tikzpics 0.1.4

Python interface to generate (readable) Tikz figures.

Tikzpics

Python interface to generate (readable) Tikz figures.

Install

Create and activate python environment, then install tikzpics with

pip install tikzpics

Examples

Generate tikz-figures with Python API

Generate two nodes connected by an arrow, see Figure 1.

from tikzpics import TikzFigure

fig = TikzFigure()

n1 = fig.add_node(0, 0, shape="circle", color="white", fill="blue", content="Tikz")
n2 = fig.add_node(2, 0, shape="circle", color="white", fill="red", content="Pics")

fig.draw([n1, n2], options=["->", "line width=2"], color="gray")

fig.show()

You can also save the figure as a .tikz file or print the LaTeX code:

print(fig)

% --------------------------------------------- %
% Tikzfigure generated by tikzpics v0.1.3       %
% https://github.com/max-models/tikzpics        %
% --------------------------------------------- %
\begin{tikzpicture}
    \node[shape=circle, color=white, fill=blue] (node0) at (0, 0) {Tikz};
    \node[shape=circle, color=white, fill=red] (node1) at (2, 0) {Pics};
    \draw[->, line width=2, color=gray] (node0) to (node1);
\end{tikzpicture}

Note that to visualize the plots in a popup or in jupyterlab, install with pip install "tikzpics[vis]"

IPython Magic Commands

tikzpics includes IPython magic commands for compiling TikZ figures directly in Jupyter notebooks!

Load the extension:

%load_ext tikzpics.ipython

Then use the %%tikz cell magic:

%%tikz
\begin{tikzpicture}
\draw[thick, blue] (0,0) circle (2cm);
\node at (0,0) {Hello TikZ!};
\end{tikzpicture}

See tutorials for more examples!