
How to plot circle with text aligned along its circumference
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Hi,
How to plot a circle at X=0, Y=0 and radius=10, and inculde its radius as text in its circumference.
best
regards
jayant
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Thorsten
on 11 Apr 2025
If your goal is to plot the text along the circle, you can use this code. Adopt the starting angle (135) and the angular offset (5) to your needs.
centerY = 0;
Radius = 10;
viscircles([centerX ,centerY ], Radius );
word = 'my circled text';
i = 1;
for alpha = 135:-5:135-(numel(word)-1)*5
text(10*cosd(alpha), 10*sind(alpha), word(i), 'Rotation', alpha-90, 'FontSize', 20);
i = i+ 1;
end

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Awais Saeed
on 20 Aug 2021
centerX = 0;
centerY = 0;
Radius = 10;
viscircles([centerX ,centerY ], Radius ); % it creates a circle with given parameters
text(centerX, Radius,'R = 10') % to add text to your plot
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Awais Saeed
on 20 Aug 2021
You would have to chage the axes if you want to change position of your text.
xlim([-Radius-3 Radius+3])
ylim([-Radius-3 Radius+3])
text(centerX, Radius+1,'R = 10') % Note it will display text at Y = 11
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