symbols of pencil, ruler and compass

Question

How can I produce the codes to get the symbols of pencil, ruler and compass in LATEX? I'm gonna write a sentence I can draw this figure by using simple tools in my presentation. So I prefer to include symbols pencil, ruler and compass instead of the words simple tools. Is it possible?

Answer 1

First a pencil:

\documentclass[tikz,border=1cm]{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}

\begin{document}
        \begin{tikzpicture}[rotate=30]
            \fill[gray!50] (0,4) -- (0.4,4) -- (0.4,0) --(0.3,-0.15) -- (0.2,0) -- (0.1,-0.14) -- (0,0) -- cycle;
            \draw[color=white] (0.2,4) -- (0.2,0);
            \fill[black] (0,3.5) -- (0.2,3.47) -- (0.4,3.5) -- (0.4,4) arc(30:150:0.23cm);
            \fill[brown!40] (0,0) -- (0.2,-0.8)node[coordinate,pos=0.75](a){} -- (0.4,0)node[coordinate,pos=0.25](b){} -- (0.3,-0.15) -- (0.2,0) -- (0.1,-0.14) -- cycle;
            \fill[gray] (a) -- (0.2,-0.8) -- (b) -- cycle;
        \end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

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And a scale (ruler):

\documentclass[tikz,border=1cm]{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}

\begin{document}
        \begin{tikzpicture}[rotate=-30,transform shape]
            \draw (-0.2,0) rectangle (15.5,1);
            %% lower divisions
            \foreach \x in {0,1,...,15}{
            \draw (\x,0) -- (\x,0.2)node[above,scale=0.4]{\x};
            }
            \foreach \x in {0.1,0.2,...,14.9}{
            \draw (\x,0) -- (\x,0.075);
            }
            \foreach \x in {0.5,1,...,14.5}{
            \draw (\x,0) -- (\x,0.15);
            }
            % Upper divisions
            \foreach \x in {0,1,...,6}{
            \draw (\x in,1) -- (\x in,0.8)node[below,scale=0.4]{\x};
            }
            \foreach \x in {0.1,0.2,...,5.9}{
            \draw (\x in,1) -- (\x in,0.925);
            }
            \foreach \x in {0.5,1,...,5.5}{
            \draw (\x in,1) -- (\x in,0.85);
            }
        \end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

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And a compass:

\documentclass[tikz,border=1cm]{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}

\begin{document}
    \begin{tikzpicture}[rotate=0,transform shape]
    %\draw[help lines] (0,0) grid (5,5);
       \draw (2.95,3.7) rectangle (3,3.95);
       \draw (2.92,3.68) -- (2.5,2.5) -- (2.5,2.3) -- (2.99,3.68);
       \draw (3.5,2.5) -- (3.43,2.48);
       \draw (3.04,3.68) -- (3.5,2.5) -- (3.5,2.3) -- (2.975,3.68);
       \draw (2.5,2.5) -- (2.56,2.48);
       \draw[fill=white] (2.975,3.75) circle (0.1cm);
       \draw (2.975,3.75) circle (0.04cm);
       \draw (2.5,3.2) -- (3.5,3.2);
       \draw[line width = 0.5pt,line cap=round] (2.975,3.15) -- (2.975,3.25);
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

Answer 2

The new package outilsgeomtikz features some of these objets. The name outilsgeomtikz is for the French words Outils géométrie TikZ (Tools geometry TikZ). I'm not the author.

(image taken from the cover page of the documentation)

Answer 3

It's an old question but maybe it's helpful some people (like me): there is a package pst-geometrictools: "draw­ing of pro­trac­tors, rulers, com­passes and pen­cils."