Hi Curt,
add <text include="text.xml"/> to you aircraft's model file, place
text.xml in the same directory as you aircraft's model file and see
"hello, world!" written in huge letters 20m in front of you aircraft.
Torsten
<PropertyList>
<!-- It should have a name. Can be used for other animations -->
<name>My first Text</name>
<!-- Use offsets for the initial placement -->
<offsets>
<pitch-deg>0</pitch-deg>
<heading-deg>0</heading-deg>
<roll-deg>0</roll-deg>
<x-m>-20</x-m>
<y-m>0.0</y-m>
<z-m>2.0</z-m>
</offsets>
<!-- instead of using pitch/heading/roll offset, one may use
axis-alignment -->
<!-- remember: x backwards, y right and z up -->
<!--axis-alignment>xy-plane</axis-alignment-->
<!--
<axis-alignment>reversed-xy-plane</axis-alignment>
<axis-alignment>xz-plane</axis-alignment>
<axis-alignment>reversed-xz-plane</axis-alignment>
<axis-alignment>yz-plane</axis-alignment>
<axis-alignment>reversed-yz-plane</axis-alignment>
-->
<axis-alignment>screen</axis-alignment>
<!-- what type of text to draw, use on of literal, text-value or number-value -->
<!-- A simple constant, never changing string -->
<type type="string">literal</type>
<text type="string">hello, world!</text>
<!-- The string value of a property -->
<!--
<type type="string">text-value</type>
<property type="string">some/property</property>
<format type="string">%s</format>
-->
<!-- A number from a property -->
<!--type type="string">number-value</type-->
<!--property type="string">position/latitude-deg</property-->
<!--factor type="double">1.0</factor--> <!-- optional, used to scale the propertie's value -->
<!--offset type="double">0.0</offset--> <!-- optional, used to shift the propertie's value -->
<!--format type="string">%5.2lf</format--> <!-- the printf() format to display the value -->
<!--truncate type="bool">false</truncate--> <!-- set to true to truncate to an integer value -->
<layout>left-to-right</layout> <!-- default -->
<!--
<layout>right-to-left</layout>
<layout>vertical</layout>
-->
<draw-text type="bool">true</draw-text> <!-- draw the text itself -->
<draw-alignment type="bool">true</draw-alignment> <!-- draw a crosshair at the object center -->
<draw-boundingbox type="bool">true</draw-boundingbox> <!-- draw a bounding box -->
<font>LiberationFonts/LiberationSans-Regular.ttf</font> <!-- The font file name, relative to data/Fonts -->
<character-size type="double">2.0</character-size> <!-- size (height) im meters -->
<character-aspect-ratio type="double">1.0</character-aspect-ratio>
<max-height>2.5</max-height> <!-- the maximum height of the text -->
<max-width>25</max-width> <!-- the maximum width of the text -->
<font-resolution>
<width type="int">128</width>
<height type="int">128</height>
</font-resolution>
<!-- chose one of the kerning types or omit for default -->
<kerning>default</kerning>
<!--
<kerning>unfitted</kerning>
<kerning>none</kerning>
-->
<alignment>center-center</alignment> <!-- alignment of the text itself -->
<!-- possible values are
<alignment>left-top</alignment>
<alignment>left-center</alignment>
<alignment>left-bottom</alignment>
<alignment>center-top</alignment>
<alignment>center-center</alignment>
<alignment>center-bottom</alignment>
<alignment>right-top</alignment>
<alignment>right-center</alignment>
<alignment>right-bottom</alignment>
<alignment>left-baseline</alignment>
<alignment>center-baseline</alignment>
<alignment>right-baseline</alignment>
<alignment>baseline</alignment>
-->
</PropertyList>
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