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calculus_nerd · Post by **calculus_nerd** » Tue Apr 21, 2015 9:15 pm

: Piecewise function produced by the College Board; Screen Shot 2015-04-21 at 3.11.54 PM.png (24.69 KiB) Viewed 12876 times

Does anyone know what program the College Board uses to plot, draw figures, etc.? A screenshot of one of their plots is attached. I can't really tell if they use LaTeX.

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Post by **Stefan Kottwitz** » Tue Apr 21, 2015 9:33 pm

Welcome to the forum!

It doesn't look perfect, so it's either not done with LaTeX or it's not done very well. For example, the function plot at the left is not smooth, and the base line of the origin doesn't match the base line of the numbers at the x tick marks.

The question is: would you like to imitate the College Board, or would you like to recommend us a very good way of plotting and drawing? My strong recommendation would be pgfplots for plotting and TikZ for general drawings.

Stefan

calculus_nerd · Post by **calculus_nerd** » Tue Apr 21, 2015 11:13 pm

Their figures may not be perfect, but they do construct other interesting figures with the same program. Take a look at the arrows that point to the electrodes in the galvanic cell below. The arrowheads are exactly the same as the ones used for the axes in the original post. Could they just be using a program like Photoshop or Illustrator? Also, how can I label the origin as O in LaTeX? Can I make it so that there are only 2 ticks on the y-axis like they did? Thanks.

Post by **Stefan Kottwitz** » Tue Apr 21, 2015 11:33 pm

calculus_nerd wrote:Could they just be using a program like Photoshop or Illustrator?

Sure, but I assume they use LaTeX. But there are possibilities, such as picture environment, PSTricks, or TikZ. Triangle arrow heads are not so special.

calculus_nerd wrote:Also, how can I label the origin as O in LaTeX?

Put an $O$ there, as a node or text.

calculus_nerd wrote:Can I make it so that there are only 2 ticks on the y-axis like they did? Thanks.

Sure, it depends on how you are doing it. Just put not more than 2 then.

Stefan

Clipping22 · Post by **Clipping22** » Sat Sep 30, 2017 7:40 pm

calculus_nerd wrote:Their figures may not be perfect, but they do construct other interesting figures with the same program. Take a look at the arrows that point to the electrodes in the galvanic cell below. The arrowheads are exactly the same as the ones used for the axes in the original post. Could they just be using a program like Photoshop or Illustrator? Also, how can I label the origin as O in LaTeX? Can I make it so that there are only 2 ticks on the y-axis like they did? Thanks.

Of course, but I guess they use LaTeX. But looking at picture environment there is possibilities of using PSTricks, or TikZ.

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College Board - LaTeX?