{pst-eucl} package allow the drawing of Euclidean geometric figures using LaTeX macros for specifying mathematical constraints. It is thus possible to build point using common transformations or intersections. The use of coordinates is limited to points which controlled the figure.
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spherical coordinates in tikz 3d
Can we specify direction in spherical coordinates?
I know we can do polar (angle:radius) but what is we are using tikz-3d and want to specify (r, theta, phi) where theta is the azimuthal angle?
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big angle brackets
I know that \langle and \rangle creates left and right angle brackets. But they don't seem to adopt to the size of the expression inside. For example, if I have a big matrix, I would like to angle ...
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coordinate number format \ang{}
In a table, I am listing several coordinates. I want to use a number format such as this
W 95°13'14''
W 95°03'00''
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I am using the \ang{} environment of the siunitx package.
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Rotation by a non-integer amount
I have to apply a very slightly rotation to an image, a rotation of less than 1º. But it looks like all the rotation commands I've found can handle only integer angles: all the non-integer measures ...
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How to put an angle on a specific point?
I would like to, for example, make an triangle with one angle of 50 degrees and the adjacent segments of 4cm, so I can do that with the following code:
\begin{pspicture}(0,0)(6,5)
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How can I draw a right angle with MetaPost?
I want to use MetaPost to draw a right angle BAC. A = (20,30), B = (0,0), the top of the angle is point A.
How can I compute the coordinate of point C?
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Mark 90 degree angle in tikz in german convention
What's the best way to denote a 90 degree angle with german convention like on the following picture in tikz:
Suppose I start with something like this:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
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TikZ overwrites gnuplot .gnuplot file
I do not know if what I am bringing up is a feature or a bug.
I am trying to get a cos x trig plot in degrees generated by gnuplot and plotted by TikZ. My .gnuplot file looks like this:
set table ...
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How to Intersect an arc with a line without calculating the angle
I'd like to draw an optics-related figure, for which I need to draw several beams with varying opening angles, which will need to be labeled.
What I've come up at the moment (boiled down to a minimal ...
