Dear dialist, I have a 0.8x3.8 meter opening in a wall on the roof (technically, a parapet, I believe) which is facing west (5.6 degrees north of West, actually). After much consideration I came to the conclusion that I would like to have a faux stained glass sundial (i.e., printed on a large pane of glass) with gnomons on both sides of the glass, one for showing morning times and the other for the afternoon. (see attached image showing a very rough example of what I have in mind). If it helps, I live at 32°22′40″N 34°52′8″E <https://tools.wmflabs.org/geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Beit_Herut¶ms=32_22_40_N_34_52_8_E_type:city(904)_region:IL> .
Please see if you can help me with any one of the following questions: 1. Do you know of any example of such a dial I can study? 2. Due to the elongated dimensions, I think I can include additional dials (e.g., direction of the sun, etc.) - do you have any ideas? 3. I'm trying to decide between a regular "linear" gnomon to a spherical gnomon/nodus on a perpendicular rod rising from the cornice below. Any ideas? 4. Any interesting ways of including EoT data (e.g., connecting to date using a nodus?) And also for a technical question - 5. I use Shadows for the design (unless you have other recommendations), I want to convert the data to visio or any other free CAD editor and after I design all the dials together, convert it again to photoshop, for an artist to design it graphically. Any thoughts on easy ways to do all of those conversions? Thanks a lot!!!! (You can also contact me privately at alongan(at)gmail.com Best, Alon Gan . [image: example alon sundial.jpg]
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