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  Countdown circle: “Numbers” connected with Text/path: anoying decimals

  Posted by Tom_berlin on May 10, 2007 at 8:48 am

  I want to make a circulating countdown beginning some trillion years ago till today. I have connected the texttool: “numbers” values with an expression to text with a round path shape.
  So far all is fine. Now the problem sets in: text takes the numbers from number tool, but allthough I set fixed 2 decimals it jumps in text between 0 and 3 decimals and becomes very anoying. Does anyone know a solution to my problem?

  Tom_berlin replied 18 years, 12 months ago 3 Members · 4 Replies
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  Filip Vandueren

  May 10, 2007 at 2:16 pm

  Here’s probably your answer:

  https://forums.creativecow.net/cgi-bin/new_read_thread.cgi?forumid=227&postid=7532&univpostid=7531
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  Lord Scales

  May 11, 2007 at 6:23 pm

  I could not get waht you want to do really, but try this in Source Text:

  D = Math.exp (time);
  mult = 1; //multiplier of D
  years = 8000000000000;
  Math.round(years/D*mult)

  It will start at 8000000000000 and it will decrease fastly. If it is not what you want just tell us here. Hope to have helped!

  Lord Scales
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  Lord Scales

  May 11, 2007 at 6:49 pm

  Sorry, I forgot the parentheses in 4th line.

  D = Math.exp (time);
  mult = 1; //multiplier of D
  years = 8000000000000;
  Math.round(years/(D*mult))

  I created another one also (the “transformation” will be faster in the middle and slower in the end):

  D = Math.exp (time);
  mult = easeIn (time, 5, 10, 1, 400000000); //multiplier of D, will change between 1-400000000 in an Ease In interpolation
  as time changes from 5-10
  years = 8000000000000;
  Math.floor(years/(D*mult))

  Lord Scales
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  Tom_berlin

  May 12, 2007 at 9:50 am

  Thanx for the help.. got it done. Tom

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