Tikzdraw example

This example shows TikZ drawing capabilities.

The code

from pylatex import (
    Document,
    TikZ,
    TikZCoordinate,
    TikZDraw,
    TikZNode,
    TikZOptions,
    TikZUserPath,
)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    # create document
    doc = Document()

    # add our sample drawings
    with doc.create(TikZ()) as pic:
        # options for our node
        node_kwargs = {"align": "center", "minimum size": "100pt", "fill": "black!20"}

        # create our test node
        box = TikZNode(
            text="My block",
            handle="box",
            at=TikZCoordinate(0, 0),
            options=TikZOptions("draw", "rounded corners", **node_kwargs),
        )

        # add to tikzpicture
        pic.append(box)

        # draw a few paths
        pic.append(
            TikZDraw(
                [TikZCoordinate(0, -6), "rectangle", TikZCoordinate(2, -8)],
                options=TikZOptions(fill="red"),
            )
        )

        # show use of anchor, relative coordinate
        pic.append(TikZDraw([box.west, "--", "++(-1,0)"]))

        # demonstrate the use of the with syntax
        with pic.create(TikZDraw()) as path:
            # start at an anchor of the node
            path.append(box.east)

            # necessary here because 'in' is a python keyword
            path_options = {"in": 90, "out": 0}
            path.append(TikZUserPath("edge", TikZOptions("-latex", **path_options)))

            path.append(TikZCoordinate(1, 0, relative=True))

    doc.generate_pdf("tikzdraw", clean_tex=False)

The generated files

tikzdraw.tex

\documentclass{article}%
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}%
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}%
\usepackage{lmodern}%
\usepackage{textcomp}%
\usepackage{lastpage}%
\usepackage{tikz}%
%
%
%
\begin{document}%
\normalsize%
\begin{tikzpicture}%
\node[draw,rounded corners,align=center,minimum size=100pt,fill=black!20] (box) at (0.0,0.0) {My block};%
\path[draw,fill=red] (0.0,-6.0) rectangle (2.0,-8.0);%
\path[draw] (box.west) -- ++(-1.0,0.0);%
\path[draw] (box.east) edge[-latex,in=90,out=0] ++(1.0,0.0);%
\end{tikzpicture}%
\end{document}

tikzdraw.pdf