A colorful User Interface gauge module to output a float value.
| Name | Type | Description | |
| visible | int | Toggles the visibility of the DashGauge UIpanel. | |
| parent | UIconnection | The User interface parent object. | |
| step_value | float | The float value data to be shown by DashGauge. | |
| title | string | The title of the DashGauge in the UI. | |
This provides three colorful User Interface modules to display float values. These modules display a changing float value like a traditional gauge. It shows the needle, dial and text in a 2D viewer (dash_camera). The needle and text display is implemented using the "mk_needle" and "mk_dashtext" modules similar to the ones released with the GlyphLibrary. GlyphLibrary.
This modules only provide the User Interface modules. They do not contain a UImod_panel.
visible
This integer value swiches the DashGauge User Interface element on or off. The elements themself are not disabled. They are just hidden with the UIpanel.
parent
This UIconnection value contains the User Interface element which provides the parent frame or panel for the DashGauge element.
step_value
This parameter contains the float value which is to be shown by the gauge. This value is not constrained. If this value is in the range between 0 and 100, the needle will move in a range from 0 to 180 degrees.
title
The title string is displayed at the bottom of the DashGauge User Interface element. It is by default the name of the Module in the Network editor.
The DashGauge project provides three modules DashGaugeA, DashGaugeB and DashGaugeC. These modules use the common utility modules dash_camera, mk_dashtext, mk_needle, transform_needle, arc_grid and arc_solid.
dash_camera defines a very simple camera system to display the 2D dashboard widget. This camera does not contain picking functions.
mk_needle and transform_needle provide the fuctionality to draw and rotate the needle to show the value given by step_value.
mk_dashtext, arc_grid and arc_solid provide the functionality to draw the DashGauge backgrounds.
An example application DashGaugeArrayEg is provided, which demonstrates displaying output values in the different ways.
iac_proj/dh_gauge/dhg_macs.v contains the V definitions of the low level macros dash_camera, mk_dashtext, mk_needle, transform_needle, arc_grid and arc_solid as well as the User Interface Macros DashGaugeA, DashGaugeB and DashGaugeC.
iac_proj/dh_gauge/dhg_apps.v contains the V definition of the example application DashGaugeArrayEg.
Ian Curington Advanced Visual Systems, Inc.
MA YingLiang Manchester Visualization Centre Tobias Schiebeck International AVS Centre
International AVS Centre Manchester Computing University of Manchester Oxford Road Manchester United Kingdom M13 9PL
GlyphLibrary, DashDial