%POLAR COORDINATES %The print template for A4 paper (portrait) %Author: Zoran Nikolic \documentclass[12pt]{article} \usepackage[margin=0.5in,paper=a4paper]{geometry} %Shrinking margins to 0.5in \usepackage[x11names]{xcolor} %Additional colors \usepackage{tikz} %%%< \usepackage{verbatim} \usepackage[active,tightpage]{preview} \PreviewEnvironment{tikzpicture} \setlength\PreviewBorder{5pt}% %%%> % Found at https://texample.net/tikz/examples/polar-coordinates-template/ \begin{comment} :Title: Polar coordinates template \end{comment} \usepackage{euler} %Nicer numbers %Note about the colors: % The color of the "ray" lines should not be % black or gray as on some printers, significant % aliasing distorsion becomes visible. \begin{document} \thispagestyle{empty} %Please, no page numbers or similar \begin{center} \begin{tikzpicture} %Circles \foreach \r in {1, 2,...,7} \draw[SteelBlue3, thick] (0,0) circle (\r); \foreach \r in {0.5, 1.5,...,7} \draw[Azure4, thin] (0,0) circle (\r); %1° Rays \foreach \a in {0, 1,...,359} \draw[Azure4] (\a:7.7) -- (\a:8); %5° Rays \foreach \a in {0, 5,...,359} \draw[Azure4] (\a:7.5) -- (\a:8); %15° Rays \foreach \a in {0, 15,...,359} \draw[thick,Azure4] (\a:1) -- (\a:8); %30° Rays \foreach \a in {0, 30,...,359} \draw[thick,Azure4] (0, 0) -- (\a:8); %Radius labels (background filled white) \foreach \r in {1, 2,...,7} \draw (\r,0) node[inner sep=1pt,below=3pt,rectangle,fill=white] {$\r$}; %Main rays \foreach \a in {0, 90,...,359} \draw[very thick] (0, 0) -- (\a:8); %Angle labels \foreach \a in {0, 15,...,359} \draw (\a: 8.5) node {$\a^\circ$}; %Central point \draw[fill=red] (0,0) circle(0.7mm); \end{tikzpicture} \end{center} \end{document}