template.tex

\documentclass[a4wide]{article}
\usepackage{url,color,xspace,verbatim,subfig,multirow,listings}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{txfonts}
\usepackage{rotating}
\usepackage{paralist}
\usepackage{subfig}
\usepackage{graphics}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\usepackage{times}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage[colorlinks=true]{hyperref}
\usepackage[ruled,vlined]{algorithm2e}


% ==================================================

\graphicspath{{figs/}}
\urlstyle{sf}

% tikz stuff
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
% configuration
\usetikzlibrary{shapes,positioning,calc,snakes,arrows,shapes,fit,backgrounds}

%
\usepgfplotslibrary{external}
\tikzexternalize

% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
% COLORS
% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%
% Colors for rendering - from: tableau20
\definecolor{color0}{rgb}{0.121569,0.466667,0.705882}
\definecolor{color1}{rgb}{0.682353,0.780392,0.909804}
\definecolor{color2}{rgb}{1.000000,0.498039,0.054902}
\definecolor{color3}{rgb}{1.000000,0.733333,0.470588}
\definecolor{color4}{rgb}{0.172549,0.627451,0.172549}
\definecolor{color5}{rgb}{0.596078,0.874510,0.541176}
\definecolor{color6}{rgb}{0.839216,0.152941,0.156863}
\definecolor{color7}{rgb}{1.000000,0.596078,0.588235}
\definecolor{color8}{rgb}{0.580392,0.403922,0.741176}
\definecolor{color9}{rgb}{0.772549,0.690196,0.835294}
\definecolor{color10}{rgb}{0.549020,0.337255,0.294118}
\definecolor{color11}{rgb}{0.768627,0.611765,0.580392}
\definecolor{color12}{rgb}{0.890196,0.466667,0.760784}
\definecolor{color13}{rgb}{0.968627,0.713725,0.823529}
\definecolor{color14}{rgb}{0.498039,0.498039,0.498039}
\definecolor{color15}{rgb}{0.780392,0.780392,0.780392}
\definecolor{color16}{rgb}{0.737255,0.741176,0.133333}
\definecolor{color17}{rgb}{0.858824,0.858824,0.552941}
\definecolor{color18}{rgb}{0.090196,0.745098,0.811765}
\definecolor{color19}{rgb}{0.619608,0.854902,0.898039}


% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
% DIMENSION
% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%
% We define a new, small unit. The Simulator renders the PDF such that
% 1 cycles == 1 sku
%
% Changing the sku scales the output figure up and down, without using
% quality. Node: sp is the smallest unit known to LaTeX.
\newdimen\sku
\sku=2000sp

\begin{document}

\begin{tikzpicture}%[scale=.75]
  % Insert visualization
  \input{{%file%}}
\end{tikzpicture}

\end{document}