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This command defines a "node" and its content is defined within the braces. The node, in the TikZ language, is a box where you can insert something, such as the number ''33'', but you can do something else like lowering font ''{\small 33}'' and much more according to LaTeX syntax. Or you can rotate the string at an angle by placing this attribute: ''\draw (30,0.7) node [rotate = 90] {33};'' and so much more. | This command defines a "node" and its content is defined within the braces. The node, in the TikZ language, is a box where you can insert something, such as the number ''33'', but you can do something else like lowering font ''{\small 33}'' and much more according to LaTeX syntax. Or you can rotate the string at an angle by placing this attribute: ''\draw (30,0.7) node [rotate = 90] {33};'' and so much more. | ||
==Circular graduate dials== | |||
<syntaxhighlight lang="latex"> | |||
% Adriano Bassignana nov 2017 | |||
% Program for creating a linear index useful for the construction of a compass on a conical support | |||
% The program can be modified and adapted for the construction of other types of numeric indexes. | |||
% The font used is OCR-B which allows to have alphabetic and numeric symbols very similar | |||
% to those used in analogue flight gauges in the 50s and 80s | |||
% You must have installed OCR-B in OTF format that has a GPL-2 and later compatible license. | |||
% The font is present in the texlive-fonts-extra package | |||
% | |||
% Explanation: | |||
% | |||
% \documentclass{standalone} is particular class that non have a size, but the size is define from | |||
% the document itself | |||
\documentclass{standalone} | |||
% \usepackage{tikz} is the package that contain the graphics command as \draw etc ... | |||
% The package is describe in this document: https://www.sharelatex.com/learn/TikZ_package | |||
\usepackage{tikz} | |||
% If the graduate dials is for analogical gauges period 50-70 years, this font is ok | |||
% OCR is open-source package deposited in the CTAN repository: https://www.ctan.org/pkg/ocr-b | |||
% Opentype can be used on Linux and Mac machines | |||
% (I do not know if it's possible in Windows, but I think of it), | |||
% you can always download it from the CTAN site at this address: | |||
% https://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/ocr-b-outline | |||
\usepackage{ocr} | |||
% Defines the font size to use, the first number defines the font size, | |||
% the second number the dimensional family from which the font is taken. | |||
% It can be assumed that there are differences between a dimensional family 10 and a 12 dimensional font. | |||
\begin{document} | |||
% The link OCR package documentation is this: http://ctan.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/CTAN/macros/latex/contrib/ocr-latex/ocr.pdf | |||
% \ocrfamily - Normal font family | |||
% \ocrnegfamily - Family negative fonts | |||
{\ocrfamily | |||
\begin{tikzpicture} | |||
%1° Rays | |||
\foreach \a in {0, 5,...,355} | |||
\draw[ultra thick] (\a:5.6) -- (\a:6); | |||
%5° Rays | |||
\foreach \a in {0, 10,...,359} | |||
\draw[ultra thick] (\a:5.4) -- (\a:6); | |||
%10° Rays | |||
\foreach \a in {0, 30,...,359} | |||
\draw[ultra thick] (\a:5.2) -- (\a:6); | |||
%Angle labels | |||
\foreach \a in {30, 60, 120, 150, 210, 240, 300, 330} | |||
\pgfmathtruncatemacro\result{(360 - \a)/10} | |||
\draw (\a + 90: 4.5) node[rotate=\a] {\LARGE\result}; | |||
% Wind rose labels | |||
\draw (90: 4.5) node[rotate=0] {\Huge{N}}; | |||
\draw (360: 4.5) node[rotate=270] {\Huge{E}}; | |||
\draw (270: 4.5) node[rotate=180] {\Huge{S}}; | |||
\draw (180: 4.5) node[rotate=90] {\Huge{W}}; | |||
\draw (90:1) node {\LARGE{WIND UNIT}}; | |||
\foreach \b in {-40,-38,...,40} | |||
\edef\c{-90 - \b * 1.38} | |||
\draw[ultra thick] (\c:6.5) -- (\c:6.8); | |||
\foreach \b in {-40,-30,...,40} | |||
\edef\c{-90 - \b * 1.38} | |||
\draw[ultra thick] (\c:6.5) -- (\c:7); | |||
\foreach \b in {-40,-30,...,40} | |||
\edef\c{-90 - \b * 1.38} | |||
\pgfmathtruncatemacro\result{abs(\b)} | |||
\draw (\c:6.2) node[rotate=\c+90] {\footnotesize\result}; | |||
\end{tikzpicture} | |||
} | |||
\end{document} | |||
</syntaxhighlight> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
<references /> | <references /> | ||