SoAsciiText

InventorModule

genre	InventorNodesAutomatic
author	Silicon Graphics Inc
package	MeVisLab/Standard
definition	inventor.def

Purpose

This node defines one or more strings of 3D text. In contrast with SoText2, 3D text can be rotated, scaled, lighted, and textured, just like all other 3D shapes. In contrast with SoText3, this 3D ASCII text cannot be extruded.

The text origin is at (0,0,0) after applying the current transformation. The scale of the text is affected by the size field of the current SoFont as well as the current transformation.

SoAsciiText uses the current material when rendering. Textures are applied to ASCII text as follows. On the front face of the text, the texture origin is at the base point of the first string; the base point is at the lower left for justification LEFT, at the lower right for RIGHT, and at the lower center for CENTER. The texture is scaled equally in both S and T dimensions, with the font height representing 1 unit. S increases to the right on the front face.

Windows

Default Panel

Output Fields

self

name: self, type: SoNode

Parameter Fields

Visible Fields

String

name: string, type: Other, default: ""

The text string(s) to display. Each string will appear on its own line.

Spacing

name: spacing, type: Float, default: 1

Defines the distance (in the negative y direction) between the base points of successive strings, measured with respect to the current font height. A value of 1 indicates single spacing, a value of 2 indicates double spacing, and so on.

Justification

name: justification, type: Enum, default: LEFT

Indicates placement and alignment of strings. With LEFT justification, the left edge of the first line is at the (transformed) origin, and all left edges are aligned. RIGHT justification is similar. CENTER justification places the center of the first string at the (transformed) origin, with the centers of all remaining strings aligned under it.

Values:

Title	Name	Description
Left	LEFT	Left edges of all strings are aligned.
Right	RIGHT	Right edges of all strings are aligned.
Center	CENTER	Centers of all strings are aligned.

Width

name: width, type: DoubleList, default: 0

Defines the width of each text string. Each string will be scaled so that it spans this many units. Input the width separated by space.