Text Function: Detail Scale

[Thomas36 (Thomas)]

Hello,

I’m new to Rhino 8 running a trial and trying to grasp dynamic text for annotations in a layout. Things like blocks and functions are new to me.

I’d like to be able to insert a smart label like below into future drawings and have the scale text adjust to each specific detail (viewport) I link it to. Right now I’m setting it up manually through the function dialogue for each respective text/view.

Can this be streamlined? Is there any documentation on the setup process?

[wim (Wim Dekeyser)]

Hi Thomas -

@Thomas36

Right now I’m setting it up manually through the function dialogue for each respective text/view.

I’m not sure if that means that you are using a block for this or if you are copying and editing a previous label each time. Either way, you need to go through the function dialog to select the text field and the detail, but using a block might speed up the process somewhat. When you insert a new block instance, you’d get a dialog like this and need to hit fx to select the text field and detail:

-wim

[Thomas36 (Thomas)]

Hi Wim,

I wasn’t using a block at first, but now am.

Working in a blank file I’ve:

1. drawn the label geometry
2. added text
3. converted text to a block attribute (a command I just learned)
4. and lastly turned the geometry and text/attributes into a single block.

I can now insert an instance of the block and get the attribute prompt for ‘detail scale” and the rest of the parameters. This is exactly what I was looking to do.

Thanks!