TextDotPoint. sheesh... don't know how i missed that. many thanks!
On Jan 4, 9:45 pm, ckpalmer <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Dingle, > > This is what you need to use - Rhino.TextDotPoint > > Here is a script that show it in action: > > Option Explicit > 'Script written by <insert name> > 'Script copyrighted by <insert company name> > 'Script version Friday, March 21, 2008 6:10:20 PM > > Call DotText() > Sub DotText() > Dim strObjects, text2Make, dotPt, y > strObjects = Rhino.GetObjects("Select text dots") > For y=0 To Ubound(strObjects) > If Rhino.IsTextDot(strObjects(y)) Then > > text2Make = Rhino.TextDotText (strObjects(y)) > dotPt = Rhino.TextDotPoint (strObjects(y)) > Rhino.AddText text2Make,dotPt,0.12 > > End If > Next > > End Sub > > On Jan 4, 1:06 pm, dingle <[email protected]> wrote: > > > i suppose this is more of a rhino question than grasshopper, but > > anyway. > > is there any way to convert a text dot (tag) into a text object, or to > > have grasshopper update text objects within the rhino document? i > > wrote a quick script that acquires the contents of a text dot and adds > > a text object, but finding the point at which to place the new text > > object is the problem. tried using the ObjectGrip methods but they > > don't work with dots (or even text objects for that matter). this > > quickly becomes a problem when there are many dots to convert... > > is there something painfully basic i've overlooked?
