| ILLUSTRATING SHADOWS focusing on education and interesting practical aspects of sundial design FREE Microsoft Works SPREADSHEETS *** These are for the old old version of MS Works like Win 95! newer versions can use Excel files *** Excel files are here Open Office files are here *** Try cubicShadows.wks spreadsheet very small, easy, and does most dialling stuff *** |
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| New mini spreadsheets covers most functions, are small, and simple. They are available in MS Works form (early edition, believe it or not, these work on Windows 95), Excel, and Open Office. The MS Works zip file is only 60k and yet it has a lot in it:- microShadows.wks h-dial only simpleShadows.wks h-dial, simple alt, azi cubicShadow.wks h,v,v-dec,q,a,p alt, azi as well as:- highly detailed horizontal and vertical dials vertical decliner, no longitude correction, standard formula vertical decliner, longitude correction, Illustrating Shadows formula sunrise local apparent time for a latitude by solar declination |
| These three also exist for Excel as well as Open Office, and are designed for the Micro Shadows and Simple Shadows books. |
| 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. |