Method PlaceText

PlaceText(string, double, TextColor, TextColor, ViewType, Object, double, double, int, bool)

Places a special type of object in the scene that displays the specified text.

Declaration

public Scene.Object PlaceText(string text, double textHeight, Scene.TextColor backgroundColor = TextColor.None, Scene.TextColor foregroundColor = TextColor.Black, Scene.ViewType viewType = (Scene.ViewType)-1, Scene.Object hostObject = null, double x = 0, double y = 0, int angleInDegrees = 0, bool centered = false)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
string	text	A text to display
double	textHeight	A height of text (in scene units)
Scene.TextColor	backgroundColor	Background color of the text
Scene.TextColor	foregroundColor	Foreground color of the text
Scene.ViewType	viewType	View type on which the text is shown. -1 may be specified to denote current view.
Scene.Object	hostObject	An object that will host the text. If null, the text object is standalone.
double	x	If the text is hosted by another object, denotes X offset from the object's center. If the text is standalone, denotes X position of the text in scene coordinate space.
double	y	If the text is hosted by another object, denotes Y offset from the object's center. If the text is standalone, denotes Y position of the text in scene coordinate space.
int	angleInDegrees	Rotation angle for the text, in degrees, counterclock-wise.
bool	centered	If true, the (x,y) position denotes the center of the text object. Otherwise, (x,y) denotes the left bottom corner of the area representing the text.

Returns

Type	Description
Scene.Object	The placed text object.