\documentclass{standalone} \usepackage{binarytree} \usetikzlibrary{external} \tikzexternalize \tikzexternaldisable \begin{document} \btreesetexternal{% use automatic file name,% mode=list and make} \btreeset{% top padding=0pt,% left padding=0pt,% right padding=0pt,% bottom padding=0pt,% external=false,separate=true,% label on every edge,% left label anchor=center,% right label anchor=center,% continue after turn=false,% continue at path end=false,% level distance scales=false,% sibling distance scales=false,% scale=0.7} \BinaryTree{lrr:x,llrr:x,rll:x,rrll:x}{5}% \BinaryTree{lrr:x,llrr:x,rll:x,rrll:x}{5} \end{document}