General ⇒ Repeat a previous figure?

[Cupric]

Hi,

I'm writing my thesis and would like to repeat one or two key figures in the discussion chapter. Is there anyway to duplicate the previously inserted figures or do I have to insert them as new figure with new numbers. ie. Can I display figure 2.1 in multiple places? or does it have to be 6.1 if it is chapter 6?

Can I do this by doing something special to the caption command?

Thanks,
Theo

[chandangiri]

If u have used figure once in a chapter, suppose Chater 2, and set the level say
\label{chap2:fig:2} then whenever u refer this figure using \ref{chap2:fig:2} it will display the figure number corresponding to the figure number in chapter 2.

[Cupric]

Thanks for the tip, but I'm actually trying to redisplay the figure as well as just refer to it. Do you know of any way to do that?

Theo

[sommerfee]

Try

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\renewcommand\thefigure{\ref{...}}

just before \caption. (Use \ref* instead of \ref if you are using the hyperref package.) And decrement the figure counter (with has been incremented by \caption) afterwards. An example:

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\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\section{A}
\begin{figure}
A
\caption{A}
\label{A}
\end{figure}
\begin{figure}
B
\caption{B}
\label{B}
\end{figure}
\begin{figure}
A
\renewcommand\thefigure{\ref{A}}
\caption{A (again)}
\end{figure}
\addtocounter{figure}{-1}
\begin{figure}
C
\caption{C}
\label{C}
\end{figure}
\end{document}

HTH,
Axel