[Tikz and XeLaTeX] Rednering Tikz code using XeLaTeX in Manim. #manim #latex #xelatex #dvisvgm #tikz

20251025_tikz.py

from manim import *

class tikztest(Scene):
    def construct(self):
        MyTexTemplate = TexTemplate(
            tex_compiler="xelatex",
            output_format=".xdv",
            documentclass=r"\documentclass[preview,dvisvgm]{standalone}"
        )
        MyTexTemplate.add_to_preamble(r"\usepackage{tikz}")

        tex = Tex(r"""
\begin{tikzpicture}[x=10mm,y=10mm]
\draw (0,0)--(2.9,2.9) node[pos=0,anchor=east]{A} node[pos=1,anchor=west]{B};
\end{tikzpicture}""",
          tex_template=MyTexTemplate
        ).set_stroke(width=3)
        self.add(tex)

readme.md

When using XeLaTeX and Tikz in Manim you need to give the additional argument dvisvgm to the documentclass (or just tikz) in order for XeLaTeX to produce an output which is compatible with dvisvgm and which can be converted to SVG for the import into Manim.