Trying to recreate the diagram below. Some of my boxes are overlapping or not spaced far enough away.

Question

\documentclass{article}  
\usepackage{tikz}  
\usetikzlibrary{arrows}  
\begin{document}  

\begin{tikzpicture}[->,>=stealth',shorten >=1pt,auto,node distance=3.5cm,
                    thick,main node/.style={rectangle,draw,font=\sffamily\Large\bfseries}]

  \node[main node] (C4) {C4};  
  \node[main node] (IN3M) [left of=C4] {IN3M};  
  \node[main node] (TDC) [right of=C4] {TDC};  
  \node[main node] (C5) [above right of=C4] {C5};  
  \node[main node] (S3M) [right of=C5] {S3M};  
  \node[main node] (P5) [above right of=C5] {P5};   
   \node[main node] (C6) [above of=C4] {C6};  
  \node[main node] (C7) [right of=C6] {C7};  
  \node[main node] (P7) [above right of=C7] {P7};  
  \node[main node] (S1M) [right of=C7] {S1M};  
  \node[main node] (P6) [above of=C6] {P6};  
  \node[main node] (C1) [below of=C4] {C1};  
  \node[main node] (C3) [below of=C1] {C3};  
  \node[main node] (IN1M) [below of=C3] {IN1M};  
  \node[main node] (IN1S2) [below of=IN1M] {IN1S2};  
  \node[main node] (IN1XS2) [below of=IN1S2] {IN1XS2};  
  \node[main node] (IN1XS3) [right of=IN1XS2] {IN1XS3};  
  \node[main node] (IN1S1) [left of=IN1S2] {IN1S1};   
  \node[main node] (IN1XS1) [below of=IN1S1] {IN1XS1};    
  \node[main node] (IN1S3) [right of=IN1S2] {IN1S3};    

\path[every node/.style={font=\sffamily\small}]

  (C4) edge node [left] {EW} (C6)  
       edge node [left] {EW} (C1)  
       edge node [above] {EW} (IN3M)  
       edge node [right] {EW} (C5)  
       edge node [above] {EW} (TDC)

  (C6) edge node [above] {EW} (C7)
  (C6) edge node [left] {EW} (P6)

  (C7) edge node [above] {EW} (S1M)  
       edge node [left] {EW} (P7);  



\end{tikzpicture}  
\end{document}

Welcome to TeX.SX! A tip: If you indent lines by 4 spaces or [enclose words in backticks ```](https://tex.meta.stackexchange.com/q/863), they'll be marked as code, as can be seen in my edit. You can also highlight the code and click the "code" button (with "{}" on it). — samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz, Jun 26 '17 at 17:03
Use the positioning library and then left=20pt of <node> or whatever. More flexible. — cfr, Jun 26 '17 at 17:29

Zarko · Answer 1 · 2017-06-26T22:01:20.493

Like this?

In positioning of nodes is used library positioning. By it use the distance between nodes are determined by node distance. Beside this library also are used arrows.meta for arrows, calc for calculation of positions of some nodes, chains for positioning of nodes in chaions, quotes for labeling of edges (where it is present) and shapes.multipart for nodes, which are densely tied.

MWE below is not complete. Drawing of missing lines I left to you, also to check if the text in nodes are correct. I hope that it will serve as good starting point ...

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[margin=20mm]{geometry}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{arrows.meta, calc, chains, positioning, quotes, shapes.multipart}

\begin{document}

    \begin{tikzpicture}[
    node distance = 7mm and 9mm,
      start chain = going below,
every edge/.style = {draw, semithick, Stealth-Stealth,
                     shorten <=1pt, shorten >=1pt,
                     font=\footnotesize\sffamily, 
                     inner ysep=1pt, auto},
every label/.append style = {align=center,
                             font=\sffamily\linespread{0.84}\selectfont},
       box/.style = {rectangle, draw,
                     fill=#1,
                     minimum width=12mm, inner sep= 2mm, outer sep=0mm, 
                     font=\small\bfseries\sffamily,
                     on chain},
  mpx/.style args = {#1/#2}{% multi part box
                     rectangle split, draw,
                     rectangle split parts=#1, 
                     fill=green!#2,
                     minimum width=12mm, inner sep= 2mm, outer sep=0mm,
                     font=\small\bfseries\sffamily,
                     on chain}
                    ]
% column 1 
\node (n11) [mpx=3/30]  {\nodepart{one}     S2X51
                         \nodepart{two}     S2X52
                         \nodepart{three}   S2X53};
\node (n12) [mpx=2/30]  {\nodepart{one}     S2X54
                         \nodepart{two}     S2X55};
\node (n13) [mpx=2/30]  {\nodepart{one}     S2X56
                         \nodepart{two}     S2X57};
\node (n14) [box=green!30]                 {S2X57};
    \coordinate[on chain]   (n15);
\node (n16) [mpx=3/30,dashed]  
                        {\nodepart{one}     A2SX1
                         \nodepart{two}     A2SX2
                         \nodepart{three}   A2SX3};
% column 2
\node (n21) [box=green!30,right=of n11]     {S2S1};
\node (n22) [box=green!30,right=of n12]     {S2S2};
\node (n23) [box=green!30,right=of n13]     {S2S3};
\node (n24) [box=green!30,right=of n14]     {S2S4};
\node (n25) [mpx=3/30,dashed, right=of n16]
                        {\nodepart{one}     A2S1
                         \nodepart{two}     A2S2
                         \nodepart{three}   A2S3};
\node (n26) [mpx=2/60]  {\nodepart{one}     N251
                         \nodepart{two}     N252};
% column 3
\node (n31) [box=green!30,right=of $(n22.east)!0.5!(n23.east)$] {S2M};
\node (n32) [box=green!60,right=of n15 -| n24.east]             {IN3M};
\node (n33) [box=green!30,dashed, right=of n25]                 {A2M};
\node (n34) [box=green!60,right=of n26]                         {IN2M};
% column 4: main column
\node (n41) [box=blue!30,above right=of n11.north -| n31.east]  {P6};
\node (n42) [box=orange!30, right=of n31]                   {C6};
\node (n43) [box=orange!30, right=of n32]                   {C4};
\node (n44) [box=orange!30,right=of $(n33.east)!0.5!(n34.east)$]      {C1};
\node (n45) [box=orange!30]                                 {C3};
\node (n46) [box=green!60]                                  {IN1M};
\node (n47) [box=green!60]                                  {IN1S2};
%
\node (n48) [box=green!60,below left =of n47.south east]    {IN1XS2};
\node (n49) [box=green!60,below right=of n47.south west]    {IN1XS3};
% column 5
\node (n51)  [box=orange!30,right=of n42]           {C7};
\node (n52)  [box=orange!30,above right=of n43]     {C5};
\node (n53)  [box=orange!30,right=of n44]           {C2};
% column 6
\node (n61)  [box=blue!30,right=of n41 -| n51.east] {P7};
\node (n62)  [box=green!30,right=of n51]            {S1M};
\node (n63)  [box=green!30,right=of n52]            {S3M};
\node (n64)  [box=green!30,dashed, right=of n53]    {A1M};
% column 7
\node (n71)  [box=yellow!50,
              label=above:{TDC: Theater\\ Distribution\\ Center}, 
              right=of n43 -| n64.east]             {TDC};
\node (n72)  [mpx=2/30,dashed,right=of n64]
                        {\nodepart{one}     A1S1
                         \nodepart{two}     A1S2};
% column 8
\node (n81)  [box=blue!30,
              above right=of n63 -| n71.east]   {PS};
\node (n82)  [box=blue!30,right=of n71]         {PORT};
\node (n83)  [box=blue!30]                      {P1};
% bottom two rows
% column 3'
\node (n491) [box=green!60,left =of n47 -| n34] {IN1S1};
\node (n492) [box=green!60]                     {IN1XS1};
% column 5'
\node (n493) [box=green!60,right=of n47 -| n53] {IN1S3};
\node (n494) [box=green!60]                     {IN1XS4};
% lines 
\path   
% between column 1 and 2
        (n11.one east)      edge  (n21)
        (n11.two east)      edge  (n21)
        (n11.three east)    edge  (n21)
% ...
% between column 2 and 3
        (n21) edge  (n31)
        (n22) edge  (n31)
        (n23) edge  (n31)
        (n24) edge  (n31)
% ...
% between column 3 and 4
        (n31) edge  (n42)
% ...        
% main column
        (n41) edge  (n42)
        (n42) edge  (n43)
        (n43) edge  (n44)
        (n44) edge  (n45)
        (n45) edge["EV"]    (n46)
        (n46) edge["EV"]    (n47)
%
        (n47) edge["EV" ']  (n48)
        (n47) edge["EV"]    (n49)
%
        (n47) edge["EV" ']  (n491)
        (n47) edge["EV"]    (n493)
%
        (n491) edge["EV" '] (n492)
        (n493) edge["EV"]   (n494)
;
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

Note: This diagram is very large, so I increase text width with adding package geometry and also reduce font size in image that nodes can be smaller.

Thanks so much, yes this provided a good starting point for me. I appreciate the help, I am new to latex and used google to help me get started. — T. Fletcher, Jul 03 '17 at 19:30
@T.Fletcher, if answer help you, you can vote and accept it (by clicking up-pen and check mark at top left side of answer) :-). If you will stuck somewhere in finishing of given example, don't hesitate to ask new question. — Zarko, Jul 03 '17 at 19:38

Trying to recreate the diagram below. Some of my boxes are overlapping or not spaced far enough away.

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