bcriger / sc_pic

Little script which produces a TikZ drawing of a rotated surface code.

sc_pic

Little script which produces a TikZ drawing of a rotated surface code.

You make a file like this (which I've called xxx_meas.scpic):

origin_x 0 0 6
origin_y 0 6 6
distance_x 6 3 3
distance_y 3 3 3
nudges 0 1 0
bottom_left_colour white black!50!white white
other_colour black!50!white white black!50!white

Running python sc_pic.py xxx_meas.scpic produces a file called xxx_meas.tikz, which you can put in a standalone document like this:

\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}
\input{xxx_meas.tikz}
\end{document}

The PDF you get from LaTeXing this document should look like this:

A brief explanation of what the variables do:

• origin_x space-separated list of integers, gives the leftmost co-ordinate of the leftmost tab of each rotated surface code you want to draw.
• origin_y Same as above, but gives the lowest co-ordinate of the lowest tab.
• distance_x Number of vertices along a horizontal line.
• distance_y Number of vertices along a vertical line.
• nudges For each diagram, decides whether the bottom left square has a tab neighbouring it, or if the tabs are 'nudged' one space over.
• bottom_left_colour Colour of the bottom left square and all squares/tabs an even Manhattan distance away from it.
• other_colour Colour of squares/tabs an odd Manhattan distance away from the bottom left square.