The Advanced Counter plug-in allows you to easily create an animated counting sequence.

Advanced Counter shows values with decimals and it has the possibility to create a user defined format mask. Furthermore, it can have prefixed values.

This page contains the following topics and procedures:

Advanced Counter Properties

• Use Integers: Enables the use of integers only.

• Value (Dec.), Value (Int.): Sets the current value of the counter. Animate this value to create the counting sequence. Any number in the valid integer/float range on the computer system is allowed (for 32-bit integers: - 2147483648 to +2147483647, and for single precision floats (32-bit): -3.40282347E+38 to +3.40282347E+38 ).

• Leading blanks: Selects what the counter does with leading blanks. They can either be Cut away or put in as Blank, asterisk, hash, dot or zeros.

• Force prefix: Enables both positive and negative values to have a prefix, not only negative values as is the default (+/-).

• Delete unnecessary commas: Removes superfluous commas when a specified format mask has more commas than the number needs. If for instance the mask $###,###,###,###.## is defined, and the number 4120.37 is entered, it is output as $,,4,120.37. If by enabling this option, the number gets a correct format: $4,120.37.

• Decimal separator: Switches the decimal separator between point and comma.

• Format mask: Allows format mask definition. Each hash symbolizes an item of the total number. To alter, add or remove hashes. You can also add constant values, for example DM, NOK etc.

• Initialize: Starts the counter.

To Create an Advanced Counter

1. Add a group container to the scene tree.

2. Add a font and material to the group container.

3. Add Advanced Counter to the group container.

4. Open the Advanced Counter editor and animate the parameters.