Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Getting feynMF to work with MikTeX/TeXnicCenter

[Bozack]

Hi,

I'm trying to make some Feynman diagrams for a LaTeX document, and so I found the feynMF package, which seemed to be what I needed.

But I have a problem - I have no idea how to get it to work... How do I make a TeXnicCenter build profile such that a code like

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\begin{fmfgraph*}(30,40) \fmfpen{thick}
 \fmfleft{i1,i2} \fmfright{o1,o2}
 \fmf{fermion}{i1,v1,o1} \fmf{fermion}{i2,v2,o2}
 \fmf{boson}{v1,v2} \fmfdot{v1,v2}
\end{fmfgraph*}

will actually compile and be shown in a pdf file?

[localghost]

I suggest to study Section 2 (Usage, p. 8ff) of the feynmf manual very carefully. I can't see how a special profile for TXC could be useful.


Best regards
Thorsten

[Bozack]

According to the same manual, at the bottom of page 9, to get it to work I should run first latex, then metafont and then latex again. Isn't this easiest done by making a texniccenter profile to do it for me?

Maybe my problem is that I really do not understand how metafont works... I haven't got the time to read the whole chapter 2 in the manual and/or anything on metafont for now, I just hoped that someone might have found an easy way to make it work. I'll take a look at it later

If anyone knows any other tools to make Feynman diagrams, in a somewhat easier way, please tell me.

[localghost]

According to the same manual, at the bottom of page 9, to get it to work I should run first latex, then metafont and then latex again. Isn't this easiest done by making a texniccenter profile to do it for me? [...]

You could add the according Metafont runs in the post-processor section of a TXC build profile.

[...] If anyone knows any other tools to make Feynman diagrams, in a somewhat easier way, please tell me.

Graphics packages like pgf/tikZ or pstricks would be appropriate alternatives.