Questions tagged [shapes]
This tag is about shapes, geometric or otherwise, that can be drawn directly with LaTeX commands or with a related package.
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Apply transformation xslant to node shape but not text
I want to create a multi part parallelogram input block for a flowchart.
There is no multi part trapezium shape that exist so for now I used a standard rectangular multi part shape with the xslant ...
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Drawing a tank consisting of a cylinder topped with a hemisphere of the same radius
I’m working on a visualization to accompany a math problem:
"A water tank consists of a cylindrical part with radius r and
height h, topped with a hemispherical dome. The tank must be built to
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Tikz: How to draw an arrow between two circles so that the spike touches the outer circle line?
This picture explains the Quantum Tunneling effect which is used for quantum annealing. I have found it in a magazine and want to recreate this in Tikz.
I think the sinus wave is not really necessary....
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Filling sectors of an ellipse
I want to compare Kepler's second law (equal area for equal times) with Feynman's proof of the inverse square law which uses sectors of equal angles. The filling of the elliptical sectors works in the ...
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Positioning a \draw shape freely on page
I'd like to simply move the bar that runs along the top of the page to the left, so it aligns with the other two boxes I have there. I've tried everything!
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{...
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How do you put cylinders (shapes.geometric) perfectly on top of each other (coin tower)?
How do you put cylinders (from th shapes.geometriclibrary) perfectly on top of each other (to build a coin tower)?
\documentclass[margin=5pt, varwidth]{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{...
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Annotation on the top surface of a shape.geometric cylinder
How can I put the "5 cents" annotation on the top surface of a shape=cylinder in a 3D adjusted way?
And use the entire area as much as possible.
Real photo:
Note: I tried to use the ...
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Declaring heat exchanger shape
community,
I am trying to create a new figure that is supposed to be a schematic simplification of a condenser. Essentially, it consists of two parts:
A rectangle representing the shell. It should ...
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Dots connected with lines in cells of a LaTeX table (flowchart)
In my current work I need to prepare a table (called "technological flowchart") in which cells need to contain dots (see the picture below, sorry for the Hungarian language), and the certain ...
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Is there a way to have a shape with curved corners that contains text? [closed]
Something like this. I am really bad with art on digital or paper, and I want to use that to latex to write an article thing because its more programmatical which I am good with, and because its ...
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Draw the complementary circle part
My intention is to represent the molecular docking in a very schematic way. What you see here is the protein, and the cavity represents its active site. To represent the ligand molecule I would need ...
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Rotating triangle
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[usenames,dvipsnames,pdftex]{xcolor}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{ifthen}
\newcounter{density}
\setcounter{density}{20}
\newcommand{\trianglee}[2]{
\begin{...
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Smooth closing of circular arcs
I try to draw a closed shape by using circular arcs with following code:
\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\draw[step=1.0,black,thin] (-10,-10) ...
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3D Plastic Effect on Custom Shape in TikZ
I'm trying to produce a 3D effect on a shape using the code below. The image on the left shows my current output, and the image on the right is a mockup of the effect I'm aiming for, which I created ...
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How to create a curved cylinder in TikZ with a custom base shape?
I’m trying to create a curved cylinder in TikZ with a specific base shape. Here is the base shape I want to use:
\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{calc}
\begin{document}
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