Key FeaturesAchieve native construction of images and diagrams in your LaTex theses, articles, or books with enhanced qualityDiscover comprehensive explanations and real-world use cases to apply in your own endavorsExplore customizations and tweaks to grasp the synergy of LaTeX and TikZ graphicsBook Description
In this first-of-its-kind TikZ book, you'll embark on a journey to discover the fascinating realm of TikZ-what it's about, the philosophy behind it, and what sets it apart from other graphics libraries. From installation procedures to the intricacies of its syntax, this comprehensive guide will help you use TikZ to create flawless graphics to captivate your audience in theses, articles, or books.
You'll learn all the details starting with drawing nodes, edges, and arrows and arranging them with perfect alignment. As you explore advanced features, you'll gain proficiency in using colors and transparency for filling and shading, and clipping image parts. You'll learn to define TikZ styles and work with coordinate calculations and transformations.
That's not all! You'll work with layers, overlays, absolute positioning, and adding special decorations and take it a step further using add-on packages for drawing diagrams, charts, and Descriptions.
By the end of this TikZ book, you'll have mastered the finer details of image creation, enabling you to achieve visually stunning graphics with great precision.
What you will learnUnderstand the TikZ language and how to use its libraries and packagesDraw geometric shapes with text and add arrows, labels, and decorationsApply transformations and use transparency, shading, fading, and filling featuresDefine styles and program with loops to streamline your codeBuild trees, graphs, and mind maps and draw easy curves with smooth transitionsProduce block diagrams and flow charts to visualize process stepsGenerate line charts and bar charts to showcase your dataDescription data sets and mathematical functions in two and three dimensionsWho this book is for
This book is for LaTeX users, including students and academic authors, seeking to incorporate figures such as diagrams, Descriptions, and graphics to their theses, articles, and books. If you're familiar with LaTeX basics from beginner's books or tutorials, you'll be able to effortlessly explore the graphics topics in this book.
Table of ContentsIntroducing and installing TikZFirst steps creating TikZ imagesDrawing and Positioning NodesDrawing edges, lines, and arrowsUsing stylesDrawing trees, graphs, and chartsFilling, Clipping, and ShadingAdding decoration, shading, fading, and fillingUsing overlays and absolute positioningDoing calculations and transformationsExternalizing graphicsFreehand drawingDescriptionting functions in 2d and 3dDrawing diagrams in 2d and 3dHaving fun with TikZ