I have a project where I am attempting to teach laboratorians to use CO2 gas. They need to learn to turn the valve counter-clockwise to turn on the gas and then set the pressure.
I was able to get the needle to move as the dial is turned, and I was able to get the pressure indicator ball to go up when that dial is turned. But they are going the wrong way.
Is there a way to set the Dial to go counter-clockwise to open the valve?
I am not aware of any way to make the dial turn anti-clockwise, although I think it is a good idea and is perhaps something you might want to share with the Articulate team.
As an alternative, I have attached a demonstration that uses layers and entrance animations to cause the valve to turn one full turn anti-clockwise when Open is selected and one full turn clockwise when Close is selected. Unfortunately, the maximum control you can get from this arrangement is a quarter-turn, which may not suit your requirement, however it may give you some ideas to work on.
Achieving the quarter-turn option and controlling the other components in your diagram will take a bit more work, but if you want to head down this path and are having problems with the set-up, just get back to me here.
For the purpose of the demonstration, I have left the outlines of the selectable rectangles over the words Open and Close visible.
Smart move ! It all makes perfect sense. All you are effectively doing is to wind back from max to min rather than wind up from min to max. Simple, but clever and definitely one I will tuck away for a rainy day.
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Hi Michael,
I am not aware of any way to make the dial turn anti-clockwise, although I think it is a good idea and is perhaps something you might want to share with the Articulate team.
As an alternative, I have attached a demonstration that uses layers and entrance animations to cause the valve to turn one full turn anti-clockwise when Open is selected and one full turn clockwise when Close is selected. Unfortunately, the maximum control you can get from this arrangement is a quarter-turn, which may not suit your requirement, however it may give you some ideas to work on.
Achieving the quarter-turn option and controlling the other components in your diagram will take a bit more work, but if you want to head down this path and are having problems with the set-up, just get back to me here.
For the purpose of the demonstration, I have left the outlines of the selectable rectangles over the words Open and Close visible.
It is easy to set it to turn anticlockwise set up your dial and then set a trigger to assign the last value on timeline start of the slide or dial.
https://360.articulate.com/review/content/b1e1748f-f1e2-4a30-b54b-092071a8d74b/review
Hi Phil,
Smart move ! It all makes perfect sense. All you are effectively doing is to wind back from max to min rather than wind up from min to max. Simple, but clever and definitely one I will tuck away for a rainy day.
Thanks
Phil,
Thank you for the solution. That seems to have done the trick and allowed me to produced the desired results. :)
Easy solution! Thank you. Now I wonder how I can make the dial keep turning around and around.
See the file attached, Billi. I inserted some notes in the Notes panel to explain what's happening.