Tikzcd – A simple visual editor for creating commutative diagrams
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Re: Tikzcd – A simple visual editor for creating commutative diagrams
#2This is pretty cool! I would love to see this kind of tool (including the LaTeX output) available for other kinds of diagrams. Sequence diagrams, box-and-line diagrams, etc.
Re: Tikzcd – A simple visual editor for creating commutative diagrams
#3This is pretty cool! I would love to see this kind of tool (including the LaTeX output) available for other kinds of diagrams. Sequence diagrams, box-and-line diagrams, etc.
It's the type of thing I'd love from plantuml
Re: Tikzcd – A simple visual editor for creating commutative diagrams
#4I made all diagrams in my thesis with this tikz gui: http://tikzit.sourceforge.net. Tikzcd looks more polished, Tikzit more general.
Re: Tikzcd – A simple visual editor for creating commutative diagrams
#5This is pretty cool! I would love to see this kind of tool (including the LaTeX output) available for other kinds of diagrams. Sequence diagrams, box-and-line diagrams, etc.
It's not terribly hard to do by hand once you get the hang of it. I used to do my control systems homework with TikZ.
Re: Tikzcd – A simple visual editor for creating commutative diagrams
#6This is pretty cool! I would love to see this kind of tool (including the LaTeX output) available for other kinds of diagrams. Sequence diagrams, box-and-line diagrams, etc.
It's not terribly hard to do by hand once you get the hang of it. I used to do my control systems homework with TikZ.
Diagrams for homework is easy. The tool almost doesn't matter.
What gets hard is when a diagram is describing something you don't have control over, such as a system built by dozens of engineers, or a product that is still being influenced by changing requirements. In those cases, I often want to build an initial diagram, then extend it quickly and in a version-control friendly way, or even in a way that can be generated.
Re: Tikzcd – A simple visual editor for creating commutative diagrams
#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's not terribly hard to do by hand once you get the hang of it. I used to do my control systems homework with TikZ.
Diagrams for homework is easy. The tool almost doesn't matter. What gets hard is when a diagram is describing something you don't have control over, such as a system built by dozens of engineers, or a product that is still being influenced by changing requirements. In those cases, I often want to build an initial diagram, then extend it quickly and in a version-control friendly way, or even in a way that can be gener…
Extending a Tikz diagram (by additional lines/nodes, I assume?) just means adding more Tikz commands to draw the additional parts. If you mostly use automatic or relative placement, the diff will be fairly compact. If you use manual placement, you'll get some noise from the adjustments required to make space.
Caveat: I have only used Tikz for homework. However, I didn't usually have control, and the diagrams occasionally had to change when I realized I forgot some part.
Re: Tikzcd – A simple visual editor for creating commutative diagrams
#8Is there any similar tool for string diagrams? They can be very expressive on paper, but it would be much more convenient to manipulate them on a computer.
Re: Tikzcd – A simple visual editor for creating commutative diagrams
#9Reinventing plantuml and dot I guess. Go have a look at those as well, they have their uses and are awesome.
Re: Tikzcd – A simple visual editor for creating commutative diagrams
#10This is awesome! Creating tikz diagrams by hand is a pain.