While many are familiar with Chemix as the app for drawing diagrams for chemistry, it has recently been expanded to cover both Biology and Physics. Let’s see how we can use it to illustrate an experiment involving trolleys and light gates.
- From the Physics module, scroll to the Dynamics section and add the ramp, troley, light gate (twice) and the slotted mass.
2. (Optional) Add a table from Accessories module.
3. Select the ramp by clicking on it, place it on the table and select an angle. In this example, we’ll set it to 25.
4. Select the trolley. In the Properties panel, hide the plunger. We’ll also reduce its size.
5. Select the slotted weight, hide the hook and select the number of weights. Then place it on the trolley.
6. Select both the trolley and the weights and rotate them 25 and place it on the ramp. Because the angles match, the trolley wheels should snap onto the surface of the ramp.
7. Select both light gates and rotate them by 25, then arrange in place.
8. From the Measurements module, add the measuring tape and put into position.
9. From Accessories, add a computer and place it near the light gate. Resize as fit.
10. While there is an option to add a wire, a simple line or curve will work too. We will use Curves from the Shapes section. Arrange the curves so that they connect the light gates to the computer. Then select both curves and in the Property Panel, under Tools section, click “Send to back” to make sure they don’t overlap the items.
And that’s your basic set up done.
From here, you can consider variants such as using a single gate and a double mask, which can be created by overlapping two rectangles from the Shapes module.
Joyful drawing with Chemix!
