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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How to get rid of the almost invisible faint lines in the Olympic rings?
I want to draw Olympic rings and used the code from here, which is,
% Olympic rings
% Author: Paul Gaborit
\documentclass[a4paper]{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\...
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Anchoring TiKZ pics
Is it possible to anchor a TiKZ-pic on an internal anchor?
I know (more or less) how to use TiKZ pics and know that they are draw arround their origin. What I would like to be sure is that it's not ...
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TikZ 3.0---Multiple arguments for `pic`
How do I provide multiple arguments for pic?
giraffe contains two arguments for colors, #1 and #2. I would like to be able to provide these as giraffe={pink, yellow} or giraffe={colorA=pink, colorB=...
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How to give a name to \pic
I read instruction how to use \pic in PGF 3.0.0 manual, but description how to give names to \pic are not clear to me and given example generate error:
"No shape named EmmaEmma-left is known."
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pic versus macro in TikZ
Consider this code in the TikZ - PGF manual, which uses a macro
% Main code from
% The TikZ - PGF manual
% Author: Till Tantau et al
% Version 3.1.3, released May 9, 2019
% Page 40
\...
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TikZ Pics with optional/default parameters
I am trying to set up a small TikZ library or package with pics I can reuse.
Thus, I create a file called "tikzlibraryBES.code.tex" with the following content:
\tikzset{
% House
pics/house/....
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In tikz, why does a pic with a tree get distorted upon positioning with e.g. `right=of`
I'm trying to connect with edges tikz pics. I thought of using (sub)graphs like subgraph I_n and specifying the nodes with the V key, but I get an error:
Undefined control sequence.
\tikz@lib@graph@...
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TikZ: strange behaviour of cycle / coordinate / pic name in TikZ pics
In a TikZ pic, the combination of -- cycle, \coordinates, and the name key (or using parenthesis) only works sometimes.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}
\tikzset{
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How to fill a split node with two different colors?
I have that issue when try to fill a split node with two different colors. After using rectangle split part fill={red,blue} as an node argument the drop shadow overlap the node because I don't use the ...
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How should I prevent a .pic definition inside a document environment, but outside a tikzpicture, from adding a space to the typeset output?
How can I prevent the definition of a .pic from adding an additional space to the typeset output, where the .pic is defined in a \tikzset{} within the document body, rather than either in the preamble ...
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Nested tikz pics?
I have a basic pic ("brick") that I rotate/flip/shift within other pics (e.g. "wall").
These pics ("wall") then get drawn in my tikzpicture, possibly themselves rotated/...
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Understanding TikZ anchors using pics
With the MWE below, I get the following figure:
Could someone explain me why in the right figure, the red circle is not "inside" the square? I guess it has to do with the square being a node, and not ...
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Tikzpicture scope background image
I copied and modified the code given on http://www.texample.net/tikz/examples/swan-wave-model/
\begin{figure}[H]
\begin{tikzpicture}[scale=.5,every node/.style={minimum size=1cm},on grid]
\...
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Tikzpictures side by side [duplicate]
I have used the following code:
\begin{figure}[h]
\begin{tikzpicture}
\draw[->] (-0.5,0) -- (4,0) node[right] {$x$};
\draw[->] (0,-0.5) -- (0,4) node[above] {$y$};
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Anchoring complex tikz pic
In my illustration I need a sketch of clock. For it I use pic capability of TikZ. It works fine with quit annoying exception: positioning of clocks in picture. If I put a clock at some absolute ...
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Problems combining clip, layer and pic when multiple instances are included in the same tikzpicture
I'm having trouble figuring out how I am supposed to combine (or if I am supposed not to combine) pics, clipping and layering when more than one instance of a pic is included in a single tikzpicture ...
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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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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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Overlapping nodes in a decision tree
I have the following decision tree taken from this example with little modification. When I added two sub-nodes to the second right node, the inner left and inner right nodes have been overlapped. How ...
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How to use composite Tikz pics with rotation
I am trying to draw a tiled pattern, building it from simpler elements using pic.
This is a simplified version of my code
\documentclass[tikz,border=2mm]{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{...
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How to give a name to \pic (part II)
When I was looking for the solutions of How to give a name to \pic, I discovored that it looks like that the problem is only with the code of \tikztostart in the to path and not with the \tikztotarget....
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Tikz and lines with the Q letter
I do have a tex, that always show me a twolines, in a tikzfigure when letter Q is in the line. Let me share the TEX with you
\documentclass[parskip]{scrartcl}
\usepackage[margin=10mm]{geometry}
\...
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Tikz Payoff Matrix
I am trying to remove the bottom two rows (C and D) completely so as to create a 2*4 payoff matrix. In addition to this, I would also like to move "Player 2" up slightly once they have been removed (...
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TikZ: Bug (?) with `.pic`: misalignement of nodes
I am using .pic to use a same picture several times. I noticed a difference of behavior between the same code inside a .pic or outside. In the example below, one can notice that within a .pic, the ...
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Various questions on the pic command from the Tikz angles library
I have a few questions regarding the pic command from the tikz.angles library that I am trying to experiment (the documentation in the Tikz-pgf manual remain very obscur to me).
So here is one bit of ...
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A nice example with `name prefix ..`
TiKZ pics include a new key called name prefix ... TiKZ documentation defines it with
/tikz/name prefix ..
This key is available only inside the
code of a pic. There, it (locally) ...
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TikZ using \tkzMarkAngle in pics
I am trying to draw some Penrose tiling in order to learn more about tikz, and I can now make pics and place them.
But I can't label angles: if I use \tkzMarkAngle (which would be ideal) in pics, I ...
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Arrow Between Equations
Is there a better way to put arrows between equations?
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\node at (-4,0)...
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Spherical Polar Diagram
I'm trying to recreate (pretty much copy) the Example image with Latex, but I can't really figure out how to draw the xz plane arc and the other arcs. I got it to a certain point, as seen below. ...
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Perfect crossing of two dashed lines
I need to draw to dashed line which cross at the center of a circle using the tikz package. I would like to obtain a pefect cross at the center of the circle so I wonder if there is a method to force ...
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Node positioning relative to `\pic`
I want to position a node relative to a \pic. I'm able to position a \pic relative to a node, but I want it the other way.
\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\tikzset{
pics/mp3/.style ...
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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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How to add fill in a \pic?
I wrote a TikZ pic for a simple database icon (first picture below). What I want is to hide the two edges that are behind overlaying boxes, similar to the second picture. I thought I could add a white ...
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How can I make scaling affect TikZ-pics within a tikzpicture?
I want to have "global scaling" in a TikZ picture, which also affects all pics defined within a tikzpicture environment. MWE:
\documentclass[tikz, border=2mm]{standalone}
\begin{document}
\begin{...
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drawing directed graph
How can I draw an edge from (ab) to ($a^3$$b$)?
I tried using \Edge(ab)($a^3$$b$) like I did for drawing an edge from (b) to (e) but the same method didn't work.
I think it has something to do with ...
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tikz - Curved cloud shape
So here is my code that produces a circle with text inside and three clouds, also with text, around it. I would like the clouds to curve in an arc around the circle, if that is possible. There is this ...
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Shading grid which is fully inside slips
I have an ellipse drawn over a grid of small square, I need to shade those square in which are fully inside the ellipse, is there is way to do it without trying to shade one by one for each square?
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Generating adjacency matrices from isomorphic graphs
Here are some isomorphic graphs and their corresponding adjacency matrices. I can draw the graphs with tikz. But I'm not sure the best way to draw the matrices. Is it possible to generate one from ...
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Crop an image in tikz using 2 points of reference and a height
Consider the following code:
% DOCUMENT TYPE
\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{article}
% PACKAGES
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage[margin=10pt,...
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Automatically shift scope of tikz pic
I'm trying to create pics that behave like nodes. Following the instructions of shifting scopes and naming scopes for pics, I managed to manually create pics and move them to behave like nodes.
The ...
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TikZ: clip with Pic?
Title explains it all really, I want to clip a picture using an exiting .pic that I have already defined, as I plan on using this clip shape many times over.
\documentclass[border=5pt]{standalone}
\...
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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 move tikzpicture with named nodes?
I am trying to position an image with rounded corners to a specific position on screen. However, according to the following post, yshift and xshift do not affect nodes that are named and I am still a ...
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Positioning '\pic' in tikz
With the code
\documentclass[tikz,convert={size=640}]{standalone}
\usetikzlibrary{positioning}
\usetikzlibrary{calc}
\usetikzlibrary{quotes}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}[
rect/.style={...
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TikZ: position a pic with its inner coordinate
In the MWE below, I made a TikZ pic called bus with one argument. The argument creates nodes within the pic that will be used as connection points to other buses. I would like to align these pics by ...
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Is there an option to simulate the drawing of a TikZ pic without really drawing it?
Currently, I draw a TikZ picture with lots of TikZ elements and subelements. To do this, I use TikZ pic. Sometimes, I need to know the size of a pic prior to its drawing for the correct positioning. ...
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problem with fadings and pic
I try to generate several copies of a faded text using the PG 3.0 pic feature but something with the placement went wrong. Only the one at the origin is drawn.
Here is what I have done:
\...
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Named paths inside a tikz/pic
I am trying to understand the naming behavior of paths inside a pic definition. Consider the following
\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{intersections}
\tikzset{%
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Placing the middle of a predefined picture at a certain node
I am trying to create the following reaction network cycle.
Here's my output so far.
My MWE is
\documentclass[11pt]{standalone}
\renewcommand*{\familydefault}{\sfdefault}
\usepackage{sfmath}
\...
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making a cartoon plot of some grids using tikz
I want to use latex to generate similar figure as following plot
using tikzpicture.
For instance using the example given here
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}
\begin{...
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