8.3.1 Top new questions this week

8.3.1.1 Drawing dice with rounded corners simulation

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=629717

I use the following code from this post, to draw dice simulation. 
\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{article} 
\usepackage{verbatim} 
\usepackage{tikz} 
\usetikzlibrary{calc,shapes} 
\usepackage{tikz-3dplot} 
\... 
[tikz-pgf]
 

asked by Hany https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=93617 16 votes

answered by Nico https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=82926 14 votes

8.3.1.2 When ending a sentence with the period, does it matter if the period is in maths mode or not?

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Option 1: 
The area of the disk is \[\pi r^2.\] 
Option 2: 
The area of the disk is \[\pi r^2\text{.} \] 
Do they produce exactly the same result? If not, is the second option more "standard" ... 
[math-mode] [formatting] [punctuation]
 

asked by Zuriel https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=66850 10 votes

answered by David Carlisle https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=1090 11 votes

8.3.1.3 Why is my TeX file treated as a PostScript document in arXiv submission, with error 'no tex files found'?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=629928

While submitting my paper (produced using Overleaf) to arXiv, I found that the main TeX file (named ms.tex) is treated as a PostScript file. 
Then, after processing the files, I get the following line ... 
[overleaf] [arxiv]
 

asked by Richard https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=232595 9 votes

answered by David Carlisle https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=1090 23 votes

8.3.1.4 Funny interference in worldflags vs smartdiagram

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=629435

Any idea of how the definitions of the flags with ornaments (in the interesting worldflags package) are disturbed ? 
\documentclass[border=10pt]{standalone} 
\usepackage{tikz,smartdiagram,worldflags} 
\... 
[tikz-pgf] [smartdiagram]
 

asked by JeT https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=163874 8 votes

answered by TorbjA~,rn T. https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=586 8 votes

8.3.1.5 What package now provides \NewDocumentCommand?

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I see that I can use the command \NewDocumentCommand 
without adding \usepackage{xparse} 
What package contains \NewDocumentCommand? 
Is there a package that contains the xparse package? 
Does any LaTeX ... 
[packages] [xparse]
 

asked by Toma https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=183000 8 votes

answered by Phelype Oleinik https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=134574 12 votes

8.3.1.6 How to tile brick on the parabolic cylinder

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=629704

I want to draw the brick kilns as below picture. 
Please help me tile brick on the parabola cyclider wall. 
Thank you in advance! 
MWE is 
\documentclass[tikz,border=2mm]{standalone} 
\usetikzlibrary{3d,... 
[tikz-pgf] [pattern]
 

asked by Nam Tran Le https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=193916 7 votes

answered by Juan CastaA~+-o https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=231368 4 votes

8.3.1.7 Draw a line vertically above/below another through a given point

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=629555

Given the points A, B and P below, I would like to draw a line parallel to AB and passes through P (or just points towards P if P is not between A and B on the x-axis as in this example). In other ... 
[tikz-pgf]
 

asked by bluk https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=244406 7 votes

answered by Black Mild https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=140722 5 votes