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MichaelOpp
Community Member
6 years ago

How do i set Dial to turn counter clockwise?

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?

    • NedWhiteley's avatar
      NedWhiteley
      Community Member

      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

  • NedWhiteley's avatar
    NedWhiteley
    Community Member

    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.

  • MichaelOpp's avatar
    MichaelOpp
    Community Member

    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.