You define the appearance of the gauge on the "Content" tab.
Property |
Description |
Value |
Description |
Background |
Filling properties (background of the gauge). |
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Color. Color of the background. |
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Color |
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Fading-in factor. Value ranging from 0 (transparent) to 100 (opaque). |
Value |
Formula wizard |
Pointer options |
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Color. Color of the pointer. |
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Color |
(only linear Gauge) |
Background. |
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(only speedo) |
Size factor. Specifies the size of the pointer in relation to the scale range. |
Value |
Formula wizard |
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Display Range. Describes the percentage range of the available area (the radius or the width) in which this element is displayed. |
Value |
Formula wizard |
Glass properties |
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Color. Glass color. |
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Color |
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Fading-in factor. Value ranging from 0 (transparent) to 100 (opaque). |
Value |
Formula wizard |
Length/width ratio (only linear Gauge) |
Specifies the length/width ratio for the linear gauge. The bigger the value, the smaller it will be drawn in the available space. |
0 1 -5 |
area-filling 1:1 - 5:1 |
Scale range rotation angle |
Clockwise rotation angle for the scale (0°= down). |
Value |
Formula wizard |
White space before scale range |
Specifies the free space between the beginning of the gauge and the beginning of the scale (max. 50%). |
Value |
Formula wizard |
White space after scale range |
Specifies the free space between the end of the gauge and the end of the scale (max. 50%). |
Value |
Formula wizard |
Tickmarks |
Scale type |
0 1 2 3 |
None Scale type 1 Scale type 2 Scale type 3 |
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Display range. The "Minimum" and "Maximum" values describe the percentage range of the available area for the tickmark. |
Value |
Formula wizard |
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Color. Color of the tickmark. |
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Color |
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Tickmark width. Specifies the width of the scale tickmark (percentage value). |
Value |
Formula wizard |
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Detail level. Specifies the maximum tickmark level to be output. 0=top level only. |
Value |
Formula wizard |
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Filling. |
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Intermediate tick position. Specifies where the intermediate tickmarks are to be placed. |
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Calculation type. Calculation type of the coordinate tickmark distance (ticks). |
True False Value |
Automatic Manual Formula wizard |
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Distance. The user-defined distance between two coordinate ticks. |
Value |
Formula wizard |
Scale labels |
Scale label properties. |
True False
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Show Hide |
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Display range. The "Minimum" and "Maximum" values describe the percentage range of the available area for the tickmark. |
Value |
Formula wizard |
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Rotated. Specifies whether the font is rotated. |
True False |
Yes No |
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Size adjustment. Specifies whether the font size may be reduced so that the lettering fits the area. |
True False |
Yes No |
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Alignment. Text alignment. |
0 1 2 Value |
Left Centered Right Formula wizard |
Signal ranges |
The properties of the signal ranges. You can give the ranges different colors, e.g. to signalize an optimum range. You define the start value, start color, end value and end value of the different ranges in a dialog. |
True False
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Show Hide Dialog |
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Display range. The "Minimum" and "Maximum" values describe the percentage range of the available area for the tickmark. |
Value |
Formula wizard |
Scale Labels |
List of labels. You can open a dialog to define the rotation, frame size, background, font, format and position of the individual labels. You specify the position in relation to the area of the gauge (measured from left to right). For example, a vertical and horizontal position of 50% each will position the label precisely in the middle. |
True False
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Show Hide Dialog |
Minimum value |
Minimum value of the scale. Calculated e.g. with Precalc(). |
Value |
Formula wizard |
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Fit to distance The minimum value is adjusted automatically to fit the coordinate tickmark distance. |
True False |
Yes No |
Maximum value |
Maximum value of the scale. Calculated e.g. with Precalc(). |
Value |
Formula wizard |
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Fit to distance The maximum value is adjusted automatically to fit the coordinate tickmark distance. |
True False |
Yes No |
Start value |
Defines where the bar for displaying the value starts. 'Automatic' means: if the scale is exceeding 0, it is 0, otherwise it is the minimum value. |
True False |
Automatic Manual |
Value |
Value to be indicated by the pointer. |
Value |
Formula wizard |
