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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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'
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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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Transform working tikzpicture into \newcommand with arguments
I am trying to transform the solution of THIS question
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{tikzmark}
\usepackage{leadsheets}
\setchords{
major-seven = \textsuperscript{$\Delta$}...
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How to Draw Inline Symbol List with Rotation using Tikz?
Let's say I have the following string list of symbol: {a,b,+,9,3}.
Is there a way to print each element of this list with the possibility - EDIT 1: to control the space between each symbol and - to ...
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Plot polynomial function with tikz
I'm trying to plot this function : f(x)=(x^2+3x+9)/(3x).
I'm having an error saying that I can't divide 9 by 0, is there any solution please?
here is my code :
\begin{tikzpicture}
\draw[...
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Incorporating Multiple Title Color Shadings into a Document
Consider the following code:
\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage{pgothic}
\newcommand\titleshading[3]{
\newcommand\xoffset{0.3}
\newcommand\yoffset{-0.25}
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How to Justify the Text in a Minipage Environment within a Tikzpicture
Consider the following code---
\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{mwe}
\begin{document}
\thispagestyle{empty}
\begin{center}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\node[preaction={fill=black,opacity=1....
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Cartesian coordinates with rectangles on axes and lines bounded elements
I need help in the pictures below.
I can not draw the rounded rectangle upon the two axes, the line like U in the pictures on the left, and the line bounded the elements in the picture on the right.
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TikZ: tikzset to set a macro and pass forward a key-val
I've made a TikZ pic called gen(erator). I would like to establish a TikZ key that passes rotate=90 to this pic, but also sets a macro called \complabelanchor that changes the anchor, so that if I ...
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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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\vspace{0pt} \hspace{0pt} Effects a Shift; Is There a Better Way to Produce This Tikzpicture?
Consider the code
\documentclass[12pt]{book}
\hoffset 10pt \voffset -45pt
\oddsidemargin 12pt \evensidemargin 10pt \topmargin 25pt
\headheight 25pt \textheight 8.25in \textwidth 6.15in
\headsep 45pt \...
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How to do math with coordinate labels in tikz?
I have a set of TikZ pics defined as
\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{calc,positioning}
\tikzset{
shape/.pic = {
\node [draw] (xx) {};
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Can't use tikz-pic together with tikzscale
I am trying to use a tikz-picture containing pic-templates together with tikzscale, but when including the image via \includegraphics[]{} I get a variety of errors. On the other hand, when including ...
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How to draw lines properly between nested nodes using tikzpicture and chessboard
I am trying to create a states tree for demonstrating the N-Queens problem. I've managed to create a tree and display the chessboards in various states however there there is no gap between the nested ...
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Making an animation of moving dots between sites
How can I make an animation from this picture with dots moving according to the arrows?
In the picture, there are two lattices. The lattice on the bottom is the result of the top lattice after moving ...
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Reduce the size fo a tikz picture
I have a flowchart created using tikz.
Example,
\documentclass[tikz, margin=3mm]{standalone}
\usetikzlibrary{backgrounds,
fit,
positioning}
\begin{document}
\...
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Drawing a lattice in latex
Here is the figure I wanna draw:
Could anyone show me how to draw this please?
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How to hatch Boxplot in TikZ
Can you please tell me how to add hatching to a Boxplot in TikZ? Thanks in advance.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb,amsfonts}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{patterns}
\...
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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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How to Add a Baselineskip at the Beginning of a Paragraph in a Certain Tikzpicture
The question posted here is an extension of the one posed in Looking to Insert a Figure and Wrap It Within a Customized Tikzpicture
Consider the following code
\documentclass[border=1cm]{book}
\...
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Fontsize (14) Apparently Not Working in a Tikzpicture
Consider the code
\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{decorations.pathmorphing}
\definecolor{boysenberry}{rgb}{.529, .196, .376}
\begin{document}
\thispagestyle{...
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Can't connect pics to a node
Unfortunately I am not able to connect node Client1 to port 13. My unsuccessful attempt is shown below. I know that unlike nodes, pics cannot be referenced later. Can someone help me convert port/.pic ...
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Looking to Insert a Figure and Wrap It Within a Customized Tikzpicture
This question inquires as to an extension of Daniel N.'s answer found in How to enhance the background of a Tikzpicture or a Tcolorbox
Consider the slightly modified code:
\documentclass[border=1cm]{...
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tikzpictures underneath matrices
I'm trying to construct a diagram of how to calculate a 3x3 matrix determinant via the Rule of Sarrus, and I've managed to come this far after lots of research, but I still would like to make the ...
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Ticks on the y axis not working as anticipated
I am trying to have a plot where the ticks on the y axis are 1, 1.004, 1.008, 1.012, 1.016, and 1.02. However, only the ticks 1, 1, 1.01, 1.01, 1.02, 1.02 are shown in the figure (see below).
I was ...
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How to draw Y type tree with qtree or tikz-qtree
Is it possible to draw unlabelled tree of the below type with qtree or tikz-qtree? Any suggestion..
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Positioning of multiple `pic` using `below=of` not properly aligned
I've created a template using pic that has 3 cells. Then used fit to created a box I named -perimeter around these 3 cells. Now I want to place and connect multiple pics of this type using a line (...
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Bin packing problem diagram // Latex
I need a diagram/graph like this on a latex document.
I don't know neither the library to make this nor a source/example code.
Any info will help me!
Thaks.
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! LaTeX Error: \caption outside float
I am just getting started with LateX, but i got an due date tomorrow.
When i compile my LateX file i get this error: ! LaTeX Error: \caption outside float.
You can find my code below.
\begin{...
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Tikz scale text together with math text
In the below-simplified Latex code, I'm using scale to change the font size of the math mode.
\documentclass[convert={density=300,size=1080x800,outext=.png},tikz]{standalone}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\...
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Aligning bullet in tikz with some other issues
I want to change a few things in the following picture:
(1) Aligning the bullet (d) vertically upwards from where the picture starts.
(2) Changing direction of the arrow at q4 from right to left (in ...
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Tikz standalone the border is not working
I'm currently developing an LFSR drawing library that the latex is output from Python code. One main issue that has been left is the border.
\documentclass[convert={density=300,size=1080x800,outext=....
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Tikz standalone the background is transparent make it white
I'm using the below Latex code to draw a tikzpicture
\documentclass[convert={density=300,size=1080x800,outext=.png},tikz, border=1cm]{standalone}
\usepackage{{xcolor}}
\usetikzlibrary{arrows.meta}
\...
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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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Tikz: Setting an anchor in a pic for relative positioning
I have created a pic of a simple polygon which I want to use and reuse to create tikzpictures containing copies of it positioned relative to each other. How do I do that?
If I did not have the pic, I ...
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graph on latex with too many data points, giving me timeout [closed]
So, I am writing a report which contains graphs, graphs are with a huge amount of data points.
one graph only could contain more than 32,000 points, and I am using tikzpicture and adding coordinates ...
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Unexpected capacity exceeded
The following code gives me an unexpected capacity exceeded error, and I don't understand why...
\[\begin{tikzpicture}[xscale=5, yscale=5.5]
node (1) at (0,0){
$\begin{tikzpicture}[xscale=0.6, ...
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Enhanced animation
I started with a simple animation and tried in the second step to improve it.
In the second frame I included a long horizontal rectangle, filled by white squares (foreach loop).
Is there a way to save ...
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How to zooming out multiple figures in a single slide? [duplicate]
I'm preparing for a presentation. I have four figures (fig 1, fig 2, fig 3 and fig 4). I want to show the fig 1 in the whole slide and then zooming it out to the top left corner of the slide. Then to ...
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Simple toggle animation won't work
I tried a simple toggleanimation.
First i create a bool value
If I set it to true, the if path is performed, set it to false results in the else path.
So far so good.
Within an animateinline i want to ...
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Text and tikz animation in one slide
I found a TikZ animation example here.
In the next step I tried to put text beside the animation, doing the following:
\documentclass{beamer}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{animate}
\usepackage{ifthen}
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How to enhance the background of a Tikzpicture or a Tcolorbox
I would like to produce either a tcolorbox or a tikzpicture that closely resembles the following image:
The following code produces as reasonable facsimile, but not great:
\documentclass[12pt]{book}
\...
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Absolute position of a drawing on the sheet
I would like to correct a little the position of the drawing (it's a very large drawing, but it's a block in itself).
The code is really simple (I'm just starting with Tikz):
\documentclass{article}
\...
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assign a name for pic in tikz
I have a /.pic in tikz, but I can not assign a name for that. I want to draw some block in the right of that pic. I have attached the figure which I want. Could you help me with how to solve that? ...
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LaTeX Produces a Tikzpicture with the Color I Want---but with Error Messages Indicating the Color is Not Defined
I have written some code to produce a tikzpicture with a lavender color that I later want to add some text to.
\documentclass[12pt]{book}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{decorations.pathmorphing}
\...
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How can I draw a line segment from an anchor node inside a pic?
I'm trying to draw a line from an anchor node inside a configurable object constructed as a TikZ pic, but it doesn't work. Is there an explanation and solution for this?
\documentclass[10pt]{...
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