Surely a very useful feature, however the photo has to be shot perpendicularly to the surface and with no distortions..
On Sun, Mar 9, 2008 at 7:16 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear all, > I have included a new feature in my program "Orologi Solari" that I would > like to introduce. > > The idea came from the fact that when designing a new dial I make the > usual wall declination measurements then I take a picture of the wall and by > means of a graphic program I put the dial design on the picture in order to > find the best position, dimension etc. > So why not to design the dial directly on the wall picture? > > Orologi Solari contains now a new parameters page where a graphic image > file can be defined together with the true distance between two any points > in order to get the true picture dimension. > Then the picture is shown on the screen and the dial is drawn over it and > it can be moved, made larger or smaller etc. > All the other features of the program, including simulation, work as usual > so that it is possible to see the simulated shadow on the wall during the > day and during the year. > All that can be done immediately with a laptop and shown to the customer > in order to let him see a draft version of the final result (apart from dial > decorations of course). > > I am attaching a picture showing an example of what you can see on the > screen. > > Maybe this feature could be useful for ancient dials restoration too: the > picture of the old dial can be put on screen and the new dial can be > designed with the calculated parameters in order to see if the new lines > overlap on the old ones, changing any parameter if needed. And if picture > distortion is considered to be a potential problem, a handmade design could > be used instead. > > As I don't actually know if all this stuff can be really useful or it's > just a useless idea (it's difficult to assess our own product), I would > appreciate any comment or suggestion. > > My best regards to all of you. > Gian > > http://digilander.libero.it/orologi.solari > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial > > >
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