James
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| posted on 24/2/05 at 11:21 AM |
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Clock Fascia- PC program
I seem to remember someone had used a PC program to do the letter/number layout of their homemade clock fascias. Then printed on acetate and sprayed
the back a pretty colour.
Question is: anyone know what the program was?
Thanks,
James
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chunkielad
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| posted on 24/2/05 at 11:37 AM |
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You could use Corel Draw or Adobe Illustrator
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Mark18
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| posted on 24/2/05 at 10:24 PM |
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I used AutoCAD to do the dials on a friends Cavalier:
"I don't know what I may seem to the world. But as to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore and diverting myself
now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than the ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me." -
Isaac Newton
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flak monkey
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| posted on 24/2/05 at 10:25 PM |
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I would agree with Corel draw.
Very powerful graphics creation/editing program. Once you learn how to use it.
David 
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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jambojeef
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| posted on 24/2/05 at 11:30 PM |
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On my old Fiesta (1.4 Ghia - 0-60 in 9.98 secs timed on a mobile phone to an ex-girlfirend with a stopwatch) I took the dials off and scanned them in
and kept them as TIFF files, then reversed the colours to make white dials - kept the same numerals and stuff - looked great!!!
That was until the winter when the inkjet paper Id printed it out on curled a bit...ah well, its crushed now anyway 
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MikeP
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| posted on 25/2/05 at 02:47 AM |
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A CAD package can lay them out too, if you've got/know one.
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chunkielad
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| posted on 25/2/05 at 08:18 AM |
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Send me a pic and some measurements and I'll lay them out in Corel for you if you want mate. Can send them back as Corel file or any image file
OR I can get them printe onto vinyl ready to stick on -will have to get a price though.
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James
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| posted on 25/2/05 at 09:36 AM |
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Mark,
That looks fantastic- any more details on how you did it/what you printed it on/with?
Chunkie,
Thanks for the offer mate- I may be in touch!
Thanks,
James
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Mark18
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| posted on 25/2/05 at 11:15 PM |
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Simple enough really - I just did an image search on google for some cavalier dials, imported it into cad and scaled it up to match the measurements
off the dials we had. Once I had the general outline and a few lines so the readings were right I could draw everything in the way we wanted - as you
can see we even converted the speedo to the latest km/h readings.
As far as sticking the paper down, just use moderately thin paper so the light can come through, and glue it down behind the plastic that's
already there so you don't see that either. That's about it - we printed it on the laser printer at home, but that's just what we
have - I'm sure an inkjet would work just as well.
Hope that makes sense - right now I'm regretting not taking more pics .
Mark
"I don't know what I may seem to the world. But as to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore and diverting myself
now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than the ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me." -
Isaac Newton
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Mark18
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| posted on 25/2/05 at 11:16 PM |
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And whatever chunkie charges, I will do it for 4 5ths of that .
MArk
"I don't know what I may seem to the world. But as to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore and diverting myself
now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than the ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me." -
Isaac Newton
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MikeR
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| posted on 25/2/05 at 11:17 PM |
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Actually an inkjet might be a problem. A lot of non photographic inks are photo sensitive so fade over time.
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chunkielad
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| posted on 25/2/05 at 11:20 PM |
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I won't charge for doing it, I ain't that stingy!!! The guy I use for printed vinyl will charge for that - I get trade though!
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