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Old 08-11-14, 11:25 AM   #4
Pisces
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Originally Posted by BigWalleye View Post
The only way I have done it is "brute force." I used Excel to create a table translating linear distances to degrees. Then I used Adobe Illustrator to rotate a circle and make scale marks at the zero point. Finally, I converted the stroke graphics to pixels by loading into P'shop, and saved it as a Targa.

It's easier to build the image in AI than in P'shop, but it's still all hand work.
Me too in regards to brute force. For the 3-bearing AOB finder I number crunched the linear values to angles with a spreadsheet. And plot those as polar coordinates in Autocad. Those tiny marks were a pain to do.
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