% Author: Dr. Matthias Jung, DL9MJ % Year: 2020 \begin{tikzpicture} % Define a formula for the coil. % This is what the numbers mean: % A ... how far the rings are apart % B ... how much from the side the rings are seen (try 0 and the same as the radius) % C ... radius of the rings \def\coil#1{ % A B {0.3 * (2*#1 + \t) + 0.55*sin(\t * pi r))}, % C {1.0 * cos(\t * pi r)} } % Draw the part of the coil behind the rectangle \foreach \n in {0,1,...,5} { \draw[domain={0.2:0.7},smooth,variable=\t,samples=15, thick] plot (\coil{\n}); } % Draw the part of the coil in front of the rectangle \foreach \n in {0,1,...,5} { \draw[domain={0.7:2.2},smooth,variable=\t,samples=15, thick] plot (\coil{\n}); } \draw[domain={ 0.0:0.5},smooth,variable=\t,samples=15,thick] plot (\coil{6}); \draw[domain={-0.5:0.2},smooth,variable=\t,samples=15,thick] plot (\coil{0}); \draw[thick](-0.7,0) -- (-0.7,-2); \draw[thick](4.3,0) -- (4.3,-2); \draw[thick](4.3,-2.1) circle (0.1); \draw[thick](-0.7,-2.1) circle (0.1); \begin{scope}[yshift=-3.5cm, xshift=0.25cm] % Define a formula for the coil. % This is what the numbers mean: % A ... how far the rings are apart % B ... how much from the side the rings are seen (try 0 and the same as the radius) % C ... radius of the rings \def\coil#1{ % A B {0.710 * (2*#1 + \t) + 0.55*sin(\t * pi r))}, % C {1.0 * cos(\t * pi r)} } % Draw the part of the coil behind the rectangle \foreach \n in {0,1,...,5} { \draw[domain={0.2:0.7},smooth,variable=\t,samples=15, thick] plot (\coil{\n}); } % Draw the part of the coil in front of the rectangle \foreach \n in {0,1,...,5} { \draw[domain={0.7:2.2},smooth,variable=\t,samples=15, thick] plot (\coil{\n}); } \draw[domain={ 0.0:0.5},smooth,variable=\t,samples=15,thick] plot (\coil{6}); \draw[domain={-0.52:0.2},smooth,variable=\t,samples=15,thick] plot (\coil{-0.0}); \draw[thick](-0.91,0) -- (-0.91,-2); \draw[thick](9.42,0) -- (9.42,-2); \draw[thick](9.42,-2.1) circle (0.1); \draw[thick](-0.91,-2.1) circle (0.1); \end{scope} \end{tikzpicture}