[Ipe-discuss] Fwd: How to draw a spring?

[Nathaniel Cunningham]

The "plots" ipelet is a great way to create springs and other shapes that
can be mathematically defined!
https://github.com/lahvak/ipeplots

-- Nathaniel

On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 1:26 PM Nathaniel Cunningham <
nathaniel.cunningham at gmail.com> wrote:

> The "plots" ipelet is a great way to create springs and other shapes that
> can be mathematically defined!
> https://github.com/lahvak/ipeplots
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 11:31 AM Hemza via Ipe-discuss <
> ipe-discuss at lists.science.uu.nl> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
>> From: Hemza <hemza.dz at gmail.com>
>> Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2021 at 08:24
>> Subject: Re: [Ipe-discuss] How to draw a spring?
>> To: Fabien Lafont <lafont.fabien at gmail.com>
>>
>>
>> Thanks for the tips. svgtoipe is a good way to do it.
>>
>> On Wed, 17 Feb 2021 at 07:51, Fabien Lafont <lafont.fabien at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> With Bézier curves and the snap to grid you can easily make one. Then
>>> you can stretch it. Another solution is to use one that you like and use
>>> svgtoipe or pdftoipe.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Feb 17, 2021, 08:30 Hemza <hemza.dz at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> it is possible to sketch 'zig zag' springs, but coils like springs are
>>>> not easy to sketch.
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, 17 Feb 2021 at 07:19, Fabien Lafont <lafont.fabien at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Just stretch it. Keyboard shortcut : e
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Feb 17, 2021, 08:10 Hemza via Ipe-discuss <
>>>>> ipe-discuss at lists.science.uu.nl> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>> I just began to learn how to use Ipe. It is a great tool and already
>>>>>> saved me many hours on drawing physics illustrations.
>>>>>> One thing that I find frustrating to draw is drawing 'springs' (which
>>>>>> are crucial things in mechanics problems). In Tikz, you could control how
>>>>>> the spring looks like (see e.g
>>>>>> https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/41608/draw-mechanical-springs-in-tikz).
>>>>>> Is there anything I can do to mimic this on Ipe?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hemza.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
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