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Equation of time Middleton Sciathics Lunar Moon construction hobby gnomon cutout popup building astro compass astrocompass shepherd
ogee azimuth altitude hour angle Jaipur VRML ecliptic ISB virtual worlds kids teaching learning
| ILLUSTRATING TIME'S SHADOW focusing on education and interesting practical aspects of sundial design FREE SOFTWARE ON THIS PAGE |
| FREE or LOW COST ~ GOOD ADMINISTRATIVE SOFTWARE FROM ELSEWHERE JAVA (the IDE plus the JDK) You need the IDE and the JDK my dials are here Free CAD CADstd: Works well, you need to pay close attention to snaps otherwise you will get very frustrated with trying to draw angles. Not programmable. For 3D CAD, a free system is ProgeCAD, see above, programmable with LISP. Acrobat viewer Essential for the books on this web site. Also, as I add hyperlinks for VRML and video to the booklets, this is the only way to go. Hyperlinks in Acrobat are smooth, the same hyperlinks in Word cause endless security warnings. Word, Excel, Powerpoint viewers Look but don't touch software. Open Office Almost 100% compatible with Excel and Word, free. The few incompatibilities are fixed by my having Open Office versions of the main spreadsheets. VRML browser plugin Cortona for Mozilla, Netscape, and Internet Explorer, Needed for vrml browsing. see my stuff here standalone VRML viewer Standalone viewer, good for vrml objects, less so for virtual worlds, use a web browser offline for that. It does offer chroming the colors, neat. |
| FREE ~ VRML SOFTWARE Before using any virtual world (.wrl), you must have a browser plug-in. Otherwise all you will see is coding. I have only tested and used the Windows versions of this software. Don't view vrml figures without the plug-in. WINDOWS: Browser: Cortona (4.2 and 5.0) This shows virtual world scenes so you can walk around and view them. This web page has several worlds, the Jaipur observatory is perhaps the most complex, yet it is small. This web page has some individual vrml models. Scene builder: ISB This builder is from Parallel Graphics who has excellent support. The ISB is a scene builder, and is free if you have less than a number of surfaces. For under $100 you get the unlimited version. Having used vrml since 1998, this is easy to use and cost effective. MAC: Browser: Cortona OSX and Cortona MAC I have not tested nor used the MAC products. |
FREE ~ GOOD SUNDIAL SOFTWARE FROM ELSEWHERE
SHADOWS www.shadowspro.com
comprehensive, license is reasonable and free version covers many
common needs , can upgrade to more features
ZW2000 http://www.de-zonnewijzerkring.nl/eng/index-links.htm
has graphical depictions, and includes extra features at no cost
Sundi http://www.myoptics.at/sundi/gallery.html
SHADOWS www.shadowspro.com
comprehensive, license is reasonable and free version covers many
common needs , can upgrade to more features
ZW2000 http://www.de-zonnewijzerkring.nl/eng/index-links.htm
has graphical depictions, and includes extra features at no cost
Sundi http://www.myoptics.at/sundi/gallery.html
CAD PROGRAMS ~ ~ ~ personal preference DeltaCAD for programmability, TurboCAD for drafting and 3d.
Apart from the free CAD program mentioned above, this web site and the books all used TurboCAD deluxe which is around $100, and
additionally they have an animation add-on at an extra price. IMSI provides TurboCAD. Some of my TurboCAD tcw files are here. This
is a full 3d CAD system, very popular, and well worth the cost. Scripting exists only at the TurboCAD Professional level, see here for a
VBS script or two.
Other products exist, such as ProgeCAD which has a LISP scripting language.
DeltaCAD is a 2d only system, however it has a powerful scripting language that they call macros. DeltaCAD is available for around
$70 and you can see some of my macros here.
FREE PROGRAMMABLE SYSTEMS ALSO EXIST ~ such as NanoCAD and FreeCAD, free, programmable, and have
Illustrating Shadows macros for them.
Apart from the free CAD program mentioned above, this web site and the books all used TurboCAD deluxe which is around $100, and
additionally they have an animation add-on at an extra price. IMSI provides TurboCAD. Some of my TurboCAD tcw files are here. This
is a full 3d CAD system, very popular, and well worth the cost. Scripting exists only at the TurboCAD Professional level, see here for a
VBS script or two.
Other products exist, such as ProgeCAD which has a LISP scripting language.
DeltaCAD is a 2d only system, however it has a powerful scripting language that they call macros. DeltaCAD is available for around
$70 and you can see some of my macros here.
FREE PROGRAMMABLE SYSTEMS ALSO EXIST ~ such as NanoCAD and FreeCAD, free, programmable, and have
Illustrating Shadows macros for them.
| The objective of ILLUSTRATING SHADOWS and it's web site is to use software that is either free or costs less than about $100. Nothing is truly free, so if you like a product, consider buying their purchased versions which have more features and better options. Hint - feel free to buy the CD of my book ILLUSTRATING TIME'S SHADOW |
IBM 360 BAL simulator with
assembler, linker, executor and
sundial programs. Open source
for entire simulator and
programs. Has vertical and
horizontal dials.
assembler, linker, executor and
sundial programs. Open source
for entire simulator and
programs. Has vertical and
horizontal dials.
| MODERN GRAPHICAL SYSTEMS |
ALGOL 68 a free Algol 68 system and a sundial program see my stuff here
IBM 7090
a FORTRAN II
graphical simulator,
by another author,
but with my sundial
programs.
a FORTRAN II
graphical simulator,
by another author,
but with my sundial
programs.
| LEGACY HARDWARE AND LANGUAGES FROM THE 1950s~1960s FREE |
IBM 1401 SPS and Autocoder
simulator with assembler, linker,
executor and sundial programs.
Open source for entire simulator and
programs. Has vertical and
horizontal dials.
simulator with assembler, linker,
executor and sundial programs.
Open source for entire simulator and
programs. Has vertical and
horizontal dials.
BASIC a free BASIC compiler with many
sundial programs. see my stuff here
sundial programs. see my stuff here
ADA and one of my sundial programs.
And where to get a free ADA system.
And where to get a free ADA system.
C AND C++ A free IDE for C and C++
that matches the 8mb IDE for PASCAL.
The notes in the zip file updated to
compare with Visual C++ my dials are
here
that matches the 8mb IDE for PASCAL.
The notes in the zip file updated to
compare with Visual C++ my dials are
here
PASCAL systems and also this one A free 8mb fully integrated development environment (IDE) - modern windows layouts,
www.bloodshed.net/devpascal.html , and ditto at 28mb www.freepascal.org/ with excellent documentation but DOS windows type see
my stuff here ALSO, see LAZARUS below which is a GUI Pascal system with graphical and forms support, the IBM 1401 and 360
simulators are written in Lazarus.
www.bloodshed.net/devpascal.html , and ditto at 28mb www.freepascal.org/ with excellent documentation but DOS windows type see
my stuff here ALSO, see LAZARUS below which is a GUI Pascal system with graphical and forms support, the IBM 1401 and 360
simulators are written in Lazarus.
| LEGACY LANGUAGES FROM THE 1970s~1990s FREE |
EULER A free mathematical system,
however, these dials show how you can
program Euler for dials, tabular right now.
however, these dials show how you can
program Euler for dials, tabular right now.
SCILAB A free mathematical system, however,
these h- v- and vdec dials show how you can
program Scilab for dials, tabular and graphical.
these h- v- and vdec dials show how you can
program Scilab for dials, tabular and graphical.
Octave Like Euler and Scilab, and I have
free dial programs for Octave
free dial programs for Octave
NOTE: As with my Euler etc programs, the DELTACAD scripts also provide animation of the dial plate while varying a parameter.
| SPREADSHEETS |
DeltaCAD The standard for dialling, I
provide h and v dials, decliners, Capuccin
and the Astrolabe, and animation, the
infamous inclined decliner, an almanac, and
many variants, etc, with optional animation.
see my stuff here
provide h and v dials, decliners, Capuccin
and the Astrolabe, and animation, the
infamous inclined decliner, an almanac, and
many variants, etc, with optional animation.
see my stuff here
ProgeCAD 2d CAD Large and full featured, free. Has LISP and C++ like scripting. The LISP method of
programming harks back to an earlier age. CADstd (not programmable) and DeltaCAD (programmable) are perhaps
better choices for 2d dialling. I have h-dial, v-dial, and v-dec scripts that work but DeltaCA is still my choice for
programability, and TurboCAD for non programmed drafting and 3d modeling. Check my LISP page which tells
you how to get ProgeCAD from ProgeSOFT: my LISP page has good notes, and also an h-dial, v-dial, and a v-dec
dial as well. ProgeCAD is a good product, well worth checking out. Its purchased version supports Visual Basic
programming harks back to an earlier age. CADstd (not programmable) and DeltaCAD (programmable) are perhaps
better choices for 2d dialling. I have h-dial, v-dial, and v-dec scripts that work but DeltaCA is still my choice for
programability, and TurboCAD for non programmed drafting and 3d modeling. Check my LISP page which tells
you how to get ProgeCAD from ProgeSOFT: my LISP page has good notes, and also an h-dial, v-dial, and a v-dec
dial as well. ProgeCAD is a good product, well worth checking out. Its purchased version supports Visual Basic
TURBOCAD Professional not free,
but supports VBS scripting, and with version
15 also supports parametric scripts (PPM)
which are very interesting.
but supports VBS scripting, and with version
15 also supports parametric scripts (PPM)
which are very interesting.
NOTE: As with my DeltaCAD
program scripts, these also
provide animation of the
dial plate while varying a
parameter.
program scripts, these also
provide animation of the
dial plate while varying a
parameter.
| MODERN GRAPHICAL CAD SYSTEM PROGRAMS |
Lazarus Open Source free Delphi equivalent, see my page here.
Free, portable across many computers, very similar to Delphi. H, V,
and VDEC dials.
Free, portable across many computers, very similar to Delphi. H, V,
and VDEC dials.
Visual Basic A small free Visual BASIC IDE (7mb) from
Envelop. see my stuff here
There is a free small system Envelop), a free Microsoft
system, and a full scale purchased system from Microsoft.
Envelop. see my stuff here
There is a free small system Envelop), a free Microsoft
system, and a full scale purchased system from Microsoft.
FORTRAN IV a free FORTRAN compiler,
my sundial programs. see my stuff here
my sundial programs. see my stuff here
COBOL yes, believe it or not, and one of
my sundial programs.
my sundial programs.
| MODERN GRAPHICAL SCIENTIFIC LANGUAGES |
Microsoft Excel Microsoft MS Works see here for smartPhone
| my free sundial software is on this page, as well as other useful software links |
| 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. |
| Please note that Excel files ( .xls ) can be used and modified by the free Open Office system and also by the Kingsoft software (which along with e-droid-cell can run on an Android cell phone). |