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how to make this circles?

I would like to make in LaTeX these circles. How can we add the words in them? The color for the big one?
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Draw 3D rectangle

I've been searching this for hours, but didn't find a reason for this behaviour: Here is my example: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{tikz} \usetikzlibrary{3d} \begin{document} ...
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PSTricks: Partitioning and filling a circle in pst-pdgr

I am using the pst-pdgr package which uses PSTricks to generate medical pedigrees. I find this package to be very useful, however I ran into a problem with a certain situation I am having. I need a ...
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drawing diagram from the circle

I am trying to wrap the following diagram in a circle and I am facing some problems. I am using the some codes from, Wrapping a Feynman diagram in an ellipse or a circle? , but I cannot make the lower ...
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Direction arrows on a circle [duplicate]

I would like to plot circle (or another curve) with positive direction (and show it wit arrows). This plots the circle \documentclass{article} \usepackage{tikz} \RequirePackage{pgfplots} ...
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How to draw tangent to two touching circles and marking the points

This question may seem repetitive to many, but as I am very new to Latex, even after reading many posts, could not get to draw what I wanted, so asking. I want to draw as the following. I have ...
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Node diagram with encompassing circles

I'm attempting to draw an image similar to this one: However, I only want to draw three nodes as text ("A", "B", "C") with double headed arrows and the larger overlapping circles.... I've had ...
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How to fine tune rotation of text along circular path?

After searching the web and finally coming from here (recreating a logo), I couldn't find an answer to what I am looking for. I want to rotate a text inside a circle and have a full control/fine ...
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How to create a Caesar's encryption disk using LaTeX

How can I create a Caesar's encryption disk with LaTeX? I guess, the ultimate solution would take a arbitrary list of letters and calculate the spaces and angles for each letter automatically. So ...
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TikZ, node with multiple lines around

I want to draw a circle node using tikz that has more than two lines around. I found this question: TikZ - multi-color double circle node with its very good accepted answer. Unfortunately, I have no ...
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Good way to make \textcircled numbers?

I'm trying to make some good-looking numbers in a circle, using the simple command: \textcircled{1} However, the circle is misaligned vertically with the number, and look a bit sloppy: Any ...
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Draw arrow not to node center but to edge of circle on this node?

This example: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{tikz} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture}% \draw[help lines] (0,0) grid (1,1); \node [draw, circle] at (0,0) {}; \node [draw, ...
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How to draw a solid colored circle?

I am working on some book writing. For that I need to draw circle filled with red color. I tried \circle but it generate black circle only. How can I fill it with color?
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How to generate n points on a circumference and connect all of them while having constraints on the image size?

I have to generate a circle that has n points on the circumference that have to be connected with all possible cords. I drew the required picture using Geogebra and tried exporting it as a normal png. ...
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Circular sequence diagram (tikz?)

Apologies in advance for the slightly-crappy camera phone picture: I'd like to include some figures like this in something I'm working on. I've just started learning tikz, which seems like it could ...
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Two-column text with circular insert

How does one write on the outside of a circle? I am looking for sample files/packages which imitate a magazine lay-out. Specifically a page with two columns having a circular picture between the two ...
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assistance on good handling of text on TikZ paths

I am putting together an ornate logo using TikZ. The logo as it is currently is as follows: I request assistance on handling the lowermost outer text (which reads "UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW"). For the ...
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How to Draw a Partitioned Circle in TikZ?

I want to draw something like this: I know everything apart from that circle. This is my code: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{tikz} ...
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Putting nodes tightly next to each other in tikz

I would like to have a shape in my diagram looking like this: My main problem is to arrange the nodes as tightly as possible. My current approach is \documentclass{standalone} \usepackage{tikz} ...
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position arc relative to circle [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Draw arc in tikz when center of circle is specified an very trivial question but I can't do it! Sorry but I find coordinates confusing. I would like to draw an arc ...
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TikZ - circle split ignore empty parts

This has already been asked at TikZ: Removing the inner line of circle split, rectangle split, etc., but not answered for circles: How can I remove the split line in a picture where every ...
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Beamer: increase radius of circle in TOC and include subsection bullet

I am trying to increase the radius of the circle in the TOC of a beamer presentation and include a subsection bullet. The beamer manual states gives an example of \setbeamertemplate{some beamer ...
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TikZ - multi-color double circle node

How do I draw a node with a double circle shape where one circle has a different color than the other circle? A single \node[whatever] {content} would be nice!
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Drawing a rectangle along the border of a circle

I would like to draw a rectangle along the border of a circle. The \draw with the \angle operation might do it, but it is rather cumbersome. I was wondering if there is another more elegant/shorter ...
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How can I make circle plots?

I have not idea how to call these things, but I just saw a paper with the following figure and I was wondering how one would go about doing it in LaTeX. The closest thing I saw on TeXample.net was ...
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Hexagon with exscribed triangle

I am learning tikz now, it is painfully slow, but I am slowly learning. I am trying to reproduce the image below. Here is my code so far. This is basically a rip of from the pgf manual. ...
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Drawing a circle on a non xy-plane with TikZ

Say I'm drawing a 3D picture. Now I would like to draw a circle, perspectively correct, on the yz-plane, but TikZ does not seem to be capable of this. All one can do is drawing circles on the ...
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Tangents to a circle from a point outside of it (tikz)

I'm trying to plot in TikZ the two tangents to a fixed circle passing through a given point. In some details, given an arbitrary circle centered at C with with radius r, and a point P outside of the ...
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Getting numbers to appear in circles

I have a linked question that I previously found on here, but I cannot make any comment yet to post. The link being: Good way to make \textcircled numbers? My question was how could we use this ...
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Circle around symbol [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Good way to make \textcircled numbers? Is there an easy way to get an circle around a symbol in math mode?
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Tikz: How to encapsulate shade in node?

I have this shaded circle: \shade [ball color=black!80!white] (0,0) circle (1); Is it possible to encapsulate it with node style? Including fixing circle radius?