Simple billboard arrow

SimObject draws a directed arrow from a point in a scene between two (moving) points, with numbers/text passed as inputs.

Collaboration diagram for Simple billboard arrow:

CSimpleBillboardArrow implements this.

Todo:

Add details when simObject is working as intended.

Warning

This simObject results in an error (missing font) when run with visualization. The simObjects documentation is also not complete.

Bug:

Font name BlueHighway not found.

Example configuration excerpt

<Lib
  LibName   = "fhsim_base"
  SimObject = "Visual/SimpleBillboardArrow"
  Name      = "SBA"
  TxtSize   = "1.0"
  Suffix    = "A"
  Prefix    = "B"
  Precision = "1"
  Scaling   = "1.0"
/>

Input Ports

Name	Width	Description
Pos	3	Position of the billboard arrow.
Vector	3	...
Visible	1	...

Output Ports

This SimObject does not contain any outputs.

Configuration parameters

Name	Width	Description
TextSize	1	Size of the billboard text (Default: 1.0).
Prefix	1	Prefix of the string (Default: [empty string]).
Suffix	1	Suffix of the string (Default: [empty string]).
Precision	1	... (Default: 1)
Scaling	1	... (Default: 1.0).

Initial conditions

This SimObject does not contain any initial conditions.

Full example file

Todo:

add complete example file, when the simObject is working as intended.

This SimObject is referred to as Visual/SimpleBillboardArrow