topic Re: Text Rotation in Libraries & objects

Text Rotation

Red — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 16:31:17 GMT

Can text be scripted so that it automatically stays vertical as you rotate the object

Re: Text Rotation

TomWaltz — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 16:36:05 GMT

You need a statement like:

ROT2 -SYMB_ROTANGLE

to rotate the text by the negative of the angle the object is rotated.

Re: Text Rotation

Red — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 17:41:38 GMT

Can the text stay in it original position with the object and remain vertical?
As you can see in the image I attached......once I rotate it the text is staying. I understand the reason behind it doing that with -SYMB_ROTANGLE.

Re: Text Rotation

TomWaltz — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 18:18:21 GMT

Check these:
1) Make sure the text is center anchored (position #5)
2) make sure the text origin is rotating with the symbol (i.e., after the ROT2 statement that rotates the rest of the symbol)
3) Make sure there is no DEL statement which removes the ROT2 statement that rotates the rest of the symbol

Re: Text Rotation

Red — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 18:26:37 GMT

Here is my simple little code.

RECT2 -1',-1',1',1'
LINE2 1',-1',3',0
LINE2 1',1',3',0

HOTSPOT2 0,0
HOTSPOT2 3',0

DEFINE STYLE    "STYLE" architxt, 
		6,      5,      0
SET STYLE "STYLE"

ROT2 -SYMB_ROTANGLE

TEXT2 0,-1", txt
TEXT2 1'-7",-1", txt2

Re: Text Rotation

James Murray — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 20:55:57 GMT

TomWaltz wrote:
ROT2 -SYMB_ROTANGLE

Mirroring can come into it also. This covers both cases:


IF SYMB_MIRRORED=1 THEN ROT2 SYMB_ROTANGLE   !! mirrored
IF SYMB_MIRRORED=0 THEN ROT2 -SYMB_ROTANGLE  !! not

I still prefer V~ & W~.

Red: Use ADD2 before the TEXT2s instead of putting values in the TEXT statements. Put the ROT2s directly before the TEXT2s.


ADD2 X1, Y1
IF SYMB_MIRRORED=1 THEN ROT2 SYMB_ROTANGLE   !! mirrored
IF SYMB_MIRRORED=0 THEN ROT2 -SYMB_ROTANGLE  !! not
TEXT2 0, 0, txt
DEL 2

ADD2 X2, Y2
IF SYMB_MIRRORED=1 THEN ROT2 SYMB_ROTANGLE   !! mirrored
IF SYMB_MIRRORED=0 THEN ROT2 -SYMB_ROTANGLE  !! not
TEXT2 0, 0, txt2
DEL 2

So it's: Go there, turn, write, go back; repeat.

About the 5th thing I ever tried in GDL was a section marker, and I still have the bruises on my brain from getting text to flip right. Good luck.

Re: Text Rotation

Red — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 01:51:18 GMT

Thanks!

That works great.

Re: Text Rotation

Red — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 02:00:41 GMT

Results...............

Re: Text Rotation

James Murray — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 13:07:15 GMT

Red wrote:
Results...............

Great!