I just created a .lyx file with the code in your email an it works! Thanks!
Another cool thing that I would like to be able to do with LyX is this http://www.texample.net/tikz/examples/gnuplot-basics/ Is it possible? Thanks! -Ignacio On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 6:02 PM, Ignacio Martinez <igna...@virginia.edu>wrote: > Hi Paul, > > Thanks for replaying. > This is my first time in the list and I'm confuse. > Did you send an attached .lyx file? I just got a long email with a lot of > code that I'm not sure where in lyx to put... > Thanks again > > -Ignacio > > > On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 5:55 PM, Paul Rubin <ru...@msu.edu> wrote: > >> GMANE is acting weirdly -- it won't display the original text of your >> question. >> At any rate, the answer is that the diagram can indeed be reproduced in >> LyX >> (see below). I put the various chunks of the formula in ERT, as new LaTeX >> commands, but that's not necessary. You can do it in the equation editor, >> with >> a couple of tricks: use \{ to create an inset with braces around it for >> mathematical arguments; and inside that inset, type \ensuremath <space> >> rather >> than typing $...$. The reason I used LaTeX macros to capture bits and >> pieces is >> that LyX (at least as of 1.6.x) does not have horizontal scrolling for >> annoyingly wide equations or tables, so editing this thing in the equation >> editor requires zooming way, way out and using a very powerful magnifying >> glass. >> >> Paul >> >> >> === file begins === >> #LyX 1.6.7 created this file. For more info see http://www.lyx.org/ >> \lyxformat 345 >> \begin_document >> \begin_header >> \textclass beamer >> \begin_preamble >> \usetheme{CambridgeUS} >> \usepackage{times} >> \usepackage{tikz} >> \usetikzlibrary{arrows,shapes} >> \end_preamble >> \use_default_options true >> \language english >> \inputencoding auto >> \font_roman lmodern >> \font_sans lmss >> \font_typewriter lmtt >> \font_default_family default >> \font_sc false >> \font_osf false >> \font_sf_scale 100 >> \font_tt_scale 100 >> >> \graphics default >> \paperfontsize default >> \spacing single >> \use_hyperref false >> \papersize letterpaper >> \use_geometry true >> \use_amsmath 1 >> \use_esint 1 >> \cite_engine basic >> \use_bibtopic false >> \paperorientation portrait >> \leftmargin 1in >> \topmargin 1in >> \rightmargin 1in >> \bottommargin 1in >> \secnumdepth 3 >> \tocdepth 3 >> \paragraph_separation skip >> \defskip medskip >> \quotes_language english >> \papercolumns 1 >> \papersides 1 >> \paperpagestyle default >> \tracking_changes false >> \output_changes false >> \author "" >> \author "" >> \end_header >> >> \begin_body >> >> \begin_layout Standard >> \begin_inset ERT >> status open >> >> \begin_layout Plain Layout >> >> >> \backslash >> tikzstyle{every picture}+=[remember picture] >> \end_layout >> >> \begin_layout Plain Layout >> >> >> \backslash >> everymath{ >> \backslash >> displaystyle} >> \end_layout >> >> \end_inset >> >> >> \end_layout >> >> \begin_layout BeginFrame >> \begin_inset ERT >> status open >> >> \begin_layout Plain Layout >> >> [<+-| alert@+>] >> \end_layout >> >> \end_inset >> >> Rigid body dynamics >> \end_layout >> >> \begin_layout Standard >> \begin_inset ERT >> status open >> >> \begin_layout Plain Layout >> >> >> \backslash >> tikzstyle{na} = [baseline=-.5ex] >> \end_layout >> >> \end_inset >> >> >> \end_layout >> >> \begin_layout Standard >> \begin_inset ERT >> status open >> >> \begin_layout Plain Layout >> >> >> \backslash >> newcommand{ >> \backslash >> myta}{ >> \end_layout >> >> \begin_layout Plain Layout >> >> >> \backslash >> tikz[baseline]{ >> \end_layout >> >> \begin_layout Plain Layout >> >> >> \backslash >> node[fill=blue!20,anchor=base] (t1) >> \end_layout >> >> \begin_layout Plain Layout >> >> {$2 >> \backslash >> vec{ >> \backslash >> omega}_{ib} >> \backslash >> times >> \backslash >> frac{{}^bd}{dt} >> \backslash >> vec{r}$}; >> \end_layout >> >> \begin_layout Plain Layout >> >> } >> \end_layout >> >> \begin_layout Plain Layout >> >> } >> \end_layout >> >> \begin_layout Plain Layout >> >> >> \backslash >> newcommand{ >> \backslash >> mytb}{ >> \end_layout >> >> \begin_layout Plain Layout >> >> >> \backslash >> tikz[baseline]{ >> \end_layout >> >> \begin_layout Plain Layout >> >> >> \backslash >> node[fill=red!20, ellipse,anchor=base] (t2) >> \end_layout >> >> \begin_layout Plain Layout >> >> {$ >> \backslash >> vec{ >> \backslash >> alpha}_{ib} >> \backslash >> times >> \backslash >> vec{r}$}; >> \end_layout >> >> \begin_layout Plain Layout >> >> } >> \end_layout >> >> \begin_layout Plain Layout >> >> } >> \end_layout >> >> \begin_layout Plain Layout >> >> >> \backslash >> newcommand{ >> \backslash >> mytc}{ >> \end_layout >> >> \begin_layout Plain Layout >> >> >> \backslash >> tikz[baseline]{ >> \end_layout >> >> \begin_layout Plain Layout >> >> >> \backslash >> node[fill=green!20,anchor=base] (t3) >> \end_layout >> >> \begin_layout Plain Layout >> >> {$ >> \backslash >> vec{ >> \backslash >> omega}_{ib} >> \backslash >> times( >> \backslash >> vec{ >> \backslash >> omega}_{ib} >> \backslash >> times >> \backslash >> vec{r})$}; >> \end_layout >> >> \begin_layout Plain Layout >> >> } >> \end_layout >> >> \begin_layout Plain Layout >> >> } >> \end_layout >> >> \end_inset >> >> >> \end_layout >> >> \begin_layout Itemize >> Coriolis acceleration >> \begin_inset ERT >> status open >> >> \begin_layout Plain Layout >> >> >> \backslash >> tikz[na] >> \backslash >> node[coordinate] (n1) {}; >> \end_layout >> >> \end_inset >> >> >> \end_layout >> >> \begin_layout Standard >> \begin_inset Formula \[ >> \vec{a}_{p}=\vec{a}+\frac{^{b}d^{2}}{dt^{2}}\vec{r}+\myta+\mytb+\mytc\] >> >> \end_inset >> >> >> \end_layout >> >> \begin_layout Itemize >> Transversal acceleration >> \begin_inset ERT >> status open >> >> \begin_layout Plain Layout >> >> >> \backslash >> tikz[na] >> \backslash >> node [coordinate] (n2) {}; >> \end_layout >> >> \end_inset >> >> >> \end_layout >> >> \begin_layout Itemize >> Centripetal acceleration >> \begin_inset ERT >> status open >> >> \begin_layout Plain Layout >> >> >> \backslash >> tikz[na] >> \backslash >> node [coordinate] (n3) {}; >> \end_layout >> >> \end_inset >> >> >> \end_layout >> >> \begin_layout Standard >> \begin_inset ERT >> status open >> >> \begin_layout Plain Layout >> >> >> \backslash >> begin{tikzpicture}[overlay] >> \end_layout >> >> \begin_layout Plain Layout >> >> >> \backslash >> path[->]<1-> (n1) edge [bend left] (t1); >> \end_layout >> >> \begin_layout Plain Layout >> >> >> \backslash >> path[->]<2-> (n2) edge [bend right] (t2); >> \end_layout >> >> \begin_layout Plain Layout >> >> >> \backslash >> path[->]<3-> (n3) edge [out=0, in=-90] (t3); >> \end_layout >> >> \begin_layout Plain Layout >> >> >> \backslash >> end{tikzpicture} >> \end_layout >> >> \end_inset >> >> >> \end_layout >> >> \begin_layout EndFrame >> >> \end_layout >> >> \end_body >> \end_document >> >> >> >
