[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Fer J., > > Thank you for your last E-mail concerning the answers to my questions > about your sundials calculation program. > Before to confirm my order I would like to get a little bit more > details about it because I am not a specialist in informatics : > - Does the floppy disk provided permit to calculate AND PRINT THE DIAL > ON PAPER AT THE REAL SIZE ? > - I don t understand the meaning of "OUGHTRED DIAL". > - I wish to order it directly to you, would you accept to be paid in US > dollars? > - If so what is the price including the sending cost ? > > Looking forward to hearing from you. > > Merry Chistmas and Happy New Year > Henri GOAS . Henri,
Printing the dial to paper goes via PRINTGL. The drawing is to the right scale ( if all the parameters are just set). As well in my program as in Printgl the proper settings can be made. An Ougtred sundial is the stereographic projection of the sky from zenith to the horizontal plane. An example of such a dial can be found on the internet via my homepage ( in Dutch and partly in English ) http://www.iaehv.nl/users/ferdv/ Then follow the link 'types zonnewijzers' ( types of sundails) In the text is the link to 'andere types' ( other types) There you find a link to a picture of an Ougtred sundial. The basic lines for a certain latitude are calculated with my program. In Autocad the dial is finished with figures and the azimuth scale. In Paint Shop Pro the collors are added and the *.gif file is made. Paying in dollars is oke. With postal cost it will be 12 dollar. Are there billets of one dollar??? Or send an Eurocheque in Dutch guilders to my name en the place Eindhoven. Don't forget the number at the backside of the Eurocheque. The Blateyron program can be downloaded via http://www.fr/~frb/cadrans.html The link is 'Telecharger le logiciel Shadows'. The program is for windows 95 and has a nice interface. It is written in French. It is still a beta version and has to be completed further. The sundial is directly shown on the screen and can be printed at once. With my program these procedures are separated. I like the priciple of the Shadows program however the number of sorts of lines is restricted. So any program has its own best and worse things. Best wishes, Fer.
