Specimen files
Three complete Hourline files, free to download. Open them in your own software (LightBurn, Inkscape, Illustrator, Fusion, VCarve, QCAD, SheetCam) and check that the layers, colours and sizes come in as you expect. Each is engraved Specimen file and drawn for a fixed place, so they are for testing rather than for hanging on a wall.
Garden plate, horizontal
300 mm square for 51°29′ N, 0°00′ (Greenwich), corrected for longitude, solstice curves and noon analemma, gnomon 6 mm thick.Declining wall dial
450 × 600 mm for a wall facing 212° (32° west of south) at 40°45′ N, 74°00′ W, US Eastern time, with Roman numerals and seven date curves.Armillary band
For a ring of 400 mm inside diameter at 45°25′ N, 75°42′ W, US Eastern time: a 50 mm band, 5 am to 7 pm.Layer convention
- CUT
- SVG stroke #FF0000, 0.1 mm; DXF layer CUT, colour 1. Outlines of plate and gnomon.
- ENGRAVE / TEXT
- SVG stroke #000000; DXF layers ENGRAVE and TEXT, colour 7. All lines and single-stroke lettering. Score, V-carve or line-engrave them.
- GUIDE
- SVG stroke #0000FF; DXF layer GUIDE, colour 5. Gnomon footprint, root, nodus foot and labels. Turn this layer off before cutting.
Units are millimetres. The SVG declares its physical size, so it opens at true scale. The DXF is AutoCAD R12 with plain LINE and CIRCLE entities, about as portable as a DXF can be.