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File:Text-x-python Macro FCCircularText |
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This macro create a text around a cylinder. Author: Mario52 |
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1.0 |
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Description
This macro Written text circumferential standing or not flat and a propeller in the manner of Trajan Column and to create a clock with Arabic numerals 1 2 3 ... and Roman I II III ... (inspired to Macro to Create Clock Face)
Utilisation
Principle: The options that are not useful for the selected function are dimmed so inaccessible.
A function can gray out options if they are not for him.
Launch the macro folder FcString for created characters and a file FcClock for created clocks.
All the characters are and remain independent. When creating extrusions nothing is deleted,. If Compount is created with Run Comp. is copied out of the folder.
The options :
- Extrude Char.
- Placement.
- SP. inclination.
are shaded by default and are active in all functions if they are checked.
Except for one Clock Service Placement box Z is activated and moves the text in the direction Z to place the text on the support surface.
Presentation
Overview
First section
- TextEdit window that lets you copy the text to display (click on the Reset allows to know the number of the input string that is displayed in the window title)
- The New Font to select a new font to use
- Default ARIAL.TTF to change the path and the default font change the line No. 69
global PolicePath ;PolicePath = "C:/Windows/Fonts/ARIAL.TTF" # path font
Second Section
Configuring characters in FCCircularText
Première zone
Your choice :
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Outdoor
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Indoor
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Helix
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Clock
- Mode Stand or Mode Flat : The text will be placed standing or flat (same as clock) options Outdoor andt Indoor are reversed.
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Mode Stand Outdoor The text will be written up.
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Mode Flat Outdoor The text will be placed flat.
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Mode Flat Indoor The text will be placed flat.
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Mode Stand Indoor The text will stand registered (same as clock).
Second area
This section allows you to configure the overall behavior of characters in all the choices available but with some variation.
If the command is not used in the option chosen, it will be grayed out.
- Radius of circle : Radius of the circle. (Default 10)
- Size character : Character height. (Default 2)
- Begin angle : Starting angle of the first character in the circle. (Default 0 °)
- End angle : Angle end of the last character of the text. (Default 360)
- Correction angle : Character correction angle to make it tangent to the circle. (Default 10 °)
- Correction radius: Fixed the radius of the circle characters (optional). (Default 0.15)
- Extrude Char : Checkbox extrusion characters. (Inactive Default)
- Placement : Text placement in the 3D view. (Inactive Default)
- Sp. inclination : Inclination of characters in three axes X, Y and Z (example to cover such a cone). (Inactive Default)
Outdoor
Default mode. The text is written on the outer circumference of the circle.
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Outdoor
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Indoor
The text is written on the inner circumference of the circle
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Indoor
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Helix
Le texte s'inscrit sur la circonférence externe d'une hélice.
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Helix
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- The area of the propeller is grayed out by default.
- All characters configuration options are available.
- Step of helix which corresponds to the pitch of the propeller turns and displays 2 (character height) by default.
- Char. per turn activates and displays 10 by default, which corresponds to 10 characters per helical turn.
- If Step of helix (propeller pitch) is zero, Spinboxes Base Helix and End Helix are activated.
- Base Helix provides the basis for starting the propeller (even Placement Z). If 'Placement Z' is different from zero, the starting point is added to Z. Placement
- End Helix End of the helix pitch of the helix will be calculated relative to the height and the number of characters per helical turn.
Clock
The figures are part of a circle with Arabic numerals or Romans.
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Clock
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Axial
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Redress
- By default, the section is grayed.
- When the selection is made, the following functions are unusable and get drunk.
- Begin angle.
- End angle.
- Correction angle.
- Correction radius.
- The buttom Mode Stand or Mode Flat.
- The area Clock is activated.
- Radius of support : If a value is given, support will be created (default 0).
- If Support number face is different from zero a support is created. (If Extrude support = zero then a face is created).
- 1 = A circle is created (circle appears).
- 2 = A rectangle is created (length = (Radius of media * 1.5) width = Radius of support) (Rectangle appears).
- 3 = A triangle is created (circumscribed) (Triangle appears).
- 4 = a square is created (Radius of support) (Square appears).
- 5 = and A polygon with the number of faces displayed (circumscribed) (Polygon appears).
- Extrude support is activated and an extrusion dimension can be given.
- If Support number face is equal to zero there is no support.
- Mode Roman : The writing will be in Roman figures I II III IIII V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII
- Axial : The figures will be written axially.
Commandes
Exit : Leaves the macro.
Reset : Reset all values and displays the number of characters displayed in the window.
Run Comp : Launche the macro and creates a Compunt object of all characters.
Run : Launche the macro
Launch the macro folder FcString for created characters and a file FcClock for created clocks.
Script
PS: false zip delete the .zip and copy the macro Macro_FCCircularText.FCMacro in your path FCMacro of FreeCAD
Example
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Text beginning at 180 degrees (Begin angle) end at 360 degrees (End angle) external curve.
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Text set in an inner curve.
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Text circular on internal and external curve.
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Circular text on a flat onbjet.
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External curve.
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Internal curve.
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Internal curve extrusion material designated and subtraction.
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External curve.
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Internal curve with subtraction.
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Extrusion on a cone with Sp. Inclination 45° axis Z.
(not fully developed)
Planned :
circular text of position object selected.
(PS : it is possible that an error is made between version 2 Please wait for the next or return to the previous version thank you)
Currently:
- ver 0.6 23/11/2014 corrected "texte = unicode(self.textEdit.toPlainText())" now accept "'éèà@..."
- ver 0.5 19/11/2014 Gui
- ver 0.4 10/10/2014 add variable "rotation" in the loop (for i in range(0,rotation,(rotation/nombre)): # 360 a parametrer)
- ver 0.4 27/08/2014 correction error of de radius (exterieur=0, debout=1)
- ver 0.3 26/08/2014 add creation text of flat curve
- ver 0.2 26/08/2014 add creation text of internal curve
- ver 0.1
(83+498+537)
Links
To comment on the Extrude from curved surface of cylinder