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Hi

I need to use scripting instead of the standard Opus animation action to rotate a vector object. Scripting would allow insertion of a variable for the rotation angle (the user would then be able to set this), while the standard animation for rotation doesn't have any way to vary the angle by variable in runtime.

The difficulty is that the standard action has a "continuous" option so that the rotation continues smoothly, which is needed in this project. I cannot find any way to set up a script that would create this same continuous rotation (the start trigger is mouse over the object, with mouse exit stopping the rotation).

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Kind Regards,

Hi Stephen,

Is this for the PM? And are you looking to set a wide range of variables or just a slow / medium / fast scenario?

Mack

Hi Mack

Yes, for the PM (pedigree drawing tool). Currently, the line rotation via mouse over/exit is done by standard animation: -1 degree, continuous while the user holds their mouse over the section of the line (frame with 5 components: shorten, rotate -1, rotate +1, lengthen, neutral drag handle).

I've been trying to give the user some control over the rotation angle while staying with this framework. It is a little difficult, for example, using -1, to easily and quickly get to 90 degrees, while a few choices (-1, 0, 45 and 90) would be helpful. They could be inserted into a variable and scripted (line1.SetRotation(anglevariable, true, .5), but it's the needed continuous feature for the "-1"choice that I can't figure out in script.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Kind Regards,

Stephen

This can be achieved quite simply using standard Opus actions.

I'll send you an email as my uploads still don't work.

Mack