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Posted for discussing and improving on http://tex.stackexchange.com/q/39696/213 Edit and compile if you like: % A family tree % or: an organisational chart % Author: Stefan Kottwitz , http://texblog.net \documentclass{article} \usepackage{tikz} \usepackage[active,tightpage]{preview} \PreviewEnvironment{tikzpicture} \setlength\PreviewBorder{5pt}% % \usetikzlibrary{trees} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture}[ man/.style={rectangle,draw,fill=blue!20}, woman/.style={rectangle,draw,fill=red!20,rounded corners=.8ex},… Continue Reading →

http://texblog.net/latex-archive/maths/pgf-tikz-commutative-diagram/ The chains library is very useful for writing exact sequences. Yet there’s no feature for labeling the edges of a chain. Besides arrows, we might need to write symbols for maps over, under, or just next to it. This… Continue Reading →

Math formulas and arrows with TikZ http://texblog.net/latex-archive/maths/logic-tikz/ In the Art of Problem Solving Forum http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?p=1359679#1359679 somebody asked for help in creating a construction for proofs and demonstrations in Logic by LaTeX commands. Math expressions should be aligned, some connected by… Continue Reading →

Edit and compile if you like: % Fancy tables with TikZ % Author: Stefan Kottwitz % http://texblog.net \documentclass[svgnames]{beamer} \setbeamertemplate{background canvas}[vertical shading]% [top=blue!1,bottom=blue!30] \setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{} \usepackage{tikz} % The table is built using TikZ matrix library features: \usetikzlibrary{matrix} \usepackage[active,tightpage]{preview} \usepackage{subfig} \PreviewEnvironment{tikzpicture} \setlength\PreviewBorder{5pt}%… Continue Reading →

Edit and compile if you like: % Lindenmayer systems % Dec 18, 2011, Stefan Kottwitz % http://texblog.net \documentclass{article} \usepackage{tikz} \usepackage[active,tightpage]{preview} \usepackage{subfig} \PreviewEnvironment{tabular} \setlength\PreviewBorder{5pt}% \usetikzlibrary{lindenmayersystems} \usetikzlibrary[shadings] \begin{document} \pgfdeclarelindenmayersystem{Koch curve}{ \rule{F -> F-F++F-F}} \pgfdeclarelindenmayersystem{Sierpinski triangle}{ \rule{F -> G-F-G} \rule{G -> F+G+F}} \pgfdeclarelindenmayersystem{Fractal… Continue Reading →

Edit and compile if you like: % Commutative diagram with edges passing under/over % Jan 7, 2009, Stefan Kottwitz % http://texblog.net \documentclass{article} \usepackage{tikz} \usetikzlibrary{matrix} \usepackage[active,tightpage]{preview} \usepackage{subfig} \PreviewEnvironment{tikzpicture} \setlength\PreviewBorder{5pt}% \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture} \matrix (m) [matrix of math nodes, row sep=3em, column sep=3em]{… Continue Reading →

An example of how you can use TikZ and absolute positioning to create fancy chapter headings. Edit and compile if you like: % Fancy chapter headings % Author: Stefan Kottwitz % Source: http://texblog.net/latex-archive/layout/fancy-chapter-tikz/ \documentclass[svgnames]{report} \usepackage{tikz} \usepackage{kpfonts} \usepackage[explicit]{titlesec} \newcommand*\chapterlabel{} \titleformat{\chapter} {\gdef\chapterlabel{}… Continue Reading →

This example shows how to create an effective 3D effect using the slant transformation. Shading has been added to enhance the 3D impression. Read more about this example over at TeXblog. Edit and compile if you like: % :Author: Stefan… Continue Reading →