Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Parallel Lines between two Blocks

[Saed Daoud]

Hello all,

I have two blocks drawn using TikZ/PGF, and I want to draw multiple parallel lines between them. This is the code I have.

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\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{shapes,arrows,fadings, shadows}

\usepackage{amsmath,bm,times}

\begin{document}
\pagestyle{empty}

\tikzstyle{sensor}=[draw, fill=blue!20, text width=5em, 
    text centered, minimum height=2.5em]
\tikzstyle{naveqs} = [sensor, text width=4em, fill=gray!40, 
    minimum height=12em, rounded corners, shade, drop shadow]

\begin{tikzpicture}
\node (naveq) [naveqs, name=S2P] {S/P};
\node (naveq) [naveqs, name=FFT, right of=S2P,node distance=3cm] {FFT};
		
\end{tikzpicture}


\end{document}

What is the best way to do so?


Thanks in advance

[Saed Daoud]

Any help here, please?

[localghost]

Perhaps you should be more specific regarding these lines. Should they be horizontal, vertical or diagonal?

Thorsten

[Saed Daoud]

Perhaps you should be more specific regarding these lines. Should they be horizontal, vertical or diagonal?

Thorsten

I want them to be horizontal. Two lines above the middle, then three dots, and one line at the bottom.

Thanks in advance

[localghost]

And these three dots are going to be horizontal, vertical or diagonal?

[Saed Daoud]

And these three dots are going to be horizontal, vertical or diagonal?

Vertical, to indicate a number of lines that are eliminated.

Thanks

[localghost]

Try something like this. Not very professional and therefore improvable.

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\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{calc,shadows}

\tikzstyle{sensor}=[
  draw,
  fill=blue!20,
  text width=5em,
  text centered,
  minimum height=2.5em
]
\tikzstyle{naveqs}=[
  sensor,
  text width=4em,
  fill=gray!40,
  minimum height=12em,
  rounded corners,
  shade,
  drop shadow
]

\begin{document}
  \begin{tikzpicture}
    \node (s2p) [naveqs] {S/P};
    \node (fft) [naveqs,right of=s2p,node distance=3cm] {FFT};
    \draw[shorten >=3pt,shorten <=3pt] (s2p.north east) -- (fft.north west);
    \draw[shorten >=3pt,shorten <=3pt] (s2p.60) -- (fft.120);
    \fill ($(s2p)+(1.5,0)$) circle[radius=1pt] +(0,0.5) circle[radius=1pt]  +(0,-0.5) circle[radius=1pt];
    \draw[shorten >=3pt,shorten <=3pt] (s2p.south east) -- (fft.south west);
  \end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

[Saed Daoud]

Try something like this. Not very professional and therefore improvable.

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\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{calc,shadows}

\tikzstyle{sensor}=[
  draw,
  fill=blue!20,
  text width=5em,
  text centered,
  minimum height=2.5em
]
\tikzstyle{naveqs}=[
  sensor,
  text width=4em,
  fill=gray!40,
  minimum height=12em,
  rounded corners,
  shade,
  drop shadow
]

\begin{document}
  \begin{tikzpicture}
    \node (s2p) [naveqs] {S/P};
    \node (fft) [naveqs,right of=s2p,node distance=3cm] {FFT};
    \draw[shorten >=3pt,shorten <=3pt] (s2p.north east) -- (fft.north west);
    \draw[shorten >=3pt,shorten <=3pt] (s2p.60) -- (fft.120);
    \fill ($(s2p)+(1.5,0)$) circle[radius=1pt] +(0,0.5) circle[radius=1pt]  +(0,-0.5) circle[radius=1pt];
    \draw[shorten >=3pt,shorten <=3pt] (s2p.south east) -- (fft.south west);
  \end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

It is not quite exactly how I envisioned it, though I appreciate your effort in trying to help me.

I found this example, which is basically the same, but I could not adapt it to my code. The example can be found in this link: http://www.texample.net/tikz/examples/i ... on-system/.

Thanks

[localghost]

It is not quite exactly how I envisioned it, though I appreciate your effort in trying to help me. […]

Then you should be more precise in the description of the problem (arrows instead of lines, …). At the moment I have no idea what you are after. So I'll wait til you come up with clearer and more targeted questions.

Perhaps studying the PGF/TikZ user guide will enable you to adapt the code you found and apply it to your problem.

[Saed Daoud]

May be I was not very clear, and probably I won't be. So, I attached a hand-drawn figure of what I want.