[Tex/LaTex] Coordinate system in LaTeX with TikZ

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How can I create a simple coordinate system with a linear line in LaTeX using the tikz package? It should look something like this. With the iterating numbers on each axis and all.

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Use the tkz-euclide package for simple output.

\documentclass[tikz]{standalone}

\usepackage{tkz-euclide}
\begin{document}
\begin{figure}[h]
\begin{tikzpicture}
   \tkzInit[xmax=6,ymax=6,xmin=-6,ymin=-6]
   \tkzGrid
   \tkzAxeXY
   \draw[ thick,latex-latex] (-1,4) -- (4,-6) node[anchor=south west] {$a$}; % two points for drawing 2x+y=2
  \tkzText[above](0,6.75){Desired Output}
  \end{tikzpicture}
\end{figure}
\end{document}

Output:

output

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[Tex/LaTex] How to draw a coordinate system with LaTeX

The TikZ package is great! I did the following:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}

    % TikZ picture with origin upper left
    \begin{tikzpicture}[yscale=-1] 
        % 4x4 grid
        \draw (0, 0) grid (4, 4);
        % origin point
        \draw [color=blue, fill=blue] (0, 0) circle (0.1);
        % x-axis
        \draw [thick,->] (0, 0) -- (4.5, 0);
        % y-axis
        \draw [thick,->] (0, 0) -- (0, 4.5);
        % origin label
        \node at (-0.1, -0.5) {(0, 0)};
        % x-axis label
        \node at (4.5, -0.5) {200px};
        % y-axis label
        \node at (0, 5) {200px};
    \end{tikzpicture}

\end{document}

Output:

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[Tex/LaTex] Easiest way to draw a 3d coordinate system with axis labels and ticks in tikz

I used the xyz coordinate system:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{arrows}

\begin{document}

\begin{tikzpicture}[x=0.5cm,y=0.5cm,z=0.3cm,>=stealth]
% The axes
\draw[->] (xyz cs:x=-13.5) -- (xyz cs:x=13.5) node[above] {$x$};
\draw[->] (xyz cs:y=-13.5) -- (xyz cs:y=13.5) node[right] {$z$};
\draw[->] (xyz cs:z=-13.5) -- (xyz cs:z=13.5) node[above] {$y$};
% The thin ticks
\foreach \coo in {-13,-12,...,13}
{
  \draw (\coo,-1.5pt) -- (\coo,1.5pt);
  \draw (-1.5pt,\coo) -- (1.5pt,\coo);
  \draw (xyz cs:y=-0.15pt,z=\coo) -- (xyz cs:y=0.15pt,z=\coo);
}
% The thick ticks
\foreach \coo in {-10,-5,5,10}
{
  \draw[thick] (\coo,-3pt) -- (\coo,3pt) node[below=6pt] {\coo};
  \draw[thick] (-3pt,\coo) -- (3pt,\coo) node[left=6pt] {\coo};
  \draw[thick] (xyz cs:y=-0.3pt,z=\coo) -- (xyz cs:y=0.3pt,z=\coo) node[below=8pt] {\coo};
}
% Dashed lines for the points P, Q
\draw[dashed] 
  (xyz cs:z=-5) -- 
  +(0,7) coordinate (u) -- 
  (xyz cs:y=7) -- 
  +(-5,0) -- 
  ++(xyz cs:x=-5,z=-5) coordinate (v) --
  +(0,-7) coordinate (w) --
  cycle;
\draw[dashed] (u) -- (v);
\draw[dashed] (-5,7) -- (-5,0) -- (w);
\draw[dashed] (3,0) |- (0,5);

% Dots and labels for P, Q
\node[fill,circle,inner sep=1.5pt,label={left:$Q(-5,-5,7)$}] at (v) {};
\node[fill,circle,inner sep=1.5pt,label={above:$P(3,0,5)$}] at (3,5) {};
% The origin
\node[align=center] at (3,-3) (ori) {(0,0,0)\\\text{origin}};
\draw[->,help lines,shorten >=3pt] (ori) .. controls (1,-2) and (1.2,-1.5) .. (0,0,0);
\end{tikzpicture}

\end{document}

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