Wish: Text dot default font & size

[jari.huuskola]

Hi,

I think it is time add text dots to the annotation styles, so you could set the default font and size to your liking.

For example, the labels of the new section drawings in Rhino 8 will now always default to Arial 14 every time you run update drawings.

Bare minimum, dots should use the font setting of the annotation style as a default, I think.

[Helvetosaur]

Well, the intent of text dots are that they are screen-space objects and thus do not change size due to zoom level, annotation style or anything else. For that purpose they are very useful. If you want something that looks like text dots, use Text with a mask. Granted they don’t have round edges (been asked for) but they do work like all other annotation objects.

[jari.huuskola]

@Helvetosaur

Well, the intent of text dots are that they are screen-space objects and thus do not change size due to zoom level, annotation style or anything else.

Well, annotation styles might not be the right place for the setting, but It would be nice to have them at least somewhere (maybe in display modes…).

@Helvetosaur

If you want something that looks like text dots, use Text with a mask. Granted they don’t have round edges (been asked for) but they do work like all other annotation objects.

The _ClippingDrawings command does not have an option to use text with mask as a labels. It will auto generate text dot with Arial 14, when “Show label” is checked on. And if you run _UpdateClippingDrawings command, the labels will always return to Arial 14 no matter what.

[martinsiegrist]

There’s a capsule option for the mask. Looks like a textdot.

[jari.huuskola]

@martinsiegrist

There’s a capsule option for the mask. Looks like a textdot.

I really like this one! Looks way better than the text dot and the possibility to change margins is nice. But like I said, the clipping drawings are using text dots as labels at the moment in Rhino 8.

[martinsiegrist]

The Clipping Sections command has an option to chose the LabelMode.

[jari.huuskola]

@martinsiegrist

The Clipping Sections command has an option to chose the LabelMode.

But if you create drawings from clipping sections (_ClippingDrawings), those drawings will only have a text dot labels. At least on a Mac version.

[Helvetosaur]

@martinsiegrist

There’s a capsule option for the mask. Looks like a textdot.

Ahh, I was looking under Mask, didn’t think to look under Frame… thanks!

[martinsiegrist]

@jari.huuskola

But if you create drawings from clipping sections (_ClippingDrawings), those drawings will only have a text dot labels. At least on a Mac version.

It’s the same on Rhino 8 Windows.

I think it’s a good idea to add this option as printing text dots at correct size is a pain…

In the meantime you can use _ConvertDots

Command: ConvertDots
Text dot conversion options ( DeleteInput=No Output=Point ): o
Text dot conversion options ( DeleteInput=No Output=Text TextHeight=1 HorizontalAlign=Center VerticalAlign=Middle )

[jari.huuskola]

@martinsiegrist

In the meantime you can use _ConvertDots

This is good to know, but not ideal because you need to do this manually after every section drawing update.

[Gijs (Gijs de Zwart)]

@martinsiegrist

I think it’s a good idea to add this option as printing text dots at correct size is a pain…

Makes sense, I added RH-78954 ClippingDrawings: option for labels as Text