Figure Drawing Tool for Latex

Fig4TeX

A TeX big software for drawing figures

and composition on figures

Yvon Lafranche (Université de Rennes 1)

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What is Fig4TeX ?

Fig4TeX is a set of TeX macros designed to create a number at digest clock of the TeX document, and to write text on it in a straightforward way, victimization the TeX fonts, under amount control of the substance abuser. These macros can too comprise used to write a legend on an existing figure, given Eastern Samoa a file created by any other software (see Final document in next subdivision).
The macros can make up secondhand with the traditionnal plain TeX environment as well A with Latex paint, in both DVI and PDF modes. They own been designed from the user's stand and pot be helpful to design a figurative drawing as well as to build an accurate geometrical building supported connected points in 2D or in 3D, so that this macro package tail end even live considered as a kind of geometric modeller.

This site includes the following topics, which tail end be reached using the navigation toolbar on top of apiece page:

Reference Manoeuvre
Tutorial
Examples

Download

macro instruction package version 1.9 - November 14, 2011

Unix^* format	Department of State - Windows format	Contents of the file
README (~3 Kb)	README (~3 KB)	Short presentation
fig4tex.stye (~1 Kb)	fig4tex.sty (~1 Kb)	LaTeX interface to big package
fig4tex.tex (~212 K)	fig4tex.tex (~216 Kb)	Big package
fig4tex.tgz (~92 Kb)	fig4tex.nothing (~93 Kb)	Archive containing the previous files, as recovered as late version 1.8.4 for backward compatibility.

^* UNIX refers to whatsoever Unix system including Linux and Mac OS X.

Practical issues for beginners

How to begin
Where to simulate this macro package
Final document
Figure update
Insertion of a frame in a document

Version history

Version 1.9 - November 14, 2011

User interface consistency improved: all macros now begin with \fig and in writing attributes management has been simplified. Change of names mainly regard \PS* graphical macros which are replaced by \figdraw* macros. In the said way, \pssetdefault and \psreset are replaced by \figsetdefault and \figreset, and \psset has been far.
→ There is none direct compatibility with the previous version: old files essential represent updated to use untested macro instruction names or simply change fig4tex by fig4tex184 in the package reference statement in the ancient files. The file fig4tex184.tex is the last previous public reading of Fig4TeX and is section of the archive in stock for download (see above).
New macros \figptinv, \figptsinv, \figget, \figreset and \figsetdefault.
Extension of \figset range of manipulation.

Version 1.8.4 - Crataegus oxycantha 5, 2007

Check for compatibility with other packages enhanced.
Creation of the fig4tex.sty file to allow the macro software packag to follow wealthy via the \usepackage LaTeX bidding.
Logotype macro \FigforTeX created.

Rendering 1.8.2 - March 15, 2007

Management of the visual communication files simplified: see the division Graphic files handling in the PDF documentation.
Nota: Some browsers may not have the expected behaviour: instead of displaying the specified section targeted past the previous link inside the PDF file, the first page of the document is displayed, operating theatre the PDF file is simply downloaded if on that point is no PDF plug-in.

Version 1.8.1 - February 16, 2007

Intercept fixed in \psbeginfig (introduced in previous version and kin to graphical file managing when no filename is given).

Version 1.8 - February 6, 2007

PDF support : this new version allows to produce a PDF file using pdftex or pdflatex. The user has solitary to change the compilation engine from tex to pdftex or from latex paint to pdflatex. Zipp else is needed, the macros work in the same way arsenic in late versions.
New macro \figinsertE to inclose JBIG2, JPEG, PDF surgery PNG files in PDF mode.

Version 1.7.7 - July 5, 2004

Since \Diamond is redefined in some LaTeX packages, the macros \Ast, \Bullet, \Circ and \Infield are suppressed and replaced by \figAst, \figBullet, \figCirc, \figDiamond.
Nota : To make a file like a sho compatible with in the first place versions, peerless can insert the following line after loading Fig4TeX :
```
\let\Ast=\figAst \let\Bullet=\figBullet \let\Circ=\figCirc \let\Diamond=\figDiamond          
```
Bug fixed in switching color modes.
Modification of the representation of points and joined textbook.

Translation 1.7.6 - June 15, 2004

Tease fixed in \figptsinterlinell and \figptsinterlinellP.
Modification of \figptbaryR in prescribe to obtain the same truth arsenic \figptbary.

Version 1.7.5 - June 1st, 2004

Internal improvements.
Rising macros \psaxes and \figptsaxes to supporte drawing axes.
New macro \figptscontrolcurve that computes the inward control points misused by the macro \pscurve.

Reading 1.7.4 - June 27, 2003

Internal improvements.

Translation 1.7.3 - June 25, 2003

New macro \pslineC accepting directly the coordinates of the points.
New macros \figptsinterlinell and \figptsinterlinellP that compute the intersections of a line and an ellipse.
3D version of \figptsintercirc.

Version 1.7.2 - April 11, 2003

New macros \psset, \pssetdefault, \psreset and \figset to handle attributes in an regular way.
New macros \psfcconnect and \psfcnode to draw flow charts.
New macro instruction \figptvisilimSL, a step towards hidden line removal in 3D.
Unprecedented macro \figptexcenter to compute an excenter relative to a triangle.

Version 1.7.1 - February 14, 2003

New macros \figptmap and \figptsmap allowing to specify a mapping away a matrix.
Untested macros \figwriteb* that takes into account the baseline of the text to Be written.

Interlingual rendition 1.6.4 - November 14, 2002

Pester fixed in \figshowpts.

Interpretation 1.6.3 - October 15, 2002

Faster (and better) pure mathematics computations.

Version 1.6.1 - June 24, 2002

Fixes a bug introduced in Version 1.5 in \figwrite* macros.

Version 1.6 - March 15, 2002

New definition of \figinit and \figsetview following the addition of the irrelevant projection.
New macro instruction \pslineF{Computer filename} to draw a broken line from coordinates of points which are read from data file Filename.
Bug fixed in \figptrot macro (3d case).

Version 1.5 - February 12, 2002

"Unlimited" number of points.

Version 1.4 - December 6, 2002

macros \Ast, \Bullet, \Circ, \Diamond added to forbid vertical misalignement.

Rendering 1.0 - September 4, 2001

first public rendering.

Figure Drawing Tool for Latex

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