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by carcophan
Fri Mar 11, 2011 11:30 am
Forum: Graphics, Figures & Tables
Topic: Is there a minimum line length in picture elements
Replies: 5
Views: 3158

Is there a minimum line length in picture elements

> For the picture environment you should at least use the pict2e package for some enhancements.

Brilliant. That did the trick (and it still displays in PDF which is what I needed).

Thanks Thorsten. Below is a modified version of the code which displayed the problem that now works fine.

Thanks ...
by carcophan
Fri Mar 11, 2011 10:33 am
Forum: Graphics, Figures & Tables
Topic: Is there a minimum line length in picture elements
Replies: 5
Views: 3158

Is there a minimum line length in picture elements

> The lower limit for the "length" is about 3.5mm in LaTeX

This doesn't seem to be the issue I'm seeing as the following code demonstrates:


\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article}
\begin{document}

\setlength{\unitlength}{0.8cm}
\begin{picture}(4,4)
\put(0,0){\line(1,1){0.44}} %% Displays OK ...
by carcophan
Thu Mar 10, 2011 3:46 pm
Forum: Graphics, Figures & Tables
Topic: Is there a minimum line length in picture elements
Replies: 5
Views: 3158

Is there a minimum line length in picture elements

Hello all,

I'm using a picture element to display a simple diagram and I can't get some lines to appear. The following code shows the problem:


\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article}
\begin{document}

\setlength{\unitlength}{0.8cm}
\begin{picture}(4,4)
\put(0,0){\line(1,1){0.44}} %% Displays OK ...