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In the construction of the G91-R1B I met the need to make several graduated dials, some of which are quite complex and long to be realized with Inkscape. Not only that, but manual realization often involves problems when changing a dial, for example, if you use a too small font you need to do everything. Inkscape has a scripting language that automates the process, but I find it quite uncomfortable.<BR>Then I would like to be able to include in the documentation, which accompanies most of the objects we make, even the program to make a graduated dial, so that anyone can modify it or use it for other models.
In the construction of the G91-R1B I met the need to make several graduated dials, some of which are quite complex and long to be realized with Inkscape. Not only that, but manual realization often involves problems when changing the format, for example, if you do change the font size, you need to remake everything. Inkscape has a scripting language that automates the process, but I find it quite uncomfortable.<BR>
That's why it seemed to me a practical solution to using LaTeX to do this job, because there are many programs in LaTeX that do this job, then, eventually, you can "finish" work with a program like Inkscape and/or Gimp.
Manual realization with Inkscape of a graduated dials requires a not easy re-adaptation work. This fact makes difficult to reuse a previous job to adapt it to a new one.
 
As you will see in this article, I will try to make it possible for those who have never used LaTeX to take advantage of it to achieve great graduated circles as well as graphic objects to be placed inside a canvas.
 
However, I recall that the PDF or PNG file produced by LaTeX is just a first step in the job, it will definitely be necessary to work with GIMP at least to adapt the image produced to the correct size required by FGFS. But this process is also necessary if you work with Inkscape, as many of you well know.
 
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