5.2.1 Top new questions this week

5.2.1.1 TikZ graphdrawing differences between LuaTeX versions

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What I will describe below is not yet a problem but will appear when TeX Live 2019 is released and LuaTeX will be upgraded to 1.09.  MikTeX users might already experience this issue.  It also affects  ... 
[tikz-pgf] [luatex]
 

asked by Henri Menke https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=10995 20 votes

answered by Henri Menke https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=10995 19 votes

5.2.1.2 How to plot two surfaces and the intersection curve?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=468797

I want to draw the intersection line (curve line) of two functions x^2+y^2+z^2=4 (Zmin= 0) and x^2+y^2=2y in the same coordinate system as follows. 
I have read pst-3dplot and pst-solides3d but I  ... 
[pstricks] [pst-solides3d] [pst-3dplot]
 

asked by chishimotoji https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=173875 17 votes

answered by JA~\274rgen G https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=151328 16 votes

5.2.1.3 What is the difference between 'macro' and 'command'?

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Some people use the word 'macro' and 'command' interchangeably to refer to the instructions given to LaTeX. Is there a real difference between the two terms? If there is, can we see some examples on  ... 
[macros]
 

asked by Al-Motasem Aldaoudeyeh https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=136098 17 votes

answered by David Carlisle https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=1090 19 votes

5.2.1.4 How do we compile and visualize the animations of TikZ 3.1?

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I copied and pasted the example from page 221 of manual 3.1 and tried to compile it with Texmaker. 
\documentclass[dvisvgm]{standalone} 
\usepackage{tikz} 
\usetikzlibrary{animations} 
... 
[tikz-pgf]
 

asked by AndrA~(c)C https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=138900 14 votes

answered by Ulrike Fischer https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=2388 16 votes

5.2.1.5 Bug or feature: tikz interprets color specification differently for rectangles

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=468439

When drawing a rectangle, Tikz interprets color in two different ways, depending on in which order it is specified among the options. 
In the example below: When color is  specified first, as in the  ... 
[tikz-pgf] [color]
 

asked by MA~\[DownExclamation]tA~(c) Wierdlhttps://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=29363 14 votes

answered by AndrA~(c)C https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=138900 10 votes

5.2.1.6 Creating a Falcon's logo

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I have been trying to trying to replicate this logo for my team (not to mention in LaTeX ofcourse:-)): 
So where I am now: 
\documentclass[11pt]{standalone} 
\usepackage{tikz} 
\usepackage{pgfplots}%  ... 
[tikz-pgf] [color] [tikz-styles] [shapes]
 

asked by Raaja https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=70891 11 votes

answered by marmot https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=121799 12 votes

5.2.1.7 Draw two boxes on a slanted plane in a mechanical illustration

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=468689

Consider: 
I need help drawing the two boxes on an inclination. 
\documentclass{standalone} 
\usepackage{tikz} 
\begin{document} 
\begin{tikzpicture} 
\draw (2,3) coordinate (A) - - (8,0) coordinate  ... 
[tikz-pgf]
 

asked by Thumbolt https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=69901 11 votes

answered by Peter Grill https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=4301 11 votes