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==Circular graduate dials== | ==Circular graduate dials== | ||
[[File:Test Graduate dials for PHI Wind.jpg|thumbnail|Finish work example of est Graduate dials for PHI Wind|right|480px | [[File:Test Graduate dials for PHI Wind.jpg|thumbnail|Finish work example of est Graduate dials for PHI Wind|right|480px]] | ||
This is an example much more complex as the original instrument has a double graduated dial. Therefore, the program's implementation time in LaTeX was about equivalent to that used for the corresponding object in Inkscape. But the advantage of this version is that you can now have a template that is useful to generate similar objects. The lower scale can simply be removed by deleting the corresponding rows. The advantage of this approach is in the ability to resume the old drawing and modify it as a function of any corrections that such a complex gauge may require. This tool has several problems, such as the numbering that needs to be radial, and therefore require a rotation. The secondary scale which has its own radial numbering that does not follow the position angle, but a different scale. | This is an example much more complex as the original instrument has a double graduated dial. Therefore, the program's implementation time in LaTeX was about equivalent to that used for the corresponding object in Inkscape. But the advantage of this version is that you can now have a template that is useful to generate similar objects. The lower scale can simply be removed by deleting the corresponding rows. The advantage of this approach is in the ability to resume the old drawing and modify it as a function of any corrections that such a complex gauge may require. This tool has several problems, such as the numbering that needs to be radial, and therefore require a rotation. The secondary scale which has its own radial numbering that does not follow the position angle, but a different scale. | ||
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<syntaxhighlight lang="latex"> | <syntaxhighlight lang="latex"> | ||
% \documentclass{standalone} is particular class that non have a size, but the size is define from | % \documentclass{standalone} is particular class that non have a size, but the size is define from | ||
% the document itself | % the document itself | ||
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\foreach \a in {0, 10,...,359} | \foreach \a in {0, 10,...,359} | ||
\draw[ultra thick] (\a:5.4) -- (\a:6); | \draw[ultra thick] (\a:5.4) -- (\a:6); | ||
%10° Rays | |||
\foreach \a in {0, 30,...,359} | |||
\draw[ultra thick] (\a:5.2) -- (\a:6); | |||
%Angle labels | |||
\foreach \a in {30, 60, 120, 150, 210, 240, 300, 330} | |||
\pgfmathtruncatemacro\result{(360 - \a)/10} | |||
\draw (\a + 90: 4.5) node[rotate=\a] {\LARGE\result}; | |||
% Wind rose labels | |||
\draw (90: 4.5) node[rotate=0] {\Huge{N}}; | |||
\draw (360: 4.5) node[rotate=270] {\Huge{E}}; | |||
\draw (270: 4.5) node[rotate=180] {\Huge{S}}; | |||
\draw (180: 4.5) node[rotate=90] {\Huge{W}}; | |||
\foreach \b in {-40,-38,...,40} | |||
\edef\c{-90 - \b * 1.38} | |||
\draw[ultra thick] (\c:6.5) -- (\c:6.8); | |||
\foreach \b in {-40,-30,...,40} | |||
\edef\c{-90 - \b * 1.38} | |||
\draw[ultra thick] (\c:6.5) -- (\c:7); | |||
\foreach \b in {-40,-30,...,40} | |||
\edef\c{-90 - \b * 1.38} | |||
\pgfmathtruncatemacro\result{abs(\b)} | |||
\draw (\c:6.2) node[rotate=\c+90] {\footnotesize\result}; | |||
\end{tikzpicture} | |||
} | |||
\end{document} | |||
</syntaxhighlight> | |||
==Circular graduate dials like a change of a previous one== | |||
<syntaxhighlight lang="latex"> | |||
% \documentclass{standalone} is particular class that non have a size, but the size is define from | |||
% the document itself | |||
\documentclass{standalone} | |||
% \usepackage{tikz} is the package that contain the graphics command as \draw etc ... | |||
% The package is describe in this document: https://www.sharelatex.com/learn/TikZ_package | |||
\usepackage{tikz} | |||
% If the graduate dials is for analogical gauges period 50-70 years, this font is ok | |||
% OCR is open-source package deposited in the CTAN repository: https://www.ctan.org/pkg/ocr-b | |||
% Opentype can be used on Linux and Mac machines | |||
% (I do not know if it's possible in Windows, but I think of it), | |||
% you can always download it from the CTAN site at this address: | |||
% https://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/ocr-b-outline | |||
\usepackage{ocr} | |||
% Defines the font size to use, the first number defines the font size, | |||
% the second number the dimensional family from which the font is taken. | |||
% It can be assumed that there are differences between a dimensional family 10 and a 12 dimensional font. | |||
\begin{document} | |||
% The link OCR package documentation is this: http://ctan.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/CTAN/macros/latex/contrib/ocr-latex/ocr.pdf | |||
% \ocrfamily - Normal font family | |||
% \ocrnegfamily - Family negative fonts | |||
{\ocrfamily | |||
\begin{tikzpicture} | |||
%2° Rays | |||
\foreach \a in {0, 5,...,355} | |||
\draw[ultra thick] (\a:5.6) -- (\a:6); | |||
%10° Rays | %10° Rays | ||
\foreach \a in {0, 30,...,359} | \foreach \a in {0, 30,...,359} | ||