Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Tiks graphic aggregating parts with curly brackets

[danst0]

Hi,

I am using the Tiks library to draw a simple chain in Latex:

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\begin{tikzpicture}[start chain,node distance=5mm, every node/.style={on chain,join}, every join/.style={->}] 
        \node [nonterminal] {A};
        \node [nonterminal]	{B};
        \node [nonterminal]	{C};
\end{tikzpicture}

Since the nodes A and B form a logical unit I would like to add a short description underneath the chain for these two and a separate description for node C.

Best would be if I could use a lying curly bracket to show the proper affiliation.

Can anyone help me out. The manual hasn't been so informative...

Thanks,

Daniel

[torbjorn t.]

Please provide complete, compilable, examples, and not just a snippet of code[1]. I had to look up in the manual to know that the chains library had to be loaded. Also, the style called "nonterminal" is undefined, and doesn't do anything, as far as I can see.

A possible solution, if I understand you correctly:

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\documentclass{minimal}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{chains,positioning,decorations.pathreplacing}

\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}[decoration={brace,amplitude=3}] 
  \begin{scope}[start chain,node distance=5mm, every node/.style={on chain,join}, every join/.style={->}]
    \node (A) [] {A};
    \node (B) [] {B};
    \node     [] {C};
  \end{scope}
  \draw [decorate] (B.south east) -- node[below,text width=2.5cm]{Some description of said affiliation} (A.south west);
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

I'm not sure why the positioning library has to be called, but without it the above code wouldn't compile.

[1] Avoidable mistakes

[danst0]

Great, thanks for the code!

With my own text I just had to adjust the brace amplitude (=15) and shift the text a little:

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\draw [decorate] (C.south west) -- node[below,yshift=-1cm,text width=4cm]{Some description of said affiliation} (A.south west);

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