How to add caption for a TikZ picture?

How to add caption for a TikZ picture?

Thank you. Just include your code in a figure environment. In that way you’ll be able to add a caption to it as a normal figure: This is my solution using an extra node with text, it works pretty well. The confusion matrix code comes from this answer. Thanks for contributing an answer to TeX – LaTeX Stack Exchange!

What is the TikZ package for LaTeX graphics?

TikZ is a LaTeX package that allows you to create high quality diagrams—and often quite complex ones too. In this first post we’ll start with the basics, showing how to draw simple shapes, with subsequent posts introducing some of the interesting things you can do using the tikz package.

How to put a TikZ picture in a figure environment?

Just put the tikzpicture into a simple figure environment and proceed as usual. Otherwise may I have clarification. Didn’t realize that it was that easy.. Thank you for you help in this matter.

When was the last time I edited a TikZ picture?

Last edited by coachbennett1981 on Thu Sep 23, 2010 10:37 pm, edited 1 time in total. Somehow I can’t comprehend the problem or I understand you wrong. Just put the tikzpicture into a simple figure environment and proceed as usual. Otherwise may I have clarification.

Do you put the tikzpicture in a figure?

You need to put the tikzpicture in a figure; the following shows the caption fine: I know this question is old and solved, but here an additional hint: You could try to use the package “capt-of” for generating captions for figures of any type.

How to draw a picture in latex with TikZ?

Text is usually placed as a so-called node (text-node) in our picture. We define the text to have black color and set the position to below our rectangle. Tikz can usually figure out the size of the rectangle automatically. Other than in plain LaTeX we have to terminate each command with a semicolon inside of the tikzpicture environment.

Can you use \\ caption within a figure?

I can use \\caption within figure, but not tikzpicture. UPDATE : Thanks for your advice. figure seems to put my first picture at the bottom of the page, and the second one on the second page.

How do you create a path in TikZ?

The basic build- ing block of all the pictures in TikZ is the path. You start a path by specifying the coordinates of the start point, as in (0;0), and then add a \\path extension operation”. The simplest one is just –. The operation is then followed by the next coordi- nate. Every path must end with a semicolon.

How to call the gnuplot function in TikZ?

TikZ knows how to call Gnuplot. In this case, the plot opera- tion has the following syntax: plot[id= ] function{formula}. When TikZ encounters this operation, it will create a le called .gnuplot, where by default is the name of the .tex le.

What’s the correct way to caption a node?

There are no imbalances to fix, since the new node’s parent is black.} \\end {figure} What I was looking for is the ‘h’ placement specifier. You need to put the tikzpicture in a figure; the following shows the caption fine:

How do you draw a line in TikZ?

The basic structure of the tikz draw command consists of specifying the line – or arrow -> <-; specifying the colour via name or in the case of the green line a 40% combination of black and green; the line width; then finally the first and last point along the line.