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I need to draw the lower part of a split circle node differently: I want it to have a double-style border, whereas the upper nodepart stays the same.

I've read this but cannot tell how to modify it to draw an extra border. Also it doesn't appear to be the most generic solution for styling the lower semicircle of a circle node separately.

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IARI
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  • Unfortunately, you can't apply different drawing styles to different parts of the node, they always apply to all the lines of the node. You'll have to create a new node shape. If you edit your question to include an example of what you want the node to look like, and add more details to the requirements (are all the lines the same colour? Do you want to be able to change the line styles of the double line?), someone might be able to help. – Jake Jun 06 '12 at 14:03

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Update

Now the code is more efficient with Jake's idea.

\documentclass{scrartcl}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{shapes,calc}
\begin{document}

\begin{tikzpicture}
  \node [circle split,
         draw,
         minimum width=4cm,
         append after command={%
          let \p1=($(\tikzlastnode.east)-(\tikzlastnode.west)$) in  
              node[draw,
                   shape=semicircle,
                   rotate=180,
                   anchor=south,
                   double,
                   minimum width=\x1] at (\tikzlastnode.center)     {}}]
  {top
    \nodepart{lower}
    below
  };
\end{tikzpicture}

\end{document}

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Alain Matthes
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  • The line horizontal is always with double style – Alain Matthes Jun 06 '12 at 17:31
  • Very nice pragmatic approach! – Jake Jun 06 '12 at 17:33
  • @Jake Thanks! it's not obvious to find another approach, perhaps it's possible to add an arc... Do you know if it's easy to recuperate the radius of the tikzlastnode ? (to draw an arc or to avoid minimum width for the second node) – Alain Matthes Jun 06 '12 at 17:43
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    You can add let \p1=($(\tikzlastnode.east)-(\tikzlastnode.west)$) in before the semicircle node command, and then set the minimum width=\x1. Requires the use of the calc library. – Jake Jun 06 '12 at 17:57