Thumb wheel

A thumb wheel is a wheel that can be moved between a start and end value. It is an alternative presentation of a slider.

Figure 1. Thumb wheel

To create a thumb wheel

  1. Click on the thumb wheel symbol in the GEDI.

  2. Click in the panel work area. Specify the size of the thumb wheel

  3. Open the Property Sheet

  4. Enter the object name (Name).

  5. On the "Extended" tab define the attributes of the thumb wheel such as "cogCount", "orientation" and "transmissionRatio". (see Control/Control Graphics/Thumb wheel functions).

A double-click on the thumb wheel in the panel during engineering opens the valueChanged script.