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

[Hemza]

cool, I know about ipeplot and use it for basic functions plotting. could
you elaborate more on how to describe a spring parametrically?


On Wed, 17 Feb 2021 at 20:31, Nathaniel Cunningham via Ipe-discuss <
ipe-discuss at lists.science.uu.nl> wrote:

> 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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