Sunny Day Yvon! Thank you very much for making your sundial software, Calcad, available in an English version.
I have loaded it and have been trying it out using the sample layouts you included. Having a user's manual in pdf format is really great. Anyone can have fun designing a sundial using your program. I like the way the sundial can be moved and scaled on the dial plate, as well as the simple method of changing the time and date when the shadow is shown. This is a really nice tool! Carl www.mysundial.ca -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]on Behalf Of Yvon Massé Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2010 12:23 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Sundial software Dear all, I am pleased to inform you that the sundial software I wrote, Calcad, is now available in English language. Calcad is a new approach in the practical design of sundial for no specialist because the usual parameters are not used. Other originality, the first stage of the method is the drawing of the outline that can be drawn crooked... All the plane sundials are concerned without difference in the instructions for use, it is just needed to measure two shadow points. To summarize: Calcad allows you to create 80 % of the sundials with only 20 % of gnomonic knowledge. Calcad is supplied with complete help and user's manual. You will find a preliminary version (1823 Ko) at: http://pagesperso-orange.fr/ymasse/divers/install_calcad_vxxmars10.exe I will be pleased to receive your comments and remarks. I will appreciate particularly if someone would accept to correct the language mistakes I made. This will give a nice tool for beginners in gnomonic. Yvon Massé --------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial --------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
