On Screen Protractor

On Screen Protractor

This application allows you to overlay a protractor on the race track editor screen to measure angles.

Installation

- with .exe version:

In Windows, extract On Screen Protractor directory from OnScreenProtractor_v0.6_with_exe.zip

file and double-click on OnScreenProtractor_v0.6.exe

In linux 'OnScreenProtractor_v0.6.exe' can be started with 'Wine' (from terminal,

go to the OnScreenProtractor_v.06.exe folder and type:

wine OnScreenProtractor_v0.6.exe)

If Java Development Kit (JDK) 21.0.2 is installed on your computer, you can start

the app double-clicking OnScreenProtractor.jar in 'app' folder (from the command

line, go to the 'app' folder and type: java -jar "OnScreenProtractor_v0.6.jar")

- only jar version:

Extract On Screen Protractor directory from OnScreenProtractor_v0.6_JDK_required.zip

file and double-click on OnScreenProtractor.jar icon (Java Development Kit (JDK)

21.0.2 installation required)

To run the project from the command line, go to the OnScreenProtractor_v.06

folder and type:

java -jar "OnScreenProtractor_v0.6.jar"

Source code

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From version 0.5 On Screen Protractor is developed with NetBeans IDE. 

The source code is located in the NetBeansProject.zip file.

Development tools

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- Apache NetBeans IDE 21

- Java 21.0.2 (jdk-21)

Default Controls

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Left mouse button - Click the left mouse button to drag and drop O, A, B points

(hand cursor).

Right mouse button - Click the right mouse button to set the origin of axes at

the center of the window.

Middle mouse wheel - Click the mouse wheel to cancel axes rotation 

Up arrow key - Use the up arrow key to cancel axes rotation.