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Dial Facelet

The Dial Facelet renders a circular dial with text labels and tick marks arranged around a 360-degree circle.
It can be used as a decorative dial face for clocks, gauges or compasses.

Configuration

  • Position
    X, Y center position in screen coordinates [mil].

  • Dial Diameter
    Maximum dial diameter for text labels in [mil].

  • Ticks Diameter
    Maximum diameter for tick marks in [mil].

  • Rotation Angle
    Rotation angle offset in degrees. Supports data binding.

Border

  • Border Color
    Color of the outer border.

  • Border Width
    Width of the outer border in [mil]. 0 = no border.

Ticks

  • Ticks
    Tick position definition string. Format: start..end@step,shape,offset,length,width.
    Multiple tick sets can be defined, each with its own color.

Text

  • Text Size
    Size of the dial text labels in [mil].

  • Font
    Select the font family.

  • Text
    Dial text definition. Format: text@angle, e.g. 12@0|3@90|6@180|9@270.
    Multiple text sets can be defined, each with its own color.


  • Visibility
    A condition expression. The Facelet is displayed if this evaluates to 1.

  • Display Mode

    Mode Description

    Normal

    This Facelet is only displayed in interactive (normal) mode.

    Ambient

    This Facelet is only displayed in ambient mode.

    Always

    This Facelet is displayed in both interactive and ambient mode.

  • Ambient Color
    Select a color for the ambient mode.
    0 uses the common ambient color of the face settings.