Re: Help: Newbie writing a report- Help in drawing diagrams particularly circuits
Yago ono.com> writes: > > > You can also see this web page: > > http://www.texample.net/tikz/examples/ > Great resource! Thanks for the link. /Paul
Re: Help: Newbie writing a report- Help in drawing diagrams particularly circuits
You can also see this web page: http://www.texample.net/tikz/examples/ - Original Message - From: BOB Merhebi To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Cc: Todd Denniston Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2010 7:13 PM Subject: Re: Help: Newbie writing a report- Help in drawing diagrams particularly circuits Well first thanks for all your replies. I appreciate it. I managed to get an extension regarding my report till next week thought with additional reports to write. I did the most obvious solution & thats using pencil, paper & a scanner. I just installed Dia & will try it tomorrow hopefully. It seems user-friendly, but in case do you suggest any guide or help file or is the documentation enough ? By the way, it seems it doesn't contains any sheets for physics besides "circuit" & "ChemEng". Can you help in this please as I have other labs soon enough in Mechanics & Thermodynamics & Atomic physics? thanks Sincerely Yours, BOB Merhebi On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 10:26 PM, Todd Denniston wrote: BOB Merhebi wrote, On 01/-10/-28163 02:59 PM: > Hello, > > I am a newbie to LyX. I searched most manuals & wikis but could find nothing > about drawing diagrams (physics related). I am in urgent need of help as I > am writing a reports for my physics labs which are due in less than 24 hrs. > I particularly need to draw electrical ciruits. > > You help is appreciated > thx As others have suggested... for low learning curve: stencil sets and pen/paper + a scanner for quick but limited computer aided drawing including circuits: dia [can export to TeX with pstricks or one of the image formats] for computer aided schematics (2D circuit diagrams): gschem from the gEDA set of tools [output to an image format] under RHEL/CentOS after you have enabled the EPEL repository it is only a `yum install geda-gschem` away. I also suggest installing geda-docs. AFAIK it is also in fedora in these packages. It took a couple of hours to get fairly comfortable with it for me, but I had not used a circuit editor before, only DIA and a couple of CAD programs. -- Todd Denniston Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane) Harnessing the Power of Technology for the Warfighter
Re: Help: Newbie writing a report- Help in drawing diagrams particularly circuits
Well first thanks for all your replies. I appreciate it. I managed to get an extension regarding my report till next week thought with additional reports to write. I did the most obvious solution & thats using pencil, paper & a scanner. I just installed Dia & will try it tomorrow hopefully. It seems user-friendly, but in case do you suggest any guide or help file or is the documentation enough ? By the way, it seems it doesn't contains any sheets for physics besides "circuit" & "ChemEng". Can you help in this please as I have other labs soon enough in Mechanics & Thermodynamics & Atomic physics? thanks Sincerely Yours, BOB Merhebi On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 10:26 PM, Todd Denniston < todd.dennis...@tsb.cranrdte.navy.mil> wrote: > BOB Merhebi wrote, On 01/-10/-28163 02:59 PM: > > Hello, > > > > I am a newbie to LyX. I searched most manuals & wikis but could find > nothing > > about drawing diagrams (physics related). I am in urgent need of help as > I > > am writing a reports for my physics labs which are due in less than 24 > hrs. > > I particularly need to draw electrical ciruits. > > > > You help is appreciated > > thx > > As others have suggested... > for low learning curve: stencil sets and pen/paper + a scanner > for quick but limited computer aided drawing including circuits: dia [can > export to TeX with > pstricks or one of the image formats] > > > > for computer aided schematics (2D circuit diagrams): gschem from the gEDA > set of tools [output to an > image format] > under RHEL/CentOS after you have enabled the EPEL repository it is only a > `yum install geda-gschem` > away. I also suggest installing geda-docs. > AFAIK it is also in fedora in these packages. > It took a couple of hours to get fairly comfortable with it for me, but I > had not used a circuit > editor before, only DIA and a couple of CAD programs. > > -- > Todd Denniston > Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane) > Harnessing the Power of Technology for the Warfighter >
Re: Help: Newbie writing a report- Help in drawing diagrams particularly circuits
BOB Merhebi wrote, On 01/-10/-28163 02:59 PM: > Hello, > > I am a newbie to LyX. I searched most manuals & wikis but could find nothing > about drawing diagrams (physics related). I am in urgent need of help as I > am writing a reports for my physics labs which are due in less than 24 hrs. > I particularly need to draw electrical ciruits. > > You help is appreciated > thx As others have suggested... for low learning curve: stencil sets and pen/paper + a scanner for quick but limited computer aided drawing including circuits: dia [can export to TeX with pstricks or one of the image formats] for computer aided schematics (2D circuit diagrams): gschem from the gEDA set of tools [output to an image format] under RHEL/CentOS after you have enabled the EPEL repository it is only a `yum install geda-gschem` away. I also suggest installing geda-docs. AFAIK it is also in fedora in these packages. It took a couple of hours to get fairly comfortable with it for me, but I had not used a circuit editor before, only DIA and a couple of CAD programs. -- Todd Denniston Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane) Harnessing the Power of Technology for the Warfighter
Re: Help: Newbie writing a report- Help in drawing diagrams particularly circuits
On Thu, 2010-07-15 at 07:59 -0600, Rob Oakes wrote: > Hi Bob, > > The best way to create specific types of drawings for a LyX document > is to use a program designed for that purpose (like a circuit diagram > editor) and then exporting to an appropriate image format (PDF, PNG, > JPEG, etc.). There may be LaTeX packages that can draw circuit ... > Cheers, > > Rob Bob, In line with Rob's suggestion, I just checked Xfig's capabilities, and they appear to be quite substantial. A document link to something addressing both Xfig and its use in drawing circuits is the following: http://users.skynet.be/hugocoolens/linux/xfig-howto.pdf Xfig has the electrical libraries built into it. Once done, you export the result to an eps figure and import it into LyX. The only question is whether you know Xfig or not. It is fairly easy to do basic stuff. Good luck! Kenward > > On Jul 15, 2010, at 7:50 AM, BOB Merhebi wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I am a newbie to LyX. I searched most manuals & wikis but could find > nothing about drawing diagrams (physics related). I am in urgent need > of help as I am writing a reports for my physics labs which are due in > less than 24 hrs. I particularly need to draw electrical ciruits. > > > > You help is appreciated > > thx > > > > Sincerely Yours, > > BOB Merhebi > -- The church says the earth is flat, but I know that it is round, for I have seen the shadow on the moon, and I have more faith in a shadow than in the church.--Ferdinand Magellan
Re: Help: Newbie writing a report- Help in drawing diagrams particularly circuits
> I particularly need to draw electrical ciruits. You can try xcircuitI use it with LyX with good results. LTSpice is also pretty good fand can export to EPS, LTSpice is free from Linear Technology.
Re: Help: Newbie writing a report- Help in drawing diagrams particularly circuits
BOB Merhebi wrote: > I particularly need to draw electrical ciruits. there is support for external dia diagrams in case you want use dia. i remember there was some support for circuits. pavel
Re: Help: Newbie writing a report- Help in drawing diagrams particularly circuits
Hi Bob, The best way to create specific types of drawings for a LyX document is to use a program designed for that purpose (like a circuit diagram editor) and then exporting to an appropriate image format (PDF, PNG, JPEG, etc.). There may be LaTeX packages that can draw circuit diagrams (I wouldn't know, not my cup of tea), but the learning curve associated with those packages is far too steep to mount by your deadline. Better to use what you know (even if that's stencil sets and pen/paper + a scanner), then to try and reinvent the wheel on a deadline. Once the image is created, you can then add it to a document and use a float to add a caption. Cheers, Rob On Jul 15, 2010, at 7:50 AM, BOB Merhebi wrote: > Hello, > > I am a newbie to LyX. I searched most manuals & wikis but could find nothing > about drawing diagrams (physics related). I am in urgent need of help as I am > writing a reports for my physics labs which are due in less than 24 hrs. I > particularly need to draw electrical ciruits. > > You help is appreciated > thx > > Sincerely Yours, > BOB Merhebi
Help: Newbie writing a report- Help in drawing diagrams particularly circuits
Hello, I am a newbie to LyX. I searched most manuals & wikis but could find nothing about drawing diagrams (physics related). I am in urgent need of help as I am writing a reports for my physics labs which are due in less than 24 hrs. I particularly need to draw electrical ciruits. You help is appreciated thx Sincerely Yours, BOB Merhebi
