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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Self Learning (pgfplots, asymptote) in systematic manner from ab initio
Kindly guide in order to self learn in a systematic manner the following
Pgfplots
Asymptote
for 2D and 3D drawings.
Thanks
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How to properly position text over full-page image (background) using Tikz?
I would like to be able to position text using coordinates using number of millimeteres from top left corner.
Using Tikz, I have the following tex code, which does appear to position the text above ...
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Referring a \pic by its name that is generated in a for-loop
I use a loop to place a list of pics, each of which has a bounding box. Then I refer to one of these bounding boxes, but tikz does not seem to get names generated by the for-loop. This is the code:
\...
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Left-align TikZ pics and issue with TikZ graph
I'm trying to put together a more complex drawing from several TikZ pics. I have constructed a minimal example from which the challenges become visible (see below).
After the styles, first the two ...
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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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how I can draw this using tikz [duplicate]
Please help me. How can I draw this using tikzpicture. Thank you.
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using Tikz to create a maze
I created this figure with microsoft powerpoint but I'd like to make a similar one using latex because I am writing my document in latex.
I already asked how I can make similar maze structure but in ...
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How to mirror and position the analog clock dials
I am trying the create analog clock dial with roman or standard numbers on display and at the same time create another one but the mirror image of it. I managed to do that but for some reason a third ...
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How to create a simple box that contains another box in Beamer?
I would like to create something like,
or
Does anyone know how to create these simple diagrams?
Note: corner need not be rounded. Text need not be Hello World. Edge color need not to be blue.
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How to put series of small graphics on the graph?
I am making plots with y-axis breaks by placing one \nextgroupplot above the second one. These plots have not only curves but also some additional graphics, which are assigned to bottom coordinate ...
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Using tikz to generate some figures
Is it possible to use tikz to make the following figure:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}
% Radius of regular polygons
\newdimen\R
\R=5cm
\begin{tikzpicture}
\draw [...
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How to draw the the following directed graph with TikZ?
I am new to TikZ. I am trying to realize the photo using the TikZ package.
I know how to draw these individual figures using tikzpicture. However I am not sure how I can place them in order and use ...
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horizontal alignment of multiple \pic objects
I want to group some tikz drawings together, and am using a pic for this. I further wish to use the pics as though they're ordinary nodes, and draw some connecting arrows. How can I horizontally align ...
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Nested TikZ pics (double angle symbol) [duplicate]
Edit: @js bibra pointed me to How do I mark an angle with multiple arcs?
It seems like my question is kind of a duplicate, but there is still the matter of whether it makes sense and how to nest pics, ...
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Graph a function with \frac
I need to graph the function
f(s)=\frac{s^3+7s^2+9s-128}
{s^2+15s+24} ,where s greater than zero,
please help me...
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How to remove coordinate axes in tikzpicture?
I created this tikzpicture in geogebra.
I just want the vector instead of coordinate axes shown in picture after running. I do not how to set the code given so that axes are removed and get just the $\...
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TikZ: `behind path` Key Inoperative With Angles Library
I am using the angles library to label angles in my diagrams. I'm noticing, however, that the arc created by the angles package rests on a layer above the rest of the diagram by default, i.e., the ...
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Printing an element of a non-numeric array as the node label
I want to retrieve a member of a non-numeric array passed to a TikZ pic as an argument, to use it as a node label. \foreach easily does it while iterating over the array, but I cannot do it for the ...
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TikZ find out current rotation angle in definition of TikZ pic
Is there any way to find out what the current rotation angle is inside the definition of a TikZ pic? I need to define a pic with one component whose positioning is independent of the coordinate ...
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Arrows mess up bounding box of pics
I use pics to reuse more sophisticates images multiple times in a drawing. To easily connected them with lines/arrows I name the bounding box of each pic, so they get a bit a node-like behavior.
Now I ...
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Insert content next to node in a tree
I created a Binary Tree. This is my code:
\begin{tikzpicture}[level/.style={sibling distance=80mm/#1}]
\node[circle,draw](z){$50$}
child {node [circle,draw] {$30$}
child {node [circle,draw]...
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Problems in adaption of a blueprint column chart with TikZ
I use the following working code as a blueprint for my wishes.
\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{axis}[
ybar,
bar width=20pt,
%
nodes near coords,
nodes near ...
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color in block hides text
I have the following code, wicth I need to modify to include backgroud color, however when I do that the text is hidden. Could you help me soolve this issue?
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\...
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Setting background color in flowchart
I've a flowchart created in the following manner
\tikzstyle{steps} = [rectangle, rounded corners, minimum width=3cm, minimum height=1cm, text centered, text width=3cm, draw=black, fill=gray!50]
\...
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How to get this graphics using tikz
How to use this code, to get something like in the picture ?
\documentclass[10pt]{article}
\usepackage{mathtools,relsize,tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{calc,intersections,through}
\begin{figure}[h]
\def\...
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Equal boxes in tikzpicture
I have written below latex script to make a table, but the size of boxes depends on the amount of text inside them and it makes everything messy. My questions are:
1- Is there any way of making the ...
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/.store in, with default value in brackets
I would expect the following code to draw a red line, but it doesn't.
\tikzset{
ls/.store in = \ls,ls={draw,red},
myline/.pic = {\path[\ls] (0,0)--(1,0);}
}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\pic (0) at (0,0) {...
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problem with y label and x label
I have a problem with the axis labels. When I scale down the graph it changes my location and they don't look like they should. If I set the scale to 1 it looks good but I change the scale and mess up ...
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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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How can I reproduce this image in a simple way?
I need to draw this simple scheme in latex, how would you do it in a simple way ?
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labeling points on the circle with the same symbol
I am trying to draw a circle centered at A(1,1) and radius 1. I also want to draw 2 dashed lines from center to the points B(1,0) and C(0,1). here is my progress
\begin{tikzpicture}
\tkzInit[xmin=-...
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Why does rotate option not rotate all objects (except labels) of my pic?
I've a pic including a spacecraft and a local frame attached to it as below.
pics/spacecraft/.style n args={2}{
code={
\node [shape=rectangle, draw, fill=gray!30, inner sep=0pt, ...
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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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Drawing curved objects side by side with braces
I am trying to recreate the two following diagrams, but don't know how to shift the beaker to the right. I tried hspace but it did nothing. Also, how would I do the braces on the left with the text in ...
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How to insert 6 tikzpictures in a landscape page?
I inserted a landscaped page in my document to containing 6 figures. I want 4 small figures in the first row and 2 big figures in the second row. I have tried many ways but can't find a beautiful ...
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How to prevent from overlapping nodes in tikz
I have created a tree-like structure using tikz package. The problem I faced is that the nodes haven't got enough distance from each other and I want to avoid giving the static distance. How can I ...
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Failed to use the local bounding box produced by \foreach and \pic
I was confronted with a problem of \pic and \foreach in Tikz. Below is an MWE:
\documentclass[tikz]{standalone}
\tikzset{%
pics/abc/.style={%
code={
\node {this is some path};
}
}
}
\begin{...
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how to draw $\ln(x+\sqrt{x^2-1})$ with tikz
I try this but it doesn't work
\def\Xmin{-2} \def\Xmax{2}
\def\Ymin{-2} \def\Ymax{2}
\def\Xunit{1.5cm} \def\Yunit{1.5cm}
\def\Xleg{\small \sffamily $x$} % légende en abscisse
\def\Yleg{\small \...
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Drawing a section of a burette
Im trying to draw the following figure. But don't know enough of the tikzpicture package to create it. I didn't know where to begin. Please help.
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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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TikZ - Block with no margin problem
I want to eliminate the margin and put a red retangle along the left margin. I have a white space with the code:
\newgeometry{top=0cm,bottom=0.0cm,left=0.0cm,right=0cm}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\fill[red]...
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Drawing a mountain look figure in latex
I am not sure where I can start from and is it easy to draw a figure below using latex?
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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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Using tikzpicture as robust command within section title
I was trying to use a tikzpicture using a robust custom command in a section title as is it described here. I'm not getting error when using the robust command but my custom symbols definition is ...
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Edge between two tikz pictures
I am trying to draw some edges between tikzpictures in latex. I will post the code sample and a picture of what it looks like and a pic that gives an idea of how I would like the edges to look. I have ...
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How to debug token positions in petri nets in TikZ?
Following an example given in How to make this TikZ picture more idiomatic? (environment diagram)
I tried to use the pre-defined "pic" to place more "function definition icons" on the canvas using ...
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unknown tikz picture error
I really don't know what the problem is but for some reason, this piece of codes works only once. I have it in an active document and it works fine, but now when I try to copy and paste it for a ...
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Ghostly lines in tiled clipped pics
I am trying to tile two clipped pic elements like this.
\documentclass[tikz,border=2mm]{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\tikzset{
one/.pic = {
\path[clip] (0,...
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Drawing a cone and coloring it without its basis
How can I draw a cone and color it except its basis (circle). Then drawing an arrow from the colored part and adding a comment?
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Draw arrows between nodes defined in a pic
How can I draw an arrow between two nodes that are defined in a pic please.
For example, how can I draw an edge from node A in the left hand side to the node A in the right hand side? Thank you.
My ...
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