Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ tikzlings from 'LaTeX Graphics with TikZ'

[wupppanther]

I'm working through S.Kottwitz' book 'LaTeX Graphics with TikZ' and I'm running into a problem with the code attached. tikzlings are not displayed with the code snippet I copied from the book. What do I miss or what am I doing wrong?
Please see the attached file.

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\documentclass
[]
{scrartcl}
\usepackage{tikz}                       %% TikZ/pgf zum Schreiben von Grafiken
\usetikzlibrary{positioning}                %% Positionierung in nodes
\usepackage{tikzlings}
\begin{document}
\tikzset{mygrid/.pic = {
\draw[thin, dotted] (-3,-3) grid (3,3);
\draw[->] (-3,0) -- (3,0);
\draw[->] (0,-3) -- (0,3);}}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\draw pic {mygrid};         %% ok
\sloth[                 %% ok
  speech={I see \dots},
  crystalball=cyan,
]
\penguin[rotate=30,scale=0.5]
\draw pic {mygrid}          %% From here to the next ';' the code delivers errors
    (-1,0) pic {chicken}
    (1,0) pic {pig}
    (-2,-2) pic {bear}
    (0,-2) pic {penguin}
    (2,-2) pic {owl};
\pic {owl};                 %% Owl not displayed, error
\chicken;                   %% ok
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}
 
 
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[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi,

welcome to the forum!

The newest version of the tikzlings package provides pic versions, with older versions, you can use this:

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\tikzset{
 bear/.pic={\bear},
 owl/.pic={\owl},
 pig/.pic={\pig},
 penguin/.pic={\penguin},
 chicken/.pic={\chicken}}
 
 
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Stefam

[rais]

According to tikzlings (see page 3), all you need to do is turn

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\usepackage{tikzlings}
 
 
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\usetikzlibrary{tikzlings}
 
 
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Rainer

[wupppanther]

Thank you both for the prompt reply. And both solutions work well, I tested vice-versa with identical result.

Working through Stefan's book shall enable me to change from writing copy-and-paste code grabbed from forums and from the web to a basic understanding of TikZ. The TikZ manual is excellent, sure, but overwhelmingly complex for a beginner like me.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

I knew that samcarter added the pic feature, but I wonder why she did it only in the library. I hope that will be moved to the package version.

@wupppanther you can also use/run/edit the code examples at TikZ.org: tikz.org/examples. Further excellent resources are TikZ.net and TeXample.net.

Stefan