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This website allows you to create linear setting circles that can be wrapped around cylinders. You enter and change the data parameters below and simply press the Submit button at the end. It also will generate encoding circles.
A PDF is automatically generated with your setting circle ready for print. The maximum radius that can be handled is 7" or 180mm.
You are advised to work in the following way.
Put the length of the strip you want in the Wizard text box. If the size is less than 7 then it is assumed you are working in inches otherwise mm. You do not need to put a mm or inch parameter at the end.
Pressing the tab key will automatically update all the strip parameters to the right sizes including the paper size.
You can still edit any or all of the parameters afterwards and then hit the submit button. The parameters are hidden unless you select the below. The parameters still work, they are hidden to make things easier for you.
You can download the original PostScript source here.
Whats the radius of the cylinder? (not the diameter)
Strip Width (in Units)
Paper Size
Choose the paper size you need.
Formatting Options
Start X Position (in Units)
Start X Position/Start Y Position
This is the start position of the strip. (0,0) is the bottom left hand corner of the page.
Start Y Position (in Units)
Start X Position/Start Y Position
This is the start position of the strip. (0,0) is the bottom left hand corner of the page.
Major Marks Angle Width (in pts)
Formatting Options
Minor Marks Angle Width 1 (in pts)
Formatting Options
Minor Marks Angle Width 2 (in pts)
Formatting Options
Text Offset (in pts)
Formatting Options
Length Major Marks (in Units)
Formatting Options
Length Minor Marks 1 (in Units)
Formatting Options
Length Minor Marks 2 (in Units)
Formatting Options
Font Size (in pts)
Choose the font size
Rotate the text
Font Rotate
Rotate the font on the strip. This is in degrees. A positive figure is an anti-clockwise rotatation.
User Font
User Font
Select which type of font to use. These are the standard PostScript (TM) fonts available.
The following fonts can be used:
AvantGarde-Book
AvantGarde Book Italic
AvantGarde Demi
AvantGarde Demi Italic
Bookman Demi
Bookman Demi Italic
Bookman Light
Bookman Light Italic
Courier
Courier Bold
Courier Bold Italic
Courier Italic
Helvetica
Helvetica Bold
Helvetica Bold Italic
Helvetica Narrow
Helvetica Narrow Bold
Helvetica Narrow Bold Italic
Helvetica Narrow Italic
Helvetica Italic
New Century Schoolbook Bold
New Century Schoolbook Bold Italic
New Century Schoolbook Italic
New Century Schoolbook Roman
Palatino Bold
Palatino Bold Italic
Palatino Italic
Palatino Roman
Times Bold
Times Bold Italic
Times Italic
Times-Roman
Make a photonegative
Reverse the colours like a photo-negative
Complex Options
Strip Rotate
Global Rotate
Rotate the strip to maximise the printed size. -33 is a good number to work diagonal to diagonal.
A positive rotation is anti-clockwise, a negative rotation is clockwise.
The system will take into account creating a mirror image.
Major Marks Angle
Major and Minor marks angles
These angles define the tick marks that are actually printed onto the strip.
The Major Mark Angle is the tick mark associated with the printed angle. This is normally 10 (degrees), however it could be any value. Setting
it to 10 means that a mjor tick mark is printed every 10 degrees. A value of 15 means it is printed every 15 degrees. The Major Mark Angle is
normally in step with the Printed Angle Increment, but this is not mandatory. Strange, and often useful, configurations could be printed by varying
these values, e.g, a 24 hour strip could be created by setting Major Marks Angle to 15 and Printed Angle Increment to 1.
There are two sorts of minor tick marks, Minor Marks Angle 1 that is aimed at intervals such as every 5 degrees and Minor Marks Angle 2 that is aimed
at intervals such as every single degree. Clearly if your strip is very large you could set Minor Marks Angle 1 to 1 degree and Minor Marks Angle 2 to 0.5
of a degree.
Minor Marks Angle 1
Major and Minor marks angles
These angles define the tick marks that are actually printed onto the strip.
The Major Mark Angle is the tick mark associated with the printed angle. This is normally 10 (degrees), however it could be any value. Setting
it to 10 means that a mjor tick mark is printed every 10 degrees. A value of 15 means it is printed every 15 degrees. The Major Mark Angle is
normally in step with the Printed Angle Increment, but this is not mandatory. Strange, and often useful, configurations could be printed by varying
these values, e.g, a 24 hour strip could be created by setting Major Marks Angle to 15 and Printed Angle Increment to 1.
There are two sorts of minor tick marks, Minor Marks Angle 1 that is aimed at intervals such as every 5 degrees and Minor Marks Angle 2 that is aimed
at intervals such as every single degree. Clearly if your strip is very large you could set Minor Marks Angle 1 to 1 degree and Minor Marks Angle 2 to 0.5
of a degree.
Minor Marks Angle 2
Major and Minor marks angles
These angles define the tick marks that are actually printed onto the strip.
The Major Mark Angle is the tick mark associated with the printed angle. This is normally 10 (degrees), however it could be any value. Setting
it to 10 means that a mjor tick mark is printed every 10 degrees. A value of 15 means it is printed every 15 degrees. The Major Mark Angle is
normally in step with the Printed Angle Increment, but this is not mandatory. Strange, and often useful, configurations could be printed by varying
these values, e.g, a 24 hour strip could be created by setting Major Marks Angle to 15 and Printed Angle Increment to 1.
There are two sorts of minor tick marks, Minor Marks Angle 1 that is aimed at intervals such as every 5 degrees and Minor Marks Angle 2 that is aimed
at intervals such as every single degree. Clearly if your strip is very large you could set Minor Marks Angle 1 to 1 degree and Minor Marks Angle 2 to 0.5
of a degree.
Start Angle
What angle to start printing from. the default is 0. This angle is incremented by the Printed Angle Increment.
Printed Angle Increment
What is the angle increment for the Major Marks Angle? This normally defaults to 10
Make a mirror image
Set Mirror Image
Creates a mirror image of the strip. This is useful for printing on the back of a clear material so that the printing is protected from the elements.
Print out the variables
If non-zero then print out all the values of the variable
Encoder Options
Draw encoders
Select this to draw the encoders
Encoder Offset (in Units)
Encoder information
Encoder circles can be printed for use with optical equipment. The encoder circles are quadrature encoded to allow maximum resolution from encoders.
The Encoder Offset is in terms of Units, not pts. The Encoder Width is in terms of Units, not pts.
The No Of Divisions printed is the number of black divisions across the length of the strip on a single strip. Quadrature encoding means that you will
have four times this resolution.
Encoder width (in Units)
Encoder information
Encoder circles can be printed for use with optical equipment. The encoder circles are quadrature encoded to allow maximum resolution from encoders.
The Encoder Offset is in terms of Units, not pts. The Encoder Width is in terms of Units, not pts.
The No Of Divisions printed is the number of black divisions across the length of the strip on a single strip. Quadrature encoding means that you will
have four times this resolution.
No of encoder divisions
Encoder information
Encoder circles can be printed for use with optical equipment. The encoder circles are quadrature encoded to allow maximum resolution from encoders.
The Encoder Offset is in terms of Units, not pts. The Encoder Width is in terms of Units, not pts.
The No Of Divisions printed is the number of black divisions across the length of the strip on a single strip. Quadrature encoding means that you will
have four times this resolution.
