> For some reason, without using CAD, my printer makes very nice sundial > drawings of files from the Shadows Sundial Generator program. Unlike > Zonwvlak, which requires CAD for good prints, Shadows' curved lines are > smooth and without "steps". Why is this? > > But without my new DeltaCad, I can't make any additional modifications to a > Shadows drawing. How do I export a Shadows drawing file into a DeltaCad file?
Hi John and all other dialists In the current version (1.5.4) of Shadows, you can print the whole sundial full sized on paper and you have some options to select which lines you want to have (5 minutes, quater-hour, half hour, solstice curves, and so on). It is a very simple way to have a print out. But it's true there is no way to export the lines to a CAD program. I've already received dozens of emails to urge me to implement such a function ;-) I am now working on a new version (version 2.0) and I just started to implement a DXF exportation function. With this function, you will be able to customize the drawings in a CAD program. In addition, because I think everybody do not want to use two programs (or do not have a CAD program), I will add important functions like the followings : - ability to import an image or a clipart and put it and resize it on the sundial - ability to customize the text and lines (colors, thickness, font, ...) - new types of hour lines (italic, babilonian) just to quote the functions related to the discussion. I also plan to introduce a lot of other features. I just want to offer an easy-to-use Sundial generator, for the everyone, from curious to sundial experts. My program has been downloaded by more than 5000 users in the world and they are not all experts in sundials and mathematics. Zonwlak has a lot of useful items for specialists, but is perhaps less easy to understand and to learn. Just use both programs for what they each offer the best. Thanks François Blateyron France EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.cadrans-solaires.org
