TextObject
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The TextObject command draws text-shaped curves, surfaces, or polysurfaces based on TrueType fonts.
Steps
- Specify options.
- Pick a location.
Add special symbols in the scriptable command, -TextObject
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} |
Text Object options
Height ___ <units>
Sets the text height in model units.
Font
The text appearance.
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Click to open the drop-down list, and type the initial letter of a font to find the font quickly.
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Click the font control and scroll the mouse wheel through the list to select a font.
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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 Preferences > Advanced.
The annotation displays with a substitute font in viewports.
The missing font is listed with "(not installed)" in the font list.
Upper case
Changes all letters in the selected text to uppercase.
Lower case
Changes all letters in the selected text to lowercase.
Capitalize words
Changes the first letters of the words in the selected text to uppercase, all the other letters to lowercase.
Invert case
Reverts uppercase and lowercase in the selected text.
Text alignment
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.
B
Sets the font style to bold.
I
Sets the font style to italic.
Toggle stacking brackets
The 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.
Degree
Enters a degree symbol (°) into the text.
Radius
Enters a radius symbol (R) into the text.
Diameter
Enters a diameter symbol (Ø) into the text.
Plus/Minus
Enters a plus/minus symbol (±) into the text.
Exponent 2
Enters a superscript 2 (²) into the text.
Exponent 3
Enters a superscript 3 (³) into the text.
Rotation
Sets the rotation angle for the text.
Edit box
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Type the text in the edit box.
Right-click in the edit area to cut, copy, and paste text.
To change letter case of the selected text, right-click and select Transformations > Make Upper Case, Make Lower Case or Capitalize.
Output
Specifies the output object type.
Curves
Creates text using outline curves.
Surfaces
Creates text using planar surfaces.
Solids
Creates text using solids.
Thickness
Specifies the solid thickness.
Group output
Groups resulting text objects.
Engraving font
Rhino keeps a list of engraving fonts. If one of them is selected (e.g., MecSoft_Font-1), appropriate options will be selected.
This option is only useful for single-line engraving fonts unknown to Rhino. You do not need to enable this option unless the single-line font used has an unexpected look as below.
There are three types of engraving fonts:
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Single-line
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Double-line
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Two-line
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If an engraving font known to Rhino is selected, Rhino will do the following:
- Single-line fonts - Remove the closing lines that connect the two ends of every stroke.
- Double-line fonts - Remove overlapped curves when possible to reduce doubled-up tooling paths.
When overlapped curves are left, you can use the Make2D command to generate a copy of the curves without overlapping. - Two-line fonts are standard outline fonts with a constant width. Engraving font may remove necessary lines.
Lower case as small caps
Displays lower-case letters as small caps. Set the relative text size to a percentage of the normal text.
Add spacing
Adds spacing between letters.
Use text center to position
When placing the text, the cursor will appear at the center of the text.
Single-line fonts installed by Rhino:
MecSoft_Font-1
SLF-RHN Architect.