How to draw an equilateral triangle with text on the edges (corners) using TikZ?

Question

I want to draw a triangle with text on the edges (corners) as shown in the image.

The MWE [modified from 1] is:

\documentclass[border=5mm]{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{shapes.geometric}
\tikzset{
    buffer/.style={
        draw,
        shape border rotate=90,
        isosceles triangle,
        isosceles triangle apex angle=60,
        node distance=2cm,
        minimum height=2em
    }
}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\node[buffer]{Text};
\draw node[above]{Text};
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

What have you tried so far? Please add that code to your question. Thank you — MS-SPO, Jun 19 '23 at 19:03
I have added MWE. I have tried to merge the above with this solution [https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/13539/label-sides-of-rectangles-and-triangles]. — user3582228, Jun 19 '23 at 19:38
You have several options to continue. Look e.g. for anchor in the manual, and polar coordinates. — MS-SPO, Jun 19 '23 at 20:04
You can just draw that triangle without a shape and place nodes at the corners: \draw[align=center] (0,0) node[left]{x} --+(right:4) node[right]{y} --+(60:4) node[above]{z} --cycle; You just need to fill the node with content. — Qrrbrbirlbel, Jun 19 '23 at 20:06
Alternatively, name the triangle node and use it's anchors for placing the three text nodes. Possibly, you can even use the label key but it makes the input a bit weird. — Qrrbrbirlbel, Jun 19 '23 at 20:08

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 20 '23 at 07:34

Here you have two solutions. One places text nodes after the triangle and second uses three labels to place the text.

\documentclass[border=5mm]{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{shapes.geometric, positioning}
\tikzset{
    buffer/.style={
        draw,
        shape border rotate=90,
        isosceles triangle,
        isosceles triangle apex angle=60,
        node distance=2cm,
        minimum height=2em
    },
    textblock/.style={text width=2cm, inner sep=0pt, align=#1},
}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\node[buffer] (a) {Text.in};
\node[textblock=center, above= 1mm of a]{Some text text text text text text};
\node[textblock=left, above right= 0mm and 0mm of a.right corner]{Right text text text text text text text};
\node[textblock=right, above left= 0mm and 0mm of a.left corner]{Left text text text text text text text};
\end{tikzpicture}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\node[buffer, label={[textblock=center]above:Above text text},
label={[textblock=left, anchor=south west]right corner:Right text text},
label={[textblock=right, anchor=south east]left corner:Left text text},
] (a) {Text.in};
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

How to draw an equilateral triangle with text on the edges (corners) using TikZ?

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