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This is a problem I found a while ago, and haven't been able to figure out. Maybe is something wrong with my distribution, but don't know exactly how to fix it. Here is the idea

Consider this script

documentclass[border = 5pt, tikz]{standalone}

usepackage{circuitikz}



begin{document}

foreach k in {1,...,10}

{

begin{tikzpicture}

  draw (0, 0) rectangle (2, 2);

  fill[red] (k/5, 1) circle (0.1);

end{tikzpicture}

}

end{document}

When I run it, it produces 10 pages which then I can use to produce a gif

If on the other hand I change the enviroment to circuitikz

documentclass[border = 5pt, tikz]{standalone}

usepackage{circuitikz}



begin{document}

foreach k in {1,...,10}

{

begin{circuitikz}

  draw (0, 0) rectangle (2, 2);

  fill[red] (k/5, 1) circle (0.1);

end{circuitikz}

}

end{document}

I get one single page with all frames on it

and then transforming this to a gif has proven a bit difficult to do.

Any ideas as to why this is happening? Thanks!

I'm using Version 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.19 (TeX Live 2018/MacPorts 2018.47642_7)

If you say documentclass[border = 5pt, tikz]{standalone} this does not just load tikz but also tells standalone that it should produce single pdf pages for each tikzpicture. In order to generate separate pdf pages for circuitikz you could do

documentclass[border = 5pt, tikz]{standalone}

usepackage{circuitikz}

standaloneenv{circuitikz}

begin{document}

foreach k in {1,...,10}

{

begin{circuitikz}

  draw (0, 0) rectangle (2, 2);

  fill[red] (k/5, 1) circle (0.1);

end{circuitikz}

}

end{document}

Note that this possibility is not unique. Another possibility is to use

documentclass[border = 5pt, multi={circuitikz}]{standalone}

usepackage{circuitikz}

begin{document}

foreach k in {1,...,10}

{

begin{circuitikz}

  draw (0, 0) rectangle (2, 2);

  fill[red] (k/5, 1) circle (0.1);

end{circuitikz}

}

end{document}

instead. For further information, please consult the standalone manual on p. 10.

The same as an animated SVG, using the animations library of TikZ/Pgf-3.1:

Compile with

latex example

dvisvgm --zoom=-1 example 

example.tex:

documentclass[dvisvgm]{standalone}

usepackage{circuitikz}

usetikzlibrary{animations}



begin{document}



begin{circuitikz}

  draw (0, 0) rectangle (2, 2);

  scoped [name=circle, animate = {

      object=circle, :shift = { 0s = "{(1/5,1)}", 3s = "{(2,1)}", repeats }

    }

  ] fill[red] (0,0) circle (0.1);

end{circuitikz}



end{document}