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15 Tuesday, September 08, 2009, a program that converts descriptions of simple
16 three-dimensional scenes into static drawings. This version generates
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54 <h3 class=
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56 <p><code>Sketch
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57 TeX, the power to create beautiful results comes along with the
58 power to make mistakes. The following are some points where care is
59 necessary and where the current version of
<code>sketch
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65 <li><a accesskey=
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</a>: Imperfections to fix.