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The best way to TikZ is to copy-paste from previous figures you've created. The second best is to look for a similar figure on TeXample https://texample.net/ti
by ivansavz 5y ago
The best way to TikZ is to copy-paste from previous figures you've created.
The second best is to look for a similar figure on TeXample https://texample.net/tikz/examples/ https://texample.net/tikz/examples/ or stack overflow https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/tikz-pgf https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/tikz-pgf
The third best option is to use squared paper to draw by hand, then transfer hand-drawn stuff into TikZ code. It's slow as hell, but works well if you build up a collection of components you can copy-paste into other figs later.
There are also some GUI tools you could try: https://www.mathcha.io/ https://www.mathcha.io/ https://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/cheunen/freetikz/freetikz.html https://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/cheunen/freetikz/freetikz.htm... https://tikzit.github.io/ https://tikzit.github.io/ etc. (more links in this thread https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/84890/does-there-exist-an-online-latex-diagram-graphical-editor-that-produces-correspo https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/84890/does-there-exi... )
- godelski 5y agoI know you're trying to be helpful, but the first two best options you suggest are already things I do. For the third, I'm not sure those are great options either since really it isn't the translating hand drawings to tikz that's the issue (the examples are pretty brute force too. Though I can see some use cases for mathcha. I am more looking for tips and tricks that have helped people build their skills and streamline the process.