Gentlemen: I find this discussion very interesting, especially the tutorial on the fabrication process. My impression is that everyone involved in this discussion is an expert and thus would appreciate a suggestion. For this I would need a 3D CAD model of a sundial, pedestal and all, in the format of either STEP, IGES, ProE or IDEAS. This can be a model of your greatest endeavor.
Thank you for the privilege Steve >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> At 08:37 AM 3/24/00 -0400, Steve Lelievre wrote: >The situation seems to be: > >Illustrator costs about 400 USD+shipping, whereas DeltaCad is about 40 >USD+shipping. > >DeltaCad shares the basic facilities which Tony mentioned for Illustrator - >dilation, rotation, translation - but not the distorting operations such as >shearing and stretching text to fit curved boundaries. > >DeltaCad is fairly easy to use, but it isn't a industrial graphics tool in >the league of Illustrator. It is, however, adequate for setting out many >types of dial "manually". For more complex forms, such as those with >built-in EoT adjustment, it allows for creation of programs which lay out >the dial directly into the drawing. > >TurboCad is somewhere in between the two, and there is a cut-down +free+ >version which includes plotting facilities but not the programming. > >I agree with Tony that busy professional makers and avid enthusiasts will >enjoy the wealth of facilities in Illustrator or similar, but I also agree >with Ron's view that most other people will find DeltaCad to be adequate at >the price. > >I think it's a case of paying your money and taking your choice. > >Steve > >
