If it helps, here is an example of the input to the flow program:
Right
Box 5 3
  Call \lstinline!EigError!($j\omega$)
  in an implied for loop
  to get Characteristic
  Determinant($\omega$)
Box 5 3
  Plot Characteristic
  Determinant vs. $\omega$
  to find good initial
  guesses for numerical
  search
Box 5 3
  Call \lstinline!FindEig!(guess)
  for each guess taken
  from the plot of
  Characteristic
  Determinant vs. $\omega$
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TxtPos [l] [l]
Text 5 5
  \lstinline!FindEig! calls either \lstinline!newton!
  to find the root of the
  characteristic determinant
  or \lstinline!fmin! to find the local
  minimum of the absolute
  value of the characteristic
  determinant. In both cases,
  \lstinline!EigError! is the cost function.

and the output is attached.

Thanks,

Ryan

On 3/3/06, Ryan Krauss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Is anyone aware of existing python code to easily make flow charts or
> block diagrams using PyX?  I currently use a program called flow to
> make flow charts and another called diagraph to make block diagrams.
> Both bascially allow you to use a simple script language to say put a
> block here with this label, then draw a right arrow  and another
> block...  So that the program does the math behind positioning and
> layout for you.  They both output LaTeX picture commands, which is
> really nice.  My only real complaint is that the picture environment
> in LaTeX seems to use very small arrow heads which there doesn't seem
> to be a way to change.  It would be nice to have a little more control
> over these kinds of things, but drawing an entire flowchart in PyX
> without this layer that does the layout would be considerably more
> effort.
>
> Does anyone have a good solution for this?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ryan
>

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