MWE:
\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{book}
\usepackage{...
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TikZ get value of passed option/key inside pic
Is it possible to access the options that are passed to a pic inside the definition of a pic?
And if yes, how?
I know I can do this with self-defined custom keys.
But is it possible to also get the ...
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Producing a Glowing Star with the Transparent Package and Pdflatex
Consider the code:
\documentclass{book}
\textheight 8.5in \textwidth 5.75in
\usepackage{xcolor}
%\usepackage{transparent}
\definecolor{darkpurple}{RGB}{48, 25, 52}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{...
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Background Setup for My Title Page
I am having trouble setting up the background for my title page using tikz. I adopted this background style from Benmiloud Mohammed at https://latexdraw.com/. I also adopted the contents of the title ...
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How to use xcolor color names in tikzpicture style?
I want to use color names like MidnightBlue in a style for a tikzpicture to e.g. fill it with a specific color, is this possible? Or am I limited to the other style (red!30 etc.)?
This MWE fails with ...
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Extending a John Kormylo Answer for Color Shading a Portion of a Paragraph to Produce Bold Text as Well
This post is an extension of the question posed in How to Contiguously Shade a Portion of a Paragraph with Color
Consider the code
\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\colorlet{soulred}{red!25}
\...
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Define a pic and use it as node
My purpose is draw an horizontal cylinder. I defined the left and the right base with /.pic . Now I would link these bases with \draw, using the bases anchor point .north and .south.
Something goes ...
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tabularray how to wrap column content inside commands
Tabularray: I want to create a column that prepends and appends some code to save space and avoid repetition, but I don't achieve that behavior.
At first, I tried (and failed) to create a new column ...
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Centre TikZ figure vertically (\vspace*{fill} does not work)
I want to print a lined page with a gap in the middle that should be in the centre of the page vertically. This is my code:
\documentclass[landscape]{article}
\usepackage[paperheight=320mm, paperwidth=...
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How to Produce a Rectangular Radial Glow
Consider the code
\documentclass[a5paper,12pt,onecolumn,openany,final]{book}
\usepackage[hmargin=0.7in,vmargin=0.75in]{geometry}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{calc}
\usetikzlibrary{fadings}
\...
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Cheat sheet using mini pages and tikzpicture does not overflow properly
This is a Cheat Sheet template from Overleaf’s templates.
The problem: Box 3 does not overflow properly (it should be entirely placed in column 2), and its contents continue to print towards the ...
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Transfiguring an Image with Multiple Tikz Shading Angles
Consider the code
\documentclass{book}
\textheight=10in
\usepackage{tikz,graphicx}
\begin{document}
\thispagestyle{empty}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\node[opacity=0.5, inner sep=0pt](A) at (0, 0) {\...
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Embedding a Pspicture within a Radial Fading Tikzpicture
The following MWE is taking some code from How to Produce a Colorized Aura About an Image and Which Resembles That Image which produces a "radiant" Norman Window.
Consider,
\documentclass[...
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Adjusting tikzpicture baseline to be flush
I have two minipages one which encloses a tikz picture. I'd like these to have the same baseline. i.e. I would like the minipages to be flush at the top.
By default this doesn't happen:
\...
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Ways to create/reproduce an basic pattern/image via Latex and tools [duplicate]
what would be the (easiest) way to make such a plot/pattern in latex (lua and or xe - possible)
(would be really nice to adjust the number of sticks and the degree of the lines - as parameters ? kind ...
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How to specify relative coordinates in tikzpicture when using \includegraphics?
I am trying to create an animation for rotating a box in tikzpicture to cover a 16:9 screen. I want to align the east face of the box with a picture and rotate them both simultaneously. I have two ...
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Blockchain Network using latex
I know that this is not a specific problem, but I'm looking for a library that has icons that I can directly use to draw how blockchain network works by using Latex. Is there any such library or ...
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Extending the Features of the Glowing Star Posted by User Sandy G
This following code extends a bit, an answer posted by the user Sandy G in How to Give Stars a Glow Effect which asked for a way to produce a glowing star with LaTeX.
\documentclass{book}
\textheight ...
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Nonlinear transformation applied on decorations along path with a custom pic
I am having a problem to apply a single nonlinear transformation to a path decorated with custom pics. A minimal example follows:
\documentclass[margin=5pt]{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\...
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Chemplants doc example failed
I want to use check valve pic as described on chemplants doc at page 54, but I get an error saying it's not defined. I know it could be an error of the package, but I want to be sure and see if it's ...
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Problem raising a tikz picture in wrapfigure enviroment
I am doing this paper with the tikz picture tools to draw some diagrams and the wrapfigure enviroment to situate them in the text.
The problem is that when I run the code, the picture is placed below ...
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Positioning relative to page in XeLaTeX with package background and 'nested' tikzpictures 'dimension too large'
Context
For a personal project I would like to have a tikzpicture on every page that borders the text and all that is on there. I started with LuaLaTeX and wanted to add only a few Chinese characters, ...
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Node positions in Tikzpicture for using tikzmark
I wish to create a diagram like this.
My attempt is shown below:
Output
Code
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz-cd}
\usetikzlibrary{tikzmark,shapes.geometric,shapes.symbols}
\tikzset{elnode/....
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