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Parallel Lines between two Blocks

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Saed Daoud wrote:[…] I attached a hand-drawn figure of what I want.
Good idea. Sometimes a picture is better.

You can try something like this.

Code: Select all

Code, edit and compile here:
\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}[>=latex]
\node (s2p) [naveqs] {S/P};
\node (fft) [naveqs,right of=s2p,node distance=3cm] {FFT};
\draw[->] (s2p.65) -- (fft.115);
\draw[->] (s2p.50) -- (fft.130);
\draw[->] (s2p.295) -- (fft.245);
\fill ($(s2p)+(1.5,0)$) circle[radius=1pt] +(0,0.5) circle[radius=1pt] +(0,-0.5) circle[radius=1pt];
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}
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Saed Daoud
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Parallel Lines between two Blocks

Post by Saed Daoud »

localghost wrote:
Saed Daoud wrote:[…] I attached a hand-drawn figure of what I want.
Good idea. Sometimes a picture is better.

You can try something like this.

Code: Select all

Code, edit and compile here:
\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}[>=latex]
\node (s2p) [naveqs] {S/P};
\node (fft) [naveqs,right of=s2p,node distance=3cm] {FFT};
\draw[->] (s2p.65) -- (fft.115);
\draw[->] (s2p.50) -- (fft.130);
\draw[->] (s2p.295) -- (fft.245);
\fill ($(s2p)+(1.5,0)$) circle[radius=1pt] +(0,0.5) circle[radius=1pt] +(0,-0.5) circle[radius=1pt];
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}
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OK, that is very much what I wanted.

Thanks a lot for your help, I appreciate it.

Regards
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