Questions tagged [tkz-euclide]
Use this tag for questions concerning the tkz-euclide package which brings support Euclidean geometry macros for TikZ.
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Perpendicular line through point
I want to make a figure about the cathetus theorem.
This is what I got already:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[svgnames]{xcolor}
\usepackage{tkz-euclide}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}[...
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Intersection (Circle and triangle) Tikz
I am trying to intersect my circle and my triangle. I am novice at using tikz and have code that probably does not work, mathematically I can just calculate the intersection, but I wanted to know a ...
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TikZ labels are drawn on every tick
I executed the exact same code that was posted here: https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/334718/166582
But my result is different, I have no idea why the labels are repeated. As reference the code is
\...
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Color of dim in tikzpicture
I want to make all kind of different exercises on Thales. Changing letters ABCDEF and distances makes new excercises.
\documentclass[border=5pt]{standalone}
\standaloneenv{my}
\usepackage{tkz-euclide}...
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How do I make this figure?
The target figure:
Left me to fill the regions. Can somebody help me? My LaTeX code:
\documentclass[border=5mm]{standalone}
\usepackage[svgnames,x11names,dvispnames]{xcolor}
\usepackage{tikz,tkz-...
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Problem with label and tick in tkz-euclide
I have an old .tex file, which worked correctly before, now I'm having a problem with the following code,
\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{tkz-euclide}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\begin{document}
...
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Inscribe circle in equilateral triangle
I'm trying to inscribe equilateral triangle. What am I doing wrong.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tkz-euclide}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}[scale=1]
\tkzDefPoint(0,0){A}
...
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Increase thickness of line and color it
Question : I have been working on a small figure in which I want to increase the thickness of half line(right half) and want to change color. Please help me.
MWE:
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\...
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What methods can I use to construct a circle in tkz-euclide?
I'm trying to learn to do geometric constructions in LaTeX, in particular construct a cyclic convex hexagon, but I'm struggling to find any documentation for tkz-euclide that is useful in an ...
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Draw some circle on top of other circles
I wanted to draw some circle like this
I have created 3 circles, but I think there would be better solution. What if the circles are more than 6? How do I draw that?
\documentclass[10pt]{...
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Error in repeating arrows with tkz-fct
Where do the extra arrows outside of the picture come from? Use pdflatex --shell-escape to typeset the sample code.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tkz-fct}
\tikzset{
arr/.style={
...
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Drawing triangles with little information
I need to draw three different triangles. I'm trying to use tkz-euclide, or any method which is at least readable, and easy to understand what happening.
Here's screenshots of the three triangles. I ...
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I wanted to add text and arrow on a circle
I wanted to draw a circle with text and arrow like the one on this picture.
But I don't know how to do that using tkz-euclide.
I already did something like this
\documentclass[10pt]{standalone}
\...
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Is there a .cwl file for tkz-euclide package?
Texstudio is highlighting all commands from tkz-euclide package. Is there a .cwl file for tkz-euclide package or I must create one?
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Inputting a value into a new command gives error
So I'm trying to pass in a value into a new command called circleFig. However, the compiler keeps trying to insert pt in front of it, essentially breaking the code. How can I force the compiler to ...
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tkz-euclide Change Axes Names
Is it possible to rename the default x and y axes when using \tkzAxeXY to something like Re and Im for complex Numbers?
For example, I have this code:
\documentclass[tikz,border=3mm]{standalone}
\...
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tkz-euclide fill parts of a circle
I'm currently able to draw this image with the following code:
\documentclass[tikz,border=3mm]{standalone}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\tkzInit[xmax=3,ymax=3,xmin=-3,ymin=-3]
\...
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How can I fix extruded polygon corners?
I'm working with tkz-euclide and I'm having a problem with the corners of each inscribed triangle sticking out of the circumference of the circle. This is what it looks like:
... and this is the code ...
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tkz-euclide drawing compass-mark like for Arc construction
i would like the arcs to appeared only on points I and J
(with dash or not like in the manual example) but not as on the first tex-output. the long lines of circles are not needed. i just would like ...
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Circle diagram made with tkz-euclide renders differently in TeX Live 2018 versus TeX Live 2020
I have another question similar to my last question about 2018 -> 2020 tkz-euclide compatibility changes.
I have a circle diagram that compiles and renders perfectly in Overleaf (TeX Live 2018):
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Is there a clever way of drawing/marking intersections of multiple paths in block diagrams automatically?
I'm trying to draw a block diagram with tikz and would like to match some kind of convention concerning the intersection of lines/paths. The convention says, that the marking/semicircle has to be at ...
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Triangle diagram made with tkz-euclide renders in TeX Live 2018 but not 2020
I have a triangle diagram that compiles and renders perfectly in Overleaf (TeX Live 2018):
Here is the code that compiles successfully:
\documentclass[addpoints]{exam}
\printanswers
\usepackage{...
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Orthogonal projections on ellipsoids in TikZ
In TikZ, I want to draw the orthogonal projection from a point to a (rotated and shifted) ellipse. As a particular example, I would want to draw the shortest line from the point in the picture to the ...
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How to create two commands with the same name but different number of parameters and style
I want to define a command with the same name, but a different number of parameters.
I want the call \tkzDrawAltitude(A,M,B) be equivalent to \tkzDrawAltitude(A,B)(M) in a document.
I'm considering ...
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Labelling Angle Issues
I am trying to label the angles of a triangle. I can't figure out why my code is kicking the name to the outside. My apologies for any formatting issues; this is my first post here.
\documentclass{...
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Angle Label Issues [duplicate]
I am trying to label the angles of a triangle. I can't figure out why my code is kicking the name to the outside. My apologies for any formatting issues; this is my first post here.
\documentclass{...
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Draw a balanced fulcrum with cylinder, pyramid and sphere
I have been drawn the following figure, showing that the sphere with radius R and cone with base radius 2R and height 2R, away from the pivot with distance 2R, is rotational equilibrium with cylinder ...
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Why is tikz-euclide adding a line/mark to each angle arc? [duplicate]
I am drawing a triangle and its angles but tikz adds a small line to each arc of each angle. This should not happen as can be seen for example here. My code:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{...
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Reproduce tikz semicircles and sections with tkz-euclide
I'm trying to reproduce the following first three figures made with Tikz using tkz-euclide. So far I have successfully done the third one, the first one I couldn't clip the semicircle without also ...
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How to add the scale at one side of a triangle?
I want to draw the following picture:
But I don't know how to align it with the two dashed lines.
\documentclass[margin=10pt]{standalone}
\usepackage{tkz-euclide}
\usetikzlibrary{calc}
\begin{...
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How to draw these circles using tkz-euclide?
I'm learning how to use tkz-euclide. I want to draw these circles.
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Updating from Mint19 to Mint20 breaks tkz-euclide
I just upgraded from Mint19 to 20. A tex file (20 000 lines) was compiling without error in Mint19. Now I get either 1 or more than 100 errors! The following minimal example shows the dilemma:
\...
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How to solve a problem with tkz-obj-angles.tex
I am trying to create a figure with TikZ and when compiling an error message appears, stating that it cannot identify tkz-obj-angles.tex. After doing some research I saw that the \usetkzobj{all} code ...
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Difference between `\tkzDefShiftPoint` and `\tkzDefShiftPointCoord` in `tkz-euclide`
So I was reading through the tkz-euclide documentation and I saw two different commands being used in a similar manner on examples 4.2.2 and 4.2.3.
\tkzDefShiftPoint
\tkzDefShiftPointCoord
Both ...
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Labeling x-axis with pi/4, pi/2,
I'm trying to create a rectangular graph using some variation of Tikz such that I count by pi/4 on the x-axis. I can mostly get it; however, I want the labels to be in exact form (i.e., fractions, ...
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Change color and style of dimension lines in tkz-euclide
Is there a way to personalize the lines constructed with dim? Make them dotted and red, for instance?
\documentclass[tikz,border=2cm]{standalone}
\usepackage{tkz-euclide}
\begin{document}
\...
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tkz-euclide: points render “under” lines
When building a figure using the tkz-euclide package within the tufte-handout class, some points lie "underneath" intersecting lines, while other points lie "on top" of ...
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Problem with Morley triangles drawing with TikZ and tkz-euclide
I want to illustrate the Morley theorem. So I programmed this:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{tkz-euclide}
\begin{document}
\begin{center}
\begin{tikzpicture}[scale=1.2]
...
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Clash between tkz-euclid and neuralnetwork package
I have the MWE to illustrate my problem. Either I have to remove the tkz-euclide package from the input and then give up on the \tkzMarkRighAngle function, or give up on drawing the
neuralnetwork. ...
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Calculation order inside tikz
I tried to simplify the formula which calculates the angle
\tkzDefPointOnCircle[angle={20/100*360+30/100*360},center=M,radius=5cm] \tkzGetPoint{P}
by using
\tkzDefPointOnCircle[angle={(20+30)/100*...
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tkz-euclide labels are way off
Good evening,
I'm porting a textbook of mine into Latex. I discovered the tkz-euclide package, which should greatly benefit me in making and adjusting figures. The first few figures I made worked well,...
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How to update a LaTeX package?
I have the Tex Live 2017 in Trisquel, I installed from the compact disc.
I need to update the tkz-euclide package, for that I entered the tlmgr window:
When I order the update, I get this result:
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tikzpicture axis error
I updated miktex on 21-05-2020 and when I try to run my previous file. With the following code which was earlier running well, the axis label shows small squares.
\documentclass[symmetric, justified, ...
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Default behaviour of \tkzMarkAngle
I recently upgraded tkz-euclide to the newest version and I noticed a different behaviour of \tkzMarkAngle with respect to the past. Now a single mark is added to angles even when the command mark=| ...
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Finding Length with tkz-euclide
I am trying to do this construction but I can't continue because I can't find the length a line segment CL
This is my code
\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{tkz-euclide}
\usetkzobj{all}
\...
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Perfect labels for minor / major arcs of circle using Tkz-Euclide
In Tkz-Euclide, is there a "built-in" (automatic) way to label the minor or major arc of a circle?
For instance, in the following circle, I would like to label the minor arc CD with measure 58 ...
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tkz-euclide: Point with same coordinates as another point
First I define a point like
\tkzDefPoint(0,2){P}
then for some reasons (like consistent naming) I want to define another point with the same coordinates like the first one.
The only thing I came up ...
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Tikz: foreach loop - How to increment index by 1?
I use tkz-euclide to shift a point like this
\tkzDefShiftPoint[A1](1,0){A2}
Let's say I want 7 points next to each other. I can do something like
\tkzDefShiftPoint[A1](1,0){A2}
\tkzDefShiftPoint[A2]...
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Tikz: Is there a shortcut for drawing a polygon with many coordinates?
In tkz-euclide there is a shortcut:
\tkzDrawPolygon(A1,A...,A13)
Is there something similar in plain tikz-pgf? I'm looking for a shortcut for the following:
\draw (A1) -- (A2) -- (A3) -- (A4) -- (...
