Are specific softwares avialable that are suitable for converting different diagrams, graphs and mindmaps to latex codes?

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Matplotlib

There may the occasion you actually need the data from a publication, and want to plot them altogether with data newly collected data in one diagram in common. An overlay, though possible, can become tricky (scaling, centering, alignment, etc.) and plotting all data in a diagram generated from scratch (gnuplot/octave, matplotlib, Origin, ...) exported as an illustration in the usual formats (.pdf/.png), or pstricks/tikz is easier/more consistent with the material already compiled in your document. Then you like to reach out for a program like WebPlotDigitizer* to extract .csv data.

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Inkscape

If the original publication is provided in high quality and as a .pdf file, one can burst the document into individual pages (e.g., pdftk), read the page of interest by inkscape and gradually ungroup the elements until the diagram of interest remains. Then export (not a mere save as) of the (regrouped) diagram as .eps/.pdf as vector, or .png as bitmap for reuse in pdfLaTeX. It takes a few rounds to do this to develop muscle-memory for the short-cuts in inkscape to reduced the mouse clicks. Shorter, but not offering the advantage of vector illustrations later, is to read the pdf, zoom the illustration and capture a screen photo as .png.

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GnuPlot

There may the occasion you actually need the data from a publication, and want to plot them altogether with data newly collected data in one diagram in common. An overlay, though possible, can become tricky (scaling, centering, alignment, etc.) and plotting all data in a diagram generated from scratch (gnuplot/octave, matplotlib, Origin, ...) exported as an illustration in the usual formats (.pdf/.png), or pstricks/tikz is easier/more consistent with the material already compiled in your document. Then you like to reach out for a program like WebPlotDigitizer* to extract .csv data.

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