Circuitikz american inductor with core

Question

Using circuitikz I am trying to get an americaninductor with a line next to it representing a core. Or said differently, I want something like a cute choke but with the coil looking like an americaninductor (semi-circles). Something like the second inductor (FeSi Core inductor)

Is this possible? My code is as follows:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[europeanresistors,americaninductors]{circuitikz}
\begin{document}
\begin{circuitikz}
 \draw (0,-2)node[left] {} to  [short,o-] (0,0)
 to [short,-*] (1,0);
 \draw thick-- +(30:0.89);
 \draw (1.9,0) toshort,-
 to resistor
 to lamp
 to short,-*
 to (0,-5)
 to [short,-o] (0,-3);
\draw (3,0) to (5,0)
 to [L] (5,-3)
 to lamp
 to (5,-5)
 to (3,-5);
\end{circuitikz}
\end{document}

is this what u want -- https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/530609/how-to-draw-a-3-phase-transformer-in-circuitikz — js bibra, Mar 29 '21 at 14:24
@jsbibra Not sure what I am looking at, but I guess not. I want an americaninductor (coil represented by semicircles) with a line next to it. I added a picture. — user1583209, Mar 29 '21 at 14:26
If you move the label to the opposite side, you will have plenty of room to add lines. The solenoid is trickier, but doable (see https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/584424/draw-transformer-circuitikz/584429?r=SearchResults&s=2|0.0000#584429) — John Kormylo, Mar 29 '21 at 16:00

Rmano · Accepted Answer · 2021-04-01T16:08:26.507

This should have happened before or after... ok, if you look at the manual, current version, page 45:

and the rationale is... I don't know. Probably it could be a reasonable feature request for the package, please feel free to add it. I will have a look to see if it's difficult to incorporate.

From now you can just add the line after-the-fact:

\documentclass[border=10pt]{standalone}
\usepackage{circuitikz}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}[]
    \draw (0,1) to [cute choke=$L_1$] ++(3,0);
    \draw (0,0) to [american inductor=$L_2$, name=l] ++(3,0);
    \draw [thick]([yshift=1pt]l.north west) -- ([yshift=1pt]l.north east);
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

Since v1.3.3 (not yet released on 2021-04-01) you will be able to use

\draw (0,0) to [american inductor=$L_2$, name=l] ++(3,0);
\draw [thick](l.core west) -- (l.core east);

so you will have no problems with rotations.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 29 '21 at 14:28

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Like this ?

In this case, use to [cute choke] (5, -3) instead of to [L] (5, -3)

With the option twolineschoke like to [cute choke, twolineschoke ] (5, -3) you obtain

answered Mar 29 '21 at 14:28

Nicolas

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Unfortunately not what I am looking for. I added a picture to my question. – user1583209 Mar 29 '21 at 14:32

Circuitikz american inductor with core

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