Dial plate?

[Ted Ozolins]

Ken Leyba wrote:

>Did you give OpenOffice.org Draw a try?  You can create a line and
>move one of the end-points and it will tell you the angle.  You could
>also look at Dia and Xfig which should be able to do the same.  Use
>technical diagramming editor rather than a photo editor.
>
>Ken
>
>On 10/12/05, Klaus-Peter Schrage <kpschrage at gmx.de> wrote:
>  
>
>>Ted Ozolins wrote:
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>>>I'm in the process of finishing a test fixture for which I have to
>>>create an overlay. I am using GIMP2 to do the labeling of the various
>>>functions. I've been able to stumble through most of the labels and am
>>>stuck trying to create dial plate, 30 degree between positions labeled
>>>"off, 1-10". I've googled trying to find any image I could use as a
>>>starting point to no avail. Any pointers on how to create the beast
>>>would be greatly appreciated. If anyone has an image of one, please
>>>email it to me.
>>>      
>>>
>>I have found one or two by entering the german word 'w?hlscheibe' or
>>'waehlscheibe' into google pictures, but I don't know if that is what
>>you want.
>>Klaus
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Thanks for the pointers I'll give them a try. If all else fails I'll do
the Dial plate in Autocad and do a two pass print.

Cheers.

-- 
Ted Ozolins(VE7TVO)
Westbank, B. C