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I created this nice Polygon enter image description here using the following code 

\documentclass[margin=0pt]{standalone}
%---------------------------- Tikz Libraries ------------------------------%
\usepackage{ifthen}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{shapes.geometric}
\usetikzlibrary{decorations, decorations.markings} 
\usetikzlibrary{arrows, arrows.meta}

%==========================  Middle & pointing arrows ==========================%
%-------------------------------------------------------------------------------%
% usage: \draw[->-] or \draw[->-=6pt red 1]
%-------------------------------------------------------------------------------%
\tikzset{ ->-/.style args={#1 #2 #3}{
         decoration={markings,mark= at position 0.5 with {\arrow{stealth}}, }, 
            postaction={decorate}, }, 
        ->-/.default= {0.5 6pt black }}


%==========================  Middle & pointing arrows ==========================%
%-------------------------------------------------------------------------------%
% usage: \draw[-<-] path; or \draw[-<-=6pt red 1] path;
%-------------------------------------------------------------------------------%
\tikzset{ -<-/.style args={#1 #2 #3}{
        decoration={markings,mark= at position 0.5 with {\arrow[>=stealth]{<}}, }, 
        postaction={decorate}, }, 
    -<-/.default= {0.5 6pt black }}


    \begin{document}
    \begin{tikzpicture}
    %Polygon 12 Seiten
    \node[fill=gray!10] (pol) [ 
    %draw, 
    minimum size=0.9\textwidth, regular polygon, regular polygon sides=12, rotate=195 ]{};
    \foreach \x/\y/\i in {1/2/1,5/6/2,9/10/3} %\alpha's
    \draw[black!10!red,auto=right,->-]
    (pol.corner \x)--(pol.corner \y)
    node[black!10!red,midway]{$\alpha_{\i}$};
    \foreach \x/\y/\i in {3/4/1,7/8/2,11/12/3} %inverse \alpha's
    \draw[black!10!red,auto=right,-<-]
    (pol.corner \x)--(pol.corner \y)
    node[black!10!red,midway]{$\alpha_{\i}$};
    \foreach \x/\y/\i in {2/3/1,6/7/2,10/11/3} %\beta's
    \draw[black!10!blue,auto=right,->-]
    (pol.corner \x)--(pol.corner \y)
    node[black!10!blue,midway]{$\beta_ {\i}$};
    \foreach \x/\y/\i in {4/5/1,8/9/2,12/1/3} %inverse \beta's
    \draw[black!10!blue,auto=right,-<-]
    (pol.corner \x)--(pol.corner \y)
    node[black!10!blue,midway]{$\beta_{\i}$};

    %\xi's
    \draw[black!40!green,decoration={ markings, mark=at position 0.5 with {\arrow{stealth}}}, postaction={decorate}]  
    (0,-5.44) --(-2.21,-0.63) node[midway, left] {$\xi_1$} ;
    \draw[black!40!green,decoration={ markings, mark=at position 0.5 with {\arrow{stealth}}}, postaction={decorate}]  
    (0,-5.44) -- (0,-20pt) node[midway, left] {$\xi_2$};
    \draw[black!40!green,decoration={ markings, mark=at position 0.5 with {\arrow{stealth}}}, postaction={decorate}] 
    (0,-5.44) -- (2.21,-0.63) node[midway, left] {$\xi_3$};

    % 3 Kreise mit Beschriftung
    \draw[violet,decoration={markings, mark=at position 0.26 with {\arrow[>=stealth]{<}}},
    postaction={decorate},fill=white] (-2.5,0) circle (20pt)  ;
    \node[violet,above] at (-2.5,20pt) {$\rho_1$};
    \draw[violet,decoration={markings, mark=at position 0.26 with {\arrow[>=stealth]{<}}},
    postaction={decorate},fill=white] (0,0) circle (20pt);
    \node[violet,above] at (0,20pt) {$\rho_2$};
    \draw[violet,decoration={markings, mark=at position 0.26 with {\arrow[>=stealth]{<}}},
    postaction={decorate},fill=white] (2.5,0) circle (20pt);
    \node[violet,above] at (2.5,20pt) {$\rho_3$};

    \end{tikzpicture}

\end{document}

Now, I tried to copy and paste this code into my paper. Here is a minimal example 

    \documentclass[oneside, a4paper,12pt]{article}

\usepackage{ifthen}
\usepackage{tikz-cd}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{shapes.geometric}
\usetikzlibrary{decorations, decorations.markings} 
\usetikzlibrary{arrows, arrows.meta}
\usetikzlibrary{matrix, arrows, decorations.pathmorphing}


%==========================  Middle & pointing arrows ==========================%
%-------------------------------------------------------------------------------%
% usage: \draw[->-] or \draw[->-=6pt red 1]
%-------------------------------------------------------------------------------%
\tikzset{ ->-/.style args={#1 #2 #3}{
        decoration={markings,mark= at position 0.5 with {\arrow{stealth}}, }, 
        postaction={decorate}, }, 
    ->-/.default= {0.5 6pt black }}


%==========================  Middle & pointing arrows ==========================%
%-------------------------------------------------------------------------------%
% usage: \draw[-<-] path; or \draw[-<-=6pt red 1] path;
%-------------------------------------------------------------------------------%
\tikzset{ -<-/.style args={#1 #2 #3}{
        decoration={markings,mark= at position 0.5 with {\arrow[>=stealth]{<}}, }, 
        postaction={decorate}, }, 
    -<-/.default= {0.5 6pt black }}


\begin{document}


    \begin{center}
        \begin{tikzpicture}
        %Polygon 12 Seiten
        \node[fill=gray!10] (pol) [ 
        %draw, 
        minimum size=0.9\textwidth, regular polygon, regular polygon sides=12, rotate=195 ]{};
        \foreach \x/\y/\i in {1/2/1,5/6/2,9/10/3} %\alpha's
        \draw[black!10!red,auto=right,->-]
        (pol.corner \x)--(pol.corner \y)
        node[black!10!red,midway]{$\alpha_{\i}$};
        \foreach \x/\y/\i in {3/4/1,7/8/2,11/12/3} %inverse \alpha's
        \draw[black!10!red,auto=right,-<-]
        (pol.corner \x)--(pol.corner \y)
        node[black!10!red,midway]{$\alpha_{\i}$};
        \foreach \x/\y/\i in {2/3/1,6/7/2,10/11/3} %\beta's
        \draw[black!10!blue,auto=right,->-]
        (pol.corner \x)--(pol.corner \y)
        node[black!10!blue,midway]{$\beta_ {\i}$};
        \foreach \x/\y/\i in {4/5/1,8/9/2,12/1/3} %inverse \beta's
        \draw[black!10!blue,auto=right,-<-]
        (pol.corner \x)--(pol.corner \y)
        node[black!10!blue,midway]{$\beta_{\i}$};

        %\xi's
        \draw[black!40!green,decoration={ markings, mark=at position 0.5 with {\arrow{stealth}}}, postaction={decorate}]  
        (0,-5.44) --(-2.21,-0.63) node[midway, left] {$\xi_1$} ;
        \draw[black!40!green,decoration={ markings, mark=at position 0.5 with {\arrow{stealth}}}, postaction={decorate}]  
        (0,-5.44) -- (0,-20pt) node[midway, left] {$\xi_2$};
        \draw[black!40!green,decoration={ markings, mark=at position 0.5 with {\arrow{stealth}}}, postaction={decorate}] 
        (0,-5.44) -- (2.21,-0.63) node[midway, left] {$\xi_3$};

        % 3 Kreise mit Beschriftung
        \draw[violet,decoration={markings, mark=at position 0.26 with {\arrow[>=stealth]{<}}},
        postaction={decorate},fill=white] (-2.5,0) circle (20pt)  ;
        \node[violet,above] at (-2.5,20pt) {$\rho_1$};
        \draw[violet,decoration={markings, mark=at position 0.26 with {\arrow[>=stealth]{<}}},
        postaction={decorate},fill=white] (0,0) circle (20pt);
        \node[violet,above] at (0,20pt) {$\rho_2$};
        \draw[violet,decoration={markings, mark=at position 0.26 with {\arrow[>=stealth]{<}}},
        postaction={decorate},fill=white] (2.5,0) circle (20pt);
        \node[violet,above] at (2.5,20pt) {$\rho_3$};


        \end{tikzpicture}
    \end{center}


\end{document}

But then it produces the following image enter image description here

As you can see, the positioning of the green lines is not correct anymore. I didn't scale the picture, so I have no idea what went wrong.

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    Can make a minimal working example (MWE) that reproduces the problem? If I just change the documentclass to article or similar the green lines are still at the correct position
    – samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz
    Commented Jan 14, 2019 at 14:02
  • Your code works well, i.e., it does not reproduce your problem, so it is difficult to help you. I think there must be some additional packages or commands which affect the picture -- and they should be shown here.
    – user156344
    Commented Jan 14, 2019 at 14:03
  • @mathstackuser May be use resizebox or adjustbox? I think resizebox comes with graphicx package and adjustbox is a package by itself.
    – Raaja_is_at_topanswers.xyz
    Commented Jan 14, 2019 at 14:03
  • @JouleV Actually the problem is when the OP compiles it by including in other documents (for example, a manuscript), the image compiles in its own size which is expected (because of how the OP drew) ;) So, if you compile it as standalone you wont see it (I think). May be put a grid line (help lines) on top it, you may be able to see the reason why :D.
    – Raaja_is_at_topanswers.xyz
    Commented Jan 14, 2019 at 14:05
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    @mathstackuser: Your main file uses the 12pt option and the standalone file does not, and therefore as 10pt active. That can affect the sizes if they are relative to the font size. Try the main document without 12pt and see if the diagram is the same.
    – Martin Scharrer
    Commented Jan 14, 2019 at 14:15

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The problem are different font sizes (12pt in the main file and default 10pt font size in the diagram file as you use \textwidth to size your polygon and this length depends on the document default font size. You can either remove the font size dependency, e.g. by changing \textwidth with a explicit length (in the sub file it has a length of 345pt), or use the standalone package (!) in the main document with the obeyclassoptions option and then use \includestandalone{filebasename} to include the diagram file. The standalone package then will switch to the default font size automatically when including the code in the subfile.

\documentclass[oneside, a4paper, 12pt]{article}

\usepackage[obeyclassoptions]{standalone}
\usepackage{ifthen}
\usepackage{tikz-cd}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{shapes.geometric}
\usetikzlibrary{decorations, decorations.markings} 
\usetikzlibrary{arrows, arrows.meta}
\usetikzlibrary{matrix, arrows, decorations.pathmorphing}


%==========================  Middle & pointing arrows ==========================%
%-------------------------------------------------------------------------------%
% usage: \draw[->-] or \draw[->-=6pt red 1]
%-------------------------------------------------------------------------------%
\tikzset{ ->-/.style args={#1 #2 #3}{
        decoration={markings,mark= at position 0.5 with {\arrow{stealth}}, }, 
        postaction={decorate}, }, 
    ->-/.default= {0.5 6pt black }}


%==========================  Middle & pointing arrows ==========================%
%-------------------------------------------------------------------------------%
% usage: \draw[-<-] path; or \draw[-<-=6pt red 1] path;
%-------------------------------------------------------------------------------%
\tikzset{ -<-/.style args={#1 #2 #3}{
        decoration={markings,mark= at position 0.5 with {\arrow[>=stealth]{<}}, }, 
        postaction={decorate}, }, 
    -<-/.default= {0.5 6pt black }}


\begin{document}


    \begin{center}
    \includestandalone{q470062_sub}% here q470062_sub.tex contains the TikZ picture, change to the used filename
    \end{center}


\end{document}

Further standalone package option can be helpful here, check the manual for the subpreambles option which collects the preambles of subfiles automatically.

If you load the adjustbox package with the export option before the standalone package, you can also use \includestandalone[center]{q470062_sub} to center the content as well as other adjustbox key to modify the diagram in size etc.

If this is all too complicate for you then just decrease the font size for the tikzpicture again. Within a 12pt document the \footnotesize macro gives you 10pt again. Place that directly before \begin{tikzpicture} and make sure that there is a group around it, like it is now due to the center environment.

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  • Thanks! If I understand that right, I then have font size 10pt for my labels of the picture rigth? I would like to have the same everywhere. I removed the font size dependency in my code, which was not difficult here. I have similar problems with other pictures, where I calculated coordinates. How can I get rid of the font size dependency?
    – mathstackuser
    Commented Jan 14, 2019 at 15:15
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    @mathstackuser: You are using minimum size=0.9\textwidth so the size of your polygon depends on the text width which depends on the default font size. For 10pt the \textwidth is 345pt and for 12pt it is 390pt. If you just that the size using an explicit value it works: minimum size=310.5pt.
    – Martin Scharrer
    Commented Jan 14, 2019 at 21:45
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    @mathstackuser: You could also change the explicit starting point of the green lines (0,-5.44) with an anchor of the polygon node. Usually (pol.south) would work, but as you rotated the node I would use (pol.75) which means the outer side of node pol at 75 degrees. This way the lines always touch the outer side of the polygon. Its size however would still change if you not remove \textwidth in its size definition.
    – Martin Scharrer
    Commented Jan 14, 2019 at 21:48
  • @mathstackuser: Ah, didn't see your answer. Sorry.
    – Martin Scharrer
    Commented Jan 15, 2019 at 8:56
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The comments and answer by Martin Scharrer have already analysed that your problem is caused by the different font size. Here a minimal invasive attempt to workaround the problem:

    \documentclass[oneside, a4paper,12pt]{article}

\usepackage{ifthen}
\usepackage{tikz-cd}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{shapes.geometric}
\usetikzlibrary{decorations, decorations.markings} 
\usetikzlibrary{arrows, arrows.meta}
\usetikzlibrary{matrix, arrows, decorations.pathmorphing}


%==========================  Middle & pointing arrows ==========================%
%-------------------------------------------------------------------------------%
% usage: \draw[->-] or \draw[->-=6pt red 1]
%-------------------------------------------------------------------------------%
\tikzset{ ->-/.style args={#1 #2 #3}{
        decoration={markings,mark= at position 0.5 with {\arrow{stealth}}, }, 
        postaction={decorate}, }, 
    ->-/.default= {0.5 6pt black }}


%==========================  Middle & pointing arrows ==========================%
%-------------------------------------------------------------------------------%
% usage: \draw[-<-] path; or \draw[-<-=6pt red 1] path;
%-------------------------------------------------------------------------------%
\tikzset{ -<-/.style args={#1 #2 #3}{
        decoration={markings,mark= at position 0.5 with {\arrow[>=stealth]{<}}, }, 
        postaction={decorate}, }, 
    -<-/.default= {0.5 6pt black }}


    \begin{document}
    \begin{center}
    \begin{tikzpicture}
    %Polygon 12 Seiten
    \node[fill=gray!10] (pol) [ 
    %draw, 
    minimum size=0.9\textwidth, regular polygon, regular polygon sides=12, rotate=195 ]{};
    \foreach \x/\y/\i in {1/2/1,5/6/2,9/10/3} %\alpha's
    \draw[black!10!red,auto=right,->-]
    (pol.corner \x)--(pol.corner \y)
    node[black!10!red,midway]{$\alpha_{\i}$};
    \foreach \x/\y/\i in {3/4/1,7/8/2,11/12/3} %inverse \alpha's
    \draw[black!10!red,auto=right,-<-]
    (pol.corner \x)--(pol.corner \y)
    node[black!10!red,midway]{$\alpha_{\i}$};
    \foreach \x/\y/\i in {2/3/1,6/7/2,10/11/3} %\beta's
    \draw[black!10!blue,auto=right,->-]
    (pol.corner \x)--(pol.corner \y)
    node[black!10!blue,midway]{$\beta_ {\i}$};
    \foreach \x/\y/\i in {4/5/1,8/9/2,12/1/3} %inverse \beta's
    \draw[black!10!blue,auto=right,-<-]
    (pol.corner \x)--(pol.corner \y)
    node[black!10!blue,midway]{$\beta_{\i}$};

        \coordinate(mycord) at (0,-6.15);

    %\xi's
    \draw[black!40!green,decoration={ markings, mark=at position 0.5 with {\arrow{stealth}}}, postaction={decorate}]  
    (mycord) --(-2.21,-0.63) node[midway, left] {$\xi_1$} ;
    \draw[black!40!green,decoration={ markings, mark=at position 0.5 with {\arrow{stealth}}}, postaction={decorate}]  
    (mycord) -- (0,-20pt) node[midway, left] {$\xi_2$};
    \draw[black!40!green,decoration={ markings, mark=at position 0.5 with {\arrow{stealth}}}, postaction={decorate}] 
    (mycord) -- (2.21,-0.63) node[midway, left] {$\xi_3$};

    % 3 Kreise mit Beschriftung
    \draw[violet,decoration={markings, mark=at position 0.26 with {\arrow[>=stealth]{<}}},
    postaction={decorate},fill=white] (-2.5,0) circle (20pt)  ;
    \node[violet,above] at (-2.5,20pt) {$\rho_1$};
    \draw[violet,decoration={markings, mark=at position 0.26 with {\arrow[>=stealth]{<}}},
    postaction={decorate},fill=white] (0,0) circle (20pt);
    \node[violet,above] at (0,20pt) {$\rho_2$};
    \draw[violet,decoration={markings, mark=at position 0.26 with {\arrow[>=stealth]{<}}},
    postaction={decorate},fill=white] (2.5,0) circle (20pt);
    \node[violet,above] at (2.5,20pt) {$\rho_3$};



    \end{tikzpicture}
    \end{center}

\end{document}
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I was able to remove the font size dependency by using (pol.corner 1).

The following code produces the desired result.

\documentclass[oneside, a4paper,12pt]{article}

\usepackage{ifthen}
\usepackage{tikz-cd}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{shapes.geometric}
\usetikzlibrary{decorations, decorations.markings} 
\usetikzlibrary{arrows, arrows.meta}
\usetikzlibrary{matrix, arrows, decorations.pathmorphing}


%==========================  Middle & pointing arrows ==========================%
%-------------------------------------------------------------------------------%
% usage: \draw[->-] or \draw[->-=6pt red 1]
%-------------------------------------------------------------------------------%
\tikzset{ ->-/.style args={#1 #2 #3}{
        decoration={markings,mark= at position 0.5 with {\arrow{stealth}}, }, 
        postaction={decorate}, }, 
    ->-/.default= {0.5 6pt black }}


%==========================  Middle & pointing arrows ==========================%
%-------------------------------------------------------------------------------%
% usage: \draw[-<-] path; or \draw[-<-=6pt red 1] path;
%-------------------------------------------------------------------------------%
\tikzset{ -<-/.style args={#1 #2 #3}{
        decoration={markings,mark= at position 0.5 with {\arrow[>=stealth]{<}}, }, 
        postaction={decorate}, }, 
    -<-/.default= {0.5 6pt black }}


\begin{document}


    \begin{center}
        \begin{tikzpicture}
        %Polygon 12 Seiten
        \node[fill=gray!10] (pol) [ 
        %draw, 
        minimum size=0.9\textwidth, regular polygon, regular polygon sides=12, rotate=195 ]{};
        \foreach \x/\y/\i in {1/2/1,5/6/2,9/10/3} %\alpha's
        \draw[black!10!red,auto=right,->-]
        (pol.corner \x)--(pol.corner \y)
        node[black!10!red,midway]{$\alpha_{\i}$};
        \foreach \x/\y/\i in {3/4/1,7/8/2,11/12/3} %inverse \alpha's
        \draw[black!10!red,auto=right,-<-]
        (pol.corner \x)--(pol.corner \y)
        node[black!10!red,midway]{$\alpha_{\i}$};
        \foreach \x/\y/\i in {2/3/1,6/7/2,10/11/3} %\beta's
        \draw[black!10!blue,auto=right,->-]
        (pol.corner \x)--(pol.corner \y)
        node[black!10!blue,midway]{$\beta_ {\i}$};
        \foreach \x/\y/\i in {4/5/1,8/9/2,12/1/3} %inverse \beta's
        \draw[black!10!blue,auto=right,-<-]
        (pol.corner \x)--(pol.corner \y)
        node[black!10!blue,midway]{$\beta_{\i}$};

        %\xi's
        \draw[black!40!green,decoration={ markings, mark=at position 0.5 with {\arrow{stealth}}}, postaction={decorate}]  
        (pol.corner 1) --(-2.21,-0.63) node[midway, left] {$\xi_1$} ;
        \draw[black!40!green,decoration={ markings, mark=at position 0.5 with {\arrow{stealth}}}, postaction={decorate}]  
        (pol.corner 1) -- (0,-20pt) node[midway, left] {$\xi_2$};
        \draw[black!40!green,decoration={ markings, mark=at position 0.5 with {\arrow{stealth}}}, postaction={decorate}] 
        (pol.corner 1) -- (2.21,-0.63) node[midway, left] {$\xi_3$};

        % 3 Kreise mit Beschriftung
        \draw[violet,decoration={markings, mark=at position 0.26 with {\arrow[>=stealth]{<}}},
        postaction={decorate},fill=white] (-2.5,0) circle (20pt)  ;
        \node[violet,above] at (-2.5,20pt) {$\rho_1$};
        \draw[violet,decoration={markings, mark=at position 0.26 with {\arrow[>=stealth]{<}}},
        postaction={decorate},fill=white] (0,0) circle (20pt);
        \node[violet,above] at (0,20pt) {$\rho_2$};
        \draw[violet,decoration={markings, mark=at position 0.26 with {\arrow[>=stealth]{<}}},
        postaction={decorate},fill=white] (2.5,0) circle (20pt);
        \node[violet,above] at (2.5,20pt) {$\rho_3$};


        \end{tikzpicture}
    \end{center}


\end{document}
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