%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % % Documentation for the jigsaw package % A package to draw jigsaw pieces with tikz % Maintained by samcarter % % Project repository and bug tracker: % https://github.com/samcarter/jigsaw % % Released under the LaTeX Project Public License v1.3c or later % See http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % !TeX program = txs:///arara % arara: latexmk: { % arara: --> engine: pdflatex, % arara: --> options: [ % arara: --> '-shell-escape', % arara: --> '-synctex=1', % arara: --> '-interaction=nonstopmode', % arara: --> ] % arara: --> } \documentclass{scrartcl} % meta %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \title{The jigsaw package} \subtitle{Drawing jigsaw pieces in \TikZ} \author{% \texorpdfstring{ \begin{tikzpicture} \piece[lightgray!70!white]{1}{-1}{1}{-1} \end{tikzpicture}\\[0.8em] \texttt{samcarter}\\ \url{https://github.com/samcarter/jigsaw}\\ \url{https://www.ctan.org/pkg/jigsaw} }{samcarter}} \date{Version v0.5 \textendash{} 2024/04/25} \usepackage[ themecolor=samlgreen ]{\jobname-settings} \colorlet{teal}{samlgreen} \colorlet{violet}{samviolet} \usepackage{jigsaw} \usetikzlibrary{matrix} \begin{document} \maketitle \section{Introduction} \label{intro} The jigsaw package allows to draw adjustable jigsaw pieces in \TikZ, to combine them and even to automatically create complete jigsaws. It is based on the TeX.Stackexchange answers \url{https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/446296/36296}. The package is included in both \texlive and \miktex and available from \CTAN (\url{https://ctan.org/pkg/jigsaw}). The development version of this package is located at \url{github.com/samcarter/jigsaw}. If you have any problems, ideas or other feedback, please make constructive use of its bug tracker. Copyright \raisebox{0.2em}{\tiny\fontfamily{cmr}\selectfont\textcopyright} \texttt{samcarter}. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and\slash or modify this software under the terms of the LaTeX project public licence, version 1.3c or later \url{http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt}. \section{Usage} An individual jigsaw piece can be drawn with \begin{tcolorbox}[title={Jigsaw piece}] \begin{samcode} \piece{}{}{}{} \end{samcode} \tcblower \begin{tikzpicture} \piece{1}{-1}{1}{1} \end{tikzpicture} \end{tcolorbox} wherein arguments specify for each side if it should be a tab (-1), a straight line (0) or a slot (1). The following example will produce a jigsaw piece with one tab sticking out, one straight boarder and two slots: \begin{tcblisting}{title={Jigsaw piece}} \begin{tikzpicture} \piece{1}{-1}{0}{1} \end{tikzpicture} \end{tcblisting} With an optional argument, a fill colour can be passed to the piece: \begin{tcblisting}{title={Filled piece}} \begin{tikzpicture} \piece[teal]{-1}{1}{-1}{1} \end{tikzpicture} \end{tcblisting} Or to change the line colour: \begin{tcblisting}{title={Coloured piece}} \begin{tikzpicture} \color{teal}\piece{-1}{-1}{1}{1} \end{tikzpicture} \end{tcblisting} The piece shape is also available as \TikZ \saminline|pic|: \begin{tcblisting}{title={\texttt{pic}}} \begin{tikzpicture} \path (2,-3) pic[ fill=lightgray, draw=teal, thick, scale=2, pic text={Some Text}, pic text options={text=violet} ]{piece={1}{-1}{1}{0}}; \end{tikzpicture} \end{tcblisting} Using the \TikZ \saminline|pic| allows to apply various \TikZ option like \saminline|scale| or add text in the centre of the piece via \saminline|pic text={...}|. The shapes of the jigsaw pieces are designed to seamlessly fit into each other which allows to produce tile patters in various ways: \begin{tcblisting}{title={Manual tile pattern}} \begin{tikzpicture} \begin{scope} \piece[teal]{1}{1}{0}{0} \end{scope} \begin{scope}[xshift=1cm] \piece[lightgray]{1}{0}{0}{-1} \end{scope} \begin{scope}[yshift=-1cm] \piece[lightgray]{0}{-1}{-1}{0} \end{scope} \begin{scope}[xshift=1cm,yshift=-1cm] \piece[teal]{0}{0}{-1}{1} \end{scope} \end{tikzpicture} \end{tcblisting} \begin{tcblisting}{title={Manual pattern using \texttt{\textbackslash pic}}} \begin{tikzpicture} \pic at (0,1) [fill=lightgray,draw] {piece={1}{1}{0}{0}}; \pic at (1,1) [fill=teal,draw] {piece={1}{0}{0}{-1}}; \pic at (0,0) [fill=teal,draw] {piece={0}{-1}{-1}{0}}; \pic at (1,0) [fill=lightgray,draw] {piece={0}{0}{-1}{1}}; \end{tikzpicture} \end{tcblisting} \begin{tcblisting}{title={Manual pattern using Ti\emph{k}Z matrix}} % \usetikzlibrary{matrix} \begin{tikzpicture} \matrix [nodes=draw]{ \pic [fill=lightgray] {piece={-1}{1}{0}{0}}; & \pic [fill=teal] {piece={1}{0}{0}{-1}}; \\ \pic [fill=teal] {piece={0}{-1}{1}{0}}; & \pic [fill=lightgray] {piece={0}{0}{-1}{1}};\\ }; \end{tikzpicture} \end{tcblisting} Manually position each jigsaw piece at the correct position can be tedious, therefore the command \saminline|\tile[]{}{}{}{}| was added. It can be used outside of of the \saminline|tikzpicture| environment to place the pieces besides each other like normal letters in a text. Line breaks have to be added at the appropriate positions and one has to be careful not to introduce additional spaces between the jigsaw pieces from unprotected line endings. \begin{tcblisting}{title={The tile command}} \tile[violet]{1}{1}{0}{0}% \tile[lightgray]{1}{-1}{0}{-1}% \tile[teal]{1}{0}{0}{1} \tile[teal]{1}{-1}{-1}{0}% \tile[violet]{1}{-1}{-1}{1}% \tile[lightgray]{-1}{0}{-1}{1} \tile[lightgray]{0}{-1}{-1}{0}% \tile[teal]{0}{-1}{-1}{1}% \tile[violet]{0}{0}{1}{1} \end{tcblisting} Finally there is also the possibility to automatically generate complete jigsaw puzzles using the command \saminline|\jigsaw{}{}|, with \saminline|| and \saminline|| the number of rows and columns, respectively. \begin{tcblisting}{title={Automatic jigsaw generation},righthand width=6.1cm} \begin{tikzpicture} \jigsaw{6}{4} \end{tikzpicture} \end{tcblisting} This automatically generated jigsaw can also be overlaid on a picture: \begin{tcblisting}{title={Overlaid image},righthand width=6.1cm} \begin{tikzpicture} \clip (0,0) rectangle (6,4); \node at (3,2) {% \includegraphics[ width=6cm,height=4cm ]{example-image-duck}% }; \jigsaw{6}{4} \end{tikzpicture} \end{tcblisting} \end{document}