[Tex/LaTex] gnuplot and TexnicCenter setup

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I just downloaded and ran the gnuplot setup exe. Now, how do I setup TeXnicCenter and gnuplot so I can use gnuplot with TikZ?

So I have been able to add --enable-write18 but the inverted cycloid doesn't generate when I compile.

I keep receiving the error pgf warning:

plot data file '211*Homework*8.pgf-plot.table' not found.

I have uninstalled and re-installed gnuplots. I created the environment variable gnuplots located in the bin folder. I have a file in there named gnuplots.exe but there is also a pgnuplots.exe. If I rename pgnu, it will ask me to replace the gnu or rename it. I have tried putting gnuplots.exe on the desktop and renaming pgnuplots. I have edited command line arguments for Latex to PDf to -synctex=-1 -max-print-line=120 -interaction=nonstopmode "%wm" --enable-write18 (and I have tried -shell-escape). Where the above error occurs no matter what

Does anyone actually know how to set gnuplots up in TexnicCenter with MiKTeX for Windows 7 64bit? If so, can you walk through each piece line by line. By that I mean, environment variable name, should pgnuplot in bin be renamed and replace gnuplot, command line argument for Latex to PDF, and whatever else is missing to rectify the plot data file not found.

\documentclass[11pt]{article}

\usepackage{tikz, tikz-qtree, pgfplots, tikz-3dplot}
\usepackage[miktex]{gnuplottex}

\usetikzlibrary{arrows,decorations.markings,calc,fadings,decorations.pathreplacing, patterns, decorations.pathmorphing, positioning}
 \allsectionsfont{\sffamily\raggedright\underline} 
 \begin{document}
 \begin{tikzpicture}[line join = round, line cap = round, >=triangle 45]
 \draw[->] (0,0) -- (6.2,0);
 \foreach \x in {0,1,2,3,4,5,6}
 \draw[shift = {(\x,0)}, color = black] (0pt,2pt) -- (0pt,-2pt) node[below]    {\footnotesize $\x$};
 \draw[<-] (0,-2) -- (0,0);
 \foreach \y in {0,-1}
 \draw[shift = {(0,\y)}] (2pt,0pt) -- (-2pt,0pt) node[left] {\footnotesize $\y$};
 \draw (0pt,-10pt) node[fill = white] {\footnotesize $0$};
 \clip(0,-2) rectangle (6.2,0);
 \draw[smooth, samples = 100, domain = 0:6.28319] plot[parametric] function{t - sin((t)*180/pi), -1 + cos((t)*180/pi)};
 \end{tikzpicture}
 \end{document}

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I don't use gnuplottex but I have enabled the --shell-escape option as the following

enter image description here

In the second command box I have the following setting:

-synctex=-1 -max-print-line=120 -interaction=nonstopmode "%wm" -shell-escape

and that should be enough for your MWE.

Your code with the following lines commented out

\usepackage[miktex]{gnuplottex}
\allsectionsfont{\sffamily\raggedright\underline}

I get the following picture

enter image description here

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In the actual question, you only want to be able to mirror the ellipse, and so draw it starting from the negative x-axis (the title of the question suggests a more flexible approach). That's actually not too hard since we can exploit the symmetry of the ellipse. The key is to provide it with a negative x-radius, since then it will start from the negative x-axis (and proceed clockwise, but we could correct for that by negating the y-radius as well). To do this, we interrupt the call from the node shape to the drawing command and flip the sign of the x-radius. The simplest way to do this is to redefine the \pgfpathellipse macro to do the negation and then call the original macro. The following code does this.

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I don't really get the question so I hope this is what you wanted. If you include a full document (such that we copy paste and see the problem on our systems) things are much more easier.

Here, you can change the default setting within a scope but your block style had a node distance which was resetting every time it is issued. I've made it 2mm such that we can see the difference easier.

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    \node [block, below= of 2nd1] (2nd3) {2nd3};
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    \path [line] (2nd1) -- (2nd2);
    \path [line] (2nd1) -- (2nd3);
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