Re: OPENSCAD [programming]

2016-12-19 Thread Jan Bielawski
In my experience the best graphics programming has been Qt which is a set of C++ templates (no binary library needed and you can see the code). It's very fast and uses only native widgets (so no need for installing anything, unlike Java, no virtual machine, etc.). If so desired, it can be inserted

Re: Are there some Sundial Designers, in INDIA ?

2016-12-19 Thread Maes, F.W.
Hi Frank, Although it was not the start topic, I had a look at the new (no capital N) Delhi sundial. According to the newspaper article, "the sundial has been recently certified as one of the largest scientifically ACCURATE sundials in the world." (my capitalization). Even if the attachment would

OPENSCAD [programming]

2016-12-19 Thread Simon Wheaton Smith
I read in the December 2016 BSS Bulletin about OpenSCAD. So I had to try it. My website has notes and working sundial programs for DeltaCAD, NanoCAD, FreeCAD, Blender, ProgeCAD, TurboCAD, and PowerDRAW (includes my trig functions). So I decided to try OpenSCAD. I have a 2D depiction of a horizont

Re: Are there some Sundial Designers, in INDIA ?

2016-12-19 Thread Beverly Stimpson
In message <2a50dfe...@users.interwebs.com> Beverly Stimpson wrote: > > Do the members of this list know, whether there are some (or even ANY) > sundial designers in INDIA - since I have a potentially very lucrative > business proposal, especially for use within the 'Educational Sector

Re: Are there some Sundial Designers, in INDIA ?

2016-12-19 Thread Frank King
Dear Beverley, You ask: > Do the members of this list know, > whether there are some (or even ANY) > sundial designers in INDIA... There are several modern sundials in India so someone must be designing them! I have even had a hand in a dial in Goa [do you count that as India?] myself. To take