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Figure 2.1 – A rectangular grid
\documentclass[tikz,border=10pt]{standalone}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\draw[thin,dotted] (-3,-3) grid (3,3);
\draw[->] (-3,0) -- (3,0);
\draw[->] (0,-3) -- (0,3);
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}
Figure 2.2 – Cartesian coordinate system
(Not book tutorial code, but my illustration source code)
\documentclass[tikz,border=10pt]{standalone}
\usetikzlibrary{calc}
\newcommand{\minus}{\raisebox{0.96pt}{-}}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}[every node/.style={font=\sffamily\small}]
\draw[thin,dotted] (-3,-3) grid (3,3);
\draw[->] (-3,0) -- (3,0) node[right] {x};
\draw[->] (0,-3) -- (0,3) node[above] {y};
\foreach \x/\xlabel in {-2/{\minus 2\hphantom{-}}, -1/{\minus 1\hphantom{-}}, 1/1, 2/2}
\draw (\x cm,1pt ) -- (\x cm,-1pt ) node[anchor=north,fill=white] {\xlabel};
\foreach \y/\ylabel in {-2/{\minus 2}, -1/{\minus 1}, 1/1, 2/2}
\draw (1pt,\y cm) -- (-1pt ,\y cm) node[anchor=east, fill=white] {\ylabel};% \draw[fill=black] (-1,1) circle (0.08);
\draw[fill=black] (-2,-1) circle (0.08) node[above right] {\footnotesize (\raisebox{0.8pt}{-}2,\raisebox{0.8pt}{-}1)};
\draw[fill=black] (0,0) circle (0.08) node[above right] {\footnotesize (0,0)};
\draw[fill=black] (1,2) circle (0.08) node[above right] {\footnotesize (1,2)};
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}
Figure 2.3 – A square in Cartesian coordinates
\documentclass[tikz,border=10pt]{standalone}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\draw[thin,dotted] (-3,-3) grid (3,3);
\draw[->] (-3,0) -- (3,0);
\draw[->] (0,-3) -- (0,3);
\draw[very thick, blue] (-2,-2) -- (-2,2)
-- (2,2) -- (2,-2) -- cycle;
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}
Figure 2.4 – Circles in Cartesian coordinates
\documentclass[tikz,border=10pt]{standalone}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\draw[thin,dotted] (-3,-3) grid (3,3);
\draw[->] (-3,0) -- (3,0);
\draw[->] (0,-3) -- (0,3);
\draw[very thick, blue] (-2,-2) circle (1) (-2,2)
circle (1) (2,2) circle (1) (2,-2) circle (1);
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}
Figure 2.5 – Polar coordinate system
(Not book tutorial code, but my illustration source code)
\documentclass[tikz,border=10pt]{standalone}
\usetikzlibrary{calc}
\newcommand{\minus}{\raisebox{0.96pt}{-}}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}[every node/.style={font=\sffamily\small}]
\draw[thin,dotted] circle (1) circle (2) circle (3);
\draw[->] (-3,0) -- (3,0) node[right] {x};
\draw[->] (0,-3) -- (0,3) node[above] {y};
\foreach \x/\xlabel in {-2/{\minus 2\hphantom{-}}, -1/{\minus 1\hphantom{-}}, 1/1, 2/2}
\draw (\x cm,1pt ) -- (\x cm,-1pt ) node[anchor=north,fill=white] {\xlabel};
\foreach \y/\ylabel in {-2/{\minus 2}, -1/{\minus 1}, 1/1, 2/2}
\draw (1pt,\y cm) -- (-1pt ,\y cm) node[anchor=east, fill=white] {\ylabel};
\draw[fill=black] (60:2) circle (0.08) node[below right] {(60:2)};
\draw [fill=blue!15](0,0) -- (1,0) arc (0:60:1cm);
\draw[fill=black] circle (0.08) node[above left] {(0:0)}
node [above right,xshift=0.2cm] {60${}^\circ$};
\draw [dashed](0,0) -- (60:2);
\draw [dashed](1,0) -- (60:2);
\draw[fill=black] (20:2) circle (0.08) node[below right] {(20:2)};
\draw[fill=black] (180:3) circle (0.08) node[above right] {(180:3)};
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}
Figure 2.6 – A hexagon in polar coordinates
\documentclass[tikz,border=10pt]{standalone}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\draw[thin,dotted] (-3,-3) grid (3,3);
\draw (-3,0) -- (3,0);
\draw (0,-3) -- (0,3);
\draw[very thick, blue] (0:2) -- (60:2) -- (120:2)
-- (180:2) --(240:2) -- (300:2) -- cycle;
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}
Figure 2.7 – The square and circle in three dimensions
\documentclass[tikz,border=10pt]{standalone}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}[y={(-0.86cm,0.5cm)},x={(0.86cm,0.5cm)}, z={(0cm,1cm)},font=\sffamily]
\draw[very thick, blue] (-2,-2,0) -- (-2,2,0) -- (2,2,0) -- (2,-2,0) -- cycle;
\draw[->] (0,0,0) -- (2.5, 0, 0) node [right] {x};
\draw[->] (0,0,0) -- (0, 2.5, 0) node [left] {y};
\draw[->,dashed] (0,0,0) -- (0, 0, 2.5) node [above] {z};
\draw circle (2);
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}
Figure 2.8 – Drawing with relative coordinates
\documentclass[tikz,border=10pt]{standalone}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\draw[thin,dotted] (-3,-3) grid (3,3);
\draw[->] (-3,0) -- (3,0);
\draw[->] (0,-3) -- (0,3);
\draw[very thick, blue] (-3,-1) -- +(1,0) -- +(2,2) -- +(4,2) --+(5,0) -- + (6,0);
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}
Alternative syntax:
\documentclass[tikz,border=10pt]{standalone}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\draw[thin,dotted] (-3,-3) grid (3,3);
\draw[->] (-3,0) -- (3,0);
\draw[->] (0,-3) -- (0,3);
\draw[very thick, blue] (-3,-1) -- ++(1,0) -- ++(1,2) -- ++(2,0) --++ (1,-2) -- ++ (1,0);
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}
Figure 2.9 – A smiley in a rectangle
\documentclass[tikz,border=10pt]{standalone}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\draw (0,0) circle [radius=2];
\draw (-0.5,0.5,0) ellipse [x radius=0.2, y radius=0.4];
\draw (0.5,0.5) ellipse [x radius=0.2, y radius=0.4];
\draw (-1,-1) arc [start angle=185, end angle=355,
x radius=1, y radius=0.5];
\draw (-3,-3) rectangle (3,3);
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}
Figure 2.10 – A smiley with color
\documentclass[tikz,border=10pt]{standalone}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\draw[fill=yellow] (0,0) circle [radius=2];
\draw[fill=black] (-0.5,0.5,0) ellipse [x radius=0.2, y radius=0.4];
\draw[fill=black] (0.5,0.5,0) ellipse [x radius=0.2, y radius=0.4];
\draw[very thick] (-1,-1) arc [start angle=185, end angle=355,
x radius=1, y radius=0.5];
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}
Figure 2.11 – A smiley with a three-dimensional appearance
\documentclass[tikz,border=10pt]{standalone}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\draw[shading=ball, ball color=yellow] (0,0) circle [radius=2];
\draw[shading=ball, ball color=black] (-0.5,0.5,0) ellipse [x radius=0.2, y radius=0.4];
\draw[shading=ball, ball color=black] (0.5,0.5,0) ellipse [x radius=0.2, y radius=0.4];
\draw[very thick] (-1,-1) arc [start angle=185, end angle=355,
x radius=1, y radius=0.5];
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}
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