CTAN update: tikzphysics
Date: September 6, 2026 6:55:21 AM CEST
Vaibhav Blayer submitted an update to the
tikzphysics
package.
Version: 1.2.0 2026-09-05
License: lppl1.3c
Summary description: TikZ-native shapes and anchors for classical physics diagrams
Announcement text:
tikzphysics 1.2.0 adds reusable per-object defaults, native to[over pulley=P] connections, wedge contact and tangent/normal anchors, and mechanics primitives including supports, pendulums, and motion arrows. The new show anchors, show keys, and physicshelp features provide in-picture discovery of supported keys and anchors. A rewritten manual includes a beginner quickstart, complete systems, and a 31-feature reference. Migration: spring is now a path decoration, used as \draw[spring] (A) -- (B);, instead of a spring node. Spring leads may be zero. Blocks default to 1cm square and pulleys to 1cm diameter. This release also fixes prism centroid and face-midpoint anchors.
The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/tikzphysics The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/graphics/pgf/contrib/tikzphysics/
Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese
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tikzphysics 1.2.0 adds reusable per-object defaults, native to[over pulley=P] connections, wedge contact and tangent/normal anchors, and mechanics primitives including supports, pendulums, and motion arrows. The new show anchors, show keys, and physicshelp features provide in-picture discovery of supported keys and anchors. A rewritten manual includes a beginner quickstart, complete systems, and a 31-feature reference. Migration: spring is now a path decoration, used as \draw[spring] (A) -- (B);, instead of a spring node. Spring leads may be zero. Blocks default to 1cm square and pulleys to 1cm diameter. This release also fixes prism centroid and face-midpoint anchors.
The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/tikzphysics The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/graphics/pgf/contrib/tikzphysics/
Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese
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 physics diagrams. It provides mechanics, contact surfaces and tracks, polar and Cartesian differential elements, solid shell and slice constructions, fluid mechanics, optical mirrors and lenses, waves, thermodynamics, and thermal physics/heat transfer apparatus. Features use ordinary TikZ node, path, and pic syntax with reusable default styles. Integer percentage anchors compose larger diagrams, and reference cards expose keys and anchors. Diagrams default to black and white and inherit native TikZ stroke widths.
| Package | TikZphysics |
| Version | 1.8.0 2026-10-11 |
| Copyright | 2026 Vaibhav Blayer |
| Maintainer | Vaibhav Blayer |