Shadows

nella versione base é gratuito.
E' dotato di un completo corredo di funzioni e di una completa documentazione d'uso. Coloro che vogliono scoprire ulteriori funzioni, possono passare a Shadows Expert oppure a Shadows Pro. The features of Shadows include:

• Plane sundials with polar style (horizontal, vertical declining, equatorial, polar, meridian)
• Sundial drawn to scale 1, of any size and any orientation or reclination,
• Compatible with any location on Earth, in northern or southern hemisphere (2800 locations installed),
• Style drawn to scale 1,
• Tables of coordinates of hour line points and declination arcs,
• Drawing of solar or mean hours, with or without longitude correction,
• Text frames that can be moved and resized on the sundial, with preinstalled list of mottoes,
• Equation of time drawn in various forms,
• Drawing of a protractor and azimuth circle,
• Full online help, user interface translated in 14 languages,
• and more...

Shadows Expert

Shadows Expert é il livello per coloro che vogliono accedere alle funzioni più avanzate del programma. Shadows Expert brings the following features in addition to Shadows:

• Analemmatic sundials,
• Cylindrical sundials,
• Ephemeris tables,
• Drawing of italic and babylonic hours,
• Insertion of image frames on the sundial,
• Exportation of data and images,
• Drawing of the construction layout of a sundial,
• Simulation of the roof's shadow on the sundial,
• Change of orientation and reclination of a sundial,
• Tool for the determination of the wall's declination,
• Direction rose,
• and more...

Shadows Pro

Shadows Pro é il livello più avanzato ed è stato progettato per gli utenti professionisti e più sofisticati. Shadows Pro brings the following features in addition to Shadows Expert:

• Planispheric and universal astrolabes,
• Vertical declining analemmatic sundial,
• Bifilar sundials,
• Drawing of azimuth and altitude lines on the sundial,
• Sidereal and astronomical hour lines,
• Solar graph (azimuth-altitude) with horizon mask,
• Export of drawing layout in WMF and DXF (AutoCAD),
• Export of animations in AVI,
• Tool for the calculation of sundial parameters from a photo,
• Efficiency graph of a solar pannel,
• etc.