Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ tikZ | Example with unexpected Page Geometry

[thinkpadT]

hi everybody,

I copied an example code from the TeXample website. After compiling, I get a plot on the top of the PDF page but not a full page plot like in the example output.

Any ideas, how I can get a full page big plot like in the example

thanks
-Fawad

[localghost]

There's no evidence in the code that the plot covers the complete page. If you want the page to be cropped to the actual plot, replace the article class with standalone.


Thorsten

[thinkpadT]

Thanks alot that is, what i was looking for!
cheerz

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Many of the examples in the TikZ gallery use this code:

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\usepackage[active,tightpage]{preview}
\PreviewEnvironment{tikzpicture}
\setlength\PreviewBorder{10pt}%

You can see this code, if you download the example as a .tex file. It's not displayed on the web site, because it's not required to understand and to run the code. It's just for cropping for displaying on the web site.

Using the standalone class would be easier and would save a few lines, but not everybody has this class installed, and it's pretty new. The visible code doesn't require standalone or preview to be compilable.

Stefan