TICK MARKS PROPERTY REFERENCE

Type

Tick marks can be circular for a circular gauge or straight for a bar gauge.  Select which type you want to use here.  The type you choose here is the section in the properties window you will use to modify.  (If you choose Circular, for example, there is no need to modify anything in the Straight Ticks section of the properties window.)

Tick Count

This represents the number of ticks you want on your gauge.

Skip Tick List

If you want to skip any ticks, record them here in list form, separating them by commas.  Record the order number of the ticks (the first tick being 0), not the value of them.  For example, let's say you want to skip the first tick so that neither the text nor the line are drawn.  So to skip it you would enter 0.  To skip every other tick starting with the first one, you would enter 0,2,4...until you reach the end of your tick count.

Show Tick Labels

You can check or uncheck this box to turn on or off the labels.

Label Start Range

Enter the value you would like for the first tick here.

Label End Range

Enter the value you would like the last tick to show.  Once the start and end range for the labels are entered, DashXL will automatically calculate the values for the rest of the ticks.

Label Start Rotation

For tick labels that are completely vertical, leave the start and end rotation at 0.  If you would like them to slant, enter the degrees you want the first tick label to slant on here.  For more information about angles and degrees, click here.

Label End Rotation

Enter the degrees, if any, you would like the last tick label to slant.  Here are some examples of straight and circular ticks with varying label start and end rotations.  The first value listed represents the start rotation; the second value is the end rotation.

CIRCULAR TICKS PROPERTY REFERENCE

Direction

You can specify if you would like the ticks and their labels inside or outside of the circle made by the center point and radii (see below for more information on those values).

Center Point

This is the where you specify the center point of your tick marks.

Horizontal Radius

This is the horizontal length from the center point to the edge of where the tick marks and labels will start (if the direction mentioned above is specified outside) or end (if the direction specified is inside).

Vertical Radius

This is the vertical length from the center point to the edge of where the tick marks and labels will start (if the direction mentioned above is specified outside) or end (if the direction specified is inside).

Angle

Specify here where along the circle you would like your tick marks to start.  See angles and degrees for more information.

Sweep

This is the sweep, or length around the circle, of the tick marks.  See angles and degrees for more information.

Length

You can adjust the length of the tick mark lines here.

Label Position

Depending on the direction mentioned above, you can change the label position towards the inside or outside of the circle here, in percentage of the radii specified.  If the direction selected is inside, the labels will move towards the center.  If the direction is outside, the labels will move away from the center.

STRAIGHT TICKS PROPERTY REFERENCE

Direction

You can change the labels and tick marks to be on the first side or second side of the line made by the start point and end point (see below).

Start Point

Enter here the coordinates where you want the ticks to start.

End Point

Enter the coordinates for the point where you want the ticks to end.

Length

You can change the length of the tick marks here.

Label Position

Here you can change the location of the tick labels in relation to the invisible line drawn from the start point to the end point.  Zero indicates that the labels are on the line, and the higher the position, the further away the labels are from the line.