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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Marking angles in a 3D trigonometric diagram
I am trying to draw the diagram below using TikZ.
My attempt thus far is as follows. My attempt seems convoluted as it is a mix of 2D and 3D coordinates.
I am trying to label and mark the angles of ...
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Tkz-Euclide labelling issue
I'm using tkz-euclide to draw some diagrams.
\begin{tikzpicture}
\tkzDefPoints{0/0/O,4/0/P}
\tkzDrawCircle(O,P)
\tkzDefPointBy[rotation= center O angle -60](P)
\...
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tkz-euclide: How to get opposite angle?
I made this picture with tkz-euclide but now I want to mark the opposite angle that completes alpha to 180 degree. How can I do this?
\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{article}
\usepackage{tkz-euclide}
\...
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How do I color a region enclosed by a curve drawn using tkz-euclide?
I have a region enclosed by a closed curve as can been on the picture below. How can I color this region?
I remark that I have used tkz-euclide, though I think the library tikz-avoidpath was created ...
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tkz arrow shows up doubled
When I use the tkz arrow option to \tkzDrawArc twice, the first arrowhead gets doubled.
\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{tkz-euclide}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\draw (-3,-1) ...
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how to reverse tkz arrow direction in tkz-euclide
How do I reverse the direction of the arrow head when using the tkz arrow option? I am using the option in the \tkzDrawArc command which always seems to want to draw the arc in the positive direction....
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tkz-euclide documentation example on arrows gives error
I try to implement an example on page 192 of the tkz-euclide manual which is supposed to draw several arrows on a circle. But I get an error.
\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{tkz-euclide}
\...
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Marking angles in tkz-euclide
I am trying to reproduce an example from (an excellent) manual on tkz-euclide. Here is an MWE:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tkz-euclide}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}[...
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tkz-euclide: How can I label a point with white border around the letter
I want to label a point like L_A in the above picture (the letter is above the line). I tried "fill=white", but it creates a big white square around the letter (the point C in the second ...
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Dimension of segments
I want to draw the segment like the one in the figure
I used tkz-euclide and I got this
But I want the lengths text to be between the lines as in the first figure. This is my code
\begin{figure}
\...
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coordinate planes, why only 2 arrows
Found this coordinate plane in the forum, I really like it. I would like 4 arrows, 2 on each axis, pointing in all 4 directions instead of 2. Not sure why arrows only point right and up. I have seen ...
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Distinguish between `\tkzGetFirstPoint` and `\tkzGetSecondPoint`
Repeatedly I am encountering the following problem:
I have some code in tkz-euclide working fine. For example it could be
\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{tkz-euclide}
\begin{document}
\begin{...
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How can I convert automatically a calculated angle in degrees minutes and seconds [duplicate]
I want to make a batterie of exercises for a part of geometry. In this document I can change the length of the triangle. It calculates the angle. But I want the angle in Degrees minutes and seconds. ...
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tkz_euclide: "I do not know the key" errors
Apologies if this is super-basic, but I am a beginner.
I am getting Error: I do not know the key /tikz/triangle and Error: I do not know the key /tikz/input from a tkz-euclide example. I assume I am ...
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Dynamometer - ask for improvement suggestions
Please.
\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{tkz-euclide}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}[scale=1, transform shape,every node/.style={scale=1.0}]
%argola
\definecolor{meu_cinzento}{RGB}{116,...
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Something went wrong in the last update [duplicate]
I have a very big document (book, over 400 pages, a dozen chapters with a lot of tikz pictures) which used to compile OK. But last TeXlive update, something went wrong. Now the compilation gives me ...
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tkz-euclide circles present with version 3.06c have disappeared with version 4.00b
With:
tkz-euclide.sty 2020/03/18 3.06c
tkz-base.sty 2020/03/18 3.06c
tikz.sty 2020/01/08 v3.1.5b
the following MCE:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tkz-euclide}
\begin{document}
\begin{...
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Version 4.00b of tkz-euclide -- remove "cm"
Some of my pictures do no longer compile with version 4.00b of package tkz-euclide.
The announcement of the new version (2022-Jan-5) of tkz-euclide says:
Some new macros have appeared, others (...
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tkz-euclide vs XeLaTeX vs pdfLaTeX
Good morning, Alain!
I tried the example on page 145 of the tkz-euclide manual
(January 4, 2022 Documentation V.4.00)
and found it works with pdflatex but it doesn't work with xelatex.
\documentclass[...
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\tkzPointShowCoord not showing its xlabel
I'm trying to plot a std normal distribution filled to a certain point $z_\alpha$, the problem is that \tkzPointShowCoord label doesn't appear in the plot, the following is the code i used:
\...
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Is there a way to fix a conflict between pgf-pie and tkz-euclide error undefined control sequence @t noexpand?
I am using Overleaf.
If I load both tkz-euclide package and the pgf-pie package, I get the following error for each pie graph:
pgfpie @t \noexpand and the graphs do not display the labels of the ...
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Tikz-euclide in TikzEdt
I used tikz-euclide in tikzEdt.
However, when I reinstalled my computer, I couldn't use it anymore.
Does anyone know how to fix it?
Thanks very much.
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how to fill the area between polygon 1 and polygon 2 with color using tkz-euclide?
\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{tkz-euclide}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}[scale=1]
%polygon1
\tkzDefPoint(0,0){P1}
\tkzDefShiftPoint[P1](4,0){P2}
\tkzDefShiftPoint[P2](0,4){P3}
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Geometrical optics
It is possible to make this ray tracing diagram in a simpler way, with less code.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tkz-euclide}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\tkzInit[ymin=-3,ymax=5.5,xmin=-...
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(fixed) Missing character: There is no ( ("28) in font nullfont! after updating latex packages
update: this problem has been fixed in tkz-euclide ver. 4.00.
original post:
After updating texlive packages recently (2021/11/15), I found there are some curiuous warnings when using tkz-euclide, ...
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endcsname error with \tkzMarkRightAngle
I am not sure why I am getting this Missing \endcsname inserted error when I use \tkzMarkRightAngle. I used my code entirely in tkz-euclide. What I am trying to achieve is right angle marks on both ...
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Issue label point with tkz-euclide within foreach loop
I wish to display some numbered balls, but somehow, whether it's from my missuse of tkz-euclide or foreach, I failed to label the balls correctly.
Here is a MWE.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{...
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using \pgfmathsetmacroget in tikz-euclide get error "! Dimension too large. <recently read> \pgfmath@x"
update: now in tkz-euclide, the default unit is cm.
I want to make some calculation like a=b*c/d where b,c,d are lenghth of some segments in tikz-euclide. I am trying \pgfmathsetmacroget but get "...
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plot $(e^x-x)^{\frac1{x^2}}$
I need to plot the function (e^x-x)^(1/(x)^2) in tikzpicture, but close to 0, apparently latex indeterminates it, does not graph it.
This is the code I am using:
\documentclass[1cm]{standalone}
\...
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(fixed) using \tkzDefLine create perpendicular line cause error "Missing $ inserted" when using point name with underscore
update: this problem has been fixed in tkz-euclide ver. 4.00.
original post:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tkz-euclide}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\tkzDefPoint(0,0){B}
\tkzDefPoint(...
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Displaying the corner coordinates of the triangle
Original:
How can I add the coordinates like this?
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tkz-euclide}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}[scale=0.5]
\tkzDefPoint (-3,1){A},
\tkzDefPoint (4,12){B},
\...
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Draw this picture with TikZ
I am trying to draw this picture
I tried with pgfplots.
\documentclass[border=1.5mm,12pt]{standalone}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{axis}[
axis line style = very ...
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Fill the area between two arcs and x-axis between two circles
I am trying the fill the area between the two circles below their point of contact as shown below:
What I want is something like:
You need not worry about other details in the sample, just to fill ...
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TkZ-Euclide: dim parameter results in an error while in tabular environment
I am attempting to draw the dimension of a line segment for my tkz-euclide drawing while in tabular environment. For some reason this results in an error. It should be noted, that I do not have any ...
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Shade intersection of two disks with tkz-euclide
Is it possible to shade the intersection of two disks using tkz-euclide?
I am looking for something similar to the following simple example, but I need to shade only the intersection, while drawing ...
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Tikz, tkz-euclide does not work
I made this code, but when I press F5 it keeps running infinitely and doesn't produce any results. It is the first time I use the tikz package in LaTeX and I have no experience. (I'm using Ubuntu).
\...
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İndentation of the ring spring [closed]
When we zoom in on the blue circle arc the curve is not straight how can I fix this?
Also how can I paint in green zone like below?
\documentclass[10pt]{article}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\usepackage{...
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I want to get the alpha angle under the line segment [closed]
I want to get the angle alpha under triangle ABC, how can I do it? now the angle part is visible at the top.I also want to make the outside of the angle black.
\documentclass[10pt]{article}
\...
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Function curve does not touch the x-axis [closed]
There is a gap between the function I drew and the x-axis, how can I close it?
\documentclass[10pt]{article}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{textcomp}
\...
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I can't fill the alpha angle with blue [closed]
I'm trying to fill the angle between A,B,C with blue color but it doesn't fill even though I write the code.
\documentclass[10pt]{article}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{...
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Draw pictures with tikz on blogger
can I ask, how can I put the tikz code on blogger to get an image like the Tex side?
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Blank Labels for tikz picture
Good morning,
I am trying to create blank line segments or boxes for both legs and also the hypotenuse so students to fill in the blank so to speak. I tried creating my own command but it does not ...
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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{tkz-base,...
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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 the thickness of a line and color it
I have been working on a small figure in which I want to increase the thickness of half of the line (the right half) and want to change color.
MWE:
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage[a4paper,...
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