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I'm trying to draw something like this using TikZ:

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It could be one ring which is broken or it could be different parts of different rings. The text should be also bent (not as shown on the paint picture:)

I want to do it with some TikZ built in functions, objects.

Is there a way to do it?

saldenisov
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2 Answers2

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Something to start with

\documentclass[tikz,border=2mm]{standalone}
\usetikzlibrary{decorations.text}

\begin{document}

\begin{tikzpicture} 
\draw (120:2cm) arc [start angle = 120, end angle=60, radius=2cm] --++(60:1cm) arc [start angle=60, end angle=120, radius=3cm] --++(120:-1cm)--cycle;
\draw[decorate,decoration={text along path, text=this is a text, text align={align=center}}] (120:2.5cm) arc(120:60:2.5cm);

\draw (269:2cm) arc [start angle = 269, end angle=133, radius=2cm] --++(133:1cm) arc [start angle=133, end angle=269, radius=3cm] --++(269:-1cm)--cycle;
\draw[decorate,decoration={text along path, text=this is a text, text align={align=center}}] (269:2.5cm) arc(269:133:2.5cm);

\draw (55:2cm) arc [start angle = 55, end angle=-80, radius=2cm] --++(-80:1cm) arc [start angle=-80, end angle=55, radius=3cm] --++(55:-1cm)--cycle;
\draw[decorate,decoration={text along path, text=this is a text, text align={align=center}}] (55:2.5cm) arc(55:-80:2.5cm);
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

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Update Command \drawsector

I'm not sure to understand your comment but you can always define a command to simplify typping.

Command \drawsector has 5 parameters plus 1 optional. 

\drawsector[draw options]{text radius}{width}{start angle}{delta angle}{text}

text radius is supose to be text baseline radius and because sector border is shifted around text center, I've (negative) raised the text. May be some other decoration can place text verticaly aligned to its center, but I don't know how to do it.

delta angle means angular widthness (does exist this word?)

\documentclass[tikz,border=2mm]{standalone}
\usetikzlibrary{decorations.text}

%\drawsector[]{text radius}{width}{start angle}{delta angle}{text}
\newcommand{\drawsector}[6][]{
    \draw[#1] (#4:{#2-.5*#3}) arc [start angle = #4, delta angle=-#5, radius={#2-.5*#3}]--++({#4-#5}:#3) arc [start angle = {#4- #5}, delta angle=#5, radius={#2+.5*#3}] --cycle;
\draw[decorate,decoration={raise=-3pt, text along path, text=#6, text align={align=center}}] (#4:#2) arc(#4:(#4-#5):#2);
}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}   
\drawsector{2}{1}{130}{100}{this is my text}

\drawsector[draw=green, thick, fill=green!20]{3.2}{.8}{60}{120}{this is another text}

\drawsector[draw=none, fill=blue!30]{2.5}{2}{180}{40}{text}
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

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If your question was how to draw a circular sector around a certain circular text, you can try to use Frédéric's answer to How to Intersect an arc with a line without calculating the angle

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Ignasi
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The wheelchart package, which I wrote, can be used.

The text in the arcs is given to the key arc data. This text is centered in the arc with the key arc data pos=0.5.

The gaps between the arcs are obtained with the key gap polar=5.

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\documentclass[border=6pt]{standalone}
\usepackage{wheelchart}
\usetikzlibrary{decorations.text}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\sffamily
\wheelchart[
  arc data=\WCvarC,
  arc data pos=0.5,
  arc data style={text color=white},
  data=,
  gap polar=5,
  slices style={\WCvarB!50,draw=\WCvarB}
]{%
  1/cyan/text A,
  2/violet/text B,
  4/gray/text C%
}
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}
matexmatics
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