If the answer is yes, I have a tutorial page I can link to.
Here's a couple of examples:
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\dottedline{.05}(1.5,.575)(1.5,1.40)
\put(1.5,.5){\makebox(0,0){\footnotesize$x+dx$}}
\put(1.22,.65){\makebox(0,0){\footnotesize$dx$}}
\dottedline{.04}(0.6,1.12)(1.25,1.12)
\put(1.0,1.14){\vector(-1,-1){.45}}
\put(.58,0.83){\makebox(0,0){\footnotesize$T$}}
\put(.77,1.05){\makebox(0,0){\scriptsize$\theta(x)$}}
\put(1.18,1.16){\makebox(0,0){\scriptsize$\theta(x)$}}
\dottedline{.04}(1.5,1.41)(2.1,1.41)
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\put(1.95,1.45){\makebox(0,0){\scriptsize$\theta(x+dx)$}}
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