Get string content from exploded text element

[BenjiDev]

Hi,

how can i get the string content from an exloded 3D text? 

Say i have the 3D text "ads" that i explode like this:

The exploded text will then become a group of lines/arcs etc. 

How can i get the text content as say a std::string or GS::Unistring from the exploded text?

It is easy to get it from the original element by looking at the object parameter "Text" using some ACAPI_​LibPart_* calls:

But in a real use case i only have access to the exloded version. 

Thanks.

[runxel]

So.... you want to do OCR? 😂

In short: you won't.

[BenjiDev]

Dont laugh! 😭 I had hoped there was an easy way but I figured it was a long shot. Thanks

[runxel · Accepted solution]

Long one indeed!

The easiest way I'd imagine is too have the exploded text be in the current viewport, make a screenshot, let OCR run over that screenshot... yeah. No easy way out here.