Getting even space between classes in tikzuml - latex

Question

Consider the following class diagram:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{geometry}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amsthm}
\usepackage{empheq}
\usepackage{mdframed}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{color}
\usepackage{psfrag}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\usepackage{bm}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{tikz-uml}
\begin{document}
\begin{figure}[h!]
\centering
\begin{tikzpicture}
\umlclass[]{Class1}
{
}
{
}
\umlinterface[y=4]{Class2}{}
{
+ createDocument(doc: str) : str \\
+ resolveDocument(id: str) : str \\
+ updateDocument(doc: str) : str \\
+ deleteDocument(id: str) : str \\
+ createStatusList(sl: str) \\
+ resolveStatusList(id: str) \\
+ updateStatusList(sl: str) \\
+ deleteStatusList(id: str)
}
\umlclass[x=-2,y=-3]{Class33333333333333333333333}{}{}
\umlclass[x=3,y=-3]{Class4}{}{}
\umlinherit{Class1}{Class2}
\umlaggreg[geometry=|-|]{Class1}{Class33333333333333333333333}
\umlaggreg[geometry=|-|]{Class1}{Class4}
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{figure}
\end{document}
Since Class3 is bigger in size I had to add a unit for the x coordinate of Class2 to keep some space between the two. Is this the correct approach? How can I get even space between classes by not playing with coordinates? Every time a class changes in size I often need to redefine many coords. Also, how to fix the alignment of the two classes in respect of Class 1?

Answer 1

You can use relative positioning from the TikZ positioning library:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{geometry}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amsthm}
\usepackage{empheq}
\usepackage{mdframed}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{color}
\usepackage{psfrag}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\usepackage{bm}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{tikz-uml}
\usetikzlibrary{positioning}
\begin{document}
\begin{figure}[h!]
\centering
\begin{tikzpicture}
\umlinterface{Class2}{}
{
+ createDocument(doc: str) : str \\
+ resolveDocument(id: str) : str \\
+ updateDocument(doc: str) : str \\
+ deleteDocument(id: str) : str \\
+ createStatusList(sl: str) \\
+ resolveStatusList(id: str) \\
+ updateStatusList(sl: str) \\
+ deleteStatusList(id: str)
}
\umlclass[below=1cm of Class2]{Class1}
{
}
{
}
\umlclass[below left=2cm and 0.5cm of Class1]{Class33333333333333333333333}{}{}
\umlclass[below right=2cm and 0.5cm of Class1]{Class4}{}{}
\umlinherit{Class1}{Class2}
\umlaggreg[geometry=|-|]{Class1}{Class33333333333333333333333}
\umlaggreg[geometry=|-|]{Class1}{Class4}
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{figure}
\end{document}