[Tugindia] figures in two column

[Baburaj A. Puthenveettil]

Hi,

I need three figures to be aligned vertically one below the other and two
such sets side by side in a page. ie six figures, first three one below
the other, and the next three in a side column one below the other. I 
tried using parbox

\begin{figure}[tbp]
\parbox[t]{0.45\textwidth}{
\includegraphics[width=0.45\textwidth]{...} 
\includegraphics[width=0.45\textwidth,height=0.2010\textwidth]{..} 
\includegraphics[width=0.55\textwidth,height=0.225\textwidth]{...} 
\caption{..... }
\label{....}}\qquad\qquad\qquad
\parbox[t]{0.45\textwidth}{
\includegraphics[width=0.45\textwidth]{....} 
\includegraphics[width=0.3263\textwidth,height=0.2104\textwidth]{....}
\includegraphics[width=0.40\textwidth,height=0.2104\textwidth]{....} 
\caption{.... }
\label{...}}
\end{figure}

I am able to acheive the two column alignment with three figures below
each other in each column. But even though the whole figure environment
takes only 3/4th page height tex always places it at the end of the
document. How do I put this inside the document so that there can be text 
below the figure. 

regards
Baburaj



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Baburaj A Puthenveettil
F.M.Lab, Mechanical Engineering,
Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore 560012 India