Graham Smith schrieb:
So would anyone like to suggest a basic LyX toolkit, that would cover
the range of things we tend to do when producing scientific papers and
technical reports.
That strongly depends on your research field. As physicist I use for example
Origin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_(software)
that is only available commercially only for Windows while my colleagues on Linux use a free Origin
clone like
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QtiPlot
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LabPlot
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SciDAVis
But the program you are using doesn't matter since you can create PDF images with all these programs
and use them in LyX.
For illustrations we use Inkscape
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inkscape
or
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Illustrator
both programs output either PDF or SVG that can be opened and modified with many other programs. For
exact illustrations containing dimensions you can use a CAD program of your choice. You can create
PDF images from all CAD programs.
As you can see you are free to use any program you like, only assure that you get your images as a
vector graphic, if possible as PDF. (Other vector graphics output formats like EPS and SVG can
easily be converted PDF with free software.)
regards Uwe
