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I've created a tikzpicture that has a lot of nodes. These nodes are sometimes close to eachother and my text is overlapping. This is my output:

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What i want to have is this:

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The text lines under eachother instead of overlapping. Can someone help me with this?

This is my code so far:

\documentclass{article} \usepackage{array} \usepackage{longtable} \usepackage{graphicx} \usepackage[space]{grffile} %fix voor \inclusegraphics \usepackage{color} \usepackage[document]{ragged2e} \usepackage{etoolbox} \usepackage{pgfplots} \usepackage{pgfkeys} \usepackage{tikz, amsmath} \usetikzlibrary{shapes.geometric,arrows.meta,positioning} \usepackage{amssymb} \usetikzlibrary{calc} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture} \tikzset{oplus/.style={path picture={\draw[black](path picture bounding box.south) -- (path picture bounding box.north) (path picture bounding box.west) -- (path picture bounding box.east);}}} \node(start)[oplus, fill = black!10, draw = black, thick, circle] { }; \node(end)[oplus, fill = black!10, draw = black, thick, circle, below = 18cm of start] { }; \draw[thick, double](start)--(end); \node(streng)[above = 3mm of start] {\textbf{VW004}}; \node(strengend)[below = 3mm of end] {\textbf{VW005}}; \node(prestart1)[left = 1cm of start] {00:00:00}; \node(prestart)[left = 1cm of prestart1] {}; \node(video)[ultra thick, above = 1cm of prestart1] {\textbf{Video}}; \node(foto)[ultra thick, left = 1cm of video] {\textbf{Foto}}; \node(afst)[ultra thick, right = 2.2cm of video] {\textbf{Afst./m}}; \node(toestand)[ultra thick, right = 3.5cm of video] {\textbf{Toest.}}; \node(beschr)[ultra thick, right = 5cm of video] {\textbf{Beschrijving}}; \node (startline) [right= 1cm of start] {000.00 - BCDA - Beginknooppunt, rioolput}; \draw [thick] (start)--(startline); \node(001)[fill = black!10, draw = black, thick, circle, below = 3.5758cm of start]{}; \node(001t)[right= 1cm of 001]{011.80 - BCAB - zadelaansluiting - geboord, open aansluiting }; \node(001p)[left = 1cm of 001] { 00:00:10}; \draw [thick] (001)--(001t); \node(001)[fill = black!10, draw = black, thick, circle, below = 5.2424cm of start]{}; \node(001t)[right= 1cm of 001]{017.30 - BCAB - zadelaansluiting - geboord, open aansluiting }; \node(001p)[left = 1cm of 001] { 00:00:12}; \draw [thick] (001)--(001t); \node(001)[fill = black!10, draw = black, thick, circle, below = 6.6152cm of start]{}; \node(001t)[right= 1cm of 001]{022.20 - BCAB - zadelaansluiting - geboord, open aansluiting }; \node(001p)[left = 1cm of 001] { 00:00:14}; \draw [thick] (001)--(001t); \node(001)[fill = black!10, draw = black, thick, circle, below = 6.7879cm of start]{}; \node(001t)[right= 1cm of 001]{022.40 - BCAB - zadelaansluiting - geboord, open aansluiting }; \node(001p)[left = 1cm of 001] { 00:00:16}; \draw [thick] (001)--(001t); \node(001)[fill = black!10, draw = black, thick, circle, below = 7.9394cm of start]{}; \node(001t)[right= 1cm of 001]{026.20 - BCAB - zadelaansluiting - geboord, open aansluiting }; \node(001p)[left = 1cm of 001] { 00:00:20}; \draw [thick] (001)--(001t); \node(001)[fill = black!10, draw = black, thick, circle, below = 8.4545cm of start]{}; \node(001t)[right= 1cm of 001]{027.90 - BCAB - zadelaansluiting - geboord, open aansluiting }; \node(001p)[left = 1cm of 001] { 00:00:24}; \draw [thick] (001)--(001t); \node(001)[fill = black!10, draw = black, thick, circle, below = 9.3939cm of start]{}; \node(001t)[right= 1cm of 001]{031.00 - BCAB - zadelaansluiting - geboord, open aansluiting }; \node(001p)[left = 1cm of 001] { 00:00:26}; \draw [thick] (001)--(001t); \node(001)[fill = black!10, draw = black, thick, circle, below = 10.8485cm of start]{}; \node(001t)[right= 1cm of 001]{035.80 - BCAB - zadelaansluiting - geboord, open aansluiting }; \node(001p)[left = 1cm of 001] { 00:00:28}; \draw [thick] (001)--(001t); \node(001)[fill = black!10, draw = black, thick, circle, below = 11.2727cm of start]{}; \node(001t)[right= 1cm of 001]{037.20 - BCAB - zadelaansluiting - geboord, open aansluiting }; \node(001p)[left = 1cm of 001] { 00:00:32}; \draw [thick] (001)--(001t); \node(001)[fill = black!10, draw = black, thick, circle, below = 12.303cm of start]{}; \node(001t)[right= 1cm of 001]{040.60 - BCAB - zadelaansluiting - geboord, open aansluiting }; \node(001p)[left = 1cm of 001] { 00:00:34}; \draw [thick] (001)--(001t); \node(001)[fill = black!10, draw = black, thick, circle, below = 12.9091cm of start]{}; \node(001t)[right= 1cm of 001]{042.60 - BCAB - zadelaansluiting - geboord, open aansluiting }; \node(001p)[left = 1cm of 001] { 00:00:38}; \draw [thick] (001)--(001t); \node(001)[fill = black!10, draw = black, thick, circle, below = 14.5455cm of start]{}; \node(001t)[right= 1cm of 001]{048.00 - BCAB - zadelaansluiting - geboord, open aansluiting }; \node(001p)[left = 1cm of 001] { 00:00:42}; \draw [thick] (001)--(001t); \node(001)[fill = black!10, draw = black, thick, circle, below = 16.2424cm of start]{}; \node(001t)[right= 1cm of 001]{053.60 - BCAB - zadelaansluiting - geboord, open aansluiting }; \node(001p)[left = 1cm of 001] { 00:00:46}; \draw [thick] (001)--(001t); \node(preend)[left = 1cm of end] { 00:00:52}; \node (endline) [right= 1cm of end] {059.40 - BCEA - Eindknooppunt, rioolput}; \draw [thick] (end)--(endline); \end{tikzpicture} \end{document}
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  • Welcome to TeX.SE! Please complete your code fragment to small, self contained compilable document. Also try to remove errors in code. Commented Oct 14, 2020 at 12:15
  • I comleted my code now... could you take a look for me? Commented Oct 14, 2020 at 13:31

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Nodes, which overlap you need to push apart, first bove, second below the coordinate. One way is to do this manualy:

\documentclass{article} %--------------- show page layout. don't use in a real document! \usepackage{showframe} \renewcommand\ShowFrameLinethickness{0.15pt} \renewcommand*\ShowFrameColor{\color{red}} % \usepackage{lipsum} % for dummy text %---------------------------------------------------------------% \usepackage[vmargin=20mm]{geometry} \usepackage{tikz} \usetikzlibrary{positioning} \begin{document} \noindent% \begin{tikzpicture}[ node distance = 5mm and 10mm, every node/.append style = {inner ysep=1pt}, C/.style = {circle, draw, fill=gray!30, thick, inner sep=3pt, node contents={}}, oplus/.style = {% circle, draw, fill=gray!30, inner sep=3pt, path picture={\draw (path picture bounding box.south) -- (path picture bounding box.north) (path picture bounding box.west) -- (path picture bounding box.east);}} ] \node (start) [oplus, label=\textbf{VW004}] {}; \node (end) [oplus, label=below:\textbf{VW005}, below = 18cm of start] {}; \draw[thick, double](start)--(end); % colum titles \node (video) [above left = of start] {\textbf{Video}}; \node (foto) [left = of video] {\textbf{Foto}}; \node (afst) [above right = 5mm and 8mm of start] {\textbf{Afst./m}}; \node (toest) [right = 0mm of afst] {\textbf{Toest.}}; \node (beschr) [right = 0mm of toest]{\textbf{Beschrijving}}; % body \node [left = of start] {00:00:00}; \node (startline) [right= of start] {000.00 - BCDA - Beginknooppunt, rioolput}; \draw (start) -- (startline); \node (001) [C, below = 3.5 of start]; \node (001p) [above left = 0mm and 10mm of 001] { 00:00:10}; \node (001t) [above right = 0mm and 10mm of 001] {011.80 - BCAB - zadelaansluiting - geboord, open aansluiting }; \draw (001)--(001p.east); \draw (001)--(001t.west); \node (001) [C, below = 3.6 of start]; \node (001p) [below left = 0mm and 10mm of 001] {00:00:12}; \node (001t) [below right = 0mm and 10mm of 001] {017.30 - BCAB - zadelaansluiting - geboord, open aansluiting }; \draw (001)--(001p.east); \draw (001)--(001t.west); \node (001) [C, below = 5.4 of start]; \node (001p) [left = of 001] {00:00:14}; \node (001t) [right = of 001] {021.50 - BCAB - zadelaansluiting - geboord, open aansluiting }; \draw (001)--(001t); \node (001) [C, below = 6.8 of start]; \node (001p) [left = of 001] {00:00:16}; \node (001t) [right = of 001] {022.40 - BCAB - zadelaansluiting - geboord, open aansluiting }; \draw (001)--(001t); \node(001) [C, below = 8 of start]; \node(001t) [right = of 001] {026.20 - BCAB - zadelaansluiting - geboord, open aansluiting }; \node(001p) [left = of 001] { 00:00:20}; \draw (001)--(001t); \node (001) [C, below = 8.5 of start]; \node (001p) [left = of 001] { 00:00:24}; \node (001t) [right = of 001] {027.90 - BCAB - zadelaansluiting - geboord, open aansluiting }; \draw (001)--(001t); \node (001) [C, below = 9.3 of start]; \node (001p) [left = of 001] {00:00:26}; \node (001t) [right = of 001] {031.00 - BCAB - zadelaansluiting - geboord, open aansluiting }; \draw (001)--(001t); \node (001) [C, below = 10.8 of start]{}; \node (001p) [left = of 001] { 00:00:28}; \node (001t) [right = of 001] {035.80 - BCAB - zadelaansluiting - geboord, open aansluiting }; \draw (001)--(001t); \node (001) [C, below = 11.3 of start]{}; \node (001p) [left = of 001] {00:00:32}; \node (001t) [right = of 001] {037.20 - BCAB - zadelaansluiting - geboord, open aansluiting }; \draw (001)--(001t); \node (001) [C, below = 12.3 of start]{}; \node (001p) [left = of 001] {00:00:34}; \node (001t) [right = of 001] {040.60 - BCAB - zadelaansluiting - geboord, open aansluiting }; \draw (001)--(001t); \node (001) [C, below = 12.9 of start]{}; \node (001p) [left = of 001] {00:00:38}; \node (001t) [right = of 001] {042.60 - BCAB - zadelaansluiting - geboord, open aansluiting }; \draw (001)--(001t); \node (001) [C, below = 14.5455cm of start]{}; \node (001p) [left = of 001] {00:00:42}; \node (001t) [right = of 001] {048.00 - BCAB - zadelaansluiting - geboord, open aansluiting }; \draw (001)--(001t); \node (001) [C, below = 16.2 of start]{}; \node (001p) [left = of 001] {00:00:46}; \node (001t) [right = of 001] {053.60 - BCAB - zadelaansluiting - geboord, open aansluiting }; \draw (001)--(001t); \node (preend) [left = of end] {00:00:52}; \node (endline) [right = of end] {059.40 - BCEA - Eindknooppunt, rioolput}; \draw (end) -- (endline); \end{tikzpicture} \end{document}

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The second (simpler) possibility is to use the same distance between nodes. In this case the library chains is handy. Let me know, if you interested for the such solution.

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  • Thanks a lot for your comment. The nodes are generated based on data from a database. In visual studio i run a foreach loop and every run generates a code line for tex, like this: tex.AppendLine(@"\node(" + inlaat.Id + ")[fill = black!10, draw = black, thick, circle, below = " + newdeelafstand + "cm of start]{};"); So i can't use the same distance between nodes. Sometimes they need to be close to eachother.. But maybe ik can make a statement in visual studio that if node0 and node1 distance is smaller than 5mm, i make the (001p.east) lines. I will try that. Commented Oct 14, 2020 at 13:58

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