A TikZ tutorial

Here is a much modified and expanded version of the TikZ demo from the 2008–03–10 class.

The latex source

tikz-tutorial.tex

The corresponding PDF file

tikz-tutorial.pdf

How to read

Read the PDF file tikz-tutorial.pdf and its LaTeX source tikz-tutorial.tex in parallel. Examine each piece of TikZ code and the corresponding output.

LaTeX processing workflow

The last page of tikz-tutorial.pdf has two detailed workflow diagrams that shows how to compile and proess LaTeX documents. As I noted in class, the types of graphics involved in your document may dictate which method to use to compile.