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Hi I am using a program called xcircuit to make circuit diagrams and I cant seem to get the figure centered. I have tried \begin{center}, \centering. I have tried messing with \flushleft but it needs to be flushleft for the words to line up in the figure (see attached image) These commands work when i use \includegraphics. I know its not a bounding box problem. Thanks for your help here is the code:

\documentclass[]{article}
\usepackage{graphicx,epstopdf}
\usepackage{epsfig}
\usepackage{float}
\begin{document}
\begin{figure}[H]
\centering
 \input{hvdc}
 \caption{CIGR\'E Idealized Rectifier Station}
 \label{fig:hvdc}
\end{figure}

\begin{figure}[H]
\begin{center}
 \input{hvdc}
 \end{center}
 \caption{CIGR\'E Idealized Rectifier Station}
 \label{fig:hvdc}
\end{figure}
\end{document}

Here is the code generated by Xcircuit for hvdc.tex

\def\putbox#1#2#3{\makebox[0in][l]{\makebox[#1][l]{}\raisebox{\baselineskip}[0in][0in]{\raisebox{#2}[0in][0in]{#3}}}}
\def\rightbox#1{\makebox[0in][r]{#1}}
\def\centbox#1{\makebox[0in]{#1}}
\def\topbox#1{\raisebox{-\baselineskip}[0in][0in]{#1}}
\def\midbox#1{\raisebox{-0.5\baselineskip}[0in][0in]{#1}}
\begin{flushleft}
\epsfig{file=C:/Users/kasun/Desktop/center_pic/hvdc.eps}\\
% translate x=1222 y=-12 scale 0.38
\putbox{2.46in}{1.27in}{$1000 kV$}%
\putbox{0.42in}{1.08in}{$345 kV$}%
\putbox{0.42in}{0.91in}{$50 Hz$}%
\putbox{1.00in}{2.08in}{$345 kV:422 kV$}%
\putbox{0.25in}{0.49in}{$P_{ac}$}%
\putbox{1.17in}{1.24in}{$P_{6pulse}$}%
\putbox{1.17in}{0.24in}{$P_{6pulse}$}%
\putbox{2.34in}{0.08in}{$P_{dc}$}%
\end{flushleft}

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    comment out \begin{flushleft} and \end{flushleft} lines in hvdc.tex then you may get the figure centered. you might be better off with circuitikz package.
    – texenthusiast
    Feb 23, 2014 at 0:02
  • Still a problem? I cannot test, as I don't have the EPS-files, but does it work if you add \usepackage{varwidth}, and replace \begin{flushleft}/\end{flushleft} with \begin{varwidth}{\linewidth}/\end{varwidth}?
    – Torbjørn T.
    Mar 19, 2014 at 0:27

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comment out \begin{flushleft} and \end{flushleft} lines inhvdc.tex then you may get the figure centered. you might be better off with circuitikz package. http://www.ctan.org/pkg/circuitikz

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  • Thanks for your answer , but if I don't use flush left the text wont align properly with the picture
    – Kasun
    Mar 7, 2014 at 2:36
  • @Kasun In that case wrap the text only in flushleft environment and leave the figure separately. BTW epsfig is a very old package it's superseded by graphicx and avoid xcircuit if possible as it generates outdated latex code. Use circuitikz package
    – texenthusiast
    Mar 7, 2014 at 5:39

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