[sdiy] dial graduations

[Sowa Roman]

You can download demo version of FrontDesigner 2.0 from
http://www.abacom-online.de
and make needed dial. This program has a lots of features and I'm
sure it fits all demands. Dial can have like 40 parameters or so.
Then you simply make screen dump and voila, you have bmp
file with the dial of your needs

I make my panels in Protel Autotrax.
Simply draw several traces starting at one point and drag them
along one line calculating distances from tangent(?) relation.
This way 90 degrees can be made, and then copied by miroring/rotating.
Then I place 3 circle tracks to mark endpoints of tick and do
break-trace thing on each track at the point it crosses appropriate
circle. Then all except short traces forming tics need to be deleted.
you can see example here:
http://romcio.multimania.com/m_pics/vco4top.jpg

If you want I can send you protel file with my dials.

Roman


__-----Original Message-----
__From: Michael Ruberto [mailto:frankentron at hotmail.com]
__Sent: Friday, May 24, 2002 3:46 AM
__To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
__Subject: [sdiy] dial graduations
__
__
__hi,
__
__I am in the process of designing front panel graphics for all 
__of my modules 
__so I can have them laser etched. the biggest problem so far 
__is creating the 
__tick marks to go around the knobs. I am doing it "by hand" in 
__photoshop but 
__it is really quite time consuming. is hand drawing these the 
__only way to go?
__does anybody know a source for premade images of dial graduations?
__
__thanks.
__
__~M
__
__
__
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