DigitalSlideRule (Package Name: air.DigitalSlideRule20160505A) is developed by The Animated Software Company and the latest version of Digital Slide Rule 4.06.06 was updated on October 28, 2017. Digital Slide Rule is in the category of Education. You can check all apps from the developer of Digital Slide Rule. Currently this app is for free. This app can be downloaded on Android 2.3.2+ on APKFab or Google Play. All APK/XAPK files on APKFab.com are original and 100% safe with fast download.
The slide rule was used for over 400 years as a calculating/estimation tool. Abandoned with the advent of hand-held calculators, computers and smart phones, their elegant simplicity is still a thing of wonderment. This program replicates the most common types of slide rules: Straight, circular, spiral and cylindrical. Dozens of scales are included and numerous features that could never exist on a physical slide rule are also included, such as color options, numeric displays of the values under the hairlines, and so on. Slide rules were used to go to the moon and to build bridges, skyscrapers, tunnels, aqueducts and nearly everything else. Slide rules were simple to use and accurate enough for most occasions. Please note that this program is processor-intensive and with heavy use, will probably drain your battery fairly quickly. Every effort has been made to make the program efficient, but nevertheless, some functions take a few moments to occur, including initial load, which can take three or four seconds, or perhaps a little longer. Nearly 30,000 "nibs" are created during this time, as well as over 3,000 labels, so please be a little patient! Because of all the detail, it looks best and runs best on a large-format machine such as a tablet. Also because of all the detail, the 30-loop spiral slide rule converts to a low-rez "bitmap data image" while you move it, then back to a "vector based image" as soon as you release. Includes a brief side show slide show of famous and interesting slide rules, most of which are in the author's collection. Two are public-domain photographs of antique slide rules. --------------------------------------------------------- Notes on usage: Program features include "two-finger pinch/zoom." Slide rule slide show images can also be rotated. Enlarge an image by double-tapping in the same place. Tapping three times in the same place will return the program to the home position. Tapping four times will bring up an intro-screen message which requires tapping anywhere to remove. ---------------------------------------------------------- This program was first released in 2016 and is the product of a lifelong love of numbers (and 30+ years of programming experience!). Special thanks to the Oughtred Society for their member's invaluable help in evaluating the earliest versions of this program.
DigitalSlideRule 4.06.06 Update
Faster setup time after program is loaded (as much as 50% faster); streamlined internal processing (especially of Cylindrical Slide Rule); corrected "Display Estimated Hairline Values" for several of the alternate scales.
Faster setup time after program is loaded (as much as 50% faster); streamlined internal processing (especially of Cylindrical Slide Rule); corrected "Display Estimated Hairline Values" for several of the alternate scales.
Items can be enlarged separately for faster response times. A rotating fine adjust button added (hold finger over slide or hairline for a few seconds to use). Several add'l old slide rules added, including a circa 1962 Nuclear Bomb Effects Computer. Digital 10-loop spiral added. Many minor enhancements, mostly for speed improvements. Uses occasional interstitials instead of banners, except for the first few minutes when small banners for our other programs are shown.
Allowed straight slide rule upper & lower hairlines & slides to be moved separately (use lock/unlock button on right lower slide to toggle lockstep). Made sure tapping background of slide show makes a "lost" image reappear. Made sure tapping settings gear brings up settings box without significant delay. Added display of hairline values when values display active & slide(s) are moved (not just when hairline is moved). Fixed display size of horse animation.
Added 9 new scales designed by Istvan Szalkai Minimum frame rate now 0.01 for Android devices. Shortened time before going to minimum frame rate to save battery power. Improved alignments of nibs at alignment points. Improved alignment of colorized nibs. All descending scales now colored red. Animated many scales in opening screen and in slide rule slide show. Added buttons to rotate scales in slide show. Added more environment info to setting box, added gear in upper right now brings box up.
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