This guide explains how to use the SlideRule 1002 web application: the simulator of the Chinese 1002 vector log-log double-sided slide rule and the visual rule designer built into the same page. It is written for readers who want to operate the instrument on screen or author a rule of their own, not to develop the software. For the physical instrument and for the code, follow the links at the end of each page.
The English pages are canonical. A Simplified-Chinese mirror is kept beside each
page as <name>-cn.md.
| Page | What it covers |
|---|---|
| Getting started | What the app is, how to run it, the layout of the screen, and a first walkthrough. |
| Simulator | Choosing a model, faces, dragging the slide, zoom, cursors, the readings panel, hover read-outs, circular rules, themes and language. |
| Designer | Opening the designer, the Rule and Layout panels, per-scale fields, the calculation editor, the live preview and validation, and exporting a draft or a finished rule. |
| Designer calculations, by example | A worked example of every mapping kind - log, folded log, linear, fn, valueFn and expr - plus intervals and steps, labels, marks and notes, and shared calculations. |
| Import and export | Loading a rule JSON, the error dialog, and exporting PNG, SVG, Markdown or a 1:1 print / PDF. |
| Reading scales | How the app turns a pointer or cursor position into readings, and how that relates to the printed scales. |
- Documentation index - the standard and the full map.
- Glossary - the project's terminology.
- How slide rules work and the 1002 model - the physical facts behind the scales.