Tikz - Samples

Ren Tristan A. de la Cruz

December 22, 2020

1 Lines and Grids

1. Simple Line:

\draw (0, 0) -- (1,1);

2. Multiple Lines:

\draw (0, 0) -- (1,1);

\draw (2, 0) -- (2,1);
\draw (3, 1) -- (4,0);

3. Connected Lines:

\draw (0, 0) -- (0,1) -- (1,2) -- (2,1) -- (2,0);

4. Connected Lines + Cycle:

\draw (0, 0) -- (0,1) -- (1,2) -- (2,1) -- (2,0) -- cycle;

5. Help Lines Grid 1:

\draw [help lines] (0,0) grid (3,3);

\draw (0,0) -- (3,3);

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6. Grid 2:

\draw [help lines] (-3,-3) grid (3,3);

\draw (0, 0) -- (3,3);

7. Grid 3:

\draw [help lines] (-3,-3) grid (3,3);

\draw (0, 0) -- (1,1);
\draw (1, 0) -- (2,1);
\draw (2, 0) -- (3,1);

8. Grid 4:

\draw[help lines] (-3,-3) grid (3,3);

\draw ( 0.5, 0.5) -- ( 1.5, 1.5);
\draw (-0.5, 0.5) -- (-2.0, 2.0);
\draw (-0.5, -0.5) -- (-2.5, -2.5);
\draw ( 0.5, -0.5) -- ( 3.0, -3.0);

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 9. Line Thickness 1:

\draw[ultra thin] (0, 0) -- (1,1);

\draw[very thin] (1, 0) -- (2,1);
\draw[thin] (2, 0) -- (3,1);
\draw (3, 0) -- (4,1);
\draw[semithick] (4, 0) -- (5,1);
\draw[thick] (5, 0) -- (6,1);
\draw[very thick] (6, 0) -- (7,1);
\draw[ultra thick] (7, 0) -- (8,1);

10. Line Thickness 2:

\draw [line width = 0.25] (0, 0) -- (1,1);

\draw [line width = 0.50] (1, 0) -- (2,1);
\draw [line width = 0.75] (2, 0) -- (3,1);
\draw [line width = 1.00] (3, 0) -- (4,1);
\draw [line width = 1.50] (4, 0) -- (5,1);
\draw [line width = 2.00] (5, 0) -- (6,1);
\draw [line width = 3.00] (6, 0) -- (7,1);
\draw [line width = 4.00] (7, 0) -- (8,1);
\draw [line width = 5.00] (8, 0) -- (9,1);

11. Dashed and Dotted Lines:

\draw [dashed, line width = 0.25] (0, 0) -- (1,1);

\draw [dashed, line width = 0.50] (1, 0) -- (2,1);
\draw [dashed, line width = 0.75] (2, 0) -- (3,1);
\draw [dashed, line width = 1.00] (3, 0) -- (4,1);
\draw [dashed, line width = 1.50] (4, 0) -- (5,1);
\draw [dotted, line width = 0.25] (5, 0) -- (6,1);
\draw [dotted, line width = 0.50] (6, 0) -- (7,1);
\draw [dotted, line width = 0.70] (7, 0) -- (8,1);
\draw [dotted, line width = 1.00] (8, 0) -- (9,1);
\draw [dotted, line width = 1.50] (9, 0) -- (10,1);

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12. Colors:

\draw [red , very thick] (0,0) -- ( 1,1);

\draw [green , very thick] (1,0) -- ( 2,1);
\draw [blue , very thick] (2,0) -- ( 3,1);
\draw [yellow , very thick] (3,0) -- ( 4,1);
\draw [orange , very thick] (4,0) -- ( 5,1);
\draw [olive , very thick] (5,0) -- ( 6,1);
\draw [lime , very thick] (6,0) -- ( 7,1);
\draw [brown , very thick] (7,0) -- ( 8,1);
\draw [magenta, very thick] (8,0) -- ( 9,1);
\draw [cyan , very thick] (9,0) -- (10,1);

13. Colors 2:

\begin{tikzpicture}
[
define rgb/.code = {\definecolor{mycolor}{RGB}{#1}},
rgb color/.style = {define rgb={#1},mycolor}
]
\draw [rgb color={ 50, 100, 150}, very thick] (0,0) -- ( 1,1);
\draw [rgb color={200, 60, 35}, very thick] (1,0) -- ( 2,1);
\draw [rgb color={255, 255, 20}, very thick] (2,0) -- ( 3,1);
\draw [rgb color={ 30, 40, 180}, very thick] (3,0) -- ( 4,1);
\draw [rgb color={100, 180, 150}, very thick] (4,0) -- ( 5,1);

14. Grid + Style 1:

\draw[step=1.00, red , thin, dotted] ( 0, 0) grid ( 3, 3);

\draw[step=0.50, green, thin, dashed] ( 0, 0) grid (-3, 3);
\draw[step=0.25, blue , ultra thin] (-3, 0) grid ( 3, -3);

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15. Arrows:

\draw [->] (0,0) -- (0,1);

\draw [<-] (1,0) -- (1,1);
\draw [<->] (2,0) -- (2,1);
\draw [>->] (3,0) -- (3,1);
\draw [|->] (4,0) -- (4,1);
\draw [<-|] (5,0) -- (5,1);
\draw [|-|] (6,0) -- (6,1);
\draw [->>] (7,0) -- (7,1);
\draw [<<-] (8,0) -- (8,1);
\draw [<<->>] (9,0) -- (9,1);

2 Curves
• Curved Lines:

\draw [dotted] (0,0) grid (12,1);

\draw [red] (0,0) .. controls( 1,1) .. ( 4,0);
\draw [green] (4,0) .. controls( 6,1) .. ( 8,0);
\draw [blue] (8,0) .. controls(11,1) .. (12,0);

• Curved Lines 2:

\draw [dotted] (0,0) grid (12,1);

\draw [yellow] (0,0) .. controls( 1,1) and ( 2,1) .. (4,0);
\draw [cyan] (4,0) .. controls( 5,1) and ( 7,1) .. (8,0);
\draw [magenta] (8,0) .. controls(10,1) and (11,1).. (12,0);

• Curved Lines 3:

\draw [dotted] (0,0) grid (12,1);

\draw [lime] (0,0) .. controls(0.1, 1.3) .. (4,0);
\draw [orange] (4,0) .. controls(7.9, 1.0) .. (8,0);
\draw [violet] (8,0) .. controls(9,2) and (11.9,0.1) .. (12,0);

• Curved Lines 4:

\draw [dotted] (0,0) grid (3,3);

\draw [pink, thick] (0,0) .. controls(0,5) and (3,-2) .. (3,3);

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3 Shapes
1. Circle:

\draw [dotted] (-1,-1) grid (1,1);

\draw (0,0) circle (1cm);

2. Circle + Style:

\draw [dotted] (-2,-2) grid (2,2);

\draw [red , line width = 1.0] (0,0) circle (1.0cm);
\draw [green, line width = 2.0, dotted] (0,0) circle (1.5cm);
\draw [blue , line width = 0.5, dashed] (0,0) circle (2.0cm);

3. Circle + Fill:

\draw [dotted,step=0.5] (-4,2) grid (5,-2);

\draw[fill=yellow] ( 0.0, 0) circle (1.0cm);
\draw[fill=cyan] (-2.5, 0) circle (1.5cm);
\draw[fill=magenta] ( 3.0, 0) circle (2.0cm);

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4. Rectangle:

\draw [dotted] (0,0) grid (4,3);

\draw [thick] (0,0) rectangle (3,2);

5. Rectangle + Style:

\draw [dotted] (-3,-3) grid (6,4);

\draw [pink , line width = 1.0] ( 0, 0) rectangle (1,1);
\draw [violet, line width = 2.0, dashed] (-1,-1) rectangle (3,2);
\draw [blue , line width = 3.0, dotted] (-2,-2) rectangle (5,3);

6. Rectangle + Fill:

\draw [dotted] (-1,-1) grid (8,5);

\draw [fill=green] (0,0) rectangle (1,1);
\draw [fill=orange] (2,0) rectangle (3,4);
\draw [fill=red] (4,0) rectangle (7,3);

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7. Polygon:

\draw [dotted] (0,-2) grid (4,1);

\draw (0,0) -- (1,1) -- (2,0) -- (3,1) -- (4,0) -- (2,-2) -- cycle;

8. Polygon + Style:

\draw [dotted] (-3,-3) grid (4,3);

\draw [blue, thick, dotted] (0,0) -- (1.5,1.5) -- (3,0) -- cycle;
\draw [red , thick, dashed] (-0.3,0) -- (0.8,1.3) -- (-2,2) -- (-1.5,0) -- cycle;
\draw [gray, thick] (-1.5, -0.3) -- (1.5,-0.3) -- (2,-2) -- (-1.5,-2) -- cycle;

9. Polygon + Fill:

\draw [dotted] (-3,-3) grid (4,3);

\draw [fill=blue] (0,0) -- (1.5,1.5) -- (3,0) -- cycle;
\draw [fill=red] (-0.3,0) -- (0.8,1.3) -- (-2,2) -- (-1.5,0) -- cycle;
\draw [fill=gray] (-1.5, -0.3) -- (1.5,-0.3) -- (2,-2) -- (-1.5,-2) -- cycle;

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10. Ellipse:

\draw [dotted] (-3,-3) grid (3,3);

\draw [violet] (0,0) ellipse (1.0 and 1.0);
\draw [olive] (0,0) ellipse (2.0 and 1.0);
\draw [orange] (0,0) ellipse (2.0 and 3.0);

4 Paths
1. Path + Draw: \draw is \path[draw]

\path [draw, dotted] (0,0) grid (2,1);

\path [draw, red] (0,0) -- (1,1);
\draw [red] (1,0) -- (2,1);

2. Path + Fill: \fill is \path[fill]

\path[draw, dotted] (0,0) grid (5,3);

\path[fill, cyan] (1,1) rectangle (2,2);
\fill[cyan] (3,1) rectangle (4,2);

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3. Path + Fill + Draw: \filldraw is \path[draw, fill]

\path[draw, dotted] (0,0) grid (5,3);

\path[fill=yellow, draw=blue, very thick] (1,1) rectangle (2,2);
\filldraw[yellow, draw=blue, very thick] (3,1) rectangle (4,2);

4. Path + Shade: \shade is \path[shade]

\path [draw, dotted] (0,0) grid (5,3);

\path [shade, left color = red, right color = green] (1,1) rectangle (2,2);
\shade [left color = red, right color = green] (3,1) rectangle (4,2);

5. Path + Shade + Draw: \shadedraw is \path[shade,draw]

\path [draw, dotted] (0,0) grid (5,3);

\path [shade,draw, left color = violet, right color = pink, thick] (1,1) rectangle (2,2);
\shadedraw [left color = violet, right color = pink, thick] (3,1) rectangle (4,2);

6. Path + Clip: \clip is \path[clip]

\path [draw, dotted] (0,0) grid (4,2);

\begin{scope}
\path [clip] (1,1) rectangle (2,2);

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 \path [fill=pink] (1,1) circle (1.0cm);
\end{scope}
\begin{scope}
\clip (3,1) rectangle (4,2);
\path [fill=pink] (3,1) circle (1.0cm);
\end{scope}

5 Nodes
1. Nodes on a Path:

\draw [dotted] (0,0) grid (5,5);

\path [draw] (0,0) node {A} -- (0,1) node {B} -- (2,0) node {C} -- (1,3) node {D} -- (5,5) node {E};

A C

2. Nodes on a Path + Positioning Text:

\draw [dotted] (0,0) grid (5,5);

\path [draw] (0,0) node [below] {A} -- (0,1) node [left] {B} -- (2,0) node [below] {C} --
(1,3) node [left] {D} -- (5,5) node [right] {E};

A C

3. Nodes:

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 \draw [dotted] (0,0) grid (5,5);
\node [circle , fill = green] (nodeA) at (0,0) {A};
\node [rectangle, fill = yellow] (nodeB) at (0,1) {B};
\node [circle , fill = red] (nodeC) at (2,0) {C};
\node [circle , fill = purple] (nodeD) at (1,3) {D};
\node [rectangle, fill = cyan] (nodeE) at (5,5) {E};

A C

4. Nodes + Path:

\draw [dotted] (0,0) grid (5,5);

\node [circle , fill = green] (nodeA) at (0,0) {A};
\node [rectangle, fill = yellow] (nodeB) at (0,1) {B};
\node [circle , fill = red] (nodeC) at (2,0) {C};
\node [circle , fill = purple] (nodeD) at (1,3) {D};
\node [rectangle, fill = cyan] (nodeE) at (5,5) {E};
\draw [very thick] (nodeA) -- (nodeB) -- (nodeC) -- (nodeD) -- (nodeE);

A C

5. Nodes + Arrows:

\draw [dotted] (0,0) grid (5,5);

\node [circle , fill = green] (nodeA) at (0,0) {$\alpha$};
\node [rectangle, fill = yellow] (nodeB) at (0,1) {$\beta^2$};
\node [circle , fill = red] (nodeC) at (2,0) {$\kappa^3$};
\node [circle , fill = purple] (nodeD) at (1,3) {$\delta^4$};
\node [rectangle, fill = cyan] (nodeE) at (5,5) {$\epsilon^5$};
\draw [->, very thick] (nodeA) -- (nodeB);
\draw [->, very thick] (nodeB) -- (nodeC);
\draw [->, very thick] (nodeC) -- (nodeD);
\draw [->, very thick] (nodeD) -- (nodeE);
\draw [->, very thick] (nodeE) -- (nodeC);
\draw [->, very thick] (nodeC) -- (nodeA);
\draw [->, very thick] (nodeB) -- (nodeD);

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6. Graph:

\draw [dotted] (-1,-3) grid (7,3);

\node [circle,draw] (n1) at (0 ,0) {$\alpha^1$};
\node [circle,draw] (n2) at (2, 2) {$\alpha^2$};
\node [circle,draw] (n3) at (2, 0) {$\alpha^3$};
\node [circle,draw] (n4) at (2,-2) {$\alpha^4$};
\node [circle,draw] (n5) at (4, 2) {$\alpha^5$};
\node [circle,draw] (n6) at (4, 0) {$\alpha^6$};
\node [circle,draw] (n7) at (4,-2) {$\alpha^7$};
\node [circle,draw] (n8) at (6, 0) {$\alpha^8$};
\draw [->] (n1) -- (n2);
\draw [->] (n1) -- (n3);
\draw [->] (n1) -- (n4);
\draw [->] (n2) -- (n5);
\draw [->] (n2) -- (n6);
\draw [->] (n2) -- (n7);
\draw [->] (n3) -- (n5);
\draw [->] (n3) -- (n6);
\draw [->] (n3) -- (n7);
\draw [->] (n4) -- (n5);
\draw [->] (n4) -- (n6);
\draw [->] (n4) -- (n7);
\draw [->] (n5) -- (n8);
\draw [->] (n6) -- (n8);
\draw [->] (n7) -- (n8);

α2 α5

α1 α3 α6 α8

α4 α7

7. Nodes + Relative Positions + Single Referene Node:

\usetikzlibrary{positioning}

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 \draw[dotted] (0,0) grid (4,4);
\node (n1) [draw, circle] at (2,2) {$1$};
\node (n2) [draw, circle, above = of n1] {$2$};
\node (n3) [draw, circle, right = of n1] {$3$};
\node (n4) [draw, circle, below = of n1] {$4$};
\node (n5) [draw, circle, left = of n1] {$5$};
\node (n6) [draw, circle, above left = of n1] {$6$};
\node (n7) [draw, circle, above right = of n1] {$7$};
\node (n8) [draw, circle, below left = of n1] {$8$};
\node (n9) [draw, circle, below right = of n1] {$9$};

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8. Nodes + Relative Positions + Multiple Reference Nodes:

\usetikzlibrary{positioning}
\draw[dotted] (0,0) grid (7,4);
\node (n1) [draw, circle] at (1,1) {$1$};
\node (n2) [draw, circle, above = of n1] {$2$};
\node (n3) [draw, circle, right = of n1] {$3$};
\node (n4) [draw, circle, above = of n3] {$4$};
\node (n5) [draw, circle, right = of n3] {$5$};
\node (n6) [draw, circle] at (6,3) {$6$};
\node (n7) [draw, circle, below = of n6] {$7$};
\node (n8) [draw, circle, left = of n6] {$8$};

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9. Nodes + Relative Positions + Node Distance:

\draw[dotted] (0,0) grid (4,4);

\node (n1) [draw, circle] at (2,2) {$1$};
\node (n2) [draw, circle, above = 0.3cm of n1] {$2$};
\node (n3) [draw, circle, right = 0.5cm of n1] {$3$};
\node (n4) [draw, circle, below = 0.7cm of n1] {$4$};
\node (n5) [draw, circle, left = 0.9cm of n1] {$5$};

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10. Nodes + Relative Positions + Node Distance 2:

\draw[dotted] (0,0) grid (4,4);

\begin{scope}[node distance=5.0mm, minimum size=0.7cm]
\node (na) [draw, circle] at (2,2) {$a$};
\node (nb) [draw, circle, above = of na] {$b$};
\node (nc) [draw, circle, right = of na] {$c$};
\node (nd) [draw, circle, below = of na] {$d$};
\node (ne) [draw, circle, left = of na] {$e$};
\node (nf) [draw, circle, above left = of na] {$f$};
\node (ng) [draw, circle, above right = of na] {$g$};
\node (nh) [draw, circle, below left = of na] {$h$};
\node (ni) [draw, circle, below right = of na] {$i$};
\end{scope}

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e a c

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11. Node + Relative Positions + Node Distance 3:

\draw[dotted] (0,0) grid (4,4);

\begin{scope}[node distance=5.0mm and 5.0mm, minimum size=0.7cm]
\node (na) [draw, rectangle] at (2,2) {$a$};
\node (nb) [draw, rectangle, above = of na] {$b$};
\node (nc) [draw, rectangle, right = of na] {$c$};
\node (nd) [draw, rectangle, below = of na] {$d$};
\node (ne) [draw, rectangle, left = of na] {$e$};
\node (nf) [draw, rectangle, above left = of na] {$f$};
\node (ng) [draw, rectangle, above right = of na] {$g$};
\node (nh) [draw, rectangle, below left = of na] {$h$};
\node (ni) [draw, rectangle, below right = of na] {$i$};
\end{scope}

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6 Controls
1. Scope:

\draw [dotted] (0,0) grid (4,3);

\begin{scope} [dotted, red, very thick]
\node (n1) [draw, circle] at (1,1) {$1$};
\node (n2) [draw, circle] at (2,2) {$2$};
\node (n3) [draw, circle] at (3,1) {$3$};
\end{scope}
\begin{scope} [dotted, blue, thick]
\node (n4) [draw, rectangle] at (1,2) {$4$};
\node (n5) [draw, rectangle] at (2,1) {$5$};
\node (n6) [draw, rectangle] at (3,2) {$6$};
\end{scope}

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2. Style:

\begin{tikzpicture}[scale=1.0,
MyStyle1/.style = {draw, circle, green, thick, minimum size = 1.0cm},
MyStyle2/.style = {draw, rectangle, magenta, ultra thick, minimum size = 0.5cm}]
\draw [dotted] (0,0) grid (4,3);
\node (n1) [MyStyle1] at (1,1) {$1$};
\node (n2) [MyStyle1] at (1,2) {$2$};
\node (n3) [MyStyle1] at (3,2) {$3$};
\node (na) [MyStyle2] at (2,2) {$a$};
\node (nb) [MyStyle2] at (2,1) {$b$};
\node (nc) [MyStyle2] at (3,1) {$c$};
\end{tikzpicture}

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3. Loops:

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 \draw [dotted] (0,0) grid (10, 3);
\foreach \x in {1,...,9}
{
\node (n\x) [draw, circle] at (\x, 1) {$\x$};
\node (m\x) [draw, circle, above= 0.3cm of n\x] {$\x’$};
}

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4. Loops 2:

\draw [dotted] (0,0) grid (6, 6);

\foreach \x in {1,...,5}
\foreach \y in {1,...,5}
{
\node (n\x\y) [draw, circle] at (\x, \y) {$\x,\y$};
}

1, 5 2, 5 3, 5 4, 5 5, 5

1, 4 2, 4 3, 4 4, 4 5, 4

1, 3 2, 3 3, 3 4, 3 5, 3

1, 2 2, 2 3, 2 4, 2 5, 2

1, 1 2, 1 3, 1 4, 1 5, 1

5. Anchors:

\draw [dotted] (0,0) grid (10,4);

\node (n1) [draw, circle] at (1,1) {$1$};
\node (n2) [draw, circle] at (3,3) {$2$};
\node (n3) [draw, circle] at (4,1) {$3$};
\node (n4) [draw, circle] at (6,3) {$4$};
\node (n5) [draw, circle] at (7,1) {$5$};
\node (n6) [draw, circle] at (9,3) {$6$};
\draw [->] (n1) -- (n2);
\draw [->] (n3.east) -- (n4.west);
\draw [->] (n5.north) -- (n6.south);
\draw [->] (n4.south east) -- (n5.north west);
\draw [->] (n1.north east) -- (n3.south west);

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6. X:

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