barsam@eng.umd.edu (Barsam Marasli) (06/11/91)
How does one draw a small pentagon and a hexagon in TeX/LaTex that can fit inside an imaginary circle of radius 0.06in? I have tried LateX's picture environment but it doesn't let you draw slanted lines that are smaller than certain length, and I don't know how to draw a line in TeX. Thanks in advance. BM
barsam@eng.umd.edu (Barsam Marasli) (06/11/91)
In article <1991Jun10.172800.1460@eng.umd.edu> barsam@eng.umd.edu (Barsam Marasli) writes: > >How does one draw a small pentagon and a hexagon in TeX/LaTex >that can fit inside an imaginary circle of radius 0.06in? >I have tried LateX's picture environment but it doesn't let >you draw slanted lines that are smaller than certain length, >and I don't know how to draw a line in TeX. > >Thanks in advance. > >BM > Since my posting I found a package called "epic" (Enhancements to the Picture Environment of LaTeX) by Sunil Podar of SUNY, which allows me to do the things I want to do. Many thanks to everyone who replied. BM
marc@sequoia.cray.com (Marc Bouron) (06/12/91)
In article <1991Jun10.172800.1460@eng.umd.edu>, barsam@eng.umd.edu (Barsam Marasli) writes: > > How does one draw a small pentagon and a hexagon in TeX/LaTex > that can fit inside an imaginary circle of radius 0.06in? > I have tried LateX's picture environment but it doesn't let > you draw slanted lines that are smaller than certain length, > and I don't know how to draw a line in TeX. There is only a fixed number of gradients of lines in the LaTeX picture environment. As I understand, this is because a special font is used which consists of a number of line segments -- hence the restriction. You could use Pic (or is it Epic?) which uses the period `.' character to `paint' graphics. Of course, this results in large DVI overheads... I find graphics is best done with a PostScript drawing tool -- include the graphics in the TeX/LaTeX document using the `psfig' package. This is only any use if you output to a PostScript device :-) > Thanks in advance. > > BM [M][a][r][c] ################################################################################ # # marc@sequoia.cray.com # . . # # Marc CR Bouron # M.Bouron@cray.co.uk (ARPA) # _|\ /|_ # # Cray Research (UK) Ltd. # M.Bouron@crayuk.uucp (DOMAIN) # (_|_V_|_) # # +44 344 485971 x2208 # M.Bouron@uk.co.cray (JANET) # | | # # # ...!ukc!crayuk!M.Bouron (UUCP) # # ################################################################################