Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ PSTricks | Figures in PDF Format

[Magnolis]

Hi, I'm trying to insert a figure created with Inkscape (saved in .tex format) by using the PSTricks package, but the PDF created does not display it.
This is the minimal example I am using:

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\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{pstricks}
\begin{document}

Test of PSTricks with Inkscape.

\input{FileExportTest.tex}

\end{document}

It is exactly the same example suggested in this page (search for "LaTeX with PSTricks Macros"):
http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL ... port-Other.
I have read somewhere that the command \input may be troublesome, so I tried \include but nothing changed. I also tried to insert the .tex code of the figure into the main .tex file: the result was the same.
Just in case, I'm not using a classic .pdf or .eps format because I'd like to include this figure directly into an equation, but I don't know any other simple ways to do it. Thank you.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi,

Hi, I'm trying to insert a figure created with Inkscape (saved in .tex format) by using the PSTricks package, but the .pdf created does not display it.

you have to use LaTeX in DVI mode, you can produce a PDF file by dvips and ps2pdf afterwards. Or try XeLaTeX. But pdfLaTeX would not directly work with PSTricks, or try it with auto-pst-pdf.

I have read somewhere that the command \input may be troublesome, so I tried \include but nothing changed. I also tried to insert the .tex code of the figure into the main .tex file: the result was the same.

\input is simple and should usually work well. \include is more restricted, it doesn't work in the preamble and it clears the page before the file.

Just in case, I'm not using a classic .pdf or .eps format because I'd like to include this figure directly into an equation, but I don't know any other simple ways to do it. Thank you.

\includegraphics with .pdf or .eps files works also in equations.

Stefan

[Magnolis]

Thanks, it seems that the easiest way to include a figure into an equation is to use the \includegraphics command, despite some alignment problems, I will try to solve them.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

The baseline of included graphics is at the bottom. It can be changed with \raisebox, for example. Or center it vertically with \vcenter{hbox{...}}.

Stefan