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From: barsam@eng.umd.edu (Barsam Marasli)
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Subject: Re: small pentagon and hexagon in TeX/LaTex
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Date: 11 Jun 91 01:03:55 GMT
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In article <1991Jun10.172800.1460@eng.umd.edu> barsam@eng.umd.edu (Barsam Marasli) writes:
>
>How does one draw a small pentagon and a hexagon in TeX/LaTex
>that can fit inside an imaginary circle of radius 0.06in?
>I have tried LateX's picture environment but it doesn't let
>you draw slanted lines that are smaller than certain length,
>and I don't know how to draw a line in TeX.
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>BM
>


Since my posting I found a package called "epic" (Enhancements to
the Picture Environment of LaTeX) by Sunil Podar of SUNY, which
allows me to do the things I want to do. Many thanks to everyone
who replied.

BM