How can I express half the distance between two nodes?

Question

I want to draw a line from node A half-way to node B in TiKZ. How can I find express the end point?

This is described in section 13.5.3 The Syntax of Partway Modiers on p. 135 of the pgfmanual. — Jake, Sep 27 '11 at 06:33

score 47 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 27 '11 at 06:48

47

Use

\usetikzlibrary{calc}

and then

($ (A) !.5! (B) $)

to get the middle between node A and B.

answered Sep 27 '11 at 06:48

Martin Scharrer

It seems like in the new versions of the manual there is Euler tutorial and the calc explanation is missing. – somenxavier Nov 19 '15 at 08:38

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