Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Style Changes when including Illustrator CS6 Graphics

[ghostanime2001]

Hi all,

I created a graphic with illustrator CS6. It is called D1.ai/pdf/eps (short for diagram 1). I successfully put the graphic into my document however I noticed that the line width has increased from the PDF I created using illustrator CS6 and the PDF produced from using the packages graphicx and epstopdf to import my graphic (D1.eps) into my document. I attached the two PDF files and the source code. Is there a better way to put exactly the PDF that I created using Illustrator into a LaTeX document without having style changes ? (I have used PDF files created from using MS Word 2010 and that did a pretty good job but I don't have MS Office 2010 installed at the present moment).

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{microtype}
\usepackage{chemmacros}
\usepackage{chemfig}
\usepackage{mhchem}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{epstopdf}

\begin{document}
  \includegraphics{D1.eps}
\end{document}

[localghost]

I can't comprehend the problem because I can't spot any difference in display (with Okular on Linux).

But instead of doing such things with an (overprized) external tool, you might be interested in a LaTeX solution by the tikZ/PGF package (output attached).

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\documentclass[11pt]{standalone}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{tikz}

\begin{document}
  \begin{tikzpicture}[thick]
    \draw[-stealth,dashed] (-1,0) -- (5,0) node[right] {$x$};
    \draw[-stealth,dashed] (0,-5) -- (0,5) node[above] {$y$};
    \draw[->,blue] (0,0) -- (4,0) node[pos=0.865,below] {$F_3$};
    \draw[-stealth,green!50!black] (0,0) -- (3,3) node[midway,above left] {$F_1$};
    \draw[thin,dashed,green!50!black] (0,3) -| (3,0);
    \draw[->,green!50!black] (0,0) -- (3,0);
    \draw[->,green!50!black] (0,0) -- (0,3);
    \draw[->,thin,green!50!black] (0.6,0) arc (0:45:0.6);
    \node[green!50!black] at (22.5:0.9) {$\theta_1$};
    \draw[-stealth,red!50!black] (0,0) -- (2,-2.5) node[midway,below left] {$F_2$};
    \draw[thin,dashed,red!50!black] (0,-2.5) -| (2,0);
    \draw[->,red!50!black] (0,0) -- (2,0);
    \draw[->,red!50!black] (0,0) -- (0,-2.5);
    \draw[->,thin,red!50!black] (0.4,0) arc (0:-52:0.4);
    \node[red!50!black] at (-26:0.7) {$\theta_2$};
  \end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

Thorsten

[ghostanime2001]

Before using illustrator I tried to draw Free body diagrams with tikz but instead of using what you did there i tried to use intersections library to get my point of intersections and then drawing lines to the origin so that when I changed my angle later the intersecting lines would also change. It proved to be too much coding so I gave up and used illustrator instead and completed my drawing within 10 minutes. I'm not saying that i was lazy or don't want to use tikz because of how long it takes but it's too much coding unfortunately unless there is a way to simply the code (I wish a graphical program were made specifically for tikz)

[cgnieder]

There really is nothing against using an external program if it fits your needs better.

I also can't verify the issue with the two PDF files.

Regards

[ghostanime2001]

for example look at the x-component of the red vector in both pdf files. The line thickness is greater in the one drawn with illustrator and that file which was imported into latex lost some of it's line thickness.

[cgnieder]

I still can't see it, but here's an idea: if you can create a PDF that only contains the graphic (not a whole page) you can simply include it with \includegraphicy{<filename>.pdf} like any other graphic.

If you can create a cropped version of the pdf you can still include it and clip its margins. You're already using graphicx which offers a trim option, although if prefer to use adjustbox and its \adjincludegraphics and its trim option.

Regards

[ghostanime2001]

I think you mean "\includegraphics{<filename>.pdf}"

[cgnieder]

Yes, of course ...

[ghostanime2001]

Is there a english version of tkz-euclide ???