What program to print tables in a circle - Dial?
 

Hi, does anyone know of a program that will print letters/numbers around a dial, like a protractor or Etchasketch's Bearing/AOB tool (whizz wheel)?
I would like to create my own crossreference table, printing straight down the edge of a piece of paper doesn't work for what I want, there must be some cad type program that would do this, would appreciate any help here.:D
Thanks in advance,
Reece.

I think Adobe Photoshop will do

numbers around the dail
 

yes matey there is i have a CAD drafting package and use it occasionally , i am into metal turning as well , a good mechanical fitter will tell you if you cant obtain a measurement easily from an item make a drawin ghence thats why i have one , to set it up would go something like this DRAW CIRCLE AND DECIDE ON SIZE remember everything in cad is draw ful size the computer "shrinks ' to print , thats why when you dimension a drawing you don't have to do the math for scales ect, NEXT DIVIDE CIRCLE INTO NUMBER OD DIVISIONS EG: 4 IF YOU ONLY WANT THE N,S,E,W. PIONTS then go to a command that will be something like ARRAY COPY , USE THIS TO COPY THE NUMBERS IN A CIRCLE AND COPY THEN DEPENDING ON TYPE OF PROGRAM YOU MAY HAVE TO EDITIT EACH ONE however when finished save and there you go print it later, i am a partime soldier and if possible if know some one ask them if they get an old mortar ploting board and photo copy it , but they don't use them now , or ask a meuseam , i am after a whizz wheel of good quality so i can use it in the calculations in the game i don't know if the navy use them now or where i would find one , sgtfoxhound@optusnet.com.au

Here's a small free program for doing graphs including Polar Graphs.
http://files.filefront.com/gpaperexe.../fileinfo.html

Thanks Sgtfoxhound, I will look into finding a relatively cheap & simple to use CAD program, can you reccomend any?:) someone else here suggested Corel Draw but that is rather costly & not even sure if it would do this.

Priater, I would have assumed that a graph would be drawn from the data provided, could you give a little more detail on this program or do you not actually use it? Will check out the link and see if I can find anything out.:up:

Mav87th, I have photoshop but it can't draw circles, lines or print on angles, unless a newer version allows this, photoshop is basically that, a program to manipulate/edit pictures in layers, correct me if I'm wrong.:yep: Most photo/paint programs don't have any drawing tools.

This is likely to be a once only job so I don't want to purchase an expensive program that will take weeks to learn! I'd be better off just to draft one up on paper & scan in, just that it will look crappy!:D

Not sure Reece.
I've had it around for years but never used it myself.
It's on my file front page and has the info contained in a readme I believe.
It's around 3 or 4 hundred k.

EDIT:
OK, I checked it out.
It ONLY prints graph paper.
IF you have a scanner you COULD print out a graph to your specs,
scan it into Paint Shop or such, add your numbers using rotate functions.
Lotta work though.
I'll look around some more for you.

Have downloaded it, will check it out, Thanks.:up:

Check this link. It's an online site that MAY work
depending on what your trying to do.
http://incompetech.com/beta/plainGraphPaper/polar/

Oh Poo!
 

Unfortunately it only produces Graph paper to print out, you can't actually enter any text. :cry: However I'll store this application for future reference as it is a good program for producing many types of graph paper.:yep: