Vector Meter

 
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The Vector Meter can be associated with any meter, fader or rotary to give an indication of its value or position by dragging and dropping from a control panel or the Design pane. Up to 4 stages each with up to 1000 steps can be displayed on the meter. The appearance and function can be customized in the Properties pane.

Properties

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General Properties

Scale Position

Sets the position of the scale relative to the control.

Centre

Centers the scale text horizontally.

Show Scale

Shows the scale on the control.

Subrange

Sets a range within which the fader will have control.

Subrange Minimum

Sets the lower limit for the subrange value.

Subrange Maximum

Sets the upper limit for the subrange value.

User Value

When set to Yes will use a user given value in place of the true values in the visible scale. It will normally be necessary to edit the 'Tick Positions' after setting this property to yes.

User Value Minimum

Sets the lower limit for the user defined values.

User Value Maximum

Sets the upper limit for the user defined values.

Inverse Scale

When set to Yes reverses the travel of the meter scale.

Tick Position

Defines the values at which to show tick marks on the scale.

Marks Type

Sets the mark type to be used on the scale. Circle, line or none.

Show Tick Labels

Shows or hides the value labels on the scale.

Colour

Sets the colour of the scale.

font

Sets the font type visible on the scale.

Major Tick Size

Sets the size in pixels of the major tick marks.

Minor Tick Size

Sets the size in pixels of the minor tick marks.

Scale Adjust

Sets the position of the scale relative to the control.

Gap Size

Sets the gap size between the text and the tick marks.

Stage 1 through 4 Colour

Sets the colour of each step within stages 1 through 4.

Stage 1 through 4 Steps

Sets the number of steps within the each of segments 1 through 4.

Gradual Shade

Sets gradual shading for the indicators on or off.