# Wind power and tikz force

I need a little symbol for a wind power (éolienne) but I'm not an artist ;-) If any Leonado da Vinci or Picasso here could improve my try, I will be very glad.

\documentclass[tikz]{standalone}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\filldraw (0,0)--(280:.7)--(260:.7)--cycle ;
\draw[very thick] (0,0)--(90:.4) ;
\draw[very thick] (0,0)--(210:.4) ;
\draw[very thick] (0,0)--(330:.4) ;
\end{tikzpicture}

\end{document}

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Don't know about artistry, but here are three variations. This uses the latest PGF release for the pic handler but it isn't essential: the code inside the pic can be copied and used outside as long as #1 is replaced with a number from 1 to 3.

\documentclass[tikz,border=5]{standalone}
\tikzset{%
wind turbine/.pic={
\tikzset{path/.style={fill, draw=white, ultra thick, line join=round}}
\path [path]
(-.25,0) arc (180:360:.25 and .0625) -- (.0625,3) -- (-.0625,3) -- cycle;
\foreach \i in {90, 210, 330}{
\ifcase#1
\or
\path [path, shift=(90:3), rotate=\i]
(.5,-.1875) arc (270:90:.5 and .1875) arc (90:-90:1.5 and .1875);
\or
\path [path, shift=(90:3), rotate=\i]
(0,0.125) -- (2,0.125) -- (2,0) -- (0.5,-0.375) -- cycle;
\or
\path [path, shift=(90:3), rotate=\i]
(0,-0.125) arc (180:0:1 and 0.125) -- ++(0,0.125) arc (0:180:1 and 0.25) -- cycle;
\fi
}
}}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\path
(0,0) pic {wind turbine=1}
(4,0) pic {wind turbine=2}
(8,0) pic {wind turbine=3};
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}


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Thank's. As I need 13 wind turbines positionned in a quater of circle, I add a little random angle for the positionning of the blades. \pgfmathsetmacro{\Rand}{(rand*60 + 1) - 30} ; \foreach \i in {90, 210, 330}{ \ifcase#1 \or \path [path, shift=(90:3), rotate=\i+\Rand] ... – Tarass Apr 26 '14 at 7:39
Out of curiosity: what for? "13 wind turbines positioned in a quarter of circle" sounds a bit... strange. ;) – mbork Apr 26 '14 at 7:46
To see how it will look in my garden ;-) more seriously it's for a concrete math exercice. There is an area around the wind turbines forbiden for navigation. Children have to calculate the surface of this area. – Tarass Apr 26 '14 at 8:03
Nice exercice, I'll steal it ;-) – remjg Apr 26 '14 at 11:26
@remjg on va faire des échanges ? – Tarass Apr 26 '14 at 18:12