\documentclass{article} \usepackage[pdftex,active,tightpage]{preview} \setlength\PreviewBorder{2mm} \usepackage{tikz} \usepackage{tkz-fct} \usetikzlibrary{shapes.misc} \usetikzlibrary{shapes, calc, decorations} \usepackage{amsmath,amssymb} \begin{document} \begin{preview} \begin{tikzpicture}[dot/.style={ thick, %draw=gray, %cross out, fill, shape=circle, inner sep=3pt, minimum width=4pt, minimum height=4pt}] \newcommand{\R}{2cm}; \node (a) [dot] at (0,0) {}; \node (b) [dot] at (\R,0) {}; \node (c) [dot] at ({\R*cos(60)},{\R*sin(60)}) {}; %\draw[dashed,thick] (a) circle(\R); %\draw[dashed,thick] (b) circle(\R); %\draw[dashed,thick] (c) circle(\R); \draw[->, ultra thick] (a) -- (b); \draw[->, ultra thick] (b) -- (c); \draw[->, ultra thick] (c) -- (a); \end{tikzpicture} \end{preview} \end{document}