3.21.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

3.21.2.1 Exporting graphics to PDF - huge file

http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/1542/exporting-graphics-to-pdf-huge-file

 
I want to draw some basic surfaces, export them to PDF and include them in a LaTeX file.  I create a simple 3D graphics object, for instance with 
 
ParametricPlot3D[{r Cos[\[Theta]], r Sin[\[Theta]],  ...
 

- asked by Matthew Leingang (85 votes), answered by Heike (74 votes)

3.21.2.2 How to create a new "person curve"?

http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/17704/how-to-create-a-new-person-curve

 
Wolfram|Alpha has a whole collectionź of parametric curves that create images of famous people. To see them, enter WolframAlpha["person curve"] into a Mathematica notebook, or person curve into  ...
 

- asked by Simon (61 votes), answered by Vitaliy Kaurov (30 votes)