Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Place Figure in Solution

[correaraul]

I'm using the exam document class. How can I insert a figure in the solution of my document? The code is as follows.

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\begin{figure}[!h]
  \centering
  \includegraphics{figure.jpg}
\end{figure}

This doesn't work.

[localghost]

Simply saying "doesn't work" does not provide any useful information with which anyone can provide you with any help. Hence prepare a self-contained and minimal example in order to give an adequate problem description.

Just one tip. Don't let the figure float. Look at the \captionof command provided by the caption package.


Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten

[correaraul]

Sorry, I'm new in the forum and LaTeX.. Let me try to explain better:

I use the TeXShop of MacTeX..
I think the most important parts of my document are:

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\renewcommand{\solutiontitle}{}
\qformat{Question #\thequestion\quad\hrulefill}
\shadedsolutions

...

\begin{questions}
\question The question..
\begin{solution}
The solution..
\begin{figure}
\centering
\includegraphics{Figure.jpg}
\end{figure}
\end{solution}
\end{questions}

If I put the figure in the solution environment, like the code above, the error "LaTeX Error: float(s) lost" appears.. but if I put the figure out of the solution environment, the pdf is created without any error..
It's possible to put a figure in the solution?

[cgnieder]

The {figure} environment like the {table} environment is a floating environment. Their purpose is not to have the user be bothered with looking for the best place to place a figure or a table but let LaTeX decide. In order to be able to float a floating environment cannot be placed inside boxes, lists or similar constructs. That's why you get the error: you placed the float somewhere where it can't float and the consequence is that the float is lost.

In your case, however, you don't want the figure to float around for a possible place but want it as a part of the solution. In this case you don't need the {figure} environment. Replace

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\begin{figure}
\centering
\includegraphics{Figure.jpg}
\end{figure}

with

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\begin{center}
\includegraphics{Figure.jpg}
\end{center}

Regards

[slrommel]

I understand the comment posted above about figures or tables as floats, but is there any way to have a caption field or reference to the image? I am asking because I have exam or homework problems in a semiconductor device physics class where reading data from a figure is a major part of a problem. It would be nice to be able to have an inline reference to the figure in the text of the solution beyond "see the image below". Are there any tricks you might be able to suggest?

[cgnieder]

Hi slrommel,

Welcome to the LaTeX community!

Instead of »hijacking« an already solved thread it would have been better to open a new one...

Anyway: if you're using a KOMA-Script class such as scrartcl then there is a command \captionof{<float>}{<caption>} that you could use. If you're using a different class then have a look at the caption packages which also provides this command.

Regards