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Originally Posted by Dennis
Hello,
The guy (David Polivka) who designed and coded the “ Bahtinov Mask Generator” has just released V 0.4. This (free) Generator is a web based application that generates a “Bahtinov Mask” pattern suitable for your OTA based on your input parameters.
From Dave's website:
Changes:- Version 0.4. 2008/10/18
- Moved to new hosting provider.
- Complete rewrite of mask generation code.
- SVG opens fine in Corel Draw 12 (and, I think Corel Draw X4) now.
- SVG now converts to DXF cleanly in Inkscape. You should be able to take the resulting .DXF directly to a machine shop/laser cutter/etc.
- Split the existing generator page up into 4 pages (Overview, Generator, FAQ, and Change History) to make them more manageable.
- Segregated parameter entry so it's not so overwhelming - broke it into Basic parameters, Advanced parameters, and Print options.
- Entry validation added.
- Appropriate parameters will accept numbers with decimal points.
- Added an option to make the center of the left-hand side a bar instead of a slot.
- Added an override for the slot width.
- Added an option to scale the SVG to 72DPI for use with Adobe Illustrator.
- Cleaned up the text a bit - now consistently use "slot" to mean an opening in the mask and "bar" to mean a solid bit.
Thanks once more to Pavel for his original design and to David for his superb implementation of the Generator and his on-going development and support. Here is the link to astrojargon, where the Generator is hosted.
Cheers
Dennis
PS – For Canon 40D owners Dave has also written an application that can interrogate the 40D and return the value of the number of shutter operations. |
Dennis,
What program do I need to run the Generator
Ian C