Is there a standard drawing tool used for asking or answering questions?

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MathJax is a very useful tool to express many mathematical expressions. It is a fundamental part of asking or answering questions. Sometimes, I would like to visualize things to make them more explicit when asking or answering questions. However, I don't know an easy tool, so I don't usually bother with drawing.

Is there an equivalent tool of MathJax when drawing lines, circles, 3D objects etc.? If not, what do you do?

edited Sep 11, 2015 at 11:26

Martin Sleziak

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asked Sep 11, 2015 at 11:03

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$\begingroup$ You can find several related question here. For example: Creating diagrams, Is there a way to draw a graph (vertices & edges) in LaTeX on this website?, How could I add a graph to a post at MSE?, Software for drawing geometry diagrams, Looking for a Drawing Program. $\endgroup$
– Martin Sleziak
Sep 11, 2015 at 11:28
$\begingroup$ @MartinSleziak As far as I understand, Tikz package is mostly preferred. But there is no native support so we have to create a png file and upload it. Since the subject is much broader, it may not be possible to create a Tikz tutorial like the MathJax tutorial above. It seems we are on our own when it comes to drawing. $\endgroup$
– user137035
Sep 11, 2015 at 11:45
$\begingroup$ There must be hundreds of tikz tutorials out there, not to mention the inkscape tutorials. $\endgroup$
– Najib Idrissi
Sep 11, 2015 at 12:25
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$\begingroup$ I've never used a Tikz based illustration, but Community ads for Desmos and GeoGebra induced me to try both for graphs. Some desktop image/drawing packages produce formats that are not immediately usable by StackExchange, so websites that do format conversions are another part of my toolkit. $\endgroup$
– hardmath
Sep 11, 2015 at 14:03

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