[sdiy] dial graduations

[steve thomas]

Check out frontdesigner software  from abacom:-
http://www.abacom-online.de/UK/html/fdesigner.html
I bought it a couple of weeks ago..I find it excellent.
After using that I doubt youll want to create dials from scratch anymore!
cheers
steve thomas

----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Ruberto <frankentron at hotmail.com>
To: <RFahl at extensis.com>; <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Friday, May 24, 2002 6:45 PM
Subject: RE: [sdiy] dial graduations


> unfortunately, I don't have illustrator. besides Photoshop I also have
> Freehand but even this has no useful tools for this. I find it hard to
> imagine that these sophisticated and expensive programs don't have a
> protractor. in freehand I can constrain the rotate tool but it's finest
> resolution is 45 degrees. to get other angles I have to set an offset
value
> to the constrain angle. this is just plain idiotic.
>
> I have actually saved drawings of the Mercury-2 spacecraft's control panel
> and copied some dials into photoshop. using the shape tools I can trace
the
> graduations onto another layer and use that layer for my pattern. this
still
> isn't as quick as I'd like it to be but the results are quite acceptable.
>
> please do send me more suggestions though. I appreciate them all!
>
> ~M
>
>
> >From: "Fahl, Romeo" <RFahl at extensis.com>
> >To: 'Michael Ruberto' <frankentron at hotmail.com>
> >Subject: RE: [sdiy] dial graduations
> >Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 07:43:26 -0700
> >
> >I'm thinking  Adobe Illustrator would be a better tool for that kind of
> >thing.  You can put just about anything on a path, so if you want a
circle
> >of outward radiating lines, you just make a custom brush and make a
circle
> >with it.  I haven't used this capability to do exactly what you're doing,
> >but I'm sure it would be easy to set up.
> >
> >Romeo
> >
> >%-----Original Message-----
> >%From: Michael Ruberto [mailto:frankentron at hotmail.com]
> >%Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 6:46 PM
> >%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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