Is there a quick way to invert a spinner value? Like if the spinner is changed to -0.35, can the variable become 0.35?
I’m using three spinners to establish the distance to offset vert/face data before i export it.
in coordsys local move tmesh [cg_x,cg_y,cg_z]
I need the cg_z spinner value to be inverted. Doesn’t matter to me if it is updated in the UI…just when the actual move happens.
Times by -1?
Or if you always need a positive value you can use abs() to get the absolute value.
I had tried multipying by negative one first but -.35 becomes -1.35. I’ll give the abs() a whirl and see if that will work though having it be the opposite sign is the most ideal…not necessarily just the positive.
Is there a way to maybe use an if statement to check if its negative and then flip the sign…and vice versa for positive?
Or maybe converting it to a string and removing/inserting the negative sign as the case may be?
Thanks for the help by the way.
As an If statement, you can simply test if your given value is < 0 – if so, you know it’s a negative value.
But multiplying by -1 will give you the correct result – it sounds like perhaps the syntax went a bit awry and instead of multiplying by -1, you just flat out “minused” 1 from the value?
-0.35 * -1
That, in the listening, gives a value of 0.35 for me.
Dan is right. You should be able to just multiply it by -1 and get what you need.