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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I have been using LaTeX and pstricks for some ten to twelve years successfully, preparing many beamer based lectures and other documents.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Now, as I try to update some of my lectures today I find I cannot compile any of my files.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>While I used to use latex=>dvips=>ps2pdf and then pdflatex, this no longer seems to work. Also using xelatex does not seem to work, which has been my standard approach for a few years<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The simple file demonstrates my problem<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>\documentclass{article}<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>\usepackage{pstricks,pst-3dplot}%<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>\begin{document}<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> \begin{pspicture}(-5,-2.5)(5,4)%<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>% \psset{Alpha=15}%,Beta=90}%<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>% \psgrid<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> \pstThreeDCoor[xMin=0,yMin=0,zMin=0]% inertial frame<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> \pstThreeDSphere[increment=30,SegmentColor={[cmyk]{0,0,0,0}}](0,0,0){1.5}% Earth<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> \end{pspicture}<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>\end{document}<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>When using xelatex, I do not get any lines, just the labels for the three axes<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Am I doing something wrong or is something broken. It seems that I no longer know how to compile documents that contain pstricks “code”. This problem seems to have arisen after an update to parts of miktex, which I did today.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Bruce Burlton, FCAE<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Adjunct Professor<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Carleton University<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>