Can Matlab be used for making Engineering Drawings?
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Especially arrows (with their heads touching two parallel ines that are vertical both to the arrow and the object whose dimensions are being indicated; the dimension shown in the blank space in the middle of the arrow)? See attached drawing made by other means (from a Drexel University course document).![Engg_Drawing.jpg](https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/uploaded_files/198011/Engg_Drawing.jpeg)
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Walter Roberson
on 2 Dec 2018
annotation('arrow') and annotation('text') can be used .
However these use figure coordinates rather than data coordinates which makes them aa nuisance to place properly.
text() can be used to place text in data coordinates .
There are multiple File Exchange contributions for creating arrows including one that creates annotation() arrows given data coordinates and moves them as needed when the axis changes.
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John D'Errico
on 2 Dec 2018
You make an interesting point. I'd wonder however, if TMW might be prepared to invest sufficient resources in a product that would face heavy competition. I'd see competition from many sources there: AutoCad, SketchUp, Reddit, Photoshop Sketch, Illustrator Draw, Sketchbook, Sketchpad, etc. I'm sure I missed a few. And with all the cheap or even free apps out there, would they want to enter that market segment?
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