Adding Text rotation to a Custom Object?

[rob2218]

how best to do this?
Im sure it's just a line or two I have to add....but not sure where and in what position along the parameters.

thanks,
(see attached).
I just want the ability to be able to rotate the "text" inside the box to any angle I need it.

thanks for you help in advance.

[Anonymous]

I thought to add the screenshot to show you guys because the text has not been succeed. It disappears.

Thought to share with you for the scripts.

Thank you for your time.

Hope someone will help me to fix this. That is text rotation I need it really badly. I have a lot of text with 2d lines objects that need to be rotating.

[Anonymous]

Moderators,

Its almost two weeks that I have not heard from any of you.

I tried with GDL Cookbook called "Intro to Object Making" published 2000. I find no solution of 2D objects especially I attempted to learning how to create 3D objects which it was cool to learn. I was somewhat disappointing that 2D objects has not been really achieve. I am trying to find a solution for 2D text rotating with Lines objects.

Hope you guys will review with my old posts and see what I do wrong. Visual description would be great! It would point out where i did wrong or whatever.

Thanks.

[Barry Kelly]

The screen shot is great but could you please copy and paste the text form the 2D script.
I am too lazy to type it out myself.
If I get a spare moment I will have a look at it.

I think in your image the RICHTEXT2 command needs to be after the PARAGRAPH and TEXTBLOCK commands, and not at the beginning of the script.


But basically to rotate the text you need to add a ROT command just before placing the text (i.e. just before the RICHTEXT2 command).
So you control the position of where you want to place the text Then ROT and then place the text.
Then DEL to stop the ROT and further DELs if you want to undo the movements to place the text (i.e. reset your origin).

Barry.

[David Maudlin]

Barry wrote:
The screen shot is great but could you please copy and paste the text form the 2D script.
I am too lazy to type it out myself.

Best would be to zip and attach the object. It takes time to recreate not only the code but the parameters driving the code.

David

[Laszlo Nagy]

cadpg wrote:
Moderators,

Its almost two weeks that I have not heard from any of you.

I tried with GDL Cookbook called "Intro to Object Making" published 2000. I find no solution of 2D objects especially I attempted to learning how to create 3D objects which it was cool to learn. I was somewhat disappointing that 2D objects has not been really achieve. I am trying to find a solution for 2D text rotating with Lines objects.

Hope you guys will review with my old posts and see what I do wrong. Visual description would be great! It would point out where i did wrong or whatever.

Thanks.

I think you are misunderstanding something here.
This is a user forum where users are helping each other if they can. However, it cannot be either forced or expected that someone will help you. That is just the nature of user forums.

[Anonymous]

Hello Moderators (Barry, LaszloNagy,David) ,

Thank you, I understand. Like I said I am not familiar with this forum. It's still fairly new to me. My apologize for misunderstanding.
Whoever want to grab this first. Be my guest. Thank you for a quick response. I appreciated it.

Let's see if I can make a zip attachment and give to one of you guys or 2D Script below. Either way that works for your efficient.

Copy and paste 2d Script if you want.....

!
! Name : North Direction.gsm
! Date : Tuesday, January 29, 2019
! Version : 17.00
! Written by ArchiCAD
!

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-1249'-11.3921", -53'-3.1682", 1,
-1249'-11.3921", 6'-5.7845", 1,
-1259'-9.2211", -64'-9.9344", 1,
-1249'-11.3921", -64'-9.9344", 1
pen penAttribute_3
hotspot2 -1249'-11.3921", -141'-6.3966"
hotspot2 -1249'-11.3921", 6'-5.7845"
hotspot2 -1240'-1.5632", -64'-9.9344"
hotspot2 -1259'-9.2211", -64'-9.9344"
pen penAttribute_1
set line_type lineTypeAttribute_1
line_property 0
line2 -1249'-11.3921", 6'-5.7845", -1249'-11.3921", -141'-6.3966"
line2 -1249'-11.3921", 6'-5.7845", -1259'-9.2211", -64'-9.9344"
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line2 -1249'-11.3921", 6'-5.7845", -1240'-1.5632", -64'-9.9344"
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paragraph "AC_PRG_2" 2, 0'-0.0000", 0'-0.0000", 0'-0.0000", 3'-3.3701"
pen penAttribute_4
set style "AC_STYLE_1"
"N"
endparagraph
textblock "AC_TEXTBLOCK_2" 3470'-5.4523", 5, 1181'-1.2283", 3'-3.3701", 3'-3.3701", 3'-3.3701",
"AC_PRG_2"
richtext2 -1249'-11.3921", -91'-10.0197", "AC_TEXTBLOCK_2"

[Barry Kelly · Accepted solution]

I had a look at your object and there are a couple of things you need to do.

Change the text rotation parameter to and 'angle' type variable rather than a real number.


Now use that variable in the TEXTBLOCK command.
You don't need a separate ROT command as I had said before.
I keep forgetting the TEXTBLOCK has a rotation option built into it.


Barry.

[Anonymous]

Barry,

I love you!!! Thank you so much!

Oh,the parameter of Angle, not "Real Number". The icon fools me. I wonder why it looks like rotating icon to me. (facepalm myself)

It works now. Now, I will have to redo all of my 2D scripts Templates with text rotation for years. I was struggling for so long time.

With visual attachment does help me a lot to understand thing better with scripts. Now, i can see why I did wrong last time for other things as well. I hope I can achieve with other objects as well.

Thank you so much for a big help. This is only thing that i need.