Low-level Tikz commands

Use more low-level features of Tikz for added flexibility.

import pykz

Make sure to open a new figure, otherwise, you may keep adding to one created in a previous script.

pykz.figure()

TikzPicture()

You can define your own styles, like one would using tikzset. These styles automatically get added to the tikz code, so you can refer to their names in any draw, fill, node, … command that follows.

pykz.define_style("arrow", **{">": "stealth", "->": True})

pykz.line([(-1, 0), (1, 0)], arrow=True)
pykz.line([(0, -1), (0, 1)], arrow=True)

# Export your tex code as a standalone file
pykz.save("low_level_tikz.tex", standalone=True)

# You could also directly build the pdf
pykz.io.export_pdf_from_file("low_level_tikz.tex")

'low_level_tikz.pdf'

Alternatively, output it to png

pykz.io.export_png_from_file("low_level_tikz.tex")

Or, save the Tikz code to a temporary file, compile it, and open the pdf in the default viewer. This would be the equivalent to plt.show()

pykz.preview()

Alternatively, use the high-level functions

fig = pykz.figure()
fig.set_option(">", "stealth")
pykz.arrow([(-1, 0), (1, 0)])
pykz.arrow([(0, -1), (0, 1)])

# Export your tex code as a standalone file
pykz.save("low_level_tikz.tex", standalone=True)
# You could also directly build the pdf
pykz.io.export_pdf_from_file("low_level_tikz.tex")

'low_level_tikz.pdf'

Alternatively, output it to png

pykz.io.export_png_from_file("low_level_tikz.tex")

Or, save the Tikz code to a temporary file, compile it, and open the pdf in the default viewer. This would be the equivalent to plt.show()

pykz.preview()

Related examples

Directly using Tikz

Directly using Tikz

Minimal working example

Minimal working example

Basic customization

Basic customization