Making diagrams.

Sometimes , while submitting solutions , diagrams become very important, mainly in physics. I wanted to ask about a software which can make such diagrams except MS paint,which i have already tried unsuccessfully.

Easy Math Editor

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Markdown	Appears as
`italics` or `_italics_`	italics
`bold` or `__bold__`	bold
- bulleted - list	bulleted list
1. numbered 2. list	numbered list
Note: you must add a full line of space before and after lists for them to show up correctly
paragraph 1 paragraph 2	paragraph 1 paragraph 2
`[example link](https://brilliant.org)`	example link
`> This is a quote`	This is a quote
# I indented these lines # 4 spaces, and now they show # up as a code block. print "hello world"	# I indented these lines # 4 spaces, and now they show # up as a code block. print "hello world"

Math	Appears as
Remember to wrap math in `$` ... `$` or `\[` ... `\]` to ensure proper formatting.
`2 \times 3`	$2 \times 3$
`2^{34}`	$2^{34}$
`a_{i-1}`	$a_{i-1}$
`\frac{2}{3}`	$\frac{2}{3}$
`\sqrt{2}`	$\sqrt{2}$
`\sum_{i=1}^3`	$\sum_{i=1}^3$
`\sin \theta`	$\sin \theta$
`\boxed{123}`	$\boxed{123}$

Comments

If you need clean and clear geometry diagram you may try GeoGebra. I personally find it very useful.

Nicolae Sapoval - 7 years, 6 months ago

If you are using Windows XP, mspaint might not be easy to use. But I'd say the mspaint for Windows 7 is a pretty powerful drawing program!

Sreejato Bhattacharya - 7 years, 6 months ago

I have win-7, but it does not show arrows which are pretty hard to draw accurately, and its evident through some of your solutions (having images), i have seen.

jatin yadav - 7 years, 6 months ago

There's a custom feature in mspaint for drawing arrows. The only problem is that you cannot rotate them accurately. You'd need PowerPoint for that (2003 should work just fine)!

If the image doesn't load, go to: http://s8.postimg.org/bogasu1b9/Untitled2.png

Sreejato Bhattacharya - 7 years, 6 months ago

Instructions for posting an image of a problem:

Upload the image to FB -> Create album -> Add photo
Right click on the image, copy link address. Note that it needs to end with ".jpg". It should look something like this: https://scontent-b-pao.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/581629_618716698155363_1454183011_n.jpg
Embed the image here by typing ![Name of your problem](link) where link is the link to your image.

Note: If you already are able to upload images (say on Flickr or Imgur) then just use step 3.

Calvin Lin Staff - 7 years, 6 months ago

Well, I just made a diagram but how do you put it in a comment?

A Former Brilliant Member - 7 years, 6 months ago

Ok so I think I can help: Use

![tagtext] image url (with brackets)

to insert images into your comment, post, solution, etc. and by with brackets, I mean: (image url).

Note: It has to be in jpg form. For instance, here is a failing attempt to insert a picture using .com:

tagtext

Anqi Li - 7 years, 6 months ago

Math	Appears as
Remember to wrap math in `\(` ... `\)` or `\[` ... `\]` to ensure proper formatting.
`2 \times 3`	$2 \times 3$
`2^{34}`	$2^{34}$
`a_{i-1}`	$a_{i-1}$
`\frac{2}{3}`	$\frac{2}{3}$
`\sqrt{2}`	$\sqrt{2}$
`\sum_{i=1}^3`	$\sum_{i=1}^3$
`\sin \theta`	$\sin \theta$
`\boxed{123}`	$\boxed{123}$