Since TikZ provides a mindmap library, drawing them is pretty easy:
- Define your styles
- Use the tree syntax for nesting nodes and children
I liked to produce this drawing:
And that’s the short code:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[landscape]{geometry}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{mindmap}
\usepackage{dtklogos}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\path [
mindmap,
text = white,
level 1 concept/.append style =
{font = \Large\bfseries, sibling angle = 90},
level 2 concept/.append style =
{font = \normalsize\bfseries},
level 3 concept/.append style =
{font = \small\bfseries},
tex/.style = {concept, ball color = blue,
font = \Huge\bfseries},
engines/.style = {concept, ball color = green!50!black},
formats/.style = {concept, ball color = blue!50!black},
systems/.style = {concept, ball color = red!90!black},
editors/.style = {concept, ball color = orange!90!black}
]
node [tex] {\TeX} [clockwise from = 0]
child[concept color = green!50!black, nodes = {engines}] {
node {Engines} [clockwise from = 90]
child { node {\TeX} }
child { node {pdf\TeX} }
child { node {\XeTeX} }
child { node {Lua\TeX} }}
child [concept color = blue, nodes = {formats}] {
node {Formats} [clockwise from = 300]
child { node {\LaTeX} }
child { node {\ConTeXt} }}
child [concept color = red, nodes = {systems}] {
node {Systems} [clockwise from = 210]
child { node {\TeX Live} [clockwise from = 300]
child { node {Mac \TeX} }}
child { node {MiK\TeX} [clockwise from = 60]
child { node {Pro \TeX t} }}}
child [concept color = orange, nodes = {editors}] {
node {Editors} };
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}
\usepackage[landscape]{geometry}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{mindmap}
\usepackage{dtklogos}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\path [
mindmap,
text = white,
level 1 concept/.append style =
{font = \Large\bfseries, sibling angle = 90},
level 2 concept/.append style =
{font = \normalsize\bfseries},
level 3 concept/.append style =
{font = \small\bfseries},
tex/.style = {concept, ball color = blue,
font = \Huge\bfseries},
engines/.style = {concept, ball color = green!50!black},
formats/.style = {concept, ball color = blue!50!black},
systems/.style = {concept, ball color = red!90!black},
editors/.style = {concept, ball color = orange!90!black}
]
node [tex] {\TeX} [clockwise from = 0]
child[concept color = green!50!black, nodes = {engines}] {
node {Engines} [clockwise from = 90]
child { node {\TeX} }
child { node {pdf\TeX} }
child { node {\XeTeX} }
child { node {Lua\TeX} }}
child [concept color = blue, nodes = {formats}] {
node {Formats} [clockwise from = 300]
child { node {\LaTeX} }
child { node {\ConTeXt} }}
child [concept color = red, nodes = {systems}] {
node {Systems} [clockwise from = 210]
child { node {\TeX Live} [clockwise from = 300]
child { node {Mac \TeX} }}
child { node {MiK\TeX} [clockwise from = 60]
child { node {Pro \TeX t} }}}
child [concept color = orange, nodes = {editors}] {
node {Editors} };
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}
If you get errors, ensure that the dtklogos and hologo package are installed, otherwise replace commands such as \ConTeXt by a simple word ConTeXt.