Dimension
Text Block
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Dimension Text Block |
The Text command creates two-dimensional rich text. Rich text can be formatted on a word-by-word or letter-by-letter basis similar to a word processor.
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Text containing spaces, to be entered at the Rhino command line, must be enclosed in double-quotes. In addition, some rich text characters cannot be input directly at the Rhino command line; they need to be enclosed in double-quotes or escaped using a single backslash in order to be correctly interpreted. For example:
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' (Single quote) |
"'xyz'" |
'xyz' |
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" (Double quote) |
""xyz"" |
"xyz" |
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! (Exclamation mark at beginning) |
"!xyz" |
!xyz |
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\ (Backslash) |
"\\xyz\\" |
\xyz\ |
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\n (New line) |
x\ny\nz |
x y z |
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{ and } (Curly brackets) |
\{xyz\} |
{xyz} |
The used annotation style.
Lists the annotation styles available in the model. If an annotation has any settings in its properties different from its style, a menu behind the style name appears.
Resets all the changed settings to the style defaults.
Applies the changed settings to the annotation style.
Uses the settings in the properties to create a new style.
Edits the Annotations style used by the selected annotation object.
The text height.
Surrounds text with an opaque color.
Turn off mask.
Sets the mask color to the viewport background color.
Selects the mask color using the Select Color dialog box.
When Mask is set to Solid Color, click to change the color.
The width of the blank area around the text.
The display size is a product of the component's size (like arrow size or text height) and the Model space scale value.
Normally this is the inverse of the print scale. The text height, extension line extension, extension line offset distance, and arrow length are multiplied by this number.
Draw frame around text
Displays a rectangle enclosing the text in annotations. The Mask margins setting controls the distance between the text and rectangle.
The text appearance.
Click to open the drop-down list, and type the initial letter of a font to find the font quickly.
Click the font control twice and scroll the mouse wheel to select a font with preview.
If a font used by an annotation is missing on the current system:
You will be prompted when the model is opened.
Enable the "Don't show this message again" checkbox in the warning dialog box to stop detecting missing fonts.
To re-enable missing font detection, enable Rhino.Warnings.MissingFontWarning in Rhino Options > Advanced.
The annotation displays with a substitute font in viewports.
The missing font is listed with "(not installed)" in the font list.
Upper caseChanges all letters in the selected text to uppercase.
Lower caseChanges all letters in the selected text to lowercase.
Capitalize wordsChanges the first letters of the words in the selected text to uppercase, all the other letters to lowercase.
Invert caseReverts uppercase and lowercase in the selected text.
Left align text Sets the horizontal text alignment to the left.
Center align text Sets the horizontal text alignment to the center.
Right align text Sets the horizontal text alignment to the right.
Top align text Sets the vertical text alignment to the top.
Middle align text Sets the vertical text alignment to the middle.
Bottom align text Sets the vertical text alignment to the bottom.
Sets the font style to bold.
Sets the font style to italic.
Sets the font style to underlined.
Text Field
Text fields are formulas that are evaluated while Rhino is running and the result is displayed in the text. All text fields are in the syntax of %<field and options>%. When a formula cannot be evaluated an error string of #### is displayed.
Toggle stacking bracketsThe toggle stacking brackets button is a shortcut to add or remove [[...]] around text selected in the edit box. Stacking brackets will make the text between them stack, so that [[1/2]] will display as a stacked fraction.
DegreeEnters a degree symbol (°) into the text.
RadiusEnters a radius symbol (R) into the text.
DiameterEnters a diameter symbol (Ø) into the text.
Plus/MinusEnters a plus/minus symbol (±) into the text.
Exponent 2Enters a superscript 2 (²) into the text.
Exponent 3Enters a superscript 3 (³) into the text.
The text displays in the text object.
Font size of the edit box can be controlled by command prompt options.
Edits the Annotations style used by the selected annotation object.
Selects an annotation to apply its properties to the current text.
The unit and format of the annotation style.
Only for the text created by DimArea or DimCurveLenth, or contains a Text Field of Area, CurveLength, or Volume.
Horizontal to viewText is always flat to the screen. Uncheck if you need to orient text in viewports.
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The RTextEdit command is run by script interface and OnDoubleClick to edit text objects.
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The TextProperties command opens the Properties panel.
Use text and dimensions for annotation
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