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I'm trying to prove something and I need a clear drawing to be able to derive the angles and so on. So I thought why not draw it LaTeX !



Okay so my drawing is as suchenter image description here



Those are the cases of 8/6 and 6/4 I need to get up to higher orders with accurate drawings. The ones labeled with red are the ones to be always aligned in all the drawings.



Can someone help me create something generic or at least a sample for me to start from so that I could reach 12/8 , 16/14 and so on ? Some cases like 6/8 are to be considered as well.










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    I'm trying to prove something and I need a clear drawing to be able to derive the angles and so on. So I thought why not draw it LaTeX !



    Okay so my drawing is as suchenter image description here



    Those are the cases of 8/6 and 6/4 I need to get up to higher orders with accurate drawings. The ones labeled with red are the ones to be always aligned in all the drawings.



    Can someone help me create something generic or at least a sample for me to start from so that I could reach 12/8 , 16/14 and so on ? Some cases like 6/8 are to be considered as well.










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      I'm trying to prove something and I need a clear drawing to be able to derive the angles and so on. So I thought why not draw it LaTeX !



      Okay so my drawing is as suchenter image description here



      Those are the cases of 8/6 and 6/4 I need to get up to higher orders with accurate drawings. The ones labeled with red are the ones to be always aligned in all the drawings.



      Can someone help me create something generic or at least a sample for me to start from so that I could reach 12/8 , 16/14 and so on ? Some cases like 6/8 are to be considered as well.










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      I'm trying to prove something and I need a clear drawing to be able to derive the angles and so on. So I thought why not draw it LaTeX !



      Okay so my drawing is as suchenter image description here



      Those are the cases of 8/6 and 6/4 I need to get up to higher orders with accurate drawings. The ones labeled with red are the ones to be always aligned in all the drawings.



      Can someone help me create something generic or at least a sample for me to start from so that I could reach 12/8 , 16/14 and so on ? Some cases like 6/8 are to be considered as well.







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          pics are very powerful tikz components, because they accept input arguments besides being treated the same way as nodes (small differences though).



          documentclass[tikz,border=2pt]{standalone}

          begin{document}

          tikzset{
          pics/numcirc/.style args={#1/#2}{
          code = {
          draw circle (1);
          foreach i in {1,...,#1}
          draw (90+i*360/#1:1) -- (90+i*360/#1:1.5);
          foreach i in {1,...,#2}
          draw (90+i*360/#2:0) -- (90+i*360/#2:0.5);
          }}}

          begin{tikzpicture}

          draw pic at(0,0) {numcirc=8/6};
          draw pic at(4,0) {numcirc=6/4};
          draw pic at(8,0) {numcirc=12/8};

          end{tikzpicture}

          end{document}


          enter image description here






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            Here is a starting point. The idea is to use polar coordinates (I love polar coordinates) given by (angle:radius).





            documentclass{report}
            usepackage{tikz}

            begin{document}
            begin{tikzpicture}[thick]
            foreach a in {0,45,...,315}{
            draw (a:2)--(a:3);
            }
            foreach a in {0,60,...,300}{
            draw[red] (0,0)--(90+a:1.8);
            }

            draw (0,0) circle (2cm);
            end{tikzpicture}
            end{document}


            Some improvements: thanks for @AboAmmar



            enter image description here



            documentclass[margin=3mm]{standalone}
            usepackage{tikz}
            defnumA{}
            defnumB{}
            newcommand{target}[2]{%
            renewcommand{numA}{#1}
            renewcommand{numB}{#2}
            begin{tikzpicture}[thick]
            foreach i in {1,...,numA}{%
            draw (i*360/numA:2) -- (i*360/numA:3);
            }
            foreach i in {1,...,numB}{%
            draw[red] (0,0) -- (90+i*360/numB:1.7);
            }

            draw (0,0)node[below=3cm]{Large$numA/numB$} circle (2cm);
            end{tikzpicture}
            }

            begin{document}
            target{8}{6}target{6}{4}target{12}{6}
            end{document}





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              pics are very powerful tikz components, because they accept input arguments besides being treated the same way as nodes (small differences though).



              documentclass[tikz,border=2pt]{standalone}

              begin{document}

              tikzset{
              pics/numcirc/.style args={#1/#2}{
              code = {
              draw circle (1);
              foreach i in {1,...,#1}
              draw (90+i*360/#1:1) -- (90+i*360/#1:1.5);
              foreach i in {1,...,#2}
              draw (90+i*360/#2:0) -- (90+i*360/#2:0.5);
              }}}

              begin{tikzpicture}

              draw pic at(0,0) {numcirc=8/6};
              draw pic at(4,0) {numcirc=6/4};
              draw pic at(8,0) {numcirc=12/8};

              end{tikzpicture}

              end{document}


              enter image description here






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                up vote
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                accepted










                pics are very powerful tikz components, because they accept input arguments besides being treated the same way as nodes (small differences though).



                documentclass[tikz,border=2pt]{standalone}

                begin{document}

                tikzset{
                pics/numcirc/.style args={#1/#2}{
                code = {
                draw circle (1);
                foreach i in {1,...,#1}
                draw (90+i*360/#1:1) -- (90+i*360/#1:1.5);
                foreach i in {1,...,#2}
                draw (90+i*360/#2:0) -- (90+i*360/#2:0.5);
                }}}

                begin{tikzpicture}

                draw pic at(0,0) {numcirc=8/6};
                draw pic at(4,0) {numcirc=6/4};
                draw pic at(8,0) {numcirc=12/8};

                end{tikzpicture}

                end{document}


                enter image description here






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                  up vote
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                  up vote
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                  accepted






                  pics are very powerful tikz components, because they accept input arguments besides being treated the same way as nodes (small differences though).



                  documentclass[tikz,border=2pt]{standalone}

                  begin{document}

                  tikzset{
                  pics/numcirc/.style args={#1/#2}{
                  code = {
                  draw circle (1);
                  foreach i in {1,...,#1}
                  draw (90+i*360/#1:1) -- (90+i*360/#1:1.5);
                  foreach i in {1,...,#2}
                  draw (90+i*360/#2:0) -- (90+i*360/#2:0.5);
                  }}}

                  begin{tikzpicture}

                  draw pic at(0,0) {numcirc=8/6};
                  draw pic at(4,0) {numcirc=6/4};
                  draw pic at(8,0) {numcirc=12/8};

                  end{tikzpicture}

                  end{document}


                  enter image description here






                  share|improve this answer














                  pics are very powerful tikz components, because they accept input arguments besides being treated the same way as nodes (small differences though).



                  documentclass[tikz,border=2pt]{standalone}

                  begin{document}

                  tikzset{
                  pics/numcirc/.style args={#1/#2}{
                  code = {
                  draw circle (1);
                  foreach i in {1,...,#1}
                  draw (90+i*360/#1:1) -- (90+i*360/#1:1.5);
                  foreach i in {1,...,#2}
                  draw (90+i*360/#2:0) -- (90+i*360/#2:0.5);
                  }}}

                  begin{tikzpicture}

                  draw pic at(0,0) {numcirc=8/6};
                  draw pic at(4,0) {numcirc=6/4};
                  draw pic at(8,0) {numcirc=12/8};

                  end{tikzpicture}

                  end{document}


                  enter image description here







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                  answered Nov 19 at 18:39









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                      up vote
                      5
                      down vote













                      Here is a starting point. The idea is to use polar coordinates (I love polar coordinates) given by (angle:radius).





                      documentclass{report}
                      usepackage{tikz}

                      begin{document}
                      begin{tikzpicture}[thick]
                      foreach a in {0,45,...,315}{
                      draw (a:2)--(a:3);
                      }
                      foreach a in {0,60,...,300}{
                      draw[red] (0,0)--(90+a:1.8);
                      }

                      draw (0,0) circle (2cm);
                      end{tikzpicture}
                      end{document}


                      Some improvements: thanks for @AboAmmar



                      enter image description here



                      documentclass[margin=3mm]{standalone}
                      usepackage{tikz}
                      defnumA{}
                      defnumB{}
                      newcommand{target}[2]{%
                      renewcommand{numA}{#1}
                      renewcommand{numB}{#2}
                      begin{tikzpicture}[thick]
                      foreach i in {1,...,numA}{%
                      draw (i*360/numA:2) -- (i*360/numA:3);
                      }
                      foreach i in {1,...,numB}{%
                      draw[red] (0,0) -- (90+i*360/numB:1.7);
                      }

                      draw (0,0)node[below=3cm]{Large$numA/numB$} circle (2cm);
                      end{tikzpicture}
                      }

                      begin{document}
                      target{8}{6}target{6}{4}target{12}{6}
                      end{document}





                      share|improve this answer



























                        up vote
                        5
                        down vote













                        Here is a starting point. The idea is to use polar coordinates (I love polar coordinates) given by (angle:radius).





                        documentclass{report}
                        usepackage{tikz}

                        begin{document}
                        begin{tikzpicture}[thick]
                        foreach a in {0,45,...,315}{
                        draw (a:2)--(a:3);
                        }
                        foreach a in {0,60,...,300}{
                        draw[red] (0,0)--(90+a:1.8);
                        }

                        draw (0,0) circle (2cm);
                        end{tikzpicture}
                        end{document}


                        Some improvements: thanks for @AboAmmar



                        enter image description here



                        documentclass[margin=3mm]{standalone}
                        usepackage{tikz}
                        defnumA{}
                        defnumB{}
                        newcommand{target}[2]{%
                        renewcommand{numA}{#1}
                        renewcommand{numB}{#2}
                        begin{tikzpicture}[thick]
                        foreach i in {1,...,numA}{%
                        draw (i*360/numA:2) -- (i*360/numA:3);
                        }
                        foreach i in {1,...,numB}{%
                        draw[red] (0,0) -- (90+i*360/numB:1.7);
                        }

                        draw (0,0)node[below=3cm]{Large$numA/numB$} circle (2cm);
                        end{tikzpicture}
                        }

                        begin{document}
                        target{8}{6}target{6}{4}target{12}{6}
                        end{document}





                        share|improve this answer

























                          up vote
                          5
                          down vote










                          up vote
                          5
                          down vote









                          Here is a starting point. The idea is to use polar coordinates (I love polar coordinates) given by (angle:radius).





                          documentclass{report}
                          usepackage{tikz}

                          begin{document}
                          begin{tikzpicture}[thick]
                          foreach a in {0,45,...,315}{
                          draw (a:2)--(a:3);
                          }
                          foreach a in {0,60,...,300}{
                          draw[red] (0,0)--(90+a:1.8);
                          }

                          draw (0,0) circle (2cm);
                          end{tikzpicture}
                          end{document}


                          Some improvements: thanks for @AboAmmar



                          enter image description here



                          documentclass[margin=3mm]{standalone}
                          usepackage{tikz}
                          defnumA{}
                          defnumB{}
                          newcommand{target}[2]{%
                          renewcommand{numA}{#1}
                          renewcommand{numB}{#2}
                          begin{tikzpicture}[thick]
                          foreach i in {1,...,numA}{%
                          draw (i*360/numA:2) -- (i*360/numA:3);
                          }
                          foreach i in {1,...,numB}{%
                          draw[red] (0,0) -- (90+i*360/numB:1.7);
                          }

                          draw (0,0)node[below=3cm]{Large$numA/numB$} circle (2cm);
                          end{tikzpicture}
                          }

                          begin{document}
                          target{8}{6}target{6}{4}target{12}{6}
                          end{document}





                          share|improve this answer














                          Here is a starting point. The idea is to use polar coordinates (I love polar coordinates) given by (angle:radius).





                          documentclass{report}
                          usepackage{tikz}

                          begin{document}
                          begin{tikzpicture}[thick]
                          foreach a in {0,45,...,315}{
                          draw (a:2)--(a:3);
                          }
                          foreach a in {0,60,...,300}{
                          draw[red] (0,0)--(90+a:1.8);
                          }

                          draw (0,0) circle (2cm);
                          end{tikzpicture}
                          end{document}


                          Some improvements: thanks for @AboAmmar



                          enter image description here



                          documentclass[margin=3mm]{standalone}
                          usepackage{tikz}
                          defnumA{}
                          defnumB{}
                          newcommand{target}[2]{%
                          renewcommand{numA}{#1}
                          renewcommand{numB}{#2}
                          begin{tikzpicture}[thick]
                          foreach i in {1,...,numA}{%
                          draw (i*360/numA:2) -- (i*360/numA:3);
                          }
                          foreach i in {1,...,numB}{%
                          draw[red] (0,0) -- (90+i*360/numB:1.7);
                          }

                          draw (0,0)node[below=3cm]{Large$numA/numB$} circle (2cm);
                          end{tikzpicture}
                          }

                          begin{document}
                          target{8}{6}target{6}{4}target{12}{6}
                          end{document}






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