Z1 Designer

The Z1 Designer makes it easy to create analogue gauges for the Z1 Dashboard. This video walks you through creating a gauge, and includes some tricks on combining multiple gauges onto a single dial.

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Contents:
0:00 Intro
0:38 Getting Started
1:00 Needles and Gauges
1:23 Setting up Your Gauge
3:29 Adding a Second Needle
5:31 Adding Text
6:03 Adding a Transparent Gauge
8:33 Final Thoughts

 

Version 2022.4 of the Z1 Designer is now available! This is the application that lets you create or edit dashboards for use in the Z1 Dashboard. Highlights of this update include:


Undo/Redo functionality:


Optionally specify the sim you are designing for to see the available data channels:


Ability to set data channel values or 'play' them between a minimum and maximum value:


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The Z1 Designer can be downloaded here:
https://z1simwheel.com/dashboard/demo.cfm

Full list of release notes:
* You can now adjust the values of the data channels in the Designer. This lets you see how changing the values effects the display of you design. To do so select Windows->Data Channel Values. This displays a new window showing all the current values for each data channel. You can use the slider to adjust the current value of the data channel. Each data channel has a minimum and maximum value. These can be adjusted using the the two text fields.

* Data channel values can now be 'played' in the Designer. There are several buttons in the Data Channel Values window that allow this to happen. The 'Play' button will start the process. When playing, the values of each data channel will move between their minimum and maximum values. To stop playing, click the 'Stop' button. You can choose which data channels get played by ticking the checkbox next to their name. By default all channels are included. There are two buttons that allow you to select all or none of the data channels.

* There is now a Sim drop down in the Dashboard Properties window (Windows->Dashboard Properties). Selecting a sim from this drop down will tell the Designer which sim you are designing your dashboard for. Based on the selected sim, any data channel drop downs will grey out channels that are not supported by that sim. For example, if you selected iRacing as your sim then when you are looking at data channels to assign to an object certain channels, such as Boost Pressure, will be greyed out. Note that this is only a guide. Just because a channel is greyed out does not mean you can't select it and use it in your design. It just means that there is no data associated with it in the selected sim.

* There is a Data Channel Playing Hertz option in the settings dialog. This lets you choose the speed at which the data channel values change when being played. Higher numbers equate to faster change.

* The data channel minimum and maximum values, and their current playback status, will be saved when you exit the Designer.

* There is a Reset button at the bottom of the Data Channel Values window which will reset the data channels to their default minimum, maximum and current values, as well as including them all in playback.

* Undo/Redo. The Designer now supports undo and redo. You can use the menus options under the Edit menu, or the standard Windows Ctrl-Z for undo and Shift-Ctrl-Z for redo. Undo/redo is supported for up to 20 changes. After that older changes will be discarded.

* Competitors Tool: Added Car Number options.

* Widgets: Added Class Position, Class Position/Total Cars and Distance To Pit options.

* Warnings: Added In Pit Lane option, Traction Control Engaged, Headlight Flash.

* Data Channels: ERS Deployment Mode

Download the Z1 Designer here:
https://z1simwheel.com/dashboard/demo.cfm

Out end of year sale continues with 50% off the Z1 Software: Enter the code GOFASTER22 at checkout.

 

Version 2023.1 of the Z1 Designer is now available. This application lets you create your own dashboards or edit existing ones for use with the Z1 Dashboard.

Some of the highlights of this release include:
Open Dialog Keyword Search


Custom Colors Now Saved


Counter-Clockwise Gauges


Graphs Include Zones


Class Specific Competitors


Many New Widgets


You can download the Z1 Designer here:
Z1 Dashboard

Here is the full list of release notes:
* There is now a Keywords text field in the Open Dashboard dialog. This will check the entered text against the names of the dashboards on your local computer. This will filter the results, showing only those dashboards whose names are an exact or partial match.

* Warnings: Water Pressure is now available as a warning.

* You can now assign a background color and stroke color to the bounding box of a data channel object.

* Widgets: Previous Lap Time has been added as widget. Unlike Last Lap Time which show the time of the lap just completed, this shows the time of the lap prior to the last one. So if you are on lap 10 this will show the lap time from lap 8.

* Widgets: Added 'My iRating Change'. This will display your iRating change based on your current position if you are in an iRacing race.

* Widgets: Added 'Current Sector', 'Current Sector Time', 'Sector Time'. The 'Sector Time' option lets you choose a specific sector to display (1-20). The time will be the last time recorded for that sector.

* Custom colors are now saved by default when you exit the Designer. You can turn this functionality off by going to the Colors tab in the settings dialog and unchecking the Save Custom Colors option.

* You can now remove a color from the list of custom colors, by right clicking on the custom colors in the Color Chooser Dialog, and selecting the 'Delete Color' option from the popup menu.

* Standings Tool: New options have been added: Delta gap to the overall leader; Class position change.

* Competitors Tool: There is now an option to have the object apply to only cars in your class. Check the 'Show Your Class Only' option to enable this. If this is not checked then the behavior is the same as in previous versions, where the entire field is used.

* Gauge Tool: Gauges can now rotate in a counter-clockwise direction as well as the standard clockwise direction. This option is set in the Dial Configuration section drop down using the Direction drop down.

* Widgets: The iRating SOF widget no longer includes the text 'SOF'. This brings it inline with the other widgets, all of which only show values.

* Graph Tool: Zones are now available for use with this tool. By default all graphs have one zone. You can add up to 4 zones to a graph. Zones allow you to have the graph fill up in an uneven manner. For example if the graph displayed RPM from 1,000 to 8,000, you could have two zones, with the first showing RPM under 4,000 in the first 25% of the graph, then the second zone could show RPM above 4,000 using the remaining 75% of the graph.

Download the Z1 Designer for free today:
Z1 Dashboard