Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ PGF and TikZ

[ghostanime2001]

How can I put a \draw command inside the curly braces of a circular node? I want to draw a shape with the \draw command inside the node so How can I do that?

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{arrows,decorations.pathmorphing,backgrounds,positioning,fit,petri}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\path (0,0) node [shape=circle,draw] {}
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

[localghost]

If you give a visual example of what you are after, it would be much more helpful. Add a sketch if necessary.


Thorsten

[ghostanime2001]

By curly braces i mean this line

\path (0,0) node [shape=circle,draw] {}

.

I want to make a shape inside the circle but the curly braces

{}

only allow text or is there some way of modifying to allow shape drawing too?

[localghost]

I know what curly braces are. You shall give a visual example of the resulting output you have in mind. Something that we can look at to reproduce it.

[frederic]

I think this is what you are looking for: You want to insert tikz code inside the braces that define the node content. To do this, create a tikzpicture (with begin{tikzpicture} and \end{tikzpicture} within the braces. Another way, shorter, is to use the \tikz command (as in my example). Keep in mind that the coordinates defined within this embedded picture are not linked to the initial tikzpicture, they are local.

The example is

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\begin{tikzpicture}

\node[rectangle,draw,inner sep=5pt,fill=blue] (example) {\tikz{\draw[fill=red] (0,0) circle[radius=1cm];}};

\end{tikzpicture}

[ghostanime2001]

that's exactly what I was looking for. Sometimes the manual explicitly say that its for text but don't say that it can also embed a graphic inside a graphic -_-'