LaTeX Can You Create Complex Drawings in LaTeX Using Tikz?

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LaTeX offers basic drawing capabilities, but it is generally not recommended for complex graphics due to the need to manually manage coordinates for points, lines, and arrows. For better control and ease of use, vector graphic software like Xfig or Inkscape is preferred, as they allow the integration of LaTeX expressions. The TikZ package in LaTeX can also be utilized for creating graphics, providing a more powerful option for users looking to incorporate drawings within their documents.
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Since LaTeX is very powerful, I'm curious whether its possible to do things like the below samples in it. Is it?
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LaTeX has some basic drawing instrucion set, see for instance http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/Picture , but I wouldn't recommended it. One has to keep track of all coordinates (points, line, arrows).
Usually I use some vector graphic software which allows LaTeX expressions in its text box because you have a better and much easier control of the picture, I recommend Xfig or Inkscape. I don't know whether CorelDraw has some LaTeX plugin.
 
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The Tikz package could do this.
 
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