This manual is the reference for Shadows Pro in version 4.0. It replaces the on-line help in HTML format that was provided until version 3.5. © Copyright 2014-2016 by François Blateyron. Reproduction and/or copy of part of this manual strictly forbidden without written authorization of the author. Version last updated on January 2, 2016 User manual of Shadows Pro version 4.0 – © François Blateyron – page 2 Table of contents TABLE OF CONTENTS ....................................................................................................................................................... 3 PART 1 – INTRODUCTION TO SHADOWS SOFTWARE ....................................................................................................... 9 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................................ 9 Installing Shadows on a PC ................................................................................................................................................. 9 Instructions to install Shadows ........................................................................................................................................................... 9 Installation of the Shadows license .................................................................................................................................................. 10 Credits ............................................................................................................................................................................... 10 Sources ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 11 Features of the three license levels .................................................................................................................................. 12 Shadows (freeware) ......................................................................................................................................................................... 12 Shadows Expert ................................................................................................................................................................................ 12 Shadows Pro ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 12 Order a Shadows Expert or Shadows Pro license ............................................................................................................. 13 PART 2 – SUNDIALS ........................................................................................................................................................ 15 Introduction to sundials ................................................................................................................................................... 15 Designing a sundial with Shadows .................................................................................................................................... 15 Preliminary information to collect ................................................................................................................................................... 15 Location of installation ................................................................................................................................................................ 15 Orientation of the sundial plate .................................................................................................................................................. 16 Dimension of the sundial ............................................................................................................................................................. 16 Type of sundial ............................................................................................................................................................................ 16 Indications given by the sundial .................................................................................................................................................. 16 Decoration ................................................................................................................................................................................... 16 Quick creation of a sundial from the home screen .......................................................................................................................... 17 Create a new sundial from the File menu ........................................................................................................................................ 17 Choose a place for your sundial ....................................................................................................................................... 19 In the garden .................................................................................................................................................................................... 19 On the front of a house .................................................................................................................................................................... 19 Inside the house! .............................................................................................................................................................................. 19 On the roof of the house!................................................................................................................................................................. 20 Elsewhere... ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 20 Determine the longitude and latitude of a place ............................................................................................................. 20 Find the longitude ............................................................................................................................................................................ 20 Find the latitude ............................................................................................................................................................................... 21 Enter the location in the database ................................................................................................................................................... 21 Find the direction of the local meridian ........................................................................................................................... 22 Using a compass ............................................................................................................................................................................... 22 Using the Sun's passage to the meridian .......................................................................................................................................... 22 Using bisectors ................................................................................................................................................................................. 22 Find the declination of a wall ........................................................................................................................................... 23 Method using a protractor and a plumb line ................................................................................................................................... 23 Method of the chord ........................................................................................................................................................................ 24 Method of the oblique shadow ........................................................................................................................................................ 24 Method of the network of tangents ................................................................................................................................................. 24 Method of circle bisectors ................................................................................................................................................................ 25 User manual of Shadows Pro version 4.0 – © François Blateyron – page 3 Calculation tool for the determination of the wall declination ........................................................................................................ 25 Adjust the size of the sundial............................................................................................................................................ 26 Size of the sundial plate ................................................................................................................................................................... 26 Adjust the scale of the drawing ........................................................................................................................................................ 26 Adjust the anchor of the style .........................................................................................................................................................