I sent the following to Don as a suggestion as a possible method to use
that would ensure the integrity of the polygon patterns;
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Hi Don!
You know, when I was looking at the patterns it struck me that you could
derive a RATE from the lengths and an angle for each of the lengths
spanning radially from the center point.
That way if you had a polygon pattern based on a resolution of 8 lines
extending from the center in radial fashion around a circle, where these
lines are connected to form the polygon pattern then you would have
something like this;
working counterclockwise from 0 degrees
(which would be facing North when in use)
in degrees and inches for each line, 0=2, 45=1.3, 90=1, 135=1.1, 180=.9,
225=1.7, 270=1.4, 315=1.2
Perhaps a reference grid could be printed so that the printer in
question could calibrated as to setting so that the user would have the
right aspect ratio (television is 5:4 where 5 is horizontal and 4 is
vertical).
Once the pattern was printed and measured with a ruler to be exact, then
subsequent patterns would be correct.
This way, any printer would work as long as the lines were solid and not
gapped as with a low level dot matrix printer.
I'd almost bet this has occurred to you but just wanted to provide a way
that the patterns could be translated as exactly as possible to match
the original.
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