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Using visual text to represent the RUN TIME

Is it possible to show the run time as a visual Text in the 3D model?

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Hi @Ale,

The easiest way is to use the Text object, under the Visual section of the library objects.

Drag it out onto your 3D space, then double click the text to open its Properties window.

For the Text Display field, choose Display Text, and enter the following expression:

string.fromNum(time())

EDIT: Updated snippet above with @Jacob Gillespie's dot-syntax suggestion.


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Jacob Gillespie avatar image Jacob Gillespie ♦ commented ·

You can also use string.fromNum(time()) which will automatically figure out how many digits to print. You can also specify the precicion with a second parameter string.fromNum(time(), 2).

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