Technical Drawing Using LaTeX

Question

I wanted to draw this particular image in LaTeX but I don't know where to start:

weanted

I have no minimal working example I am just asking for directions please don't ridicule me.

Not to ridicule you but did you ever try a straight line in TikZ? Because there is not much else to do. And that you can find everywhere how. And that would be your MWE — percusse, Dec 14 '14 at 17:47
two links with some physics examples

http://www.physagreg.fr/schemas-figures-physique-svg-tikz.php

http://www.sciensass.net/TikZ.php — rpapa, Dec 14 '14 at 17:56
You can read about the wonder called PGF/TikZ here: https://tug.org/texlive/Contents/live/texmf-dist/doc/generic/pgf/pgfmanual.pdf — Júda Ronén, Dec 14 '14 at 18:54
@Ingo If I ask for someone to complete what I am attempting to accomplish then you can tell me that. — Ricardo Veloz Jr, Dec 16 '14 at 11:42

score 18 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 14 '14 at 19:13

18

And with TikZ:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}

\begin{document}

\begin{tikzpicture}
\draw[double,double distance=1.5mm]
  (0,0) --
  ++(0,-6cm)
  arc[start angle=210,end angle=330,radius=4cm] --
  ++(0,6cm);
\end{tikzpicture}

\end{document}

enter image description here

answered Dec 14 '14 at 19:13

Gonzalo Medina

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thanks alot for the answer. Mind if i ask where can I read about this stuff? a book perhaps? – Ricardo Veloz Jr Dec 15 '14 at 03:03
@RicardoVelozJr You're welcome. For the powerful TikZ, you have the PGF/TikZ manual (texdoc pgf in a terminal, or in CTAN: http://mirrors.ctan.org/graphics/pgf/base/doc/pgfmanual.pdf). – Gonzalo Medina Dec 15 '14 at 03:07
@RicardoVelozJr If you want "to close" the walls you can add line cap=round or line cap=rect in the options of draw command. And if you want to "fill" the walls in yellow, for example, you can use double=yellow option. – Kpym Dec 15 '14 at 15:07

score 10 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:35

Here is a Metapost solution that takes a different approach.

enter image description here

The shape is drawn as a very thick line and then the inside is erased.

prologues := 3;
outputtemplate := "%j%c.eps";
beginfig(1);
path s; s = ( (-1,1) -- (-1,-1) {dir -34} .. {dir 34} (1,-1) -- (1,1) ) scaled 1cm;
linecap := butt;
draw s withpen pencircle scaled 3pt;
draw s withpen pencircle scaled 2pt withcolor background;
endfig;
end.

Here are some links for more information about Metapost

The Metapost page at TUG is the best starting point.
The CTAN entry has the excellent introduction and the user manual.
This tutorial has many useful examples.
If you have any French, you might also enjoy the Syracuse site and Anthony Phan's pages.

I don't know of any technical drawing books that specifically deal with Metapost, but Knuth's own Metafont book is very helpful for learning the core of the MP language (since it is more or less identical to Metafont).

thanks alot for the answer. Mind if i ask where can I read about this stuff? a book perhaps? — Ricardo Veloz Jr, Dec 15 '14 at 03:02

Svend Tveskæg · Answer 3 · 2014-12-14T18:42:47.610

7

A PSTricks solution:

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{pstricks}

\begin{document}

\begin{pspicture}(4.46,5)
  % inner
  \psline(0.23,5)(0.23,1)
  \psarc(2.23,3){2.8284}{224.8}{315.2}
  \psline(4.23,5)(4.23,1)
  % outer
  \psline(0,5)(0,0.99)
  \psarc(2.23,3){3}{221.8}{318.2}
  \psline(4.46,5)(4.46,0.99)
\end{pspicture}

\end{document}

output

Notice that you can scale down the drawing using

\psset{unit = <a number less than 1>}

edited Dec 14 '14 at 18:42

answered Dec 14 '14 at 18:11

Svend Tveskæg

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thanks alot for the answer. Mind if i ask where can I read about this stuff? a book perhaps? – Ricardo Veloz Jr Dec 15 '14 at 03:04
@RicardoVelozJr The user manual for PSTricks can be found at http://mirrors.dotsrc.org/ctan/graphics/pstricks/base/doc/pst-user.pdf. – Svend Tveskæg Dec 15 '14 at 03:36

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