A colorful User Interface dial module to output a float value.
| Name | Type | Description | |
| visible | int | Toggles the visibility of the DashDial UIpanel. | |
| parent | UIconnection | The User interface parent object. | |
| step_value | float | The float value data to be shown by DashDial. | |
| title | string | The title of the DashDial in the UI. | |
This project provides a colorful user interface module to output a float value. It displays a changing float value in the way of a traditional meter. It shows the needle 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.
This module only provides the User Interface module. It does not contain a UImod_panel.
visible
This integer value swiches the DashDial 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 DashDial 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 -2 and 2, the needle will move in a range from 0 to 180 degrees.
title
The title string is displayed at the bottom of the DashDial User Interface element. It is by default the name of the Module in the Network editor.
The DashDial project provides the modules DashDial User Interface macro. This macro uses the utility modules dash_camera, mk_dashtic and mk_dashtext.
dash_camera defines a very simple camera system to display the 2D dashboard widget. This camera does not contain picking functions.
mk_dashtext and mk_dashtext provide the functionality to draw the DashDial background.
An example application DashDialArrayEg is provided, which demonstrates the display of output values in the different ways.
iac_proj/dh_dial/dhd_macs.v contains the V definitions of the low level macros dash_camera, mk_dashtic and mk_dashtext as well as the high level User Interface Macro DashDial.
iac_proj/dh_dial/dhd_apps.v contains the V definition of the example application DashDialArrayEg.
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, DashGauge.