Scaling TikZ from Gnuplot export

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Say we plotted in Gnuplot using terminal tikz resulting in output tikz.tex . In our main.tex we

\include{tikz}

Now that messes up everything because the picture is way too large for our beamer document.

How can one scale down the tikzpicure without manually setting (e.g.) scale=.5 in tikz.tex? The reason I want to avoid manual scaling is that I have many tikz.texs and that they are not final yet.

Could you show an example gnuplot code? From the gnuplot docs it looks like you have the option to define the size of the generated plot, e.g. set size 8cm,4cm — Torbjørn T., Mar 17 '16 at 13:03
The size or the scale option of the terminal solves my problem. If you put that as an answer, I accept it. Thanks! — rehctawrats, Mar 17 '16 at 13:15

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:35

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gnuplot has some options for setting the size of the generated graphic, cf. the manual (http://www.gnuplot.info/documentation.html):

set size x{unit},y{unit} to set the exact size in your unit of choice, for example set size 6cm,4cm. The default is 12.5cm x 8.75cm. (Valid units are cm, mm, in or inch, pt, pc, bp, dd, cc.)
set scale x,y to scale the figure relative to the size.

For reference, the default papersize in beamer is 128mm x 96mm, see section 8.3 in beamers manual.

And by the way, one would typically use \input not \include to add snippets of code, see When should I use \input vs. \include?.

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:35

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answered Mar 17 '16 at 14:23

Torbjørn T.

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Notice the scale option is not available in all terminals, e.g. in wxt. See the terminals help via set term terminalname help. – rehctawrats Mar 18 '16 at 08:57

Scaling TikZ from Gnuplot export

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