Re: A mean time sundial program

2008-05-10 Thread Jan Bielawski
Just a quick note: I added SVG output to the meantime sundial program at http://a1.homelinux.com/cgi-bin/msundial2.cgi There is a new link to download the SVG file after computing the dial. I'm working on the DXF as well, it's a bit harder because it's an older and internally somewhat less

Re: A mean time sundial program

2008-04-15 Thread Hannes K
I want to thank Jan for his excellent calculator. I still do not quite understand this sundial type, but I built some models from his calculations and they worked beautifully! I heard he thinks about .dxf output - personally I would suggest .svg, because it is an open format. However, I do not

Re: A mean time sundial program

2008-04-15 Thread Jan Bielawski
On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 12:59 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: DXF is the most common format used by professional people so it is known everywhere : I save my dial design to a memory stick, I go to a printing service shop and I get my printed 1:1 picture ready to be

Re: A mean time sundial program

2008-04-13 Thread fer de vries
] To: sundial@uni-koeln.de Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2008 1:52 AM Subject: A mean time sundial program Greetings. This is my first post to this forum so expect a few threading booboos before I get it right :-) I haven't built a single sundial in my life but few years ago I got interested in them

Re: A mean time sundial program

2008-04-13 Thread Jan Bielawski
On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 6:32 AM, fer de vries [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: BTW, with the browser MS Explorer version 7 I didn't get the curve for the DST time but with Mozilla Firefox it was drawn. Internet Explorer seems to have problems with including web page widgets (like the text field

A mean time sundial program

2008-04-11 Thread Jan Bielawski
Greetings. This is my first post to this forum so expect a few threading booboos before I get it right :-) I haven't built a single sundial in my life but few years ago I got interested in them through Rene Rohr's book Sundials: History, Theory, and Practice. I found portable self-orienting dials