Dial scale position start

[tadders]

Hi all,

I'm getting some weird behaviour when setting a dial scale position start by a property.

As the requested angle approaches 200, it becomes more difficult to select the dial value 7.

Eventually you can't select it at all.

I've tried various methods to convert the requested degree value to radians and compensate for the 90 degree offset but this just shifts the problem area to another quadrant.

I've attached an example that shows the problem.

Any ideas?

Phill

[IanS]

That is a strange one. I'm having a little play about, will let you know if I can find any root cause.

Is there a reason you need to do this programmatically? You can rotate a dial in edit time (by moving your mouse over the marker for one of the number scale, and dragging), and it doesn't seem to cause the same problem. You can move it to any angle without problems. It may just be a problem with the way the property node works.

[Darin.K]

If it is negative, try adding 2pi to the start value so that it is always positive.  Just a guess. 

[tadders]

Hi Ian,

thanks for the reply.

Yes I can do it at edit time, but I'm trying to embed the functionality in a XControl for runtime modification.

Phill

[tadders]

Hi Darin,

Thanks for the reply.

I've tried adding 2pi but this just moves the problem to another quadrant.  Will trying adding 2pi and 360 mod of the result.

Phill

[tadders]

BTW my fix is attached.

Phill