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More advanced sketch

More advanced sketch — Last week, I introduced sketch as a tool to generate 2D projections of truly 3D scenes that have the correct depth perception. The final result of that post was the drawing below: This example was...

Using TikZ with sketch — In a previous post I introduced TikZ, a powerful LaTeX package that helps you create high quality drawings that can be directly incorporated into LaTeX documents. TikZ itself is highly suited for creating simple 1D...

Making diagrams and flowcharts with LaTeX: TikZ

Making diagrams and flowcharts with LaTeX: TikZ — When scientists (again, I should really limit myself to astrophysicists, because I cannot really speak for other sciences) need to create figures to put in journal papers, in presentations or on posters, they usually need...