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I am trying to learn TikZ by reading the manual (p.34). I know my understanding must be completely off the rails, since nothing is working as I think I should; but I'm not sure what I misunderstood.
What I understood from the manual is this: let's say that you want to draw many circles of the form
draw[red, very thick, radius = 1] (0, 0) circle;
Instead of writing red, very thick, radius = 1, you could pack all of this into just one word, via TikZ style, like so
myCircle/.style = red, very thick, radius = 1;
and now you are able to draw circles faster, since you can just write
documentclassbook
usepackagetikz
usepackageparskip
begindocument
begintikzpicture
`myCircle/.style = red, very thick, radius = 1;`
draw[myCircle] (0, 0) circle;
draw[myCircle] (1, 2) circle;
draw[myCircle] (3, 4) circle;
endtikzpicture
enddocument
However, this does not work; it does not even compile.
This is perhaps even more confusing (for me): in the manual, they do something similar with help lines, which apparently is a predefined thing (a style?) in the TikZ package. Now the following does compile, but it does not work to make the grid lines blue and very thick.
documentclassbook
usepackagetikz
usepackageparskip
begindocument
begintikzpicture
help lines/. style = blue, very thick
draw[help lines] (-4, -4) grid (4, 4);
endtikzpicture
enddocument
Could you please help me see where my understanding is wrong? Thanks.
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I am trying to learn TikZ by reading the manual (p.34). I know my understanding must be completely off the rails, since nothing is working as I think I should; but I'm not sure what I misunderstood.
What I understood from the manual is this: let's say that you want to draw many circles of the form
draw[red, very thick, radius = 1] (0, 0) circle;
Instead of writing red, very thick, radius = 1, you could pack all of this into just one word, via TikZ style, like so
myCircle/.style = red, very thick, radius = 1;
and now you are able to draw circles faster, since you can just write
documentclassbook
usepackagetikz
usepackageparskip
begindocument
begintikzpicture
`myCircle/.style = red, very thick, radius = 1;`
draw[myCircle] (0, 0) circle;
draw[myCircle] (1, 2) circle;
draw[myCircle] (3, 4) circle;
endtikzpicture
enddocument
However, this does not work; it does not even compile.
This is perhaps even more confusing (for me): in the manual, they do something similar with help lines, which apparently is a predefined thing (a style?) in the TikZ package. Now the following does compile, but it does not work to make the grid lines blue and very thick.
documentclassbook
usepackagetikz
usepackageparskip
begindocument
begintikzpicture
help lines/. style = blue, very thick
draw[help lines] (-4, -4) grid (4, 4);
endtikzpicture
enddocument
Could you please help me see where my understanding is wrong? Thanks.
tikz-pgf tikz-styles
asked 8 hours ago
OviOvi
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1
Your style definition should be in a tikzset command.
– Ulrike Fischer
8 hours ago
@UlrikeFischer And that goes outside of the TikZ picture environment, right? But then what is the point of the style definition inside the TikZ environment? Is it only used to modify styles that were already defined outside of the TikZ environment?
– Ovi
8 hours ago
@UlrikeFischer I tried putting the linetikzset myCircle/. style = blue, very thick, radius = 1before my TikZ environment and then I putdraw[myCircle] (-4, -4) circle;in my TikZ environment, but it did not work.
– Ovi
8 hours ago
3
As @UlrikeFischer is saying, it should be a style definition. You only need to add[...]around them:begintikzpicture[myCircle/.style = red, very thick, radius = 1]andbegintikzpicture[help lines/. style = blue, very thick]. The examples in the pgfmanual do have these brackets.
– marmot
8 hours ago
add a comment |
I am trying to learn TikZ by reading the manual (p.34). I know my understanding must be completely off the rails, since nothing is working as I think I should; but I'm not sure what I misunderstood.
What I understood from the manual is this: let's say that you want to draw many circles of the form
draw[red, very thick, radius = 1] (0, 0) circle;
Instead of writing red, very thick, radius = 1, you could pack all of this into just one word, via TikZ style, like so
myCircle/.style = red, very thick, radius = 1;
and now you are able to draw circles faster, since you can just write
documentclassbook
usepackagetikz
usepackageparskip
begindocument
begintikzpicture
`myCircle/.style = red, very thick, radius = 1;`
draw[myCircle] (0, 0) circle;
draw[myCircle] (1, 2) circle;
draw[myCircle] (3, 4) circle;
endtikzpicture
enddocument
However, this does not work; it does not even compile.
This is perhaps even more confusing (for me): in the manual, they do something similar with help lines, which apparently is a predefined thing (a style?) in the TikZ package. Now the following does compile, but it does not work to make the grid lines blue and very thick.
documentclassbook
usepackagetikz
usepackageparskip
begindocument
begintikzpicture
help lines/. style = blue, very thick
draw[help lines] (-4, -4) grid (4, 4);
endtikzpicture
enddocument
Could you please help me see where my understanding is wrong? Thanks.
tikz-pgf tikz-styles
asked 8 hours ago
OviOvi
2491 silver badge7 bronze badges
I am trying to learn TikZ by reading the manual (p.34). I know my understanding must be completely off the rails, since nothing is working as I think I should; but I'm not sure what I misunderstood.
What I understood from the manual is this: let's say that you want to draw many circles of the form
draw[red, very thick, radius = 1] (0, 0) circle;
Instead of writing red, very thick, radius = 1, you could pack all of this into just one word, via TikZ style, like so
myCircle/.style = red, very thick, radius = 1;
and now you are able to draw circles faster, since you can just write
documentclassbook
usepackagetikz
usepackageparskip
begindocument
begintikzpicture
`myCircle/.style = red, very thick, radius = 1;`
draw[myCircle] (0, 0) circle;
draw[myCircle] (1, 2) circle;
draw[myCircle] (3, 4) circle;
endtikzpicture
enddocument
However, this does not work; it does not even compile.
This is perhaps even more confusing (for me): in the manual, they do something similar with help lines, which apparently is a predefined thing (a style?) in the TikZ package. Now the following does compile, but it does not work to make the grid lines blue and very thick.
documentclassbook
usepackagetikz
usepackageparskip
begindocument
begintikzpicture
help lines/. style = blue, very thick
draw[help lines] (-4, -4) grid (4, 4);
endtikzpicture
enddocument
Could you please help me see where my understanding is wrong? Thanks.
tikz-pgf tikz-styles
tikz-pgf tikz-styles
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Your style definition should be in a tikzset command.
– Ulrike Fischer
8 hours ago
@UlrikeFischer And that goes outside of the TikZ picture environment, right? But then what is the point of the style definition inside the TikZ environment? Is it only used to modify styles that were already defined outside of the TikZ environment?
– Ovi
8 hours ago
@UlrikeFischer I tried putting the linetikzset myCircle/. style = blue, very thick, radius = 1before my TikZ environment and then I putdraw[myCircle] (-4, -4) circle;in my TikZ environment, but it did not work.
– Ovi
8 hours ago
3
As @UlrikeFischer is saying, it should be a style definition. You only need to add[...]around them:begintikzpicture[myCircle/.style = red, very thick, radius = 1]andbegintikzpicture[help lines/. style = blue, very thick]. The examples in the pgfmanual do have these brackets.
– marmot
8 hours ago
add a comment |
1
Your style definition should be in a tikzset command.
– Ulrike Fischer
8 hours ago
@UlrikeFischer And that goes outside of the TikZ picture environment, right? But then what is the point of the style definition inside the TikZ environment? Is it only used to modify styles that were already defined outside of the TikZ environment?
– Ovi
8 hours ago
@UlrikeFischer I tried putting the linetikzset myCircle/. style = blue, very thick, radius = 1before my TikZ environment and then I putdraw[myCircle] (-4, -4) circle;in my TikZ environment, but it did not work.
– Ovi
8 hours ago
3
As @UlrikeFischer is saying, it should be a style definition. You only need to add[...]around them:begintikzpicture[myCircle/.style = red, very thick, radius = 1]andbegintikzpicture[help lines/. style = blue, very thick]. The examples in the pgfmanual do have these brackets.
– marmot
8 hours ago
1
1
Your style definition should be in a tikzset command.
– Ulrike Fischer
8 hours ago
Your style definition should be in a tikzset command.
– Ulrike Fischer
8 hours ago
@UlrikeFischer And that goes outside of the TikZ picture environment, right? But then what is the point of the style definition inside the TikZ environment? Is it only used to modify styles that were already defined outside of the TikZ environment?
– Ovi
8 hours ago
@UlrikeFischer And that goes outside of the TikZ picture environment, right? But then what is the point of the style definition inside the TikZ environment? Is it only used to modify styles that were already defined outside of the TikZ environment?
– Ovi
8 hours ago
@UlrikeFischer I tried putting the line
tikzset myCircle/. style = blue, very thick, radius = 1 before my TikZ environment and then I put draw[myCircle] (-4, -4) circle; in my TikZ environment, but it did not work.– Ovi
8 hours ago
@UlrikeFischer I tried putting the line
tikzset myCircle/. style = blue, very thick, radius = 1 before my TikZ environment and then I put draw[myCircle] (-4, -4) circle; in my TikZ environment, but it did not work.– Ovi
8 hours ago
3
3
As @UlrikeFischer is saying, it should be a style definition. You only need to add
[...] around them: begintikzpicture[myCircle/.style = red, very thick, radius = 1] and begintikzpicture[help lines/. style = blue, very thick]. The examples in the pgfmanual do have these brackets.– marmot
8 hours ago
As @UlrikeFischer is saying, it should be a style definition. You only need to add
[...] around them: begintikzpicture[myCircle/.style = red, very thick, radius = 1] and begintikzpicture[help lines/. style = blue, very thick]. The examples in the pgfmanual do have these brackets.– marmot
8 hours ago
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You have a couple (4?) of problems.
- if you want to define the style for one picture, you need to put it into the optional argument of the picture, in square brackets
[]; - The style is terminated by
,(or the end of the argument), not; - In a
tikzset, the style has the scope determined by the normal TeX rules. - You can't have a space between the
/and the.stylehandler.
This works:
documentclassbook
usepackagetikz
usepackageparskip
begindocument
begintikzpicture[
myCircle/.style = red, very thick, radius = 1, % end with a comma, NOT semicolon!
]
draw[myCircle] (0, 0) circle;
draw[myCircle] (1, 2) circle;
draw[myCircle] (3, 4) circle;
endtikzpicture
tikzsethelp lines/.style = blue, very thick %% no spaces between / and .style!
begintikzpicture
draw[help lines] (-4, -4) grid (4, 4);
endtikzpicture
enddocument
answered 7 hours ago
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Thanks for the example! I wasn't able to fix it just based on the comments alone.
– Ovi
7 hours ago
5
It is often easier to show than explain.
– John Kormylo
7 hours ago
add a comment |
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You have a couple (4?) of problems.
- if you want to define the style for one picture, you need to put it into the optional argument of the picture, in square brackets
[]; - The style is terminated by
,(or the end of the argument), not; - In a
tikzset, the style has the scope determined by the normal TeX rules. - You can't have a space between the
/and the.stylehandler.
This works:
documentclassbook
usepackagetikz
usepackageparskip
begindocument
begintikzpicture[
myCircle/.style = red, very thick, radius = 1, % end with a comma, NOT semicolon!
]
draw[myCircle] (0, 0) circle;
draw[myCircle] (1, 2) circle;
draw[myCircle] (3, 4) circle;
endtikzpicture
tikzsethelp lines/.style = blue, very thick %% no spaces between / and .style!
begintikzpicture
draw[help lines] (-4, -4) grid (4, 4);
endtikzpicture
enddocument
answered 7 hours ago
RmanoRmano
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Thanks for the example! I wasn't able to fix it just based on the comments alone.
– Ovi
7 hours ago
5
It is often easier to show than explain.
– John Kormylo
7 hours ago
add a comment |
You have a couple (4?) of problems.
- if you want to define the style for one picture, you need to put it into the optional argument of the picture, in square brackets
[]; - The style is terminated by
,(or the end of the argument), not; - In a
tikzset, the style has the scope determined by the normal TeX rules. - You can't have a space between the
/and the.stylehandler.
This works:
documentclassbook
usepackagetikz
usepackageparskip
begindocument
begintikzpicture[
myCircle/.style = red, very thick, radius = 1, % end with a comma, NOT semicolon!
]
draw[myCircle] (0, 0) circle;
draw[myCircle] (1, 2) circle;
draw[myCircle] (3, 4) circle;
endtikzpicture
tikzsethelp lines/.style = blue, very thick %% no spaces between / and .style!
begintikzpicture
draw[help lines] (-4, -4) grid (4, 4);
endtikzpicture
enddocument
answered 7 hours ago
RmanoRmano
9,5582 gold badges17 silver badges52 bronze badges
Thanks for the example! I wasn't able to fix it just based on the comments alone.
– Ovi
7 hours ago
5
It is often easier to show than explain.
– John Kormylo
7 hours ago
add a comment |
You have a couple (4?) of problems.
- if you want to define the style for one picture, you need to put it into the optional argument of the picture, in square brackets
[]; - The style is terminated by
,(or the end of the argument), not; - In a
tikzset, the style has the scope determined by the normal TeX rules. - You can't have a space between the
/and the.stylehandler.
This works:
documentclassbook
usepackagetikz
usepackageparskip
begindocument
begintikzpicture[
myCircle/.style = red, very thick, radius = 1, % end with a comma, NOT semicolon!
]
draw[myCircle] (0, 0) circle;
draw[myCircle] (1, 2) circle;
draw[myCircle] (3, 4) circle;
endtikzpicture
tikzsethelp lines/.style = blue, very thick %% no spaces between / and .style!
begintikzpicture
draw[help lines] (-4, -4) grid (4, 4);
endtikzpicture
enddocument
answered 7 hours ago
RmanoRmano
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You have a couple (4?) of problems.
- if you want to define the style for one picture, you need to put it into the optional argument of the picture, in square brackets
[]; - The style is terminated by
,(or the end of the argument), not; - In a
tikzset, the style has the scope determined by the normal TeX rules. - You can't have a space between the
/and the.stylehandler.
This works:
documentclassbook
usepackagetikz
usepackageparskip
begindocument
begintikzpicture[
myCircle/.style = red, very thick, radius = 1, % end with a comma, NOT semicolon!
]
draw[myCircle] (0, 0) circle;
draw[myCircle] (1, 2) circle;
draw[myCircle] (3, 4) circle;
endtikzpicture
tikzsethelp lines/.style = blue, very thick %% no spaces between / and .style!
begintikzpicture
draw[help lines] (-4, -4) grid (4, 4);
endtikzpicture
enddocument
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Thanks for the example! I wasn't able to fix it just based on the comments alone.
– Ovi
7 hours ago
5
It is often easier to show than explain.
– John Kormylo
7 hours ago
add a comment |
Thanks for the example! I wasn't able to fix it just based on the comments alone.
– Ovi
7 hours ago
5
It is often easier to show than explain.
– John Kormylo
7 hours ago
Thanks for the example! I wasn't able to fix it just based on the comments alone.
– Ovi
7 hours ago
Thanks for the example! I wasn't able to fix it just based on the comments alone.
– Ovi
7 hours ago
5
5
It is often easier to show than explain.
– John Kormylo
7 hours ago
It is often easier to show than explain.
– John Kormylo
7 hours ago
add a comment |
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Your style definition should be in a tikzset command.
– Ulrike Fischer
8 hours ago
@UlrikeFischer And that goes outside of the TikZ picture environment, right? But then what is the point of the style definition inside the TikZ environment? Is it only used to modify styles that were already defined outside of the TikZ environment?
– Ovi
8 hours ago
@UlrikeFischer I tried putting the line
tikzset myCircle/. style = blue, very thick, radius = 1before my TikZ environment and then I putdraw[myCircle] (-4, -4) circle;in my TikZ environment, but it did not work.– Ovi
8 hours ago
3
As @UlrikeFischer is saying, it should be a style definition. You only need to add
[...]around them:begintikzpicture[myCircle/.style = red, very thick, radius = 1]andbegintikzpicture[help lines/. style = blue, very thick]. The examples in the pgfmanual do have these brackets.– marmot
8 hours ago