Prerequisites

Please check the corresponding section in the JaxoDraw User Guide.

Downloads

Please check the overview and instructions in the download section.

Installing JaxoDraw

In order to get JaxoDraw ready to run on your system, please follow the installation instructions in the current JaxoDraw User Guide and check the detailed compilation/installation instructions for each distribution that are available on their respective download sites.

Using JaxoDraw

Drawing Feynman diagrams with JaxoDraw is pretty easy and self-explaining. The program has been designed with the main strategy to be easy to use. In particular, if you are familiar with the xfig program, you will have little problems to get used to JaxoDraw.

In general, to draw an element of a Feynman diagram, you first choose the drawing mode via the corresponding button in the button panel, and then draw the object by left mouse-clicking on the canvas. Drawn objects may then be moved/resized or edited by choosing the corresponding button in the edit button panel and then clicking on one of the handles specifying the object.

Check the current JaxoDraw User Guide for more detailed information about using the program.