[Tex/LaTex] Smart Art flow diagram

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How to make a horizontal flow diagram in latex like:

If posible i would like some colors in it.

Thank you

Best Answer

Something like this:

MWE:

\documentclass[border=3mm,tikz,preview]{standalone}
\usetikzlibrary{arrows.meta,chains}

    \begin{document}
    \begin{tikzpicture}[
    > = {Latex[]},
    start chain = going right,
    node distance=7mm,
    block/.style={shape=rectangle, draw,
                  inner sep=1mm, align=center,
                  minimum height=7mm, 
                  join=by ->, on chain}]
%placing the blocks
\node[block] (n1) {Hydraulikstation};
\node[block] (n2) {Kontraventil};
\node[block] (n3) {Cointainer};
\node[block] (n4) {Oliefilter};
\node[block] (n5) {Proportional ventil};
%
\draw[->] (n5.south) --  + (0,-7mm) -| (n1.south);
    \end{tikzpicture}%
\end{document}

Put any colour as you like:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{arrows.meta,chains}

    \begin{document}
    \begin{tikzpicture}[
    > = {Latex[]},
    auto,
    start chain = going right,
    node distance=5mm,
    block/.style={shape=rectangle, draw,top color=olive,bottom color=magenta,
                  inner sep=1mm, align=center,
                  minimum height=3em, 
                  join=by ->, on chain}]

   \node[block] (n1) {Hydraulikstation};
   \node[block] (n2) {Kontraventil};
   \node[block] (n3) {Container};
   \node[block] (n4) {Oliefilter};
   \node[block] (n5) {Proportinalventil};
   \draw[->] (n5.south) -- ++(0,-4mm) -| (n1.south);
    \end{tikzpicture}%
    \end{document}

Edit: After reading of other (very nice and interesting answers) I recognize, that the coloring is one of wishes in questions ... :-). How to do this, I explained in other answers as well showed in Harish Kumar (thank youu!) hijack of this one. So I will add an example with shadows. In it I also slightly change TikZ (pre)settings: now the style of joins are defined separately, what enable more freedom in their design.

    \begin{tikzpicture}[
                > = {Triangle[]},
      start chain = going right,
    node distance = 7mm,
every join/.style = {->, very thick, gray},
    block/.style={shape=rectangle, draw,
                  inner sep=1mm, align=center,
                  minimum height=7mm, 
                  fill=white, drop shadow,
                  join, on chain}]
%placing the blocks
\node[block] (n1) {Hydraulikstation};
\node[block] (n2) {Kontraventil};
\node[block] (n3) {Cointainer};
\node[block] (n4) {Oliefilter};
\node[block] (n5) {Proportional ventil};
%
\draw[every join] (n5.south) --  + (0,-7mm) -| (n1.south);
    \end{tikzpicture}%
\end{document}

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[Tex/LaTex] PowerPoint’s “Smart Art” for TikZ

Here is one possibility: it's based on a list, but not on itemize environments. Indeed I recall Arrows coordinates in TikZ and adapted the things to:

create simply the diagram
create the diagram automatically overlay aware.

Now you have basically to insert your list inside a command \smartart or \smartartov (for the automatic animation), but I don't know how much you will find the answer suitable for your needs.

Here is the code:

\documentclass{beamer}  
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage{tikz}

\usetikzlibrary{calc,shadows} 
\makeatletter 
\@namedef{color@1}{red!30}
\@namedef{color@2}{cyan!30}   
\@namedef{color@3}{blue!30} 
\@namedef{color@4}{green!30}  
\@namedef{color@5}{magenta!30} 
\@namedef{color@6}{yellow!30}    
\@namedef{color@7}{orange!30}    
\@namedef{color@8}{violet!30}   

\newcommand{\smartart}[1]{%
\begin{tikzpicture}[every node/.style={align=center}]  

\foreach \gritem [count=\xi] in {#1}  {\global\let\maxgritem\xi}  

\foreach \gritem [count=\xi] in {#1}
{% 
\pgfmathtruncatemacro{\angle}{360/\maxgritem*\xi}
\edef\col{\@nameuse{color@\xi}}
\node[rectangle,
    rounded corners,
     thick,
     draw=gray,
     top color= white,
     bottom color=\col,
     drop shadow,
     text width=1.75cm,
     minimum width=2cm,
     minimum height=1cm,
     font=\small] (satellite\xi) at (\angle:2.75cm) {\gritem };
}%

\foreach \gritem [count=\xi] in {#1}
{% 
\pgfmathtruncatemacro{\xj}{mod(\xi, \maxgritem) + 1)} 
\edef\col{\@nameuse{color@\xj}}
\draw[<-,>=stealth,line width=.1cm,\col,shorten <=0.3cm,shorten >=0.3cm] (satellite\xj) to[bend left] (satellite\xi);
}%
\end{tikzpicture}  
}%

\tikzset{
    invisible/.style={opacity=0},
    visible on/.style={alt=#1{}{invisible}},
    alt/.code args={<#1>#2#3}{%
      \alt<#1>{\pgfkeysalso{#2}}{\pgfkeysalso{#3}} % \pgfkeysalso doesn't change the path
    },
  }


\newcommand{\smartartov}[1]{%
\begin{tikzpicture}[every node/.style={align=center}]  

\foreach \gritem [count=\xi] in {#1}  {\global\let\maxgritem\xi}  

\foreach \gritem [count=\xi] in {#1}
{% 
\pgfmathtruncatemacro{\angle}{360/\maxgritem*\xi}
\edef\col{\@nameuse{color@\xi}}
\node[rectangle,
    rounded corners,
     thick,
     draw=gray,
     top color= white,
     bottom color=\col,
     drop shadow={visible on=<\xi->},
     text width=1.75cm,
     minimum width=2cm,
     minimum height=1cm,
     font=\small,
     visible on=<\xi->] (satellite\xi) at (\angle:2.75cm) {\gritem };
}%

\foreach \gritem [count=\xi] in {#1}
{% 
\pgfmathtruncatemacro{\xj}{mod(\xi, \maxgritem) + 1)}
\pgfmathtruncatemacro{\adv}{\xi + 1)}
\edef\col{\@nameuse{color@\xi}}
\draw[<-,>=stealth,line width=.1cm,\col,shorten <=0.3cm,shorten >=0.3cm,
visible on=<\adv->] (satellite\xj) to[bend left] (satellite\xi);
}%
\end{tikzpicture}  
}%
\makeatother

\begin{document}
\begin{frame}{Smart art}
\begin{center}
\smartartov{Set up~/ Adapt,Run,Analyze,Modify~/ Add}
\end{center}
\end{frame}

\end{document}

The diagram created by means of \smartart is:

enter image description here

The animation created by means of \smartartov:

enter image description here

I've seen EDIT^3, and I agree that one could also display differently the diagram, for example as a standard flow chart. A couple of weeks ago I built a library to draw switching architectures (link) in which main problem was similar, how to display automatically in a vertical fashion a given number of modules. Putting things together, two new commands are available:

\smartartflow to create the flow diagram
\smartartflowov to create the flow diagram automatically overlay aware.

The code:

\documentclass{beamer}  
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage{tikz}

\usetikzlibrary{calc,shadows} 
\makeatletter 
\@namedef{color@1}{red!30}
\@namedef{color@2}{cyan!30}   
\@namedef{color@3}{blue!30} 
\@namedef{color@4}{green!30}  
\@namedef{color@5}{magenta!30} 
\@namedef{color@6}{yellow!30}    
\@namedef{color@7}{orange!30}    
\@namedef{color@8}{violet!30}   

\pgfmathsetmacro{\moduleysep}{1.2} % default value
\newcommand{\setmoduleysep}[1]{\pgfmathsetmacro{\moduleysep}{#1}}


\newcommand{\smartartflow}[1]{%
\begin{tikzpicture}[every node/.style={align=center}]  

\foreach \gritem [count=\xi] in {#1}  {\global\let\maxgritem\xi}  

\foreach \gritem [count=\xi] in {#1}
{%
\edef\col{\@nameuse{color@\xi}}
\path let \n1 = {int(0-\xi)}, \n2={0-\xi*\moduleysep}
    in node[rectangle,
    rounded corners,
     thick,
     draw=gray,
     top color= white,
     bottom color=\col,
     drop shadow,
     text width=1.75cm,
     minimum width=2cm,
     minimum height=1cm,
     font=\small] (satellite\xi) at +(0,\n2) {\gritem};

}%

\foreach \gritem [count=\xi] in {#1}
{% 
\pgfmathtruncatemacro{\xj}{mod(\xi, \maxgritem) + 1)} 
\edef\col{\@nameuse{color@\xj}}
\ifnum\xi<\maxgritem
\draw[<-,>=stealth,line width=.1cm,\col,] (satellite\xj) -- (satellite\xi);
\fi

\ifnum\xi=\maxgritem
\draw[<-,>=stealth,line width=.1cm,\col,] (satellite\xj.east)--($(satellite\xj.east)+(1,0)$) |- (satellite\xi);
\fi
}%

\end{tikzpicture}  
}

\tikzset{
    invisible/.style={opacity=0},
    visible on/.style={alt=#1{}{invisible}},
    alt/.code args={<#1>#2#3}{%
      \alt<#1>{\pgfkeysalso{#2}}{\pgfkeysalso{#3}} % \pgfkeysalso doesn't change the path
    },
  }

\newcommand{\smartartflowov}[1]{%
\begin{tikzpicture}[every node/.style={align=center}]  

\foreach \gritem [count=\xi] in {#1}  {\global\let\maxgritem\xi}  

\foreach \gritem [count=\xi] in {#1}
{%
\edef\col{\@nameuse{color@\xi}}
\path let \n1 = {int(0-\xi)}, \n2={0-\xi*\moduleysep}
    in node[rectangle,
    rounded corners,
     thick,
     draw=gray,
     top color= white,
     bottom color=\col,
     drop shadow={visible on=<\xi->},
     text width=1.75cm,
     minimum width=2cm,
     minimum height=1cm,
     font=\small,
     visible on=<\xi->] (satellite\xi) at +(0,\n2) {\gritem};

}%

\foreach \gritem [count=\xi] in {#1}
{% 
\pgfmathtruncatemacro{\adv}{\xi + 1)}
\pgfmathtruncatemacro{\xj}{mod(\xi, \maxgritem) + 1)} 
\edef\col{\@nameuse{color@\xj}}
\ifnum\xi<\maxgritem
\draw[<-,>=stealth,line width=.1cm,\col,visible on=<\adv->] (satellite\xj) -- (satellite\xi);
\fi

\ifnum\xi=\maxgritem
\draw[<-,>=stealth,line width=.1cm,\col,visible on=<\adv->] (satellite\xj.east)--($(satellite\xj.east)+(1,0)$) |- (satellite\xi);
\fi
}%

\end{tikzpicture}  
}
\makeatother

\begin{document}
\begin{frame}{Smart art flow}
\setmoduleysep{1.75} % to adjust the module separation
\begin{center}
\smartartflowov{Set up~/ Adapt,{Run, Compile},Analyze,Modify~/ Add, Build}
\end{center}
\end{frame}

\end{document}

The flow diagram created by means of \smartartflow is:

enter image description here

The animation created by means of \smartartflowov:

enter image description here

The code developed in the answer has been the base of the package smartdiagram. Its macros are built on top of TikZ which is built on top of PGF: ok we can graphically see this with a priority descriptive diagram.

The code:

\documentclass{beamer}
\usepackage{smartdiagram}
\begin{document}
\begin{frame}
\begin{center}
\smartdiagramset{set color list={blue!50!cyan,green!60!lime,orange!50!red},
descriptive items y sep=1.5}
\smartdiagramanimated[priority descriptive diagram]{PGF,Ti\textit{k}Z,Smartdiagram}
\end{center}
\end{frame}
\end{document}

The result:

enter image description here

One point not yet well documented is the possibility of declaring a priori styles, for example when you want to repeat several times a diagram with the same properties. So it is sufficient to declare:

\smartdiagramset{diagram style/.style={module shape=diamond,font=\scriptsize,
module minimum width=1cm,module minimum height=1cm,text width=1cm}}

Then a possible use is:

\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{article}
\usepackage{smartdiagram}
\usetikzlibrary{shapes.geometric} % for the diamond
\smartdiagramset{diagram style/.style={module shape=diamond,font=\scriptsize,
module minimum width=1cm,module minimum height=1cm,text width=1cm}}
\begin{document}
\begin{center}
\smartdiagramset{diagram style, arrow tip=to}
\smartdiagram[circular diagram]{Do, This, Only,For, Me}
\end{center}
\begin{center}
\smartdiagramset{diagram style, module y sep=2.5}
\smartdiagram[flow diagram]{Do, This,For, Me}
\end{center}
\end{document}

[Tex/LaTex] How to make hexagon diagram from Smart diagram package

Since you speak from a hexagon I added a sixth element to the list.

I’m using the connected constellation diagram diagram and change the styles for planets and satellites so that they use the regular polygon shape from the shapes.geometric library.

The connection planet satellite style that is applied to the \path with the edge that connects the “satellites” is set up in a way that it draws the trapezoid connection (this could probably be made smarter so that the parallel sides use the side length of one of the hexagons).

For some reason, \smartdiagram only allows the diagram type as its first argument (the one in brackets [ ] (which is not optional)), so I had to give the options beforehand. Usually, this should be grouped (your center environment or a figure environment does this already), I left this group out for this example.

Code

\documentclass[tikz]{standalone}
\usepackage{smartdiagram}
\usetikzlibrary{shapes.geometric,calc}
\begin{document}
\tikzset{
  planet/.append style={regular polygon, regular polygon sides=6},
  satellite/.append style={regular polygon, regular polygon sides=6},
  every picture/.append style={rotate=30},
  connection planet satellite/.style={
    bend right/.style=,
    every edge/.style={fill=\col},
    to path={
      \pgfextra
        \path[draw=none, fill=none] (\tikztostart) 
          -- coordinate[at start] (@start@) coordinate[at end] (@target@) (\tikztotarget);
      \endpgfextra
      \ifnum\xi<\maxsmitem % to disable the last arrow
        ($(@start@)!.6cm!90:(@target@)$) -- ($(@target@)!.25cm!-90:(@start@)$)
          -- ($(@target@)!.25cm!90:(@start@)$) -- ($(@start@)!.6cm!-90:(@target@)$)
          -- cycle
      \fi}}}
\smartdiagram[connected constellation diagram]{
  Build a program,
  Set up,
  Run,
  Analyze,
  Modify/\\Add,
  Check,
  and a sixth}
\end{document}

Output

enter image description here

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[Tex/LaTex] PowerPoint’s “Smart Art” for TikZ

[Tex/LaTex] How to make hexagon diagram from Smart diagram package

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