[Tex/LaTex] Tikz arrows alignment

tikz-arrows

I have a question regarding figures in Tikz environment, in the following figure I want to make the incoming and outgoing arrow to be separated and each pair of incoming and outgoing arrows to be horizontal lines. Please guide me how to do that?

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{shapes,shadows,arrows,positioning}

\tikzset{
line/.style={draw,-stealth,thick},
block/.style={draw,rectangle, text width=10em, text centered, minimum height=15mm, node distance=10em}
}

%fill=yellow!50
\begin{document}

\begin{tikzpicture}
\node [block] (browser) {BROWSER};
\node [block, below of= browser] (mediaplayer) {MEDIA PLAYER};  
\node [block, right of= browser,node distance= 30em, yshift=-50pt, minimum height=20em] (webserver) {WEB SERVER};  

%arrows
\path [line] (browser) -- (webserver);
\path [line] (webserver) -- (browser);

\path [line] (browser) -- (mediaplayer);

\path [line] (mediaplayer) -- (webserver);
\path [line] (webserver) -- (mediaplayer);

\end{tikzpicture}

\end{document}

enter image description here

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A simple solution, the lines are not quite parallel

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{shapes,shadows,arrows,positioning}

\tikzset{
line/.style={draw,-stealth,thick},
block/.style={draw,rectangle, text width=10em, text centered, minimum height=15mm, node distance=10em}
}

%fill=yellow!50
\begin{document}

\begin{tikzpicture}
\node [block] (browser) {BROWSER};
\node [block, below of= browser] (mediaplayer) {MEDIA PLAYER};  
\node [block, right of= browser,node distance= 30em, yshift=-50pt, minimum height=20em] (webserver) {WEB SERVER};  

%arrows
\path [line] (browser.-3) -- (browser.-3-|webserver.west);
\path [line,red] (webserver.west|-browser.3) |- (browser.3);

\path [line] (browser) -- (mediaplayer);

\path [line] (mediaplayer.-3) -- (mediaplayer.-3-|webserver.west);
\path [line,green] (webserver.west|-mediaplayer.3) -- (mediaplayer.3);

\end{tikzpicture}

\end{document}

enter image description here

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[Tex/LaTex] tikz: smooth curve and arrows

You need to load the bending library:

\documentclass{standalone}

\usepackage{pgfplots}
\usetikzlibrary{arrows,arrows.meta,bending} %new code

\begin{document}

\begin{tikzpicture}

\begin{scope}[
    every node/.style = {
        draw            = green,
        fill            = green,
        inner sep       = 0pt,
        circle,
        minimum size    = 2pt,
        font            = \footnotesize,
}]

\node   (A1)    at (30:3.00cm){};
\node   (A2)    at (35:9.00cm){};
\node   (A3)    at (125:4.00cm){};

\end{scope}

\draw[thick,black] plot [smooth,tension=1] coordinates {(A1) (A2) (A3)};
\draw[-Latex,thick,black] plot [smooth,tension=1] coordinates {(A1) (A2) (A3)};
\draw[Latex-Latex,thick,red,dashed] plot [smooth,tension=1] coordinates {(A1) (A2) (A3)};

\end{tikzpicture}

\end{document}

Then it works.

[Tex/LaTex] Angled arrows TikZ

Please always add a full (MWE)!

Answer:

You can use rounded corners=<inset> (TikZ and PGF manual p.150, chapter 14.5 Rounding Corners) and shift the end position with ([xshift=2.25cm]M1.north) (see p.40, 2.19 Transformations).

The rounded <inset> describes how big the corner is. Here rounded corners=5pt is used.

Angled arrows:

\draw[rounded corners=5pt,-latex, ultra thick, ->,red] (M1.east) -|([xshift=2.25cm]M1.north)node[black,rounded corners=.0cm,below=0.4cm, right=0.3cm] {$x_2(t)$}; 
\draw[rounded corners=5pt,-latex, ultra thick, ->,red] (M2.east) -|([xshift=2.25cm]M2.north)node[black,rounded corners=.0cm,below=0.4cm, right=0.3cm] {$x_1(t)$};

Solution:

MWE:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{calc,patterns,decorations.pathmorphing,decorations.markings}

\begin{document}

\begin{tikzpicture}[every node/.style={draw,outer sep=0pt,thick}]
\tikzstyle{spring}=[thick,decorate,decoration={zigzag,pre length=0.3cm,post length=0.3cm,segment length=6}]
\tikzstyle{damper}=[thick,decoration={markings,  
  mark connection node=dmp,
  mark=at position 0.5 with 
  {
    \node (dmp) [thick,inner sep=0pt,transform shape,rotate=-90,minimum width=15pt,minimum height=3pt,draw=none] {};
    \draw [thick] ($(dmp.north east)+(2pt,0)$) -- (dmp.south east) -- (dmp.south west) -- ($(dmp.north west)+(2pt,0)$);
    \draw [thick] ($(dmp.north)+(0,-5pt)$) -- ($(dmp.north)+(0,5pt)$);
  }
}, decorate]
\tikzstyle{ground}=[fill,pattern=north east lines,draw=none,minimum width=2.5cm,minimum height=0.3cm]


\node (M1) [minimum width=3.5cm,minimum height=2cm] {$m_1$};
\node (M2) [minimum width=3.5cm,minimum height=2cm, yshift=-4cm] {$m_2$};
\node (ground) at (M2.south) [ground, yshift=-2cm,anchor=north] {};

\draw [spring] ($(M2.north east)+(-1,0cm)$)-- ($(M1.south east)+(-1,0cm)$) node[right=0.75cm, below=0.75cm] {$C_1$};
\draw [damper] ($(M2.north west)+(1,0cm)$)-- ($(M1.south west)+(1,0cm)$) node[left=1cm, below=0.75cm] {$B_1$};

\draw [spring] ($(ground.north east)+(-0.5,0cm)$)-- ($(M2.south east)+(-1,0cm)$) node[right=0.75cm, below=0.75cm] {$C_2$};
\draw [damper] ($(ground.north west)+(0.5,0cm)$)-- ($(M2.south west)+(1,0cm)$) node[left=1cm, below=0.75cm] {$B_2$};

\draw [-latex, ultra thick, <-] (M1.north) ++(0,0.1cm) -- +(0,1cm) node[below=0.4cm, right=0.3cm] {$f(t)$};
%\draw [-latex, ultra thick, ->] (M1.east) |- (M1.east) ++(0.5,0cm) -- +(0,1cm) node[below=0.4cm, right=0.3cm] {$x_2(t)$};
%\draw [-latex, ultra thick, ->] (M2.east) |- (M2.east) ++(0.5,0cm) -- +(0,1cm) node[below=0.4cm, right=0.3cm] {$x_1(t)$};
%
 \draw[rounded corners=5pt,-latex, ultra thick, ->,red] (M1.east) -|([xshift=2.25cm]M1.north)node[black,rounded corners=.0cm,below=0.4cm, right=0.3cm] {$x_2(t)$}; 
 \draw[rounded corners=5pt,-latex, ultra thick, ->,red] (M2.east) -|([xshift=2.25cm]M2.north)node[black,rounded corners=.0cm,below=0.4cm, right=0.3cm] {$x_1(t)$};
\end{tikzpicture}

\end{document}

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