Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Drawing using Latex

[S_David]

Hello,

What is easiest way to draw figures to be included in Latex documents?

Thanks in advance

[fatra2]

Hi there,

An external software that allows you to save in multiple format.

I like opensource software, so I would recommend something like gimp and xfig. Both also exist for MS plateform.

Cheers

[php1ic]

I agree with fatra2 and can highly recommend Xfig if you are running on Linux, not tried it on windows. The thing I like best is that you can export your figure as a combined Latex/postscript file. This results in very high quality figures. There is a guide here:

http://www.xfig.org/userman/latex_and_xfig.html

[gmedina]

...What is easiest way to draw figures to be included in Latex documents?..

You might also be interested in the PS-Tricks and PGF/TikZ packages. They are powerful and versatile packages to draw directly in your documents.

Here you can see some examples:

PS-Tricks example gallery

PGF/TikZ examples - from TeXample.net

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi,

another drawing program for LaTeX is jpgfdraw by Nicola L. C. Talbot, see its homepage, or have a look at a jpgfdraw example.

Stefan