Drawing dialog
- Horoscope picture style:
Choose the way Proastro will draw the horoscope picture.
This only affects the look of the drawing.
- Zodiac origin angle:
Indicate the start-up angle for Aries zero degree.
By default this value is 180°, which means that the Aries zero degree is on the left of the drawing. (0° = Aries on the right, 90° = Aries on top, 270° = Aries on the bottom).
If you choose horizontal horizon, this angle is ignored because Proastro must already do a rotation of the horoscope to get the horizontal horizon.
- Options:
- Use Wingdings for sign:
If checked, Proastro will use Wingdings true type font to render zodiac signs.
If not checked, an approximate drawing will be used for signs. If you cannot see symbols of the zodiac in the screen or in the printer, try to toggle this check button.
- Horizontal horizon:
Tells Proastro that the Ascendant - Descendant line must be horizontal. Then zodiac base angle option does not apply.
- Counterclockwise:
Indicate the direction around the zodiac circle Proastro will use to draw signs and planets.
- Nice drawing for planets:
If chosen, Proastro will use an internal algorithm to draw planets in an esthetic manner.
That is to say that Proastro will try to avoid overlapping drawing, and will
choose the right size for planet picture, depending on number of planets being
in conjunction.
If not checked planets will be drawn without using the internal algorithm.
- Activate tooltips help:
If checked, small window help will be displayed
if the mouse is near a planet or star.
- Use gradient:
Boundary of sign will become blurred.
- Show information on drawing:
Display text information for the horoscope
being displayed.
- Color signs:
Fill the sign with its color.
- Color Naks:
Fill the Nak with its color.
- Hide exaltation:
Hide exaltation.
- Hide stars:
Hide stars.
- Hide Moon Naks:
Hide Moon naks.
- Hide signs:
Hide signs.
- Hide graduations:
Hide graduations.
- Hide equal house:
Allows to hide the small circles located on the graduations and that represent equal houses (30° from As)
- Smoothing Mode:
The smoothing mode Gdiplus must use to render the horoscope
picture.
- Initial radius/coeff:
Allows you to choose the initial radius of the planets: initial radius = Track width of the planets divided by this coefficient.
The radius is likely to be adjusted depending on the number of planets in conjunction.
- Spreading:
Allows you to choose between two planet drawing distribution algorithms
- Position:
Space is added between planets if necessary, size of planet is adjusted.
- Position same size:
The planets are moved apart one an other but their sizes remains fixed.
- Aspect ratio:
This is to correct the aspect of the horoscope that may
seem elliptic instead of circular in some screen. Aspect ration of 2 will make
the picture twice larger than the normal.
Remark:
If a horoscope window is displayed, Test button makes it possible to see immediately the effect of your choices on the drawing.
These modifications will only take permanent effect while exiting the dialog with the OK button.