'******************************************************** '* NOT FINISHED YET - VARIANT FOR TESTING * '* SDABIFIL.bas is a DeltaCad macro for producing a * '* Bifilar Sundial with two gnomons parallel to the * '* plate with Longitude Correction and EOT Correction * '* and ARBITRARY position of the plate, created by * '* Valentin Hristov (valhrist@bas.bg) * '* www.math.bas.bg/complan/valhrist/mystuff.htm * '* I was inspired by Mac Oglesby to use the * '* North American Sundial Society DeltaCad programs * '* as tutorials (http://sundials.org) * '* and made with DeltaCad (www.deltacad.com) * '* different types of sundials. * '******************************************************** '* The two gnomons are parallel to the plane and their projections are '* indicated by the central vertical and horizontal lines. '* Folding the upper, lower, left and right triangles will indicate the '* heights of the gnomons (the distance to the plane). '* With smaller heights more hour lines appear in the printed area. '* You can use parallelipipeds with the suitable heights as gnomons and '* then you will have to cut the printing along the central lines '* and to adjust the four parts to the sides of the thick gnomons. '* A second layer "ShadowCastingPoints" is added to show all points on '* the gnomons which cast a shadow on the hour lines inside the '* rectangular area. '* Also the common point of the extensions of the hour lines (without '* EOT correction) is shown in this layer. '* Do not forget to switch OFF the layer before printing. '* The design allows the sundial to have arbitrary position. '* If the two heights of the gnomons are suitably choosen, then the hour '* lines could be equiangular (15 degrees per hour). For Decl=0, Incl=0, '* Rot=0, the ratio should be SIN(latitude). '* In the particular case of equal heights the usual NODUS DIAL is drawn '* with arbitrary position of the dial plate. '* Then the gnomons are not needed and only a shadow casting point above '* the centre at the given height is enough. '* If you want to have full analemmas as time lines, run the macro with '* one of the periods and then run it again without closing DeltaCad '* inside it with the other period. (15 min option is not suitable!) '* Printing on A4 paper gives a really portable sundial. '* You can use a copy machine to enlarge to A3 if you wish to have '* a bigger size. '* You can see the picture of another type of sundial generated by one '* of my DeltaCad macros at '* www.flickr.com/photos/Valentin_Hristov/261303801/ '* Click on the button "All sizes" to see a bigger photo with details. '* I am very grateful to my friends Daniela (www.danyo.net) and '* Todor (www.todor.org) who converted my drawing into a real art piece!!! '* There is a Demo version of DeltaCad at www.deltacad.com. '* Use the menu "Options - Macro - Run..." or the separate "Macro" '* button - "Edit Macro List", add the file, and "Run Macro". '* In the dialog box use DECIMAL DEGREES. Negative values indicate '* South for latitude and West for longitude and central meridian. '* E N J O Y !!! Option Explicit ' Force all variables to be declared before they are used. No adhoc variables dcSetLineParms dcBlack, dcSolid, dcThin Dim l,p,lon,cm,rot,i,pi,d2r,r2d,dm,dmr,w,ll,ud,lol,s,cs As Double Dim ha,ham,ham1,has,has1,lc,hac,tir,hacr,thac,xe,ye,xb,yb As Double Dim x,y,xx,yy,d,h,lcr,slc,clc,lr,sl,cl,dr,sd,cd,ir,si,ci As Double Dim xN0,yN0,zN0,xZ0,yZ0,zZ0,xZZ0,yZZ0,zZZ0,rr,sr,cr as Double Dim xNN0,yNN0,zNN0,lNN0,xNN,yNN,xpr,ypr,zpr,dsr,sds,cds as Double Dim lpr0,xpr0,ypr0,zpr0,lpr1,xpr1,ypr1,zpr1,cg,gr,g,sg as Double Dim x0,y0,z0,x1,y1,z1,x2,y2,z2,x3,y3,z3,x4,y4,z4,shac,chac as Double Dim beta,betar,sb,cb,feot,flon,ceot,clon as Double Dim r,time_int,eot_c,lon_c,per,spring,bb,ee,a,b,at,ab,al,ar,fh as Double Dim decl(366),eot(366),spl(732) As Double Dim button,count,nl,bm(13),ind(37),nom,ind1 As Integer Dim action,outtext As String Dim datetext(13) As String Dim hhv,hhb,hhe,nlcheck As Boolean dcSetLineParms dcBLACK, dcSOLID, dcTHIN dcSetCircleParms dcBLACK, dcSOLID, dcTHIN dcSetTextParms dcPurple, "Tahoma","Bold",0,12,21,0,0 'Establish the 5 standard line thicknesses in thousands of an inch. dcSetDrawingData dcLineThin, .003 dcSetDrawingData dcLineNormal, .008 dcSetDrawingData dcLineThick, .012 dcSetDrawingData dcLineHeavy, .024 dcSetDrawingData dcLineWide, .048 'Maximize the window, close any existing drawing without saving, and start a new drawing. dcSetDrawingWindowMode dcMaximizeWin dcCloseWithoutSaving dcNew "" '************************************** 'Start of program init_constants Input_constants_of_sundial Angles Vectors Preparation Main 'Latitude 'End of program '************************************** 'Start of subroutines ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' Sub Input_constants_of_sundial Begin Dialog CONSTANTS_INPUT 10,25,200,226, "Input data for the sundial" Text 15,0,180,10, "BIFILAR SUNDIAL WITH ARBITRARY ORIENTATION" Text 15,10,180,10, "with corrections for the latitude and the EOT" Text 15,20,150,10, "Place" TextBox 88,20,99,10, .p Text 15,30,180,10, "Latitude(N>0) Longitude(E>0) Central meridian(E>0)" TextBox 15,40,30,10, .l TextBox 65,40,30,10, .lon TextBox 115,40,30,10, .cm Text 15,50,150,10, " Use decimal degrees !!!" Text 15,60,150,10, "Declination of the dial plane" TextBox 150,60,37,10, .d Text 15,70,150,10, " (S=0, W>0, E<0, N=180 or -180)" Text 15,80,150,10, "Inclination of the dial plane" TextBox 150,80,37,10, .i Text 15,90,180,10, " (vertical = 90, from you < 90, towards you >90)" Text 15,100,150,10, "Rotation in the dial plane" TextBox 150,100,37,10, .rot Text 15,110,180,10, " (vertical = 0, clockwise < 0, anticlockwise > 0)" Text 15,130,50,10, "Period" OptionGroup .per OptionButton 38,120,85,10, "21 Dec - 21 Jun" OptionButton 38,130,85,10, "21 Jun - 21 Dec" OptionButton 38,140,85,10, "Whole year" Text 105,130,80,10, "Time interval" OptionGroup .time_int OptionButton 150,120,35,10, "15 min" OptionButton 150,130,35,10, "30 min" OptionButton 150,140,35,10, "60 min" Text 15,155,80,10, "EOT correction" OptionGroup .eot_c OptionButton 65,150,30,10, "Yes" OptionButton 65,160,30,10, "No" Text 95,155,80,10, "Longitude correction" OptionGroup .lon_c OptionButton 165,150,30,10, "Yes" OptionButton 165,160,30,10, "No" Text 15,170,180,10, "Heights of the gnomons: Up<->Down Left<->Right" TextBox 100,180,37,10, .a TextBox 150,180,37,10, .b Text 15,190,180,10, "Rectangular area: Bottom / Top / Left / Right" TextBox 15,200,37,10, .ab TextBox 60,200,37,10, .at TextBox 105,200,37,10, .al TextBox 150,200,37,10, .ar OKButton 42,212,37,12 CANCELButton 116,212,37,12 End Dialog 'Initialize Dim prompt As constants_input prompt.p = "Lozen-Sofia-Bulgaria" prompt.l = 42.6 prompt.lon = 23.5 prompt.cm = 30 prompt.d = 0 prompt.i = 0 prompt.rot = 0 prompt.per = 0 prompt.time_int = 1 prompt.eot_c = 0 prompt.lon_c = 0 prompt.a = 1 prompt.b = 0.676876 prompt.ab = -4 prompt.at = 4 prompt.al = -4 prompt.ar = 4 repeat_until_inputcorrect: 'label to return if input is not correct button = Dialog(prompt) 'get the input If (button=0) Then GoTo end_input If test("l",prompt.l,-90,90) = false Then GoTo repeat_until_inputcorrect End If If test("lon",prompt.lon,-180,180) = false Then GoTo repeat_until_inputcorrect End If If test("cm",prompt.cm,-180,180) = false Then GoTo repeat_until_inputcorrect End If If test("d",prompt.d,-180,180) = false Then GoTo repeat_until_inputcorrect End If If test("i",prompt.i,0,180) = false Then GoTo repeat_until_inputcorrect End If If test("rot",prompt.rot,-90,90) = false Then GoTo repeat_until_inputcorrect End If 'If test("r",prompt.r,0,10) = false Then ' GoTo repeat_until_inputcorrect 'End If 'Set program variables with input variables, angles in degrees p = prompt.p l = prompt.l lon = prompt.lon cm = prompt.cm d = prompt.d i = prompt.i rot = prompt.rot a = prompt.a b = prompt.b at = prompt.at ab = prompt.ab al = prompt.al ar = prompt.ar per = prompt.per time_int=prompt.time_int eot_c=prompt.eot_c lon_c=prompt.lon_c if time_int=0 then nl=4 if time_int=1 then nl=2 if time_int=2 then nl=1 if eot_c=0 then feot=1 else feot=0 if lon_c=0 then flon=1 else flon=0 if at<=ab or at<0 or ab>0 then GoTo repeat_until_inputcorrect if ar<=al or al>0 or ar<0 then GoTo repeat_until_inputcorrect end_input: End Sub ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' Sub init_constants pi = 4 * Atn(1) d2r = pi/180 r2d = 180/pi dm = 23.43954 dmr = dm*d2r ind( 1)=355 ind( 2)= 1 '1Jan ind( 3)= 11 ind( 4)= 21 ind( 5)= 32 '1Feb ind( 6)= 42 ind( 7)= 52 ind( 8)= 60 '1Mar ind( 9)= 70 ind(10)= 80 ind(11)= 91 '1Apr ind(12)=101 ind(13)=111 ind(14)=121 '1May ind(15)=131 ind(16)=141 ind(17)=152 '1Jun ind(18)=162 ind(19)=172 ind(20)=182 '1Jul ind(21)=192 ind(22)=202 ind(23)=213 '1Aug ind(24)=223 ind(25)=233 ind(26)=244 '1Sep ind(27)=254 ind(28)=264 ind(29)=274 '1Oct ind(30)=284 ind(31)=294 ind(32)=305 '1Nov ind(33)=315 ind(34)=325 ind(35)=335 '1Dec ind(36)=345 ind(37)=355 'ind( 1)= 1 '1Jan 'ind( 2)= 11 'ind( 3)= 21 'ind( 4)= 32 '1Feb 'ind( 5)= 42 'ind( 6)= 52 'ind( 7)= 60 '1Mar 'ind( 8)= 70 'ind( 9)= 80 'ind(10)= 91 '1Apr 'ind(11)=101 'ind(12)=111 'ind(13)=121 '1May 'ind(14)=131 'ind(15)=141 'ind(16)=152 '1Jun 'ind(17)=162 'ind(18)=172 'ind(19)=182 '1Jul 'ind(20)=192 'ind(21)=202 'ind(22)=213 '1Aug 'ind(23)=223 'ind(24)=233 'ind(25)=244 '1Sep 'ind(26)=254 'ind(27)=264 'ind(28)=274 '1Oct 'ind(29)=284 'ind(30)=294 'ind(31)=305 '1Nov 'ind(32)=315 'ind(33)=325 'ind(34)=335 '1Dec 'ind(35)=345 'ind(36)=355 'ind(37)=366 '1Jan bm( 1)= 1 '1jan bm( 2)= 32 '1feb bm( 3)= 60 bm( 4)= 91 bm( 5)=121 bm( 6)=152 bm( 7)=182 bm( 8)=213 bm( 9)=244 bm(10)=274 bm(11)=305 bm(12)=335 '1dec bm(13)=366 '1jan for count=1 to 365 w=.017202792*(count-(cm-15)/360) decl(count)=.367402-23.275*cos(w+.178044)-.38506*cos(2*w+.0687076)-.16046*cos(3*w+.451301)+.00315469*cos(4*w+.876643) next count decl(366)=decl(1) for count=1 to 365 w=.017202792*(count-(cm-15)/360) eot(count)=.00884207-7.36034*cos(w+1.49487)+9.91068*cos(2*w-1.21808)-.306344*cos(3*w+1.82055)+.204774*Cos(4*w-.875115) next count eot(366)=eot(1) datetext( 1) = "JAN" datetext( 2) = "FEB" datetext( 3) = "MAR" datetext( 4) = "APR" datetext( 5) = "MAY" datetext( 6) = "JUN" datetext( 7) = "JUL" datetext( 8) = "AUG" datetext( 9) = "SEP" datetext(10) = "OCT" datetext(11) = "NOV" datetext(12) = "DEC" datetext(13) = "JAN" 'datetext( 1) = "J" 'datetext( 2) = "F" 'datetext( 3) = "M" 'datetext( 4) = "A" 'datetext( 5) = "M" 'datetext( 6) = "J" 'datetext( 7) = "J" 'datetext( 8) = "A" 'datetext( 9) = "S" 'datetext(10) = "O" 'datetext(11) = "N" 'datetext(12) = "D" 'datetext(13) = "J" 'datetext( 1) = "jan" 'datetext( 2) = "feb" 'datetext( 3) = "mar" 'datetext( 4) = "apr" 'datetext( 5) = "may" 'datetext( 6) = "jun" 'datetext( 7) = "jul" 'datetext( 8) = "aug" 'datetext( 9) = "sep" 'datetext(10) = "oct" 'datetext(11) = "nov" 'datetext(12) = "dec" 'datetext(13) = "jan" End Sub Sub Angles lc=lon-cm 'longitude correction lcr=lc*d2r 'longitude correction in radians slc=sin(lcr) 'sin(longitude correction) clc=cos(lcr) 'cos(longitude correction) lr=l*d2r 'longitude in radians sl=sin(lr) 'sin(latitude) cl=cos(lr) 'cos(latitude) dr=d*d2r 'declination in radians sd=sin(dr) 'sin(declination) cd=cos(dr) 'cos(declination) ir=i*d2r 'inclination in radians si=sin(ir) 'sin(inclination) ci=cos(ir) 'cos(inclination) rr=rot*d2r 'rotation in radians sr=sin(rr) 'sin(rotation) cr=cos(rr) 'cos(rotation) End Sub Sub Vectors 'Celestial North xN0=0 yN0=0 zN0=1 ' 0 hours without longitude correction xZ0=0 yZ0=-1 zZ0=0 ' 0 hours with longitude correction xZZ0=-slc yZZ0=-clc zZZ0=0 End Sub Sub Preparation dcCreateCircle 0,0,.02 x0=xN0 y0=yN0 z0=zN0 convert xNN0=x4 'Celestian N in new coordinates yNN0=y4 zNN0=z4 lNN0=Sqr(xNN0*xNN0+yNN0*yNN0) xNN=xNN0/lNN0 'Unit projection of N in the plane yNN=yNN0/lNN0 if zNN0<0 then xpr=xNN0 ypr=yNN0 zpr=1+zNN0 else xpr=-xNN0 ypr=-yNN0 zpr=1-zNN0 end if lpr0=Sqr(xpr*xpr+ypr*ypr+zpr*zpr) xpr0=xpr/lpr0 'Unit vector for projection ypr0=ypr/lpr0 zpr0=zpr/lpr0 lpr1=Sqr(xpr*xpr+ypr*ypr) xpr1=xpr/lpr1 'Unit vector in the plane ypr1=ypr/lpr1 zpr1=0 if xpr1>=0 then betar=arcsin(ypr1) else if ypr1>=0 then betar=arccos(xpr1) else betar=-arccos(xpr1) end if end if beta=betar*r2d 'angle of the projection in the plane sb=sin(betar) cb=cos(betar) cg=xpr0*xpr1+ypr0*ypr1+zpr0*zpr1 'cos(gnomon) gr=arccos(cg) 'angle of gnomon in radians g=gr*r2d 'angle of gnomon in degrees sg=Sqr(1-cg*cg) 'sin(gnomon) 'dcCreateLine 0,0,cg,sg End Sub Sub Convert 'rotation to horizontal plane x1=x0 y1=sl*y0+cl*z0 z1=-cl*y0+sl*z0 'rotation for declination of the plane x2=cd*x1-sd*y1 y2=sd*x1+cd*y1 z2=z1 'rotation for the inclination of the plane x3=x2 y3=ci*y2+si*z2 z3=-si*y2+ci*z2 'rotation of the box in its plane x4=cr*x3+sr*y3 y4=-sr*x3+cr*y3 z4=z3 End Sub Sub Main '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' dcAddLayer "ShadowCastingPoints" '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' dcCreateLine 0,ab,0,at dcCreateLine al,0,ar,0 dcCreateLine al,ab,al,at dcCreateLine al,at,ar,at dcCreateLine ar,at,ar,ab dcCreateLine ar,ab,al,ab dcSetCurrentLayer "ShadowCastingPoints" dcSetLineParms dcBlack, dcStitch, dcThin dcCreateLine 0,ab-a,0,ab dcCreateLine 0,ab-a,0-a,ab dcCreateLine 0,ab-a,a,ab dcCreateLine 0,at-(0-a),0,at dcCreateLine 0,at-(0-a),0-a,at dcCreateLine 0,at-(0-a),a,at dcCreateLine al-b,0,al,0 dcCreateLine al-b,0,al,0-b dcCreateLine al-b,0,al,b dcCreateLine ar-(0-b),0,ar,0 dcCreateLine ar-(0-b),0,ar,0-b dcCreateLine ar-(0-b),0,ar,b dcSetCurrentLayer "default" dcCreateCircle 0,ab-a,.05 dcCreateCircle 0,at-(0-a),.05 dcCreateCircle al-b,0,.05 dcCreateCircle ar-(0-b),0,.05 if l>=0 then ll=CStr(l)+" N" ud=0 else ll=CStr(-Val(l))+" S" ud=180 end if if lon>=0 then lol=CStr(lon)+" E" else lol=CStr(-Val(lon))+" W" dcSetTextParms dcDarkPurple, "Tahoma","Bold",0,10,21,0,0 dcCreateText (al-(0-ar))/2,at+0.2,0,p dcCreateText (al-(0-ar))/2-2.5,at+0.2,0,"Latitude "+ll dcCreateText (al-(0-ar))/2+2.5,at+0.2,0,"Longitude "+lol dcCreateText (al-(0-ar))/2+1.5,ab-0.2,0,"Declination "+CStr(d) dcCreateText (al-(0-ar))/2-1.5,ab-0.2,0,"Inclination "+CStr(i) dcCreateText (al-(0-ar))/2,ab-0.2,0,"Rotation "+CStr(rot) if flon=1 then dcCreateText (al-(0-ar))/2+3,ab-0.2,0,"With Longitude correction" else dcCreateText (al-(0-ar))/2+3,ab-0.2,0,"Without Longitude correction" end if if feot=1 then dcCreateText (al-(0-ar))/2-3,ab-0.2,0,"With EOT correction" else dcCreateText (al-(0-ar))/2-3,ab-0.2,0,"Without EOT correction" end if dcSetLineParms dcBlack, dcSolid, dcThin dcSetTextParms dcBlack,"Tahoma","Bold",90,8,21,0,0 dcCreateText al-0.2,(at-(0-ab))/2,0,"Author: Valentin Hristov, Sofia, Bulgaria E-mail: valhrist@bas.bg" dcSetTextParms dcBlack,"Tahoma","Bold",-90,8,21,0,0 dcCreateText ar+0.2,(at-(0-ab))/2,0,"Web page: www.math.bas.bg/complan/valhrist/mystuff.htm" 'Central point of the hour lines dcSetCurrentLayer "ShadowCastingPoints" if abs(zNN0)>0.1 then dcCreateCircle (0-a)*xNN0/zNN0,(0-b)*yNN0/zNN0,.1 dcCreateCircle (0-a)*xNN0/zNN0,(0-b)*yNN0/zNN0,.02 end if dcSetCurrentLayer "default" if per=0 then spring=1 Drawing end if if per=1 then spring=0 Drawing end if if per=2 then spring=1 Drawing spring=0 Drawing end if End Sub 'Main Sub Drawing ' hour lines cs=0 'counter for spline for ha=0 to 23.999 step 1/nl ' civil and daylight savings labels ham=ha-1 ham=ham-Int(ham/12)*12+1 'ha (12) ham1=ham ham1=ham1-Int(ham1/12)*12+1 'ha+1 (12) hhv=False hhb=True hhe=False ' for count=1 to 366 'max number of points in Spline is 248 ' for count=1 to 366 step 2 if spring=1 then nom=183 else nom=184 for ind1=1 to nom if spring=1 then if ind1<12 then count=354+ind1 else count=ind1-11 else count=171+ind1 end if hac=ha*15+flon*lc-feot*eot(count)/4 hacr=hac*d2r shac=sin(hacr) chac=cos(hacr) dsr=decl(count)*d2r sds=sin(-dsr) cds=cos(-dsr) x0=-shac*cds y0=-chac*cds z0=sds convert if (z1<0 and z3<0 and (0-a)*x4/z4>0-(0-al) and (0-a)*x4/z40-(0-ab) and (0-b)*y4/z42 then if spring=1 then if ha=int(ha) then dcSetLineParms dcBlue, dcSOLID, dcTHICK dcSetSplineParms dcBlue, dcSOLID, dcTHICK else dcSetLineParms dcBlue, dcSOLID, dcTHIN dcSetSplineParms dcBlue, dcSOLID, dcTHIN end if else if ha=int(ha) then dcSetLineParms dcRed, dcSOLID, dcTHICK dcSetSplineParms dcRed, dcSOLID, dcTHICK else dcSetLineParms dcRed, dcSOLID, dcTHIN dcSetSplineParms dcRed, dcSOLID, dcTHIN end if end if dcCreateSpline spl(1),cs,False cs=0 else if cs=2 then dcCreateLine spl(1),spl(2),spl(3),spl(4) 'else 'dcCreateCircle spl(1),spl(2),.02 end if cs=0 end if end if ' illuminated next ind1 hhe=False if cs>2 then 'if the hour line finishes at 365 if spring=1 then if ha=int(ha) then dcSetLineParms dcBlue, dcSOLID, dcTHICK dcSetSplineParms dcBlue, dcSOLID, dcTHICK else dcSetLineParms dcBlue, dcSOLID, dcTHIN dcSetSplineParms dcBlue, dcSOLID, dcTHIN end if else if ha=int(ha) then dcSetLineParms dcRed, dcSOLID, dcTHICK dcSetSplineParms dcRed, dcSOLID, dcTHICK else dcSetLineParms dcRed, dcSOLID, dcTHIN dcSetSplineParms dcRed, dcSOLID, dcTHIN end if end if dcCreateSpline spl(1),cs,False else if cs=2 then dcCreateLine spl(1),spl(2),spl(3),spl(4) 'else 'dcCreateCircle spl(1),spl(2),.02 end if end if if spring=1 then if ha=Int(ha) and hhe=False and hhv=True then dcSetTextParms dcRed, "Tahoma","Bold",0,8,21,0,0 dcCreateText xe,ye-.07,0,CStr(ham1) end if else if ha=Int(ha) and hhe=False and hhv=True then dcSetTextParms dcBlue, "Tahoma","Bold",0,8,21,0,0 dcCreateText xe,ye+.07,0,CStr(ham) end if end if cs=0 next ha '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' 'Date lines cs=0 'counter for spline if spring=1 then bb=1 ee=19 else bb=19 ee=37 end if for i=bb to ee count=ind(i) hhv=False hhb=True hhe=False for ha=0 to 23.999 step .1 hac=ha*15+flon*lc-feot*eot(count)/4 hacr=hac*d2r shac=sin(hacr) chac=cos(hacr) dsr=decl(count)*d2r sds=sin(-dsr) cds=cos(-dsr) x0=-shac*cds y0=-chac*cds z0=sds convert if (z1<0 and z3<0 and (0-a)*x4/z4>0-(0-al) and (0-a)*x4/z40-(0-ab) and (0-b)*y4/z42 then if spring=1 then dcSetTextParms dcBlue, "Tahoma","Bold",0,8,21,0,0 else dcSetTextParms dcRed, "Tahoma","Bold",0,8,21,0,0 end if if i+1=Int((i+1)/3)*3 then if spring=1 then dcSetLineParms dcBlue, dcSOLID, dcTHICK dcSetSplineParms dcBlue, dcSOLID, dcTHICK else dcSetLineParms dcRed, dcSOLID, dcTHICK dcSetSplineParms dcRed, dcSOLID, dcTHICK end if dcCreateText xe,ye,0,"1 "+datetext(int(i+1)/3) else if spring=1 then dcSetLineParms dcBlue, dcSOLID, dcTHIN dcSetSplineParms dcBlue, dcSOLID, dcTHIN else dcSetLineParms dcRed, dcSOLID, dcTHIN dcSetSplineParms dcRed, dcSOLID, dcTHIN end if end if dcCreateSpline spl(1),cs,False cs=0 else if cs=2 then dcCreateLine spl(1),spl(2),spl(3),spl(4) 'else 'dcCreateCircle spl(1),spl(2),.02 end if cs=0 end if end if next ha hhe=False if cs>2 then if i+1=Int((i+1)/3)*3 then if spring=1 then dcSetLineParms dcBlue, dcSOLID, dcTHICK dcSetSplineParms dcBlue, dcSOLID, dcTHICK else dcSetLineParms dcRed, dcSOLID, dcTHICK dcSetSplineParms dcRed, dcSOLID, dcTHICK end if else if spring=1 then dcSetLineParms dcBlue, dcSOLID, dcTHIN dcSetSplineParms dcBlue, dcSOLID, dcTHIN else dcSetLineParms dcRed, dcSOLID, dcTHIN dcSetSplineParms dcRed, dcSOLID, dcTHIN end if end if dcCreateSpline spl(1),cs,False else if cs=2 then dcCreateLine spl(1),spl(2),spl(3),spl(4) 'else 'dcCreateCircle spl(1),spl(2),.02 end if end if cs=0 ' dcSetLineParms dcBlack,dcThin next i End Sub 'Drawing ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' Sub Latitude dcCreateCircleEx -5,0,-5,2.5,-5,-2.5,2.5,2.5,0,0 dcCreateCircleEx 5,0,5,-2.5,5,2.5,2.5,2.5,0,0 for count=90 to 270 step 2 x=cos(count*d2r) y=sin(count*d2r) dcCreateLine -5+2.5*x,2.5*y,-5+2.55*x,2.55*y next count for count=90 to 270 step 10 x=cos(count*d2r) y=sin(count*d2r) dcCreateLine -5+2.5*x,2.5*y,-5+2.6*x,2.6*y next count for count=90 to 270 step 20 x=cos(count*d2r) y=sin(count*d2r) dcCreateLine -5+2.5*x,2.5*y,-5+2.65*x,2.65*y next count for count=-90 to 90 step 2 x=cos(count*d2r) y=sin(count*d2r) dcCreateLine 5+2.5*x,2.5*y,5+2.55*x,2.55*y next count for count=-90 to 90 step 10 x=cos(count*d2r) y=sin(count*d2r) dcCreateLine 5+2.5*x,2.5*y,5+2.6*x,2.6*y next count for count=-90 to 90 step 20 x=cos(count*d2r) y=sin(count*d2r) dcCreateLine 5+2.5*x,2.5*y,5+2.65*x,2.65*y next count if l>=0 then ll=l else ll=90+l x=cos((90+2*ll)*d2r) y=sin((90+2*ll)*d2r) dcCreateLine -5+2.5*x,2.5*y,-5,2.5 dcCreateLine -5+2.5*x,2.5*y,-5,-2.5 x=cos((90-2*ll)*d2r) y=sin((90-2*ll)*d2r) dcCreateLine 5+2.5*x,2.5*y,5,2.5 dcCreateLine 5+2.5*x,2.5*y,5,-2.5 End Sub ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' Function arcsin(ByVal x) As Double If Abs(x) > 0.999999999999 Then x = sgn(x)*0.999999999999 arcsin = Atn(x/Sqr(1-x*x)) End Function Function arccos(ByVal x) As Double arccos = pi/2-arcsin(x) End Function Function test(varname,x,minval,maxval) As boolean If IsNumeric(x) = false Then test = false outtext = varname & " must be numeric" MsgBox outtext exit Function End If If x < minval Or x > maxval Then outtext = varname & " must be between " & chr$(13) & minval & " and " & maxval MsgBox outtext exit Function End If test = true End Function