Official LaTeX Template for Purdue Digital Twin Lab

This is the official LaTeX template for reports and publications from the Purdue Digital Twin Lab. It provides consistent formatting, a branded header with the lab logo, and a structured multi-file layout.

Using This Template

This repository is set up as a GitHub template. To create a new paper or report from it:

1. Click "Use this template" → "Create a new repository" at the top of this page.

2. Choose a name, visibility, and owner for your new repository, then click "Create repository".

3. Clone your new repository locally:

   git clone https://github.com/<your-org>/<your-repo>.git
   cd <your-repo>

Repository Structure

.
├── main.tex            # Root document — edit title and authors here
├── commands.tex        # Package imports and custom commands
├── pdt_report.sty      # Lab style file (do not modify)
├── assets/
│   └── logo.png        # Lab logo used in page headers
├── contents/
│   ├── 0_abstract.tex
│   ├── 1_introduction.tex
│   ├── 2_related.tex
│   ├── 3_method.tex
│   ├── 4_experiment.tex
│   ├── 5_conclusion.tex
│   ├── 6_postscripts.tex
│   └── X_appendix.tex
└── Makefile

Writing Your Paper

1. Set your title and authors in main.tex:

   \title{Your Paper Title}
   
   \author{
     Author One\thanks{Optional footnote.} \\
     College of Engineering, Purdue University \\
     \texttt{author1@purdue.edu}
     \And
     Author Two \\
     College of Engineering, Purdue University \\
     \texttt{author2@purdue.edu}
   }

   Use \And to let LaTeX break lines between authors, or \AND to force a line break.

2. Write each section in its corresponding file under contents/. Add or remove section files as needed, and update the \input{...} calls in main.tex accordingly.

3. Add custom packages and commands in commands.tex. The file is already pre-loaded with common packages for math, figures, tables, and pseudocode.

Building the PDF

Requires a TeX distribution (e.g., TeX Live or MiKTeX) with latexmk available.

# Build main.pdf
make

# Remove intermediate build files
make clean

# Remove all generated files including the PDF
make cleanall

The compiled main.pdf is placed in the repository root. Intermediate build files are written to release/target/.

Requirements

• LaTeX2e with latexmk
• Packages: geometry, fancyhdr, graphicx, natbib, hyperref, amsmath, booktabs, tabularray, algorithm, algpseudocode, and others listed in commands.tex

License

This template is licensed under the BSD 3-Clause License. See the LICENSE file for details.