Creating text

The text creation window can be opened either by pressing the images/download/attachments/95433654/text_creation_button.jpg button on the <Model> panel, or by using the pop up menu in the graphic window or on the geometrical structure window.

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Text can be typed along a line images/download/thumbnails/95433654/image2023-5-18_18-47-42.png (default), or along a circle images/download/thumbnails/95433654/image2023-5-18_18-48-41.png .

images/download/thumbnails/95433654/image2023-5-18_19-12-30.png define letter orientation.

images/download/thumbnails/95433654/image2023-5-18_19-0-8.png - Text alignment is define text placement from the start point.

To change text font it is necessary use the font open dialog buttonimages/download/thumbnails/95433654/image2023-5-18_18-50-5.png or font type combo box.

X,Y - define start point position.

Angle - define angle between horizon and text direction line for placement text along line or define the start angle for place text along circle.

Radius - define circle radius.

Height - define letters height.

Width - allow to change letter width in %.

Leading - define vertical space between text rows.

Kerning - allow to use kerning tables from the selected font for calculate distance between letters.

Step - define distance between letters ignore kerning information.

Length - define common width of text.

Oblique - define slope angle of the letters in degrees.

Set as default - store parameters as default for a new text.

To preview the results press the <Apply> button. If all parameters assigned were correct, the text will be displayed in the graphic window. If required, the text parameters can be corrected.

Having assigned the text parameters presses the <Ok> button. At folder with the name defined in the <Folder> field will be created in the model tree.


See also:

Geometrical model preparation