CTAN update: tikzphysics
Date: September 29, 2026 7:08:09 AM CEST
Vaibhav Blayer submitted an update to the
tikzphysics
package.
Version: 1.6.0
License: lppl1.3c
Summary description: TikZ-native shapes and anchors for classical physics
diagrams
Announcement text:
tikzphysics 1.6.0 supports spring both as a named node and as a two-point path with shared coil settings. All native fluid vessels and mechanics blocks and circles now provide documented integer percentage-anchor families. Cylinder liquid endpoints, pressure-face centres, and U-tube surface placement are corrected. Debug markers draw above fills, nearby numbers use leader lines, and reference cards clear the geometry. Updated manual, direction tables, regression tests, rendered galleries, and the single-file Overleaf bundle generator are included.
This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/graphics/pgf/contrib/tikzphysics More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/tikzphysics
Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Erik Braun CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs .
tikzphysics 1.6.0 supports spring both as a named node and as a two-point path with shared coil settings. All native fluid vessels and mechanics blocks and circles now provide documented integer percentage-anchor families. Cylinder liquid endpoints, pressure-face centres, and U-tube surface placement are corrected. Debug markers draw above fills, nearby numbers use leader lines, and reference cards clear the geometry. Updated manual, direction tables, regression tests, rendered galleries, and the single-file Overleaf bundle generator are included.
This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/graphics/pgf/contrib/tikzphysics More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/tikzphysics
Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Erik Braun CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs .
TikZphysics – TikZ-native shapes and anchors for classical physics diagrams
The package extends TikZ with reusable shapes, styles, keys, and geometric anchors for classical-physics diagrams. It provides contact surfaces, straight and circular ramps, blocks, springs, pulleys, supports, pendulums, motion arrows, and optical mirrors, lenses, slabs, and prisms. Features use ordinary TikZ node, path, and pic syntax with reusable default styles. Named and parametric anchors help compose larger diagrams, while in-picture reference cards expose supported keys and anchors.
| Package | TikZphysics |
| Version | 1.6.0 |
| Copyright | 2026 Vaibhav Blayer |
| Maintainer | Vaibhav Blayer |