Recommended tools for vector drawing

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I would like to draw a wind turbine to demonstrate the coordinate systems used in my calculations. A similar one as follows

However I am wondering which tool would fit for this. I am beginner in tikz, therefore one solution would be to draw in an external tool which can export into tikz or pdf. Can anybody suggest one?

Inkscape is the tool for such things. Later if you want to be with the cool gang, you can import it to TikZ. — percusse, Oct 02 '15 at 08:49
If you want to be with the lazy gang, you can copy Mark Wibrow: http://tex.stackexchange.com/a/173562 — LaRiFaRi, Oct 02 '15 at 09:09
After some search and software tests find ipe a very easy drawing tool. — Mokus, Oct 03 '15 at 09:47

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 16 '15 at 17:28

A list of drawing tools that can export TikZ code is maintained on the TeXExample site.

http://www.texample.net/tikz/resources/#tools-that-generate-pgftikz-code

Most of the tools mentioned are either some form of conversion script, or a stand-alone graphics editor. Most of the graphics editor tools can export to PDF.

Recommended tools for vector drawing

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