P3D v2 Clock drums XML code help

[Skip67]

Hi all,

I have xml code for a conventional analog clock (with hands) which works perfectly. I'm trying to convert that code to use with a clock that uses rolling drums to display the time (2 each for hour, minute and second readouts) but I'm not having much luck.
The drums are ten sided with 0 to 9 marked on them, so perhaps that implies that they should be animated from 0 to 100 ? The analog hand code uses 120 for the hour hand and the minute and second hands uses 60.... (for obvious reasons), which frankly, makes any conversion a lot more confusing for me. I've searched around and found no code that might fit the bill. Can anybody offer any tips or actual code for this ?

Many thanks.

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[delivery guy]

Analog and drums use the same code unless your trying to have the drums snap into place for each digit. Then you must use a digital string code for all the drums or you will run into issues trying to make the animation do what you want even with no lag. So make it look like drum wheels with digital numbers. This type of code can be found easy!

 

[vololiberista]

This is code from a Smith's Industries veeder counter measuring DME.
So it 's easily adapted to becoming a timer.
The number rolls are vertical strips 0-9

   <Element>
      <Position X="0" Y="0"/>
      <MaskImage Name="DME_MASK.bmp">
         <Axis X="27" Y="19"/>
      </MaskImage>
      <Image Name="NUMBER_ROLL_4.bmp" Luminous="1">
    <Axis X="0" Y="108"/>
      </Image>
      <Shift>
         <Value>(A:NAV1 DME, nmiles) 1000 + d 0.5 r flr d 100 / 10 % flr  r 100 %  99 == if{ + } </Value>
         <Nonlinearity>
            <Item Value="0" X="0" Y="0"/>
        <Item Value="10" X="0" Y="108"/>
         </Nonlinearity>
         <Failures>
            <SYSTEM_ELECTRICAL_PANELS Action=""/>
         </Failures>
         <Delay PixelsPerSecond="20"/>
      </Shift>
   </Element>
   <Element>
      <Position X="0" Y="0"/>
      <MaskImage Name="DME_MASK.bmp">
         <Axis X="36" Y="19"/>
      </MaskImage>
      <Image Name="NUMBER_ROLL_4.bmp" Luminous="1">
    <Axis X="0" Y="108"/>
      </Image>
      <Shift>
         <Value>(A:NAV1 DME, nmiles) 1000 + d 10 * 10 % 10 / r flr d 10 / 10 % flr  r 10 %  9 == if{ + } </Value>
         <Nonlinearity>
            <Item Value="0" X="0" Y="0"/>
        <Item Value="10" X="0" Y="108"/>
         </Nonlinearity>
         <Failures>
            <SYSTEM_ELECTRICAL_PANELS Action=""/>
         </Failures>
         <Delay PixelsPerSecond="20"/>
      </Shift>
   </Element>
   <Element>
      <Position X="0" Y="0"/>
      <MaskImage Name="DME_MASK.bmp">
         <Axis X="45" Y="19"/>
      </MaskImage>
      <Image Name="NUMBER_ROLL_4.bmp" Luminous="1">
    <Axis X="0" Y="108"/>
      </Image>
      <Shift>
         <Value>(A:NAV1 DME, nmiles) 10 %</Value>
         <Nonlinearity>
            <Item Value="0" X="0" Y="0"/>
        <Item Value="10" X="0" Y="108"/>
         </Nonlinearity>
         <Failures>
            <SYSTEM_ELECTRICAL_PANELS Action=""/>
         </Failures>
      </Shift>
   </Element>
   <Element>
      <Position X="26" Y="23"/>
    <Select>
         <Value>(A:CIRCUIT GENERAL PANEL ON, bool) if{ (A:NAV1 DME, nmiles) } els{ 0 }</Value>
         <Case Value="0">
            <Image Name="DME_OFF.bmp" Luminous="1"/> <----- this is a bar across the numbers when out of range or off.
         </Case>
      </Select>
   </Element>

 

[Skip67]

Hi guys, Many thanks indeed for your interesting suggestions. I actually got the code sorted out eventually.
Instead of mapping a 2D gauge to a 'special poly' in the usual manner, I thought that I'd create the drums in 3D instead.
So for anybody searching in the future, here is the code for hour, minute and second drums ....... ('hour' and 'minute' drums are working perfect, I haven't tested the 'second' drums but they should work).
The last item of code is for the normal flashing colon between the hour and minute figures.

Regarding the other functions of the chronometer, well, that's for another day

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<PartInfo>
    <Name>L200_CHRONO_drum_HR1</Name>
     <AnimLength>300</AnimLength>
     <Animation>
          <Parameter>
          <Code>(E:LOCAL TIME, hour) 10 / flr 30 * </Code>
          </Parameter>
     </Animation>
</PartInfo>

<PartInfo>
    <Name>L200_CHRONO_drum_HR2</Name>
     <AnimLength>300</AnimLength>
     <Animation>
          <Parameter>
          <Code>(E:LOCAL TIME, hour) 10 % flr 30 *</Code>
          </Parameter>
     </Animation>
</PartInfo>

<PartInfo>
<Name>L200_CHRONO_drum_MIN1</Name>
<AnimLength>300</AnimLength>
<Animation>
  <Parameter>
   <Code>(E:LOCAL TIME, minute) flr 60 %  10 / flr 30 * </Code>
  </Parameter>
</Animation>
</PartInfo>

<PartInfo>
    <Name>L200_CHRONO_drum_MIN2</Name>
    <AnimLength>300</AnimLength>
    <Animation>
        <Parameter>
            <Code> (E:LOCAL TIME, minutes) 10 % flr 30 * </Code>
        </Parameter>
    </Animation>
</PartInfo>

<PartInfo>
    <Name>L200_CHRONO_drum_SEC1</Name>
    <AnimLength>300</AnimLength>
    <Animation>
        <Parameter>
        <Code> (E:LOCAL TIME, seconds) 10 / flr 30 * </Code>
        </Parameter>
    </Animation>
</PartInfo>

<PartInfo>
    <Name>L200_CHRONO_drum_SEC2</Name>
    <AnimLength>300</AnimLength>
    <Animation>
        <Parameter>
        <Code> (E:LOCAL TIME, seconds) 10 % flr 30 * </Code>
        </Parameter>
    </Animation>
</PartInfo>

<PartInfo>
   <Name>L200_CHRONO_COLON</Name>
  <Visibility>
   <Parameter>
   <Code> (P:Absolute time, seconds) 1 % 0.7 1 * > ! if{ 1 } els{ 0 } </Code>
   </Parameter>
  </Visibility>
</PartInfo>

 

[delivery guy]

Thanks Vololiberista, That code will be handing for some other drums i use. I am not sure what will be harder to figure out, how to spell your name or decode the math triggers above!

 

[vololiberista]

Thanks Vololiberista, That code will be handing for some other drums i use. I am not sure what will be harder to figure out, how to spell your name or decode the math triggers above!