[Tex/LaTex] Convert PSTricks to TikZ

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I use pstricks for all my graphics. Now I am submitting a paper to a conference which, unfortunately, does not allow to use PostScript. I have to send them tex source, which they compile with pdflatex. So, pstricks might not work (I am almost sure they won't apply the solutions here: How to use PSTricks in pdfLaTeX?).

The only solution I found was to convert PStricks to TikZ. Is there an automatic converter for this task?

Best Answer

Quoted from my comment here (click):

If PDF images are allowed to be included together with your main TeX source file (aka input file), then you can generate a PDF for each PSTricks diagram using standalone document class (to get a tight image without white borders) compiled with latex-dvips-ps2pdf (for faster compilation).

To be more explicit:

  • Go to each diagram in your main input file.
  • Cut each a pair of \begin{pspicture} and \end{pspicture}.

  • Paste in a new document called fig1.tex and saved in a sub directory Images, having the following structure:

    % fig1.tex
\documentclass[pstricks,border=12pt]{standalone}% remove the border key if you want a tight output without any border.
\begin{document}
\begin{pspicture}(35,20)
...
\end{pspicture}
\end{document}

  • Compile fig1.tex with either latex-dvips-ps2pdf (which is much faster) or xelatex (which is much slower). Here, using pdflatex -shell-escape does not make sense for creating tight standalone diagrams.

  • Check the newly created file fig1.pdf in Images sub directory.

  • In your main document, put

    \usepackage{graphicx}
\graphicspath{{Images/}}

    in the preamble and for each diagram you want to import, do the following.

    \begin{figure}
\centering
\includegraphics{fig1.pdf}
\caption{any caption}
\label{anylabel}
\end{figure}

  • Remove \usepackage[pdf]{pstricks} from your main input file.

  • Compile the main input file with pdflatex to get a PDF output.
  • Done.
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