List price $99.99, 273 pages, over 270 illustrations and tables

ISBN 978-0-615-45941-7

Complete with the new RodDNA Designer Version 2.0 program

Includes one year of updates and support

To pre-order, please call, email or use the order form:

(209) 736-9197 Email: larry@HighSierraRods.com

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Who Should Use This Book

Designing your own taper signature is a logical step for makers who want to differentiate their work from others, and for makers tired of building the same tapers everyone else builds. 

Seasoned makers may also find this book and Designer software to be an indispensable tool to aid in taper design, modification and analysis.

Some highlights of the new RodDNA Designer program

• Tapers can be designed/created using 11 different methods
• Tapers can be modified manually; via a calculator; using built-in modifiers or using a powerful and extensible custom modifier facility
• Repetitive taper modifications can be defined and linked together for ease of application
• Designs can be compared to other designs
• Designs can be analyzed against over 850 existing rod models using sophisticated correlation algorithms
• When complete, designs can easily be converted into Models, and Models can also be converted into designs for easy modification
• Estimated line weight of a new design can be calculated using 7 different methods, all configurable
• Visual design aids consist of static and dynamic stress charts; taper dimension charts showing linear regression; taper delta charts showing linear regression and taper deflection charts
• Each taper modification made can easily be viewed via the step backward and step forward functions.  This allows the maker the freedom to make “what if” modifications without having to worry about manually undoing them
• The current slope of a design and resulting rod weight are automatically calculated and displayed while designing tapers
• The Designer will run on virtually any computer
• Multiple designs can be worked on at any one time
• Morgan Hand Mill taper settings reports are available for any of the listed tapers

Here are some sample screen captures from the new RodDNA Designer:

Here, a new semi-parabolic taper was designed and compared to the existing models,
with the top 12 results selected.

Eleven different taper creation methods are available

Example of an E. C. Powell "A" taper creation dialog indicating the slope of the taper

Other versions of RodDNA...

Note: Like all purchased software, once the program is opened it cannot be returned. However we will provide reasonable technical support when needed.