7.59.1 Top new questions this week

7.59.1.1 Connecting 2 coordinates in tikz

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In tikz, when it comes to connecting 2 coordinates, what is the difference between the different amounts of +s and -s, such as -+ , --++ , -++ , --+. 
[tikz-pgf]
 

asked by Adrian Kong https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=249483 11 votes

answered by Black Mild https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=140722 17 votes

7.59.1.2 tikz 3d gets "too many vectors" at commercial printer - detection? fix?

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The 3d marmot included in samcarter's upcoming tugboat article on tikzlings (thanks sc!), which reduces to, 
\documentclass{article} 
\usepackage{tikzlings} 
\begin{document} 
\tikz{\marmot[3D]} 
\end{... 
[tikz-pgf] [3d] [rendering]
 

asked by Karl Berry https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=63279 10 votes

7.59.1.3 How to draw this cube with holes?

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I am trying to draw this cube 
I tried 
\documentclass[tikz,border=3mm]{standalone} 
\usepackage{tikz-3dplot} 
\begin{document} 
\tdplotsetmaincoords{60}{120} 
\begin{tikzpicture}[... 
[tikz-3dplot]
 

asked by John Paul Peter https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=250010 8 votes

answered by Juan CastaA~+-o https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=231368 19 votes

7.59.1.4 Using polyglossia, microtype and newcomputermodern with LuaLaTeX results in "0.0.0.0.0" being added

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=616329

Using the packages polyglossia, microtype and newcomputermodern when compiling with LuaLaTeX leads to ".0.0.0.0.0" being added. This occurs at the beginning of the document and with section ... 
[luatex] [polyglossia] [microtype] [newcomputermodern]
 

asked by azur https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=216369 6 votes

answered by Rmano https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=38080 6 votes

7.59.1.5 How can I convert a TeX file to Microsoft Word or LibreOffice format?

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Ia^\200\231m trying to convert a report from LaTeX to OpenDocument (.odt) or Office Open XML (.docx) formats. But the programs give errors and stop, so in the end neither formats are written. 
Option 1: Pandoc 
... 
[pdftex] [tex4ht] [pandoc] [conversion] [latex-to-word]
 

asked by corie https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=251867 6 votes

answered by musarithmia https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=56233 6 votes

7.59.1.6 How can I draw a frustum like this?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=615953

I am trying to draw a frustum with centers of two bases A, C and two radii SA and CD, height of frustum AC. 
I tried 
\documentclass[tikz,border=3mm]{standalone} 
\usepackage{tikz-3dplot} 
\begin{... 
[tikz-3dplot]
 

asked by Thuy Nguyen https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=180726 6 votes

answered by minhthien_2016 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=15080 9 votes

7.59.1.7 Issue with fade-no-fill.sty

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Ia^\200\231m trying to have colour gradient on path, and discovered fade-no-fill.sty, which latest version seems to behttps://tex.stackexchange.com/a/567029/56823. It works pretty well, but I have two small ... 
[tikz-pgf] [shading] [tikz-path]
 

asked by Archange https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=56823 6 votes

answered by Symbol 1 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=51022 6 votes