TikZ-Extensions

License

This material is subject to the LaTeX Project Public License and the GNU Free Documentation License.

About the Author

Name: Qrrbrbirlbel

Introduction

This is not a LaTeX package but a collection of libraries for PGF and TikZ;

• ext.arrows provides additional arrow tips.
  • Many of the standard arrows.meta library's tips get “Centered” and “Untipped” variants.
  • Additional arrow tips: ext_Hug Cap, ext_Loop, ext_Double Cap, ext_Double Stealth, ext_Double Triangle.
• ext.arrows-plus allows to place arrow tips along a path.
  • via pics along a path operation (ext/arrow, ext/softpath arrows and ext/softpath arrow)
  • via keys (ext/arc arrows and ext/softpath arrows) along a previous arc or any path segment.
  • All except the ext/arrow key support the bending of arrow tips.
  • The \arrow command of the decorations.markings library has alternatives \arrow* and \arrow** for shifting and shifting/bending.
• ext.beamer provides better Beamer support for TikZ.
• ext.calendar-plus extends the calendar library with more tests, week numbers and a few goodies.
  • The already defined keys day xshift, day yshift, month xshift and month yshift are now proper value-keys and can be accessed without having to use an @-riddled macro name.
  • The if key is nestable.
  • The pgfcalendar-ext package implemented more conditionals and also provides week numbering according to ISO 8601.
• ext.layers allows to put nodes etc on a separate layer without having to use pgfonlayer.
• ext.misc which includes
  • the PGFKeys library ext.pgfkeys-plus and
  • the PGFFor extension pgffor-ext.
• ext.node-families uses the AUX file to sync the sizes of nodes (memoizable).
  • ext.node-families.shapes.geometric
• ext.nodes extends the functionalities around nodes.
• ext.paths.arcto implements an arc to path operation to construct an arc to a point.
• ext.paths.ortho provides orthogonal path operations -|-, |-|, r-rl, r-lr, r-du and r-ud.
• ext.paths.timer adds timers to the path operations rectangle, parabola, sin and cos.
• ext.patterns.images allows images to be used as a path‘s pattern.
• ext.positioning-plus adds more ways to position nodes in reference to each other.
• ext.scalepicture scales a TikZ picture to the desired dimensions (uses the AUX file, memoizable).
• Shapes:
  • ext.shapes.circlearrow
  • ext.shapes.circlecrosssplit
  • ext.shapes.heatmark
  • ext.shapes.rectangleroundedcorners
  • ext.shapes.superellipse
  • ext.shapes.uncenteredrectangle
• ext.topaths.arcthrough installs a to path that expects a third point that defines an arc.
• ext.topaths.autobend implements various to paths that bend in a specific direction instead of left or right.
• ext.transformations.mirror adds transformations that reflect on arbitrary lines.

These were developed in response to questions on tex.stackexchange.com or texwelt.de.