RE: How to tilt circular text in Delta Cad

[Barbara & Carl Sabanski]

There is a free program called Inkscape.  Under the Object tab there is a
Transform feature.  As you can see below there is a Skew tab that allows you
to enter both Horizontal and Vertical values.  This along with the Rotate
tab may get you what you want,

 



 

I tried the Save As a dxf file but was not able to see the number when
opened in DeltaCAD.

 

Perhaps you might want to spend some time with this an be able to figure out
how to do it.

 

cls

 

From: sundial [mailto:sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de] On Behalf Of Dan-George
Uza
Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2015 1:25 PM
To: sundial@uni-koeln.de
Subject: Re: How to tilt circular text in Delta Cad

 

In order to get the slanted effect for the hours I used a Python based
graphics package called Nodebox and Kevin Karney's excellent script found
below.

 

https://www.nodebox.net/code/index.php/Sundial 

 

Unfortunately the software only works under Mac OS, so I first needed to set
up a Virtual Machine on my Windows PC. It runs slowly but it does what it's
supposed to do and the sundial furniture is simply amazing. I save the
output as PDF, then open it in Adobe Illustrator in Windows, save it again
as DXF and finally import it into Delta Cad. However, there are a some
important artifacts which I still need to remedy manually (example: circles
are ovalised). I guess this great code could also be adapted to Delta Cad,
but I lack the ability to do so.

 

Thanks again!

 

Dan Uza

 

On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 3:04 AM, Peter Mayer 
wrote:

Hi Dan,

It's certainly possible to wrap text in a circle.  Here's a small image
of a modification I made some time ago to a Steve Lelievre dial.  I can send
the bits of code I used if it's of use.  Slanting is another question
though...

best wishes,

Peter

On 21/12/2015 9:13 AM, Dan-George Uza wrote:

Hello,

 

This is something I've always wanted to do but didn't know how.

I'm talking about adjusting the numerals on a horizontal sundial so that
they appear both circular and slanted in accordance to the offset hour
lines. Can this be accomplished in Delta Cad? 

 

Thanks!

 

Dan Uza

 

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Re: How to tilt circular text in Delta Cad

[Dan-George Uza]

In order to get the slanted effect for the hours I used a Python based
graphics package called Nodebox and Kevin Karney's excellent script found
below.

https://www.nodebox.net/code/index.php/Sundial

Unfortunately the software only works under Mac OS, so I first needed to
set up a Virtual Machine on my Windows PC. It runs slowly but it does what
it's supposed to do and the sundial furniture is simply amazing. I save the
output as PDF, then open it in Adobe Illustrator in Windows, save it again
as DXF and finally import it into Delta Cad. However, there are a some
important artifacts which I still need to remedy manually (example: circles
are ovalised). I guess this great code could also be adapted to Delta Cad,
but I lack the ability to do so.

Thanks again!

Dan Uza

On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 3:04 AM, Peter Mayer 
wrote:

> Hi Dan,
>
> It's certainly possible to wrap text in a circle.  Here's a small
> image of a modification I made some time ago to a Steve Lelievre dial.  I
> can send the bits of code I used if it's of use.  Slanting is another
> question though...
>
> best wishes,
>
> Peter
>
> On 21/12/2015 9:13 AM, Dan-George Uza wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> This is something I've always wanted to do but didn't know how.
> I'm talking about adjusting the numerals on a horizontal sundial so that
> they appear both circular and slanted in accordance to the offset hour
> lines. Can this be accomplished in Delta Cad?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Dan Uza
>
>
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>
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Re: How to tilt circular text in Delta Cad

[Peter Mayer]

Hi Dan,

It's certainly possible to wrap text in a circle.  Here's a small 
image of a modification I made some time ago to a Steve Lelievre dial.  
I can send the bits of code I used if it's of use. Slanting is another 
question though...


best wishes,

Peter

On 21/12/2015 9:13 AM, Dan-George Uza wrote:

Hello,

This is something I've always wanted to do but didn't know how.
I'm talking about adjusting the numerals on a horizontal sundial so 
that they appear both circular and slanted in accordance to the offset 
hour lines. Can this be accomplished in Delta Cad?


Thanks!

Dan Uza


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