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Digital Slide Rule on Windows Pc

Developed By: The Animated Software Company

License: Free

Rating: 4,0/5 - 50 votes

Last Updated: April 16, 2024

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version	4.06.06
Size	44.2 MB
Release Date	October 29, 17
Category	Education Apps
App Permissions: Allows applications to open network sockets. [see more (3)]
What's New: Faster setup time after program is loaded (as much as 50% faster); streamlined internal processing (especially of Cylindrical Slide Rule); corrected "... [see more]
Description from Developer: 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 simplici... [read more]

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About this app

On this page you can download Digital Slide Rule and install on Windows PC. Digital Slide Rule is free Education app, developed by The Animated Software Company. Latest version of Digital Slide Rule is 4.06.06, was released on 2017-10-29 (updated on 2024-04-16). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 5,000. Overall rating of Digital Slide Rule is 4,0. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 50 users, 8 users had rated it 5*, 30 users had rated it 1*.

How to install Digital Slide Rule on Windows?

Instruction on how to install Digital Slide Rule on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install Digital Slide Rule on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

Install using BlueStacks
Install using NoxPlayer

Step By Step Guide To Install Digital Slide Rule using BlueStacks

Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
Once installed, click "Digital Slide Rule" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to install Digital Slide Rule on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "Digital Slide Rule" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Download older versions

Other versions available: 4.06.06.

Download Digital Slide Rule 4.06.06 on Windows PC – 44.2 MB

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.

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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.

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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.

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.

Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows applications to access information about Wi-Fi networks.