Text Dot Size

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Permalink Reply by David Rutten on January 7, 2014 at 5:25am

No.

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Permalink Reply by David Rutten on January 7, 2014 at 5:25am

If you want text that scales, you'll have to draw actual 3D text objects. You could also include a capsule like background if you want, but you have to draw it all from scratch.

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Permalink Reply by Hugh Groves on January 7, 2014 at 6:09am

Ah I had tried that but then its orientation is also fixed so when you rotate your view the text ends up upside down.

Is it possible to work out the plane of the viewport camera so the 3d text plane can be updated and the orientation remain correct?

Permalink Reply by David Rutten on January 7, 2014 at 7:19am

You can't draw the same 3D text all the time, you have to actually make new 3D text that is camera aligned for every redraw in every viewport.

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Permalink Reply by Hugh Groves on January 7, 2014 at 7:23am

Would that be onerous? I would envisage there being up to about 300 text entities.

How would I go about finding the correct plane to draw in to remain camera aligned?

Permalink Reply by Danny Boyes on January 7, 2014 at 7:38am

EDIT: I didn't see the VB, C# script etc so you can ignore this as an approach

Chameleon and Horster plug-ins both have access to camera properties. From this you can redraw the plane on which to place the text.

 

Here's my example of this:

Horster GetCamera Demo from Danny Boyes on Vimeo.

http://www.grasshopper3d.com/group/horster-tools/forum/topics/horst...