Problem drawing boxes with arrows in tikZ












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Could someone, whenever it's possible, post a minimal tikZ example to draw this? I also would like to put an "R" inside the upper box. This is mi code so far (I know, it's a mess):



documentclass[tikz]{standalone}
begin{document}
tikzstyle{vspecies}=[rectangle, minimum size=0.5cm,draw=black,fill=blue]
begin{tikzpicture}

node [vspecies] (I) {I} ;
node [vspecies, above left of = I] (N) {M} ;
node [vspecies, below left of = I] (K) {K} ;
draw [->,thick] (S.south east) -- node {small{$N$}} (M) ; ;
draw [->,thick] (C) -- node [below right] {small{$M$}} (M) ;

end{tikzpicture}
end{document}


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    You can use local bounding box. Btw, your code is not even compilable

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Could someone, whenever it's possible, post a minimal tikZ example to draw this? I also would like to put an "R" inside the upper box. This is mi code so far (I know, it's a mess):



documentclass[tikz]{standalone}
begin{document}
tikzstyle{vspecies}=[rectangle, minimum size=0.5cm,draw=black,fill=blue]
begin{tikzpicture}

node [vspecies] (I) {I} ;
node [vspecies, above left of = I] (N) {M} ;
node [vspecies, below left of = I] (K) {K} ;
draw [->,thick] (S.south east) -- node {small{$N$}} (M) ; ;
draw [->,thick] (C) -- node [below right] {small{$M$}} (M) ;

end{tikzpicture}
end{document}


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    You can use local bounding box. Btw, your code is not even compilable

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    1 hour ago
















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Could someone, whenever it's possible, post a minimal tikZ example to draw this? I also would like to put an "R" inside the upper box. This is mi code so far (I know, it's a mess):



documentclass[tikz]{standalone}
begin{document}
tikzstyle{vspecies}=[rectangle, minimum size=0.5cm,draw=black,fill=blue]
begin{tikzpicture}

node [vspecies] (I) {I} ;
node [vspecies, above left of = I] (N) {M} ;
node [vspecies, below left of = I] (K) {K} ;
draw [->,thick] (S.south east) -- node {small{$N$}} (M) ; ;
draw [->,thick] (C) -- node [below right] {small{$M$}} (M) ;

end{tikzpicture}
end{document}


enter image description here










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Could someone, whenever it's possible, post a minimal tikZ example to draw this? I also would like to put an "R" inside the upper box. This is mi code so far (I know, it's a mess):



documentclass[tikz]{standalone}
begin{document}
tikzstyle{vspecies}=[rectangle, minimum size=0.5cm,draw=black,fill=blue]
begin{tikzpicture}

node [vspecies] (I) {I} ;
node [vspecies, above left of = I] (N) {M} ;
node [vspecies, below left of = I] (K) {K} ;
draw [->,thick] (S.south east) -- node {small{$N$}} (M) ; ;
draw [->,thick] (C) -- node [below right] {small{$M$}} (M) ;

end{tikzpicture}
end{document}


enter image description here







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    You can use local bounding box. Btw, your code is not even compilable

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    You can use local bounding box. Btw, your code is not even compilable

    – JouleV
    1 hour ago










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You can use local bounding box. Btw, your code is not even compilable

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Just for fun.



documentclass[tikz]{standalone}
usetikzlibrary{positioning}
begin{document}
tikzset{vspecies/.style={rectangle, minimum size=0.5cm,draw=blue}}
begin{tikzpicture}[>=latex]
node[draw,minimum width=1cm,minimum height=2cm,
label=left:$M$,label=above:$N$] (R){$R$};
node [vspecies,below left=1cm and 0.2cm of R,minimum height=1.2cm,
label=left:$M$,label=above:$K$] (R1) {} ;
node [vspecies,below right=1cm and 0.2cm of R,minimum width=1.2cm,
label=left:$K$,label=above:$N$] (R2) {} ;
draw [->,thick,shorten >=1mm,shorten <=1mm] (R.south west) -- (R1.north east);
draw [->,thick,shorten >=1mm,shorten <=1mm] (R.south east) -- (R2.north west);
end{tikzpicture}
end{document}


enter image description here






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    Something like this?



    documentclass[tikz,margin=1mm]{standalone}
    usetikzlibrary{positioning}
    begin{document}
    begin{tikzpicture}
    begin{scope}[local bounding box=a]
    node[minimum width=2cm,minimum height=3cm,draw] (main-a) {};
    path (main-a.west) node[left] {$N$} (main-a.north) node[above] {$M$};
    end{scope}
    begin{scope}[local bounding box=b2]
    node[minimum width=2cm,minimum height=1cm,draw,below right=of main-a] (main-b2) {};
    path (main-b2.east) node[right] {$K$} (main-b2.north) node[above] {$M$};
    end{scope}
    begin{scope}[local bounding box=b1]
    node[minimum width=1cm,minimum height=3cm,draw,below left=of main-a] (main-b1) {};
    path (main-b1.west) node[left] {$N$} (main-b1.north) node[above] {$K$};
    end{scope}
    draw[-stealth] (main-a.south) -- (b1.north east);
    draw[-stealth] (main-a.south) -- (b2.north west);
    end{tikzpicture}
    end{document}


    enter image description here






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    • Are you a kind of wizard with TeX? I must admit that I'm impressed. I read up on tikZ but it is still hard for me. So, thank you for giving me a hand with this rather tough Tex world!

      – naveganteX
      1 hour ago






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      @naveganteX I'm not yet a "wizard" with either TikZ or LaTeX. I'm a complete novice in TeX :D There are so many TeXperts out there, but I am not one of them, of course. I don't even know anything about TikZ 3D yet (it is in my ever to-do list)

      – JouleV
      1 hour ago











    • I happen to think that you're pretty good at both, tikz and Tex. Regarding tikZ 3d, I have been wanting to plot those 3D histograms/bar chart for so long. But at the moment, it is just an illusion!

      – naveganteX
      58 mins ago



















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    Here is an overkill solution that defines a new pics "shape" (see section 18.2 of the 3.1.1 tikz manual),together with some custom pgfkeys for styling it. The end result is that you can produce:



    enter image description here



    using code:



    documentclass[tikz, border=5mm]{standalone}
    usetikzlibrary{positioning}

    begin{document}
    pgfkeys{/vspecies/.is family, /vspecies,
    colour/.initial = black, % rectangle colour
    fill/.initial = white, % default fill
    top label/.initial = M, % label on right
    right label/.initial= N, % label on left
    bottom label/.initial=, % label on left
    left label/.initial=, % label on left
    X/.initial = 5mm, % default width
    Y/.initial = 5mm, % default height
    shape/.initial = rectangle % default shape
    }

    tikzset{
    pics/vspecies/.style args={#1,#2}{% node name, pgfkeys key-value pairs
    code = {
    pgfkeys{/vspecies, #2}
    node[pgfkeysvalueof{/vspecies/shape},
    minimum size=pgfkeysvalueof{/vspecies/X},
    minimum height=pgfkeysvalueof{/vspecies/Y},
    draw=pgfkeysvalueof{/vspecies/colour},
    fill=pgfkeysvalueof{/vspecies/fill},
    label=east:pgfkeysvalueof{/vspecies/left label},
    label=north:pgfkeysvalueof{/vspecies/top label},
    label=south:pgfkeysvalueof{/vspecies/bottom label},
    label=west:pgfkeysvalueof{/vspecies/right label},
    ](#1) at (0,0){};
    }
    }
    }

    begin{tikzpicture}
    pic at (0,0) {vspecies={A,colour=red,Y=10mm}};
    pic[below left=10mm of A] {vspecies={B,top label=K,colour=blue,Y=20mm}};
    pic[below right=10mm of A] {vspecies={C,fill=blue!10,X=10mm,shape=circle,left label=N,right label=}};
    draw[->](A.south west)--(B.north east);
    draw[->](A.south east)--(C.north west);
    end{tikzpicture}

    end{document}


    The vspecies pic command take two arguments: the first is the name of a (normal) tikz node label and the second argunment is a comma separated list of key-value pairs tha specify:




    • the colour of the rectangle (default black)

    • the fill colour (default white)

    • the top label (default M)

    • the left label (default "")

    • the bottom label (default "")

    • the left label (default N)

    • the minimum X width

    • the minimum Y height

    • the shape (default rectangle)


    As I said, this is overkill (and I was bored:)






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      documentclass[tikz,margin=1mm]{standalone}
      usetikzlibrary{positioning}
      begin{document}
      sffamily
      begin{tikzpicture}
      begin{scope}[local bounding box=a]
      node[minimum width=2cm,line width=0.199mm,minimum height=3cm,draw=black] (main-a) {R};
      path (main-a.west) node[left] {N} (main-a.north) node[above] {M};
      end{scope}
      begin{scope}[local bounding box=b2]
      node[minimum width=2cm,line width=0.199mm,minimum height=1cm,draw=blue,below right=of main-a] (main-b2) {};
      path (main-b2.east) node[right] {K} (main-b2.north) node[above] {M};
      end{scope}
      begin{scope}[local bounding box=b1]
      node[minimum width=1cm,line width=0.199mm,minimum height=3cm,draw=blue,below left=of main-a] (main-b1) {};
      path (main-b1.west) node[left] {N} (main-b1.north) node[above] {K};
      end{scope}
      draw[-stealth] (main-a.south) -- (b1.north east);
      draw[-stealth] (main-a.south) -- (b2.north west);
      end{tikzpicture}
      end{document}





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        Just for fun.



        documentclass[tikz]{standalone}
        usetikzlibrary{positioning}
        begin{document}
        tikzset{vspecies/.style={rectangle, minimum size=0.5cm,draw=blue}}
        begin{tikzpicture}[>=latex]
        node[draw,minimum width=1cm,minimum height=2cm,
        label=left:$M$,label=above:$N$] (R){$R$};
        node [vspecies,below left=1cm and 0.2cm of R,minimum height=1.2cm,
        label=left:$M$,label=above:$K$] (R1) {} ;
        node [vspecies,below right=1cm and 0.2cm of R,minimum width=1.2cm,
        label=left:$K$,label=above:$N$] (R2) {} ;
        draw [->,thick,shorten >=1mm,shorten <=1mm] (R.south west) -- (R1.north east);
        draw [->,thick,shorten >=1mm,shorten <=1mm] (R.south east) -- (R2.north west);
        end{tikzpicture}
        end{document}


        enter image description here






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          Just for fun.



          documentclass[tikz]{standalone}
          usetikzlibrary{positioning}
          begin{document}
          tikzset{vspecies/.style={rectangle, minimum size=0.5cm,draw=blue}}
          begin{tikzpicture}[>=latex]
          node[draw,minimum width=1cm,minimum height=2cm,
          label=left:$M$,label=above:$N$] (R){$R$};
          node [vspecies,below left=1cm and 0.2cm of R,minimum height=1.2cm,
          label=left:$M$,label=above:$K$] (R1) {} ;
          node [vspecies,below right=1cm and 0.2cm of R,minimum width=1.2cm,
          label=left:$K$,label=above:$N$] (R2) {} ;
          draw [->,thick,shorten >=1mm,shorten <=1mm] (R.south west) -- (R1.north east);
          draw [->,thick,shorten >=1mm,shorten <=1mm] (R.south east) -- (R2.north west);
          end{tikzpicture}
          end{document}


          enter image description here






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            Just for fun.



            documentclass[tikz]{standalone}
            usetikzlibrary{positioning}
            begin{document}
            tikzset{vspecies/.style={rectangle, minimum size=0.5cm,draw=blue}}
            begin{tikzpicture}[>=latex]
            node[draw,minimum width=1cm,minimum height=2cm,
            label=left:$M$,label=above:$N$] (R){$R$};
            node [vspecies,below left=1cm and 0.2cm of R,minimum height=1.2cm,
            label=left:$M$,label=above:$K$] (R1) {} ;
            node [vspecies,below right=1cm and 0.2cm of R,minimum width=1.2cm,
            label=left:$K$,label=above:$N$] (R2) {} ;
            draw [->,thick,shorten >=1mm,shorten <=1mm] (R.south west) -- (R1.north east);
            draw [->,thick,shorten >=1mm,shorten <=1mm] (R.south east) -- (R2.north west);
            end{tikzpicture}
            end{document}


            enter image description here






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            Just for fun.



            documentclass[tikz]{standalone}
            usetikzlibrary{positioning}
            begin{document}
            tikzset{vspecies/.style={rectangle, minimum size=0.5cm,draw=blue}}
            begin{tikzpicture}[>=latex]
            node[draw,minimum width=1cm,minimum height=2cm,
            label=left:$M$,label=above:$N$] (R){$R$};
            node [vspecies,below left=1cm and 0.2cm of R,minimum height=1.2cm,
            label=left:$M$,label=above:$K$] (R1) {} ;
            node [vspecies,below right=1cm and 0.2cm of R,minimum width=1.2cm,
            label=left:$K$,label=above:$N$] (R2) {} ;
            draw [->,thick,shorten >=1mm,shorten <=1mm] (R.south west) -- (R1.north east);
            draw [->,thick,shorten >=1mm,shorten <=1mm] (R.south east) -- (R2.north west);
            end{tikzpicture}
            end{document}


            enter image description here







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                Something like this?



                documentclass[tikz,margin=1mm]{standalone}
                usetikzlibrary{positioning}
                begin{document}
                begin{tikzpicture}
                begin{scope}[local bounding box=a]
                node[minimum width=2cm,minimum height=3cm,draw] (main-a) {};
                path (main-a.west) node[left] {$N$} (main-a.north) node[above] {$M$};
                end{scope}
                begin{scope}[local bounding box=b2]
                node[minimum width=2cm,minimum height=1cm,draw,below right=of main-a] (main-b2) {};
                path (main-b2.east) node[right] {$K$} (main-b2.north) node[above] {$M$};
                end{scope}
                begin{scope}[local bounding box=b1]
                node[minimum width=1cm,minimum height=3cm,draw,below left=of main-a] (main-b1) {};
                path (main-b1.west) node[left] {$N$} (main-b1.north) node[above] {$K$};
                end{scope}
                draw[-stealth] (main-a.south) -- (b1.north east);
                draw[-stealth] (main-a.south) -- (b2.north west);
                end{tikzpicture}
                end{document}


                enter image description here






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                • Are you a kind of wizard with TeX? I must admit that I'm impressed. I read up on tikZ but it is still hard for me. So, thank you for giving me a hand with this rather tough Tex world!

                  – naveganteX
                  1 hour ago






                • 1





                  @naveganteX I'm not yet a "wizard" with either TikZ or LaTeX. I'm a complete novice in TeX :D There are so many TeXperts out there, but I am not one of them, of course. I don't even know anything about TikZ 3D yet (it is in my ever to-do list)

                  – JouleV
                  1 hour ago











                • I happen to think that you're pretty good at both, tikz and Tex. Regarding tikZ 3d, I have been wanting to plot those 3D histograms/bar chart for so long. But at the moment, it is just an illusion!

                  – naveganteX
                  58 mins ago
















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                Something like this?



                documentclass[tikz,margin=1mm]{standalone}
                usetikzlibrary{positioning}
                begin{document}
                begin{tikzpicture}
                begin{scope}[local bounding box=a]
                node[minimum width=2cm,minimum height=3cm,draw] (main-a) {};
                path (main-a.west) node[left] {$N$} (main-a.north) node[above] {$M$};
                end{scope}
                begin{scope}[local bounding box=b2]
                node[minimum width=2cm,minimum height=1cm,draw,below right=of main-a] (main-b2) {};
                path (main-b2.east) node[right] {$K$} (main-b2.north) node[above] {$M$};
                end{scope}
                begin{scope}[local bounding box=b1]
                node[minimum width=1cm,minimum height=3cm,draw,below left=of main-a] (main-b1) {};
                path (main-b1.west) node[left] {$N$} (main-b1.north) node[above] {$K$};
                end{scope}
                draw[-stealth] (main-a.south) -- (b1.north east);
                draw[-stealth] (main-a.south) -- (b2.north west);
                end{tikzpicture}
                end{document}


                enter image description here






                share|improve this answer
























                • Are you a kind of wizard with TeX? I must admit that I'm impressed. I read up on tikZ but it is still hard for me. So, thank you for giving me a hand with this rather tough Tex world!

                  – naveganteX
                  1 hour ago






                • 1





                  @naveganteX I'm not yet a "wizard" with either TikZ or LaTeX. I'm a complete novice in TeX :D There are so many TeXperts out there, but I am not one of them, of course. I don't even know anything about TikZ 3D yet (it is in my ever to-do list)

                  – JouleV
                  1 hour ago











                • I happen to think that you're pretty good at both, tikz and Tex. Regarding tikZ 3d, I have been wanting to plot those 3D histograms/bar chart for so long. But at the moment, it is just an illusion!

                  – naveganteX
                  58 mins ago














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                Something like this?



                documentclass[tikz,margin=1mm]{standalone}
                usetikzlibrary{positioning}
                begin{document}
                begin{tikzpicture}
                begin{scope}[local bounding box=a]
                node[minimum width=2cm,minimum height=3cm,draw] (main-a) {};
                path (main-a.west) node[left] {$N$} (main-a.north) node[above] {$M$};
                end{scope}
                begin{scope}[local bounding box=b2]
                node[minimum width=2cm,minimum height=1cm,draw,below right=of main-a] (main-b2) {};
                path (main-b2.east) node[right] {$K$} (main-b2.north) node[above] {$M$};
                end{scope}
                begin{scope}[local bounding box=b1]
                node[minimum width=1cm,minimum height=3cm,draw,below left=of main-a] (main-b1) {};
                path (main-b1.west) node[left] {$N$} (main-b1.north) node[above] {$K$};
                end{scope}
                draw[-stealth] (main-a.south) -- (b1.north east);
                draw[-stealth] (main-a.south) -- (b2.north west);
                end{tikzpicture}
                end{document}


                enter image description here






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                Something like this?



                documentclass[tikz,margin=1mm]{standalone}
                usetikzlibrary{positioning}
                begin{document}
                begin{tikzpicture}
                begin{scope}[local bounding box=a]
                node[minimum width=2cm,minimum height=3cm,draw] (main-a) {};
                path (main-a.west) node[left] {$N$} (main-a.north) node[above] {$M$};
                end{scope}
                begin{scope}[local bounding box=b2]
                node[minimum width=2cm,minimum height=1cm,draw,below right=of main-a] (main-b2) {};
                path (main-b2.east) node[right] {$K$} (main-b2.north) node[above] {$M$};
                end{scope}
                begin{scope}[local bounding box=b1]
                node[minimum width=1cm,minimum height=3cm,draw,below left=of main-a] (main-b1) {};
                path (main-b1.west) node[left] {$N$} (main-b1.north) node[above] {$K$};
                end{scope}
                draw[-stealth] (main-a.south) -- (b1.north east);
                draw[-stealth] (main-a.south) -- (b2.north west);
                end{tikzpicture}
                end{document}


                enter image description here







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                • Are you a kind of wizard with TeX? I must admit that I'm impressed. I read up on tikZ but it is still hard for me. So, thank you for giving me a hand with this rather tough Tex world!

                  – naveganteX
                  1 hour ago






                • 1





                  @naveganteX I'm not yet a "wizard" with either TikZ or LaTeX. I'm a complete novice in TeX :D There are so many TeXperts out there, but I am not one of them, of course. I don't even know anything about TikZ 3D yet (it is in my ever to-do list)

                  – JouleV
                  1 hour ago











                • I happen to think that you're pretty good at both, tikz and Tex. Regarding tikZ 3d, I have been wanting to plot those 3D histograms/bar chart for so long. But at the moment, it is just an illusion!

                  – naveganteX
                  58 mins ago



















                • Are you a kind of wizard with TeX? I must admit that I'm impressed. I read up on tikZ but it is still hard for me. So, thank you for giving me a hand with this rather tough Tex world!

                  – naveganteX
                  1 hour ago






                • 1





                  @naveganteX I'm not yet a "wizard" with either TikZ or LaTeX. I'm a complete novice in TeX :D There are so many TeXperts out there, but I am not one of them, of course. I don't even know anything about TikZ 3D yet (it is in my ever to-do list)

                  – JouleV
                  1 hour ago











                • I happen to think that you're pretty good at both, tikz and Tex. Regarding tikZ 3d, I have been wanting to plot those 3D histograms/bar chart for so long. But at the moment, it is just an illusion!

                  – naveganteX
                  58 mins ago

















                Are you a kind of wizard with TeX? I must admit that I'm impressed. I read up on tikZ but it is still hard for me. So, thank you for giving me a hand with this rather tough Tex world!

                – naveganteX
                1 hour ago





                Are you a kind of wizard with TeX? I must admit that I'm impressed. I read up on tikZ but it is still hard for me. So, thank you for giving me a hand with this rather tough Tex world!

                – naveganteX
                1 hour ago




                1




                1





                @naveganteX I'm not yet a "wizard" with either TikZ or LaTeX. I'm a complete novice in TeX :D There are so many TeXperts out there, but I am not one of them, of course. I don't even know anything about TikZ 3D yet (it is in my ever to-do list)

                – JouleV
                1 hour ago





                @naveganteX I'm not yet a "wizard" with either TikZ or LaTeX. I'm a complete novice in TeX :D There are so many TeXperts out there, but I am not one of them, of course. I don't even know anything about TikZ 3D yet (it is in my ever to-do list)

                – JouleV
                1 hour ago













                I happen to think that you're pretty good at both, tikz and Tex. Regarding tikZ 3d, I have been wanting to plot those 3D histograms/bar chart for so long. But at the moment, it is just an illusion!

                – naveganteX
                58 mins ago





                I happen to think that you're pretty good at both, tikz and Tex. Regarding tikZ 3d, I have been wanting to plot those 3D histograms/bar chart for so long. But at the moment, it is just an illusion!

                – naveganteX
                58 mins ago











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                Here is an overkill solution that defines a new pics "shape" (see section 18.2 of the 3.1.1 tikz manual),together with some custom pgfkeys for styling it. The end result is that you can produce:



                enter image description here



                using code:



                documentclass[tikz, border=5mm]{standalone}
                usetikzlibrary{positioning}

                begin{document}
                pgfkeys{/vspecies/.is family, /vspecies,
                colour/.initial = black, % rectangle colour
                fill/.initial = white, % default fill
                top label/.initial = M, % label on right
                right label/.initial= N, % label on left
                bottom label/.initial=, % label on left
                left label/.initial=, % label on left
                X/.initial = 5mm, % default width
                Y/.initial = 5mm, % default height
                shape/.initial = rectangle % default shape
                }

                tikzset{
                pics/vspecies/.style args={#1,#2}{% node name, pgfkeys key-value pairs
                code = {
                pgfkeys{/vspecies, #2}
                node[pgfkeysvalueof{/vspecies/shape},
                minimum size=pgfkeysvalueof{/vspecies/X},
                minimum height=pgfkeysvalueof{/vspecies/Y},
                draw=pgfkeysvalueof{/vspecies/colour},
                fill=pgfkeysvalueof{/vspecies/fill},
                label=east:pgfkeysvalueof{/vspecies/left label},
                label=north:pgfkeysvalueof{/vspecies/top label},
                label=south:pgfkeysvalueof{/vspecies/bottom label},
                label=west:pgfkeysvalueof{/vspecies/right label},
                ](#1) at (0,0){};
                }
                }
                }

                begin{tikzpicture}
                pic at (0,0) {vspecies={A,colour=red,Y=10mm}};
                pic[below left=10mm of A] {vspecies={B,top label=K,colour=blue,Y=20mm}};
                pic[below right=10mm of A] {vspecies={C,fill=blue!10,X=10mm,shape=circle,left label=N,right label=}};
                draw[->](A.south west)--(B.north east);
                draw[->](A.south east)--(C.north west);
                end{tikzpicture}

                end{document}


                The vspecies pic command take two arguments: the first is the name of a (normal) tikz node label and the second argunment is a comma separated list of key-value pairs tha specify:




                • the colour of the rectangle (default black)

                • the fill colour (default white)

                • the top label (default M)

                • the left label (default "")

                • the bottom label (default "")

                • the left label (default N)

                • the minimum X width

                • the minimum Y height

                • the shape (default rectangle)


                As I said, this is overkill (and I was bored:)






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                  Here is an overkill solution that defines a new pics "shape" (see section 18.2 of the 3.1.1 tikz manual),together with some custom pgfkeys for styling it. The end result is that you can produce:



                  enter image description here



                  using code:



                  documentclass[tikz, border=5mm]{standalone}
                  usetikzlibrary{positioning}

                  begin{document}
                  pgfkeys{/vspecies/.is family, /vspecies,
                  colour/.initial = black, % rectangle colour
                  fill/.initial = white, % default fill
                  top label/.initial = M, % label on right
                  right label/.initial= N, % label on left
                  bottom label/.initial=, % label on left
                  left label/.initial=, % label on left
                  X/.initial = 5mm, % default width
                  Y/.initial = 5mm, % default height
                  shape/.initial = rectangle % default shape
                  }

                  tikzset{
                  pics/vspecies/.style args={#1,#2}{% node name, pgfkeys key-value pairs
                  code = {
                  pgfkeys{/vspecies, #2}
                  node[pgfkeysvalueof{/vspecies/shape},
                  minimum size=pgfkeysvalueof{/vspecies/X},
                  minimum height=pgfkeysvalueof{/vspecies/Y},
                  draw=pgfkeysvalueof{/vspecies/colour},
                  fill=pgfkeysvalueof{/vspecies/fill},
                  label=east:pgfkeysvalueof{/vspecies/left label},
                  label=north:pgfkeysvalueof{/vspecies/top label},
                  label=south:pgfkeysvalueof{/vspecies/bottom label},
                  label=west:pgfkeysvalueof{/vspecies/right label},
                  ](#1) at (0,0){};
                  }
                  }
                  }

                  begin{tikzpicture}
                  pic at (0,0) {vspecies={A,colour=red,Y=10mm}};
                  pic[below left=10mm of A] {vspecies={B,top label=K,colour=blue,Y=20mm}};
                  pic[below right=10mm of A] {vspecies={C,fill=blue!10,X=10mm,shape=circle,left label=N,right label=}};
                  draw[->](A.south west)--(B.north east);
                  draw[->](A.south east)--(C.north west);
                  end{tikzpicture}

                  end{document}


                  The vspecies pic command take two arguments: the first is the name of a (normal) tikz node label and the second argunment is a comma separated list of key-value pairs tha specify:




                  • the colour of the rectangle (default black)

                  • the fill colour (default white)

                  • the top label (default M)

                  • the left label (default "")

                  • the bottom label (default "")

                  • the left label (default N)

                  • the minimum X width

                  • the minimum Y height

                  • the shape (default rectangle)


                  As I said, this is overkill (and I was bored:)






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                    Here is an overkill solution that defines a new pics "shape" (see section 18.2 of the 3.1.1 tikz manual),together with some custom pgfkeys for styling it. The end result is that you can produce:



                    enter image description here



                    using code:



                    documentclass[tikz, border=5mm]{standalone}
                    usetikzlibrary{positioning}

                    begin{document}
                    pgfkeys{/vspecies/.is family, /vspecies,
                    colour/.initial = black, % rectangle colour
                    fill/.initial = white, % default fill
                    top label/.initial = M, % label on right
                    right label/.initial= N, % label on left
                    bottom label/.initial=, % label on left
                    left label/.initial=, % label on left
                    X/.initial = 5mm, % default width
                    Y/.initial = 5mm, % default height
                    shape/.initial = rectangle % default shape
                    }

                    tikzset{
                    pics/vspecies/.style args={#1,#2}{% node name, pgfkeys key-value pairs
                    code = {
                    pgfkeys{/vspecies, #2}
                    node[pgfkeysvalueof{/vspecies/shape},
                    minimum size=pgfkeysvalueof{/vspecies/X},
                    minimum height=pgfkeysvalueof{/vspecies/Y},
                    draw=pgfkeysvalueof{/vspecies/colour},
                    fill=pgfkeysvalueof{/vspecies/fill},
                    label=east:pgfkeysvalueof{/vspecies/left label},
                    label=north:pgfkeysvalueof{/vspecies/top label},
                    label=south:pgfkeysvalueof{/vspecies/bottom label},
                    label=west:pgfkeysvalueof{/vspecies/right label},
                    ](#1) at (0,0){};
                    }
                    }
                    }

                    begin{tikzpicture}
                    pic at (0,0) {vspecies={A,colour=red,Y=10mm}};
                    pic[below left=10mm of A] {vspecies={B,top label=K,colour=blue,Y=20mm}};
                    pic[below right=10mm of A] {vspecies={C,fill=blue!10,X=10mm,shape=circle,left label=N,right label=}};
                    draw[->](A.south west)--(B.north east);
                    draw[->](A.south east)--(C.north west);
                    end{tikzpicture}

                    end{document}


                    The vspecies pic command take two arguments: the first is the name of a (normal) tikz node label and the second argunment is a comma separated list of key-value pairs tha specify:




                    • the colour of the rectangle (default black)

                    • the fill colour (default white)

                    • the top label (default M)

                    • the left label (default "")

                    • the bottom label (default "")

                    • the left label (default N)

                    • the minimum X width

                    • the minimum Y height

                    • the shape (default rectangle)


                    As I said, this is overkill (and I was bored:)






                    share|improve this answer













                    Here is an overkill solution that defines a new pics "shape" (see section 18.2 of the 3.1.1 tikz manual),together with some custom pgfkeys for styling it. The end result is that you can produce:



                    enter image description here



                    using code:



                    documentclass[tikz, border=5mm]{standalone}
                    usetikzlibrary{positioning}

                    begin{document}
                    pgfkeys{/vspecies/.is family, /vspecies,
                    colour/.initial = black, % rectangle colour
                    fill/.initial = white, % default fill
                    top label/.initial = M, % label on right
                    right label/.initial= N, % label on left
                    bottom label/.initial=, % label on left
                    left label/.initial=, % label on left
                    X/.initial = 5mm, % default width
                    Y/.initial = 5mm, % default height
                    shape/.initial = rectangle % default shape
                    }

                    tikzset{
                    pics/vspecies/.style args={#1,#2}{% node name, pgfkeys key-value pairs
                    code = {
                    pgfkeys{/vspecies, #2}
                    node[pgfkeysvalueof{/vspecies/shape},
                    minimum size=pgfkeysvalueof{/vspecies/X},
                    minimum height=pgfkeysvalueof{/vspecies/Y},
                    draw=pgfkeysvalueof{/vspecies/colour},
                    fill=pgfkeysvalueof{/vspecies/fill},
                    label=east:pgfkeysvalueof{/vspecies/left label},
                    label=north:pgfkeysvalueof{/vspecies/top label},
                    label=south:pgfkeysvalueof{/vspecies/bottom label},
                    label=west:pgfkeysvalueof{/vspecies/right label},
                    ](#1) at (0,0){};
                    }
                    }
                    }

                    begin{tikzpicture}
                    pic at (0,0) {vspecies={A,colour=red,Y=10mm}};
                    pic[below left=10mm of A] {vspecies={B,top label=K,colour=blue,Y=20mm}};
                    pic[below right=10mm of A] {vspecies={C,fill=blue!10,X=10mm,shape=circle,left label=N,right label=}};
                    draw[->](A.south west)--(B.north east);
                    draw[->](A.south east)--(C.north west);
                    end{tikzpicture}

                    end{document}


                    The vspecies pic command take two arguments: the first is the name of a (normal) tikz node label and the second argunment is a comma separated list of key-value pairs tha specify:




                    • the colour of the rectangle (default black)

                    • the fill colour (default white)

                    • the top label (default M)

                    • the left label (default "")

                    • the bottom label (default "")

                    • the left label (default N)

                    • the minimum X width

                    • the minimum Y height

                    • the shape (default rectangle)


                    As I said, this is overkill (and I was bored:)







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                        Final version:



                        documentclass[tikz,margin=1mm]{standalone}
                        usetikzlibrary{positioning}
                        begin{document}
                        sffamily
                        begin{tikzpicture}
                        begin{scope}[local bounding box=a]
                        node[minimum width=2cm,line width=0.199mm,minimum height=3cm,draw=black] (main-a) {R};
                        path (main-a.west) node[left] {N} (main-a.north) node[above] {M};
                        end{scope}
                        begin{scope}[local bounding box=b2]
                        node[minimum width=2cm,line width=0.199mm,minimum height=1cm,draw=blue,below right=of main-a] (main-b2) {};
                        path (main-b2.east) node[right] {K} (main-b2.north) node[above] {M};
                        end{scope}
                        begin{scope}[local bounding box=b1]
                        node[minimum width=1cm,line width=0.199mm,minimum height=3cm,draw=blue,below left=of main-a] (main-b1) {};
                        path (main-b1.west) node[left] {N} (main-b1.north) node[above] {K};
                        end{scope}
                        draw[-stealth] (main-a.south) -- (b1.north east);
                        draw[-stealth] (main-a.south) -- (b2.north west);
                        end{tikzpicture}
                        end{document}





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                          Final version:



                          documentclass[tikz,margin=1mm]{standalone}
                          usetikzlibrary{positioning}
                          begin{document}
                          sffamily
                          begin{tikzpicture}
                          begin{scope}[local bounding box=a]
                          node[minimum width=2cm,line width=0.199mm,minimum height=3cm,draw=black] (main-a) {R};
                          path (main-a.west) node[left] {N} (main-a.north) node[above] {M};
                          end{scope}
                          begin{scope}[local bounding box=b2]
                          node[minimum width=2cm,line width=0.199mm,minimum height=1cm,draw=blue,below right=of main-a] (main-b2) {};
                          path (main-b2.east) node[right] {K} (main-b2.north) node[above] {M};
                          end{scope}
                          begin{scope}[local bounding box=b1]
                          node[minimum width=1cm,line width=0.199mm,minimum height=3cm,draw=blue,below left=of main-a] (main-b1) {};
                          path (main-b1.west) node[left] {N} (main-b1.north) node[above] {K};
                          end{scope}
                          draw[-stealth] (main-a.south) -- (b1.north east);
                          draw[-stealth] (main-a.south) -- (b2.north west);
                          end{tikzpicture}
                          end{document}





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                            Final version:



                            documentclass[tikz,margin=1mm]{standalone}
                            usetikzlibrary{positioning}
                            begin{document}
                            sffamily
                            begin{tikzpicture}
                            begin{scope}[local bounding box=a]
                            node[minimum width=2cm,line width=0.199mm,minimum height=3cm,draw=black] (main-a) {R};
                            path (main-a.west) node[left] {N} (main-a.north) node[above] {M};
                            end{scope}
                            begin{scope}[local bounding box=b2]
                            node[minimum width=2cm,line width=0.199mm,minimum height=1cm,draw=blue,below right=of main-a] (main-b2) {};
                            path (main-b2.east) node[right] {K} (main-b2.north) node[above] {M};
                            end{scope}
                            begin{scope}[local bounding box=b1]
                            node[minimum width=1cm,line width=0.199mm,minimum height=3cm,draw=blue,below left=of main-a] (main-b1) {};
                            path (main-b1.west) node[left] {N} (main-b1.north) node[above] {K};
                            end{scope}
                            draw[-stealth] (main-a.south) -- (b1.north east);
                            draw[-stealth] (main-a.south) -- (b2.north west);
                            end{tikzpicture}
                            end{document}





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                            Final version:



                            documentclass[tikz,margin=1mm]{standalone}
                            usetikzlibrary{positioning}
                            begin{document}
                            sffamily
                            begin{tikzpicture}
                            begin{scope}[local bounding box=a]
                            node[minimum width=2cm,line width=0.199mm,minimum height=3cm,draw=black] (main-a) {R};
                            path (main-a.west) node[left] {N} (main-a.north) node[above] {M};
                            end{scope}
                            begin{scope}[local bounding box=b2]
                            node[minimum width=2cm,line width=0.199mm,minimum height=1cm,draw=blue,below right=of main-a] (main-b2) {};
                            path (main-b2.east) node[right] {K} (main-b2.north) node[above] {M};
                            end{scope}
                            begin{scope}[local bounding box=b1]
                            node[minimum width=1cm,line width=0.199mm,minimum height=3cm,draw=blue,below left=of main-a] (main-b1) {};
                            path (main-b1.west) node[left] {N} (main-b1.north) node[above] {K};
                            end{scope}
                            draw[-stealth] (main-a.south) -- (b1.north east);
                            draw[-stealth] (main-a.south) -- (b2.north west);
                            end{tikzpicture}
                            end{document}






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