Re: Creating cloud and reusing it

Hi Kjell,

Actually I'm looking for two things: (1) a cloud object, and (2) the  
general technique for creating an object (e.g., a cloud, but it could  
be an object of arbitrary complexity I want to reuse), and then,  
*inside the tikz environment*, issue several commands such as
\draw (x, y) node[cloud,cloud size = cs,cloud lobes = cl]{text}
or
\draw (x, y) cloud[cloud size = cs,cloud lobes = cl]

To give you an idea of an obviously inefficient (programming-wise)  
attempt:

	\begin{tikzpicture}
		\draw[thick,rounded corners = 12pt] (0, 1.5) -- (10, 1.5) -- (10,  
13) -- (0, 13) -- cycle;
		\draw[thick] (2.5, 4) -- (5, 7.25) -- (5, 10.5);
		\draw[thick] (5, 7.25) -- (7.5, 4);
		\draw[out=75,in=105, relative, fill = white] (4,12) to (6,12) to  
(7,11) to (7, 10) to (6, 9) to (4, 9) to (3, 10) to (3, 11) to (4, 12);
		\draw (5, 10.5) node{\textsf{audio-visual objects}};

		\draw[thick] (2.5, 4) -- (3.5, 0.4);
		\draw[thick] (2.5, 4) -- (1.5, 0.4);
		\draw[rounded corners = 8pt, fill = white] (3, 6.5) -- (3, 8) --  
(7, 8) -- (7, 6.5) -- cycle;
		\draw (3, 7.45) node[anchor = east]{\textsf{\emph{conditions\/}}};
		\draw (3, 7.05) node[anchor = east]{\textsf{\emph{for binding\/}}};
		\draw (5, 7.5) node {\textsf{simultaneity}};
		\draw (5, 7) node {\textsf{plausible common cause}};