Which Software Can Create Vector Graphics Like These?

[ronaldor9]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centrifugal_force_(rotating_reference_frame)"

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/16/Equation_motion_body.png


Using which program can I create such vector drawings? THanks

 

[qntty]

Try inkscrape for a paint-like program. For certain diagrams, you might want to use the LaTeX diagram environment or one like asymptote (I don't believe the LaTeX envirnment can do 3d diagrams).

 

[Danger]

I have Inkscape on this machine, since none of my regular software will run on it (Intel Macbook). I still can't figure out how to do anything with it. For my money, you absolutely can't beat Adobe Illustrator. Even version 4 is very impressive, but when you get up to CSII it's beyond imagination.

 

[Danger]

This, for instance, was done in Illustrator 8, which is a primitive version.

"[URL=[PLAIN]http://img505.imageshack.us/i/hovercraftpb1.png/[/URL]

 

[junglebeast]

I can only echo what has already been said. I use Illustrator CS4, and I hear InkScape is a decent free alternative. I am not so enamored with Illustrator though...it can do a lot of things, but there are a LOT of things that one would expect a professional program like this to be capable of that it also cannot do, and that which it can do is often hidden/disorganized in obscure places.

 

[Danger]

I can only assume, then, that we have different requirements for our illustrations.

 

[junglebeast]

Illustrations don't generally have "requirements" that Illustrator would be incapable of satisfying -- what it fails in is user efficiency, and precision due to the amount of manual manipulation that it forces you to do. It seems almost every time I use Illustrator I discover another set of operations that really should be there, but aren't, and waste me time as a result. Googling these issues typically turns up dozens of other people who are trying to do the same thing, and responses like, "Sorry you can't do that in illustrator...this is just a cheap $600 app, what do you expect?" Since I know of nothing better, I've continued to stick with Illustrator over the years...but I'm keeping my eye out for something a bit more high end, if I ever see it.

 

[Danger]

this is just a cheap $600 app

Bloody hell! My CS 2 cost twice that. The aftermarket manual was over $100. I didn't buy that, though, since the built-in help menu covered everything that I needed. (Keep in mind that I don't do any fine-art stuff; just cartoons and blueprints.)
Here's an example:

"[URL=[PLAIN]http://img137.imageshack.us/i/pf8ej.jpg/[/URL]

 

[ronaldor9]

well the thing is, i have illustrator but i can't seem to create beautiful vector diagrams such as the ones on wiki, for example. I mainly need it for drawing FBD, vectors etc. It is time consuming. I was hoping that there was some program to facilitate drawings for this purpose.

 

[Danger]

well the thing is, i have illustrator but i can't seem to create beautiful vector diagrams such as the ones on wiki, for example. I mainly need it for drawing FBD, vectors etc. It is time consuming. I was hoping that there was some program to facilitate drawings for this purpose.

I'm not familiar with that terminology. Maybe you need more of a CAD programme?