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<p>Hi,<br>
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<p>I would also just go for stretching. If you don't want to eyeball
it, place the origin at the top end of the spring (F1 while
snapping to the start vertex, i.e., the one you want to stay where
it is), orient the coordinate system, s.t., theres a line from the
start vertex to the end vertex of the spring (F2 while snapping to
the end vertex), enable angular snap (F8) and then use the stretch
function. This makes it behave the way you would expect a spring
to behave I'd say.</p>
<p>Also to get rid of the coordinate system again press CTRL + F1.</p>
<p>Best,<br>
Soeren<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 17.02.21 07:19, Fabien Lafont via
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Hemza via Ipe-discuss <<a
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<div dir="ltr">Hi,
<div>I just began to learn how to use Ipe. It is a great
tool and already saved me many hours on drawing physics
illustrations.</div>
<div>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 <a
href="https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/41608/draw-mechanical-springs-in-tikz"
target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" moz-do-not-send="true">https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/41608/draw-mechanical-springs-in-tikz</a>).
Is there anything I can do to mimic this on Ipe? </div>
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<div>Hemza.</div>
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