tikz separate elements instead of drawn into each other

Question

I am using tikz to draw graphs like this :

The result is fine if I use only one(!) of them :

      \begin{tikzpicture}[->,>=stealth',shorten >=1pt,auto,node distance=3cm,thick,main node/.style={circle,fill=white!20,draw,font=\sffamily\Large\bfseries}]

  \node[main node] (1) {v1};
  \node[main node] (2) [below left of=1] {v2};
  \node[main node] (3) [below right of=2] {v3};
  \node[main node] (4) [below right of=1] {v4};

  \path[every node/.style={font=\sffamily\small}]
    (1) edge node [left] {} (2)
    (2) edge node [right] {} (3)
    (3) edge node [right] {} (4)
    (4) edge node [left] {}(1);

\end{tikzpicture}

Result:

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And the other one:

     \begin{tikzpicture}[->,>=stealth',shorten >=1pt,auto,node distance=3cm,thick,main node/.style={circle,fill=white!20,draw,font=\sffamily\Large\bfseries}]

  \node[main node] (1) {v1};
  \node[main node] (2) [right of=1] {v2};
  \node[main node] (3) [right of=2] {v3};

  \path[every node/.style={font=\sffamily\small}]
    (1) edge node [left] {} (2)
    (2) edge node [right] {} (3);


\end{tikzpicture}

result:

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But if the code above is used together in the same code I get this weird result :

Bild 3

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So the drawing are mixed into each other. How can I separate the drawing?

Thanks!!!

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score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:34

If by "used together in the same code" you meant combining the first two graphs in the same tikzpicture environment, then the problem stems from the fact that you didn't specify a position for the node v1 in the second graph (and as a result, it's put at the default coordinate, which also happens to be where v1 in the first picture is).

Explicitly give a coordinate for v1 in the second graph. For example, absolute placement,

\node[main node] (1) at (<coordinate>) {v1};

or relative placement

\node[main node, right=of 4] (1) {v1};

Full code

\documentclass[border=2pt]{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{arrows,positioning}

\begin{document}

\begin{tikzpicture}[->,>=stealth',shorten >=1pt,auto,node distance=3cm,thick,main node/.style={circle,fill=white!20,draw,font=\sffamily\Large\bfseries}]

  \node[main node] (1) {v1};
  \node[main node] (2) [below left=of 1] {v2};
  \node[main node] (3) [below right=of 2] {v3};
  \node[main node] (4) [below right=of 1] {v4};

  \path[every node/.style={font=\sffamily\small}]
  (1) edge node [left] {} (2)
  (2) edge node [right] {} (3)
  (3) edge node [right] {} (4)
  (4) edge node [left] {}(1);

  \node[main node] (1) [right=of 4] {v1};
  \node[main node] (2) [right=of 1] {v2};
  \node[main node] (3) [right=of 2] {v3};

  \path[every node/.style={font=\sffamily\small}]
  (1) edge node [left] {} (2)
  (2) edge node [right] {} (3);
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

Output

enter image description here

Note also that I changed your right of=... syntax to right=of .... See Difference between "right of=" and "right=of" in PGF/TikZ for more details.

tikz separate elements instead of drawn into each other

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Full code

Output