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  55 <h2 class="chapter">1 About sketch</h2>
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  62 <p><code>Sketch</code> is a small, simple system for producing line drawings of
  63 two- or three-dimensional objects and scenes.  It began as a way to
  64 make illustrations for a textbook after we could find no suitable
  65 tool for this purpose.  Existing scene processors emphasized GUIs
  66 and/or photo-realism, both un-useful to us.  We wanted to produce
  67 finely wrought, mathematically-based illustrations with no extraneous
  68 detail.
  69
  70    <p><code>Sketch</code> accepts a tiny scene description language and generates
  71 <code>PSTricks</code> or <code>TikZ/PGF</code> code for LaTeX.  The
  72 <code>sketch</code> language is similar to <code>PSTricks</code>, making it easy
  73 to learn for current <code>PSTricks</code> users.  See
  74 <a name="index-PSTricks-1"></a><tt>www.pstricks.de</tt> for information on <code>PSTricks</code>.
  75 <code>TikZ/PGF</code> are also very similar except for details of syntax.
  76 See
  77 <a name="index-TikZ_002fPGF-2"></a><tt>http://sourceforge.net/projects/pgf</tt>.  One can easily lay raw
  78 <code>PSTricks</code> or <code>TikZ/PGF</code> output over, in, or under
  79 <code>sketch</code> drawings, providing the full power of LaTeX text and
  80 mathematics formatting in a three-dimensional setting.
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