\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{article} % packages \usepackage{tikz} \usepackage[outline]{contour} \usepackage{standalone} \usepackage[margin=10mm]{geometry} \begin{document} \begin{figure} \centering \begin{tikzpicture} \pgfmathsetmacro{\xdist}{8.5} \pgfmathsetmacro{\ydist}{4.5} \foreach \xval in {1,2} { \foreach \yval in {1,2,...,6} { \node at (\xval*\xdist,\yval*\ydist) {\input{therionprotractor500.tex}}; } } \end{tikzpicture} \end{figure} \end{document}