| ILLUSTRATING SHADOWS focusing on education and interesting practical aspects of sundial design FREE CAD OR VRML STUFF |
Sundial Sun Dial Sundials Sun Dials Design Book Books articlesspreadsheets Gnomics Gnomonics Horology Dialling Dialing Clocks EOT Equation of time Middleton Sciathics Lunar Moon construction hobby gnomon cutout popup building
astro compass astrocompass shepherd ogee azimuth altitude hour angle
astro compass astrocompass shepherd ogee azimuth altitude hour angle
| Book purchase options are here... |
| VRML MODELS ~ virtual reality Have fun with VRML. Walk around the Jaipur sundial observatory. This is an exciting and under used feature of the web. I have used ISB for all the virtual worlds, ISB is from Parallel Graphics, who have a repository of worlds here. |
| Email comments or questions to the author at: illustratingshadows at yahoo dot com |
| TurboCAD Deluxe (has full 2d and 3d modeling) ($99 when on sale, $149 other times) their main web page is here vrml models (require the Cortona plugin, see here) Armillary Equatorial etc - see the vrml pages |
| My main TurboCAD files page (free) includes macros and programming notes (TurboCAD VBS sdk stuff) MAIN vrml page - full worlds (built with ISB and ISA) and separate sundial models built with TurboCAD saved as vrml 2 - some linked to in the worlds also |
The latest CAD vrml
model is the vertical
decliner N and S faces,
see also case studies.
model is the vertical
decliner N and S faces,
see also case studies.
with the Cortona plugin,
this is user rotatable etc.
this is user rotatable etc.
| Scilab, Euler, and Octave ( free, has a scripting language, while not really a CAD system, they each have amazing programming abilities.) |
| DeltaCAD (is 2d only, but has a scripting language) ($39 approx) their main web page is here |
| My main DeltaCAD files page (free) includes macros and programming notes animated dials, almanacs, and many dial types |
| ProgeCAD (is free, has the LISP scripting language) their main web page is here |
| My LISP files page (free) includes program and notes |
| Illustrating Time's Shadow ISBN 0-9765286-8-1 plus 0-9765286-9-X Lib Cong 2005900674 plus 2006930654 Merges Illustrating Shadows and Illustrating More Shadows, deletes duplicated material, and techniques that are complex and replaced by easier methods, adds new material. Hands on, empirical, geometric, trigonometric, CAD, and spreadsheet dial design for small dials plus garden dials using common masonry supplies, clay, and glass, with emphasis on many calendar line techniques, and inclined decliners, while providing details on the use of DeltaCAD programming including the animation of many sheets as parameters vary. Case studies abound with associated problems solved, and cover the infamous inclined decliner, as well as all the other kinds of outdoor dials. The printed book comes with a CD of booklets, spreadsheets, VRML/WRL files, templates, etc with the printed book. The CD has all books and booklets and programs along with source code. You can get the printed book and CD, just the CD, or an online download here. |