Rotate Text in Python

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Hi All,

I’m trying to write a function that inserts text on a drawing, with an optional rotation value.
The problem is that there doesn’t seem to be an argument for rotation in the ‘AddText’ method, so I’m rotating the text independantly of the ‘AddText’ method.

but still, that doesn’t seem to work - I’m getting the error below.

Error: ‘TextObject’ object has no attribute ‘Transform’

Here’s my code:

def InsertText(
    doc, Layer: str, Text: str, point: list, height: int, font: str, bold: bool, italic: bool, **kwargs
):
    ob = doc.Objects
    rg = Rhino.Geometry
    rot = kwargs.get('rotation', None)  # OPTIONAL ROTATION ANGLE (DEG)
    plane = kwargs.get('Plane', None) # OPTIONAL PLANE - DEFAULT IS WORLD XY PLANE.

    # INSERTION POINT ADDED AS LIST OF 2X COORDS - X AND Y ONLY.
    pt = rg.Point3d(point[0], point[1], 0.0)

    trans = rg.Transform.Rotation(Rhino.RhinoMath.ToRadians(90),pt)
    
    # DEFAULTS TO WorldXY plane
    if not plane:
        plane = rg.Plane.WorldXY
        plane.Origin = pt

    txt = ob.AddText(str(Text), plane, height, font, False, False)
    ob.FindId(txt).Transform(trans)
    SetLayer(doc, txt, Layer)
    return txt

What am I doing wrong here?

2

I think you should just transform the plane before adding the text instead of trying to transform the text after.

3

Ahh ok. Given that it’s the world xy plane, do I need to duplicate it first? Or is the duplication implied?

4

No, you do not need to duplicate it, it is already an instance.

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