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mak_kawa
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Border around roundline

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Maybe someone has already written about this. But for me... I recently found the way to add border to a roundline object! See the attachment.
Image1.jpg
This is made of two roundline meters with just a same position and different colors. One has 2 more pixels on LineWidth and 1 pixel on Linelength. So, I have a border of 1 pixel width around the roundline in front of. That's all. Almost fake method, but practical enough. :-)

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[MeterHoursBorder]
Meter=ROUNDLINE
MeasureName=MeasureTime
W=180
H=180
X=0
Y=0
StartAngle=(Rad(270))
RotationAngle=(Rad(360))
LineWidth=7
LineStart=0
LineLength=45
LineColor=#Black#
Solid=0
AntiAlias=1
ValueRemainder=43200

[MeterHours]
Meter=ROUNDLINE
MeasureName=MeasureTime
W=180
H=180
X=0
Y=0
StartAngle=(Rad(270))
RotationAngle=(Rad(360))
LineWidth=5
LineStart=0
LineLength=44
LineColor=#PaleGold#
Solid=0
AntiAlias=1
ValueRemainder=43200
Possibly it is orthodox to achieve this with the shape meter using Rotate parameters? But, of course, I don't know how at all.
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balala
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Re: Border around roundline

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mak_kawa wrote:Possibly it is orthodox to achieve this with the shape meter using Rotate parameters? But, of course, I don't know how at all.
Actually the Shape meters can be very well used for such purposes. I partially rewrote your code, here is the result:

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[Rainmeter]
Update=1000

[Variables]
HoursLength=50
MinutesLength=60
SecondsLength=70

[MeasureTime]
Measure=Time

[MeasureAngleH]
Measure=Calc
Formula=((( MeasureTime % 43200 ) / 120 ) - 90 )

[MeasureAngleM]
Measure=Calc
Formula=((( MeasureTime % 3600 ) / 10 ) - 90 )

[MeasureAngleS]
Measure=Calc
Formula=(( 6 * ( MeasureTime % 60 )) - 90 )

[MeterSeconds]
Meter=Shape
Shape=Rectangle (Max(#HoursLength#,Max(#MinutesLength#,#SecondsLength#))),(Max(#HoursLength#,Max(#MinutesLength#,#SecondsLength#))),#SecondsLength#,5 | Fill Color 255,255,255 | StrokeWidth 1 | Stroke Color 0,0,0 | Rotate [MeasureAngleS],3,3
DynamicVariables=1

[MeterMinutes]
Meter=Shape
Shape=Rectangle (Max(#HoursLength#,Max(#MinutesLength#,#SecondsLength#))),(Max(#HoursLength#,Max(#MinutesLength#,#SecondsLength#))),#MinutesLength#,5 | Fill Color 255,255,255 | StrokeWidth 1 | Stroke Color 0,0,0 | Rotate [MeasureAngleM],3,3
DynamicVariables=1

[MeterHours]
Meter=Shape
Shape=Rectangle (Max(#HoursLength#,Max(#MinutesLength#,#SecondsLength#))),(Max(#HoursLength#,Max(#MinutesLength#,#SecondsLength#))),#HoursLength#,5 | Fill Color 255,255,255 | StrokeWidth 1 | Stroke Color 0,0,0 | Rotate [MeasureAngleH],3,3
DynamicVariables=1
All of the three Calc measures ([MeasureAngleH], [MeasureAngleM] and [MeasureAngleS]) are returning an angle, in degrees. The value of each of them is used in a Shape meter, which corresponds to the appropriate hand of the clock. The length of these hands are given by the HoursLength, MinutesLength respectively SecondsLength variables, within the [Variables] section.
When I wrote the above code, I was inspired by eclectic-tech, who replied to a question of mine yesterday.

Thanks once again eclectic-tech, if you're reading this.
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Re: Border around roundline

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balala, as I have said before, you are the genious of formula... It is far beyond of my skin-making ability. :-)
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Re: Border around roundline

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mak_kawa wrote:balala, as I have said before, you are the genious of formula...
I'm glad if you think so.
However the basics behind those formulas are not too hard to be understood. In all three formulas (used in the [MeasureAngleH], [MeasureAngleM] and [MeasureAngleS] measures) the ( MeasureTime % X ) part (where X differs in each formula) represents the number of seconds passed since:
  • midnight or noon for [MeasureAngleH]
  • last entire hour for [MeasureAngleM]
  • last entire minute for [MeasureAngleS]
I had to divide / multiply the result accordingly. For example in the formula used in the [MeasureAngleH] measure, (( MeasureTime % 43200 ) / 120 ), 43200 is the number of seconds of a half day (or 12 hours). Initially the formula was ( 360 * ( MeasureTime % 43200 ) / 43200 ). (( MeasureTime % 43200 ) / 43200 ) is the percentage which passed since last midnight or noon, expressed as a number between 0 and 1. I multiplied this with 360, which is the number of degrees of a whole circle. This will give a number which is 0 at midnight and noon and goes up to 360, on 11:59:59 AM, respectively 11:59:59 PM. This is the amount of the angle which the hours hand must be rotated within 12 hours. It increases continuosly, so the hand will go around within 12 hours. I just simplified the 360 and the 43200, getting 120 in the denominator.
I did some similar calculations for other two formulas too.
And finally I extracted 90 degrees from each formula, to have the hands properly placed. With this extraction, the hands stay vertically when the appropriate number of hours, minutes or seconds is 0.
I hope I succeeded to explain what I did and you've understood it.
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Re: Border around roundline

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[Rainmeter]
Update=100
DynamicWindowSize=1
AccurateText=1

[MeasureSecond]
Measure=Time
Format=%#S
OnChangeAction=[!CommandMeasure MeasureBounce "Reset"]

[MeasureSecondAngle]
Measure=Calc
Formula=(MeasureSecond * 6)

[MeasureMinute]
Measure=Time
Format=%#M

[MeasureMinuteAngle]
Measure=Calc
Formula=(MeasureMinute * 6) + (MeasureSecond / 60 * 6)

[MeasureHour]
Measure=Time
Format=%#I

[MeasureHourAngle]
Measure=Calc
Formula=(MeasureHour * 30) + (MeasureMinute / 60 * 30) + (MeasureSecond / 3600 * 30)

[MeasureBounce]
Measure=Loop
StartValue=0
EndValue=2
Increment=2
InvertMeasure=1
LoopCount=1

[MeterAnalogClock]
Meter=Shape
X=101
Y=1
W=101
H=201
Shape=Ellipse 0,100,90 | StrokeWidth 4 | Stroke Color 21,63,105,255 | Fill Color 247,244,178,255
Shape2=Line 0,100,0,20 | StrokeWidth 6 | Stroke Color 214,105,86,255 | StrokeEndCap Round | Rotate ([MeasureSecondAngle] + [MeasureBounce]),3,80
Shape3=Line 0,100,0,25 | StrokeWidth 6 | Stroke Color 86,214,99,255 | StrokeEndCap Round | Rotate [MeasureMinuteAngle],3,75
Shape4=Line 0,100,0,50 | StrokeWidth 6 | Stroke Color 86,174,214,255 | StrokeStartCap Round| StrokeEndCap Round | Rotate [MeasureHourAngle],3,50
Shape5=Ellipse 0,100,6 | StrokeWidth 0 | Fill Color 21,63,105,255
DynamicVariables=1
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Re: Border around roundline

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balala wrote:...Thanks once again eclectic-tech, if you're reading this.
You're welcome :welcome:

You just needed a 'nudge' to start investigating the shape meter tranformers, you already knew the math involved :thumbup:

@jsmorley
"Two steps forward... one step back" ... make up your mind! ;-)
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Re: Border around roundline

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eclectic-tech wrote: @jsmorley
"Two steps forward... one step back" ... make up your mind! ;-)
You know how it is with all those springs and gears and levers behind that skin...
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Re: Border around roundline

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eclectic-tech wrote:You just needed a 'nudge' to start investigating the shape meter tranformers, you already knew the math involved :thumbup:
Exactly...
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