Hi John, I guess the downloaded programs are the best because I made a small improvement, however I don't think anyone will notice that. Thus also the version sent with NASS Compendium will do.
With PRINTGL you can get excellent paper copies, better then with cut and paste. Use printgld.exe or printglw.exe. It is a little confusing to learn the program but the printed quality is good, even with an old 9-pins printer. I always make on screen a drawing that fits in a window as a sheet of paper. I use A4 as standard paper and drawings in a window of 220 x 160 mm ( or smaller if wanted ).( see settings in Zwvlak95 ) Conversion to dxf file and importing the file into a CAD program has the advantage that you may add figures as you want or you may change the line type and use other possibilities of a CAD program. I use a CAD program to finish the drawing as I want and than make a plt file to print the drawing with printgl. But other procedures may be used as well. The best procedure is the one you are used to....... Best wishes, Fer. Fer J. de Vries [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.iae.nl/users/ferdv/ Eindhoven, Netherlands lat. 51:30 N long. 5:30 E ----- Original Message ----- From: John Carmichael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: fer j. de vries <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2000 5:27 PM Subject: ZONWVlAK versions?, PRINTGAL > Hi Fer, Sarah and Steve: > > I'm very happy that yesterday I finally figured out how to find and use > spin.exe after much work! I was beginning to get very frustrated as I > really want to build one of these wonderful dials in stone. Thank all of > you for putting up with a struggling cyberly challenged beginner. (I've only > been working with a computer for one year). What really confused me at first > is that "azimuth" and "azimuthal" are two completely different kinds of > sundials in two different progreams, with an azimuth sundial showing only > the sun's direction, and an azimuthal sundial showing time. > > Using Windows 98, I have been able to get a fairly good printed copy of my > new azimuthal dial on my Epson Stylus printer by clipping and pasting into > "Paint". On your website, Fer, I noticed that you recomend PRINTGL for use > with printers, or conversion to a .dxf file for use with CAD. For printing > hard copies, do you consider PRINTGL to be greatly superior in quality to my > cut and paste method? Is it worth the trouble to learn how to use it, > especially if I don't want to use CAD? > > Also, Fer, which version of ZONVWLAK 95 should I use? The floppy disk that > NASS sent me or the downloaded version in your website? > > I hope that this is the last time I bother you with this. But thank you so > much for being so patient with us cyberly challenged beginners. Your help > has been greatly appreciated! > > John > >
