Page Layout ⇒ Set Page Size to Figure Size

[hkyz]

I want to produce a document consisting of a single tikZ figure.

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}
\pagestyle{empty}
\centering
\begin{tikzpicture}
\draw (0,0) arc (0:360:3cm);
\draw (0,0) arc (0:360:2cm);
\draw (-2,0) arc (0:360:2cm);
\draw (-1,-1) arc (0:360:2cm);
\draw (-1,+1) arc (0:360:2cm);
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

I want the page to just fit the figure. (That is, the size of the page is set to the size of the figure.) I know I can use the geometry package to manually set the page size, but I am looking something automatic. Does anyone have an idea on how the page size can be automatically set to the size of the figure inside it?

Thanks.

[localghost]

Just replace the »article« class by the standalone class. Refer to its manual to learn the details.


Thorsten

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Just to mention an alternative way: I sometimes use the preview package. For example, after \usepackage{tikz}:

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\usepackage[active,tightpage]{preview}
\PreviewEnvironment{tikzpicture}
\setlength\PreviewBorder{5pt}

Stefan