expoweb/documents/therionprotractors/therionpage.tex

\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{article}

% Change the scale using the value on line 24, and the size of the divisions on line 27
% The protractors are 4cm in radius

% packages
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage[outline]{contour}
\usepackage{standalone}
\usepackage[margin=10mm]{geometry}

\newcommand{\therionprotract}{
\begin{tikzpicture}[scale=1]

\contourlength{1.2pt}

% ********************************************************************************
% Set the coordinates and dimensions to draw from
% ********************************************************************************

% Origin
\coordinate (O) at (0,0);

% Scale of the protractor, change this to the desired scale
\pgfmathsetmacro{\scaleto}{250}			% 1:scaleto

% Size of the major divisions on the linear scale
\pgfmathsetmacro{\majordivision}{1}		% size in meters

% Size of the text numbers
\newcommand{\textsize}{\tiny}

% Intrinisc dimensions and conversion factors
\pgfmathsetmacro{\convert}{100}			% conversion from meters to centimeters
\pgfmathsetmacro{\mintick}{0.1}			% size in centimeters
\pgfmathsetmacro{\majtick}{0.2}			% size in centimeters
\pgfmathsetmacro{\minradii}{0.5}		% fractional radius where dotted radial lines start
\pgfmathsetmacro{\minradiiend}{1-\minradii}	% remainder

% Size and scale of the drawing
\pgfmathsetmacro{\rad}{4}		% size on page in cm
\pgfmathsetmacro{\majdiv}{\majordivision*\convert/\scaleto}	% size on page in cm
\pgfmathsetmacro{\mindiv}{0.5*\majdiv}	% size on page in cm

% Slightly reduced radii for the scale bar
\pgfmathsetmacro{\radscale}{\rad-\mindiv}

% Numbers for labelling 
\pgfmathsetmacro{\radius}{\rad*\scaleto/\convert}			% size in meters
\pgfmathsetmacro{\minordivision}{0.5*\majordivision}	% size in meters


% ********************************************************************************
% Draw the foreshortening lines
% ********************************************************************************

% Vertical lines
\foreach \var in {0,\mindiv,...,\radscale}
{
	\draw[gray] (O) ++ (\var,0) -- ++ (0,\rad);
	\draw[gray] (O) ++ (-\var,0) -- ++ (0,\rad);
}

% White out the excess length
\draw[thick,white,fill=white] (O) ++ (\rad,0) arc(0:180:\rad) -- ++ (0,\rad) -- ++ (2*\rad,0) -- cycle;


% ********************************************************************************
% Draw the circumcircles
% ********************************************************************************

\foreach \var in {0,\mindiv,...,\rad}
{
	\draw[gray] (O) ++ (\var,0) arc (0:180:\var);
}


% ********************************************************************************
% Draw the radii
% ********************************************************************************

\foreach \theta in {10,40,...,160}
{
	\draw[red] (O) ++ (\theta:\mindiv) -- ++ (\theta:\radscale);
}

\foreach \theta in {20,50,...,170}
{
	\draw[blue] (O) ++ (\theta:\mindiv) -- ++ (\theta:\radscale);
}

\foreach \theta in {30,60,...,150}
{
	\draw[black] (O) ++ (\theta:\mindiv) -- ++ (\theta:\radscale);
}

\foreach \theta in {5,15,...,175}
{
	\draw[black,dotted] (O) ++ (\theta:\minradii*\rad) -- ++ (\theta:\minradiiend*\rad);
}


% ********************************************************************************
% Draw the angular scale
% ***************************h*****************************************************

\foreach \theta in {1,2,...,179}
{
	\draw[black,thick] (O) ++ (\theta:\rad) -- ++ (\theta:-\mintick);
}

\foreach \theta in {5,10,...,175}
{
	\draw[black,thick] (O) ++ (\theta:\rad) -- ++ (\theta:-\majtick);
}


% ********************************************************************************
% Draw the linear scale
% ********************************************************************************


\foreach \var in {0,\mindiv,...,\radscale}
{
	\draw[black,thick] (O) ++ (\var,0) -- ++ (0,\mintick);
	\draw[black,thick] (O) ++ (-\var,0) -- ++ (0,\mintick);
}

\foreach \var in {0,\majdiv,...,\radscale}
{
	\draw[black,thick] (O) ++ (\var,0) -- ++ (0,\majtick);
	\draw[black,thick] (O) ++ (-\var,0) -- ++ (0,\majtick);
}



% ********************************************************************************
% Draw the outline
% ********************************************************************************

\draw[black,thick] (O) ++ (\rad,0) arc (0:180:\rad) -- cycle;
\draw[black,thick] (O) -- ++ (0,\majtick);


% ********************************************************************************
% Draw the angle numbers
% ********************************************************************************

\foreach \theta in {10,20,...,80}
{
	\pgfmathsetmacro{\thetaopposite}{\theta+180}
	
	\draw[black] (O) ++ (\theta:\rad) -- ++ (\theta:-\majtick) node[anchor=south,near start,sloped,rotate=90,text=black] {
		\textsize
		\begin{tabular}{c}
		\contour{white}{\pgfmathprintnumber{\theta}}\\
		\contour{white}{\pgfmathprintnumber{\thetaopposite}}
		\end{tabular}
	};
}

\foreach \theta in {90,100,...,170}
{
	\pgfmathsetmacro{\thetaopposite}{\theta+180}
	
	\draw[black] (O) ++ (\theta:\rad) -- ++ (\theta:-\majtick) node[anchor=south,near start,sloped,rotate=-90,text=black] {
		\textsize
		\begin{tabular}{c}
		\contour{white}{\pgfmathprintnumber{\theta}}\\
		\contour{white}{\pgfmathprintnumber{\thetaopposite}}
		\end{tabular}
	};
};


% ********************************************************************************
% Draw the linear numbers
% ********************************************************************************

\pgfmathsetmacro{\labmax}{\radius-\majordivision}
\pgfmathsetmacro{\labsecond}{\majordivision+\majordivision}

\foreach \var in {\majordivision,\labsecond,...,\labmax}
{
	\pgfmathsetmacro{\varpos}{\var*\convert/\scaleto}
	
	\draw[black,thick] (O) ++ (\varpos,0) -- ++ (0,\mintick) node [above=-2pt] {\contour{white}{\textsize\pgfmathprintnumber{\var}}};
	\draw[black,thick] (O) ++ (-\varpos,0) -- ++ (0,\mintick) node [above=-2pt] {\contour{white}{\textsize\pgfmathprintnumber{\var}}};
}


% ********************************************************************************
% Draw the scale number
% ********************************************************************************

\draw[black] (O) ++ (0,\rad/3) -- ++ (0,\rad/3) node [midway,anchor=center,sloped,text=black] {\contour{white}{\textsize $1$:\pgfmathprintnumber{\scaleto}}};


\end{tikzpicture}	
}

\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) {\therionprotract};
	}
}

\end{tikzpicture}
\end{figure}
\end{document}