Decimal separator and axis label centering with Tikz
The following code creates a figure with Tikz without the use of pfgplots (that I want to avoid here): % compilation: pdflatex --jobname=Runge-f1 Runge.tex documentclass[12pt]{book}...
View ArticleHow to draw an Euler angle rotation sequence with TikZ?
For some lecture notes I want to illustrate successive unit axis rotations using Euler angles. I am quite happy with what I came up with so far: However, I am failing at drawing the angles in between...
View ArticleTikz: avoid two arcs in a graph being merged into one two-sided arrow...
This question already has an answer here: Creating double arrow / parallel arrows with tikz 1 answer
View ArticleExact scaling with TiKZ-scale
I am using tikzscale to scale all my figures to the same size. This works quite nicely, but sometimes there is a difference in the scaled width. I can manually tweak the scale parameter (using pdfcrop...
View ArticleHow to draw straight lines between nodes in commutative diagram without using...
I want to draw a commutative diagram with TikZ as follows: usepackage{tikz} usetikzlibrary{positioning} begin{tikzpicture}[auto] node (S1) {$sigmaSet cap X_N$}; node (S2) [below= 2cm and 4cm of S1]...
View ArticleCalc and settocdepth break tikzexternalize
This might well be the strangest TeX behaviour I’ve ever seen and that’s saying a lot. The following really is a MWE as far as the header is concerned: documentclass{memoir} settocdepth{subsection}...
View ArticleUse multiple tikz picture with onslide command in the single frame in beamer
I have multiple tikz pictures in the single frame in beamer. In the first tikz picture I was able to use the only overlay and onslide command. However, for the second picture I am not able to achive...
View ArticlePersistent “hanging” tick label
I have sort of a strange problem. I produced a 3×2 plot array in Matlab, and removed all of the y-axis tick labels. The relevant code (for the problematic plot) is below begin{tikzpicture}...
View ArticleSetting camera projection angle in tikz to enhance the depth perception when...
First please see the following example using MATLAB drawing command >>surf(membrane); We can adjust the camera angle using MATLAB’s built-in command camproj, the effects are as follows: It is...
View ArticleTikzpicture and matrix
I want use tikzpicture for draw my matrix, U=[matrix], using this code begin{align*} U&= begin{tikzpicture}[decoration=brace] matrix (m)[matrix of math nodes,left delimiter=[,right...
View ArticleHow do I embed an external image within tikzpicture?
I tried the following: begin{tikzpicture}[] pgftext{includegraphics[width=150pt]{pic1.png}} at (0pt,0pt); pgftext{includegraphics[width=150pt]{pic2.png}} at (100pt,0); end{tikzpicture} But both...
View ArticleBroken tikz chains
I tried to use the tikz chains feature today, and all was good for a few hours, but now I get an error every time I try to use chains ./test.tex:7: Package pgfkeys Error: I do not know the key...
View Article'Figure' in tikz makes image move 'forward'
I have a weird problem, whereby if I make my existing tikz picture a ‘figure’, it suddenly moves forward, as in, past the paragraph that comes after it in the code. That is, if the code that makes the...
View ArticleDrawing little semicircle to show that two intersecting lines are not...
This question already has an answer here: Intersection of 2 lines not really connected in TikZ 2 answers
View ArticleSmall text near arrow tips
How can I add some tiny text near arrow tips? Details I have an automaton like Now I want each edge to have the usual arrow tip, and close to the tip additionally a tiny text $tau$. How can I do that?...
View ArticleCircular arrow in 3D to indicate a unit axis rotation
I would like to indicate the directions of rotation and symbols used for the respective Euler angles. This would look nice using small circular arrows around the axes, as shown below: In this drawing,...
View ArticleText decoration is trimmed off with standalone package
I am decorating an arc with text as shown in this MWE using the standalone class: documentclass[10pt,class=article]{standalone} usepackage{tikz} usetikzlibrary{decorations.text} begin{document}...
View ArticleWhere is the pattern list gallery for pgfplots?
Where is the list, or gallery of the patterns available for pgfplots?
View ArticleShifted hyperlink with includestandalone
I have a problem with includestandalone and a tikz-grafic with a hyperref. My MWE: I define a image as picture.tex: %Save as picture.tex documentclass[tikz]{standalone} usepackage{hyperref}...
View ArticleGap between xaxis and bars in tikzpicture
I am adding a bar chart with tikzpicture and I am getting a strange gap between the bars and the y axis. Am I doing something obviously wrong? Because my other bar charts works fine… Should I specify...
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