Add Initial LaTeX Template #66

2025-05-14T11:35:30Z

nuluh commented

2025-05-14 11:35:30 +00:00

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This pull request introduces a comprehensive LaTeX template for a bachelor's thesis, including structural updates, content additions, and formatting enhancements. The most important changes are grouped into the following themes:

Structural Additions and Updates:

Added a new LaTeX class file thesis.cls to define the thesis structure, including custom chapter formatting, page layout, and metadata commands. It also supports a draft watermark option for in-progress documents.
Created a main entry point in main.tex to assemble the thesis document, incorporating front matter, chapters, and bibliography sections.

Front Matter Enhancements:

Introduced approval.tex, endorsement.tex, originality.tex, and maketitle.tex files to standardize front matter components such as approval sheets, originality statements, and title pages. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Added metadata definitions in metadata.tex for dynamic content like student name, thesis title, and university details.

Content Additions:

Added initial drafts for the "Introduction" and "Literature Review" chapters, including placeholder content and figures. [1] [2]
Included detailed research summaries in the appendix for two studies on structural damage detection and machine fault classification. [1] [2]

Formatting and Macros:

Introduced macros in macros.tex for common text formatting, such as \eg, \ie, and \etal.
Added essential LaTeX packages in packages.tex, including support for mathematical notation and subfigures.

Visual and Layout Enhancements:

Standardized fonts across the document using Times New Roman for the main text and Arial for sans-serif content. [1] [2]
Improved table of contents and figure/table numbering to align with chapter-based formatting.

This pull request introduces a comprehensive LaTeX template for a bachelor's thesis, including structural updates, content additions, and formatting enhancements. The most important changes are grouped into the following themes: ### Structural Additions and Updates: * Added a new LaTeX class file `thesis.cls` to define the thesis structure, including custom chapter formatting, page layout, and metadata commands. It also supports a draft watermark option for in-progress documents. * Created a main entry point in `main.tex` to assemble the thesis document, incorporating front matter, chapters, and bibliography sections. ### Front Matter Enhancements: * Introduced `approval.tex`, `endorsement.tex`, `originality.tex`, and `maketitle.tex` files to standardize front matter components such as approval sheets, originality statements, and title pages. [[1]](diffhunk://#diff-1e2b96478ab28b021e04669a81c137082765c769272db72da01af4e65d348a53R1-R65) [[2]](diffhunk://#diff-9444e6a7b8182dd47ee1ca99e7157a34398abc846ec603706291a1d6b156bcfdR1-R7) [[3]](diffhunk://#diff-20bf12443708248e7a548516f5f3271287f1ad6447ed04bbf23b81a66690b991R1-R40) [[4]](diffhunk://#diff-5a2b974420de1cc7839c3376275935500e4efdd86eab1d01581655d762953cc8R1-R31) * Added metadata definitions in `metadata.tex` for dynamic content like student name, thesis title, and university details. ### Content Additions: * Added initial drafts for the "Introduction" and "Literature Review" chapters, including placeholder content and figures. [[1]](diffhunk://#diff-d499163288b5e42f9516fb312df8e9c7717e36434565e08b518bc26fe7bfa56eR1-R25) [[2]](diffhunk://#diff-77771cc975044a1c1f8d8e434e9480caf1566a5a5f7fbf3d78193aeb0ad613e6R1-R14) * Included detailed research summaries in the appendix for two studies on structural damage detection and machine fault classification. [[1]](diffhunk://#diff-adb490e7532f0e99925d5fa37de4f7cb18f744ff203dfa649314f84a5ce60fd2R1-R41) [[2]](diffhunk://#diff-41070825c85e08ac56a5933b034d5804fbfbaa3fbd5c175be3f646efc0bad9bdR1-R68) ### Formatting and Macros: * Introduced macros in `macros.tex` for common text formatting, such as `\eg`, `\ie`, and `\etal`. * Added essential LaTeX packages in `packages.tex`, including support for mathematical notation and subfigures. ### Visual and Layout Enhancements: * Standardized fonts across the document using Times New Roman for the main text and Arial for sans-serif content. [[1]](diffhunk://#diff-1e2b96478ab28b021e04669a81c137082765c769272db72da01af4e65d348a53R1-R65) [[2]](diffhunk://#diff-ba9b82188cdb4942c7912b21fe08aea9ba58defe8045ad57520319a803e8e173R1-R156) * Improved table of contents and figure/table numbering to align with chapter-based formatting.

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