Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Importing pictures into LaTeX

[Czarnek]

I'm pretty new to LaTeX, and I'm having a lot of trouble importing a picture into my document. I used the following code:

\usepackage{float}
\begin{figure}{h}
\centering
\noindent\includegraphics[width=5in]{Figures/BLDCExplained.pdf}
\end{figure}

When I compile it, I get an error that says that I have no bounding box. Does anybody know how to get a bounding box or know of a program that I could use that has a built in bounding box?

Thanks,
Nick

[localghost]

It seems that you compiled with latex instead of pdflatex. Think about if you really need the float package.

The placement parameter for the figure environment is not a mandatory but an optional argument.

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\begin{figure}[!ht]
  \centering
  \includegraphics[width=5in]{Figures/BLDCExplained.pdf}
  \caption{Caption}\label{fig:BLDCExplained}
\end{figure}

Best regards
Thorsten