Odometer in Unity

To create a odometer in Unity is not easy. I couldn’t find a better one for my project.

Prepare all possible characters in a spinning roll and then stack them

 void Prepare()
 {
     //keep the orginal text vector for future use
     Meter.ForceMeshUpdate();
     sourceVertices = (Vector3[])Meter.textInfo.CopyMeshInfoVertexData()[0].vertices.Clone();
     Meter.textInfo.Clear();
     var templateString = string.Empty;
     foreach (var s in SpinStrip)
     {
         templateString += s + "\n";
     }

     //Update text to spinning text
     Meter.text = templateString;
     Meter.ForceMeshUpdate();
     cachedMeshInfo = Meter.textInfo.CopyMeshInfoVertexData();

     HideSpinCharacters();
     Spin(Meter.textInfo.characterInfo[currentValue], centerOfRotation, 0);
     Apply();
 }

 void HideSpinCharacters()
 {
     for (var i = 0; i < Meter.textInfo.characterCount; i++)
     {
         var charInfo = Meter.textInfo.characterInfo[i];
         if (charInfo.isVisible)
         {
             Spin(charInfo, centerOfRotation, -90);
         }
     }
 }

Spin each character one by one

...
 IEnumerator Spin(Tuple<int, int, float> param)
 {
     for (var curChar = param.Item1; curChar < param.Item2;curChar += 2)
     {
         var curCharInfo = Meter.textInfo.characterInfo[curChar];
         var nextCharInfo = Meter.textInfo.characterInfo[curChar + 2];

         for (float degree = -90; degree <= 0; degree += param.Item3)
         {
             Spin(curCharInfo, centerOfRotation, (degree + 90) < 90 ? (degree + 90) : 90);
             Spin(nextCharInfo, centerOfRotation, degree);
             Apply();
             yield return null;
         }
         yield return null;
     }
 }

void Spin(TMP_CharacterInfo charInfo, Vector3 centerOfRotation, float angleOfRotation)
 {
     // Get the index of the material used by the current character.
     int materialIndex = charInfo.materialReferenceIndex;

     // Get the index of the first vertex used by this text element.
     int vertexIndex = charInfo.vertexIndex;

     // Get the cached vertices of the mesh used by this text element (character or sprite).

     // Determine the center point of each character at the baseline.
     // Determine the center point of each character.
     Vector2 charMidBasline = (sourceVertices[0] + sourceVertices[2]) / 2;

     // Need to translate all 4 vertices of each quad to aligned with middle of character / baseline.
     // This is needed so the matrix TRS is applied at the origin for each character.
     Vector3 offset = charMidBasline;

     Vector3[] destinationVertices = Meter.textInfo.meshInfo[materialIndex].vertices;

     destinationVertices[vertexIndex + 0] = sourceVertices[0] - offset;
     destinationVertices[vertexIndex + 1] = sourceVertices[1] - offset;
     destinationVertices[vertexIndex + 2] = sourceVertices[2] - offset;
     destinationVertices[vertexIndex + 3] = sourceVertices[3] - offset;


     // This should calculate the matrix, which helps to roate odometer
     Matrix4x4 translationToCenterPoint = Matrix4x4.Translate(centerOfRotation);
     Matrix4x4 rotation = Matrix4x4.Rotate(Quaternion.AngleAxis(angleOfRotation, Vector3.right));
     Matrix4x4 translationBackToOrigin = Matrix4x4.Translate(-centerOfRotation);

     Matrix4x4 matrix = translationToCenterPoint * rotation * translationBackToOrigin;

     destinationVertices[vertexIndex + 0] = matrix.MultiplyPoint3x4(destinationVertices[vertexIndex + 0]);
     destinationVertices[vertexIndex + 1] = matrix.MultiplyPoint3x4(destinationVertices[vertexIndex + 1]);
     destinationVertices[vertexIndex + 2] = matrix.MultiplyPoint3x4(destinationVertices[vertexIndex + 2]);
     destinationVertices[vertexIndex + 3] = matrix.MultiplyPoint3x4(destinationVertices[vertexIndex + 3]);

     destinationVertices[vertexIndex + 0] += offset;
     destinationVertices[vertexIndex + 1] += offset;
     destinationVertices[vertexIndex + 2] += offset;
     destinationVertices[vertexIndex + 3] += offset;
 }
...

The complete Unity project can be found at my github.