Re: Possible serious flaw in Shadows 1.6.4?

2003-09-18 Thread fer j. de vries
François, I use version 1.6.4 and I got the error as John mentioned. I calculated a vertical dial, declining 45 degrees. The result is added ( in a direct mail to François only ) The graph of the dial is correct but the line of the substyle isn't. So to my opnion John's remark is correct. Best

Re: Possible serious flaw in Shadows 1.6.4?

2003-09-18 Thread Fran�ois Blateyron
Hello John I am not sure I understand the problem you have. In the example you give, for a north-west sundial, you should enter 135° West for the azimuth because Shadows has its reference at the meridian (south). Anyway, I have checked for both 45° and 135° and I don't see any problem. Could you

Re: Possible serious flaw in Shadows 1.6.4?

2003-09-18 Thread J.Tallman
Hi John, I just laid out a 45° East decliner for NYC last night and had no problems either. There is an option in one of the pull down menus that allows you to project the hour lines back to the foot of the gnomon, and it worked well. Everything lined up as it should. Perhaps the gnomon on your