Drawing physics Diagrams with online software

[VVS2000]

Hello everyone, does anyone know any online websites/software to draw detailed physics diagrams, Like the ones we see in textbooks and research papers.
I wanted to draw detailed ray diagram of a lens with mentioning all the angles and refracted rays which is supposed to depict a certain experiment I did.
Thanks In advance

 

[Arjan82]

You mean different from Inkscape (which is free)? Or Adobe Illustrator (which is not...)?

 

[VVS2000]

You mean different from Inkscape (which is free)? Or Adobe Illustrator (which is not...)?

well I don't know either of them but it will be best if it's free

 

[f95toli]

Inkscape is free and very widely used for creating illustrations for articles etc
Note that there are free resources out there where you can download collections common symbols that can then be copied and pasted into your illustrations/diagrams. I don't know if there is a collection for ray optics, but it wouldn't surprise me.

 

[VVS2000]

Inkscape is free and very widely used for creating illustrations for articles etc
Note that there are free resources out there where you can download collections common symbols that can then be copied and pasted into your illustrations/diagrams. I don't know if there is a collection for ray optics, but it wouldn't surprise me.

thanks for the info

 

[robphy]

I'm not sure what computational/programming features are available on inkscape (I'd have to check my installation).

However, recently I've been using geometric tools like Desmos and GeoGebra
where the figures aren't just "drawn" but are calculated and allow interactivity.

When I taught optics last year, I tried to use Desmos and GeoGebra
e.g.
https://www.geogebra.org/m/zbqzbrdn (a concave mirror)
https://www.geogebra.org/m/pttwdz9z (aperture stops) - possibly buggy (you have to hide the image by clicking the circle for picPedrotti1a on the left side

https://www.desmos.com/calculator/rhrwohh1zm ( refractions through a sphere )

Both platforms allow export to svg.
You could then use Inkscape to decorate them further.

 

[Lnewqban]

Hello everyone, does anyone know any online websites/software to draw detailed physics diagrams, Like the ones we see in textbooks and research papers.
I wanted to draw detailed ray diagram of a lens with mentioning all the angles and refracted rays which is supposed to depict a certain experiment I did.
Thanks In advance

For this specific application, I would recommend one of the free-for-educational-purposes AutoCAD softwares offered by AutoDesk.
Very easy to use and very precise for lines and angles.

Please, see:
https://www.autodesk.com/products/autocad/free-trial

 

[VVS2000]

Thanks a lot for mentioning this, really helped