TEXTOMATIC(1)
textomatic - interactive program for creating 3d text
textomatic
textomatic is an Inventor program for creating beveled, 3D text. It
supports arbitrary bevels, arbitrary messages, assigning different
materials to the front, back and sides of the text, and supports pasting
into other applications (like showcase or SceneViewer).
The textomatic window is split into four parts:
The top of the window is an Inventor examiner viewer, displaying the 3D
text and allowing you to rotate and zoom it. By default the "decoration"
of buttons and thumbwheels used to control your view is turned off; you
can turn it back on using the popup menu that will appear if you press
the right mouse button in this window. Help on how to use the viewer is
also available from the 'Functions->Help' menu entry on that popup.
The lower-right of the window contains a Motif text widget, which can be
used to change the 3D message displayed. Just click the left mouse
button in the window and start typing; the 3D text is automatically
updated 1 second after you stop typing.
At the bottom center of the window is a representation of the bevel used
for the sides of the text. You can use the left mouse button to add
points to the bevel and will immediately see changes in the 3D text. For
example, position the cursor in the middle of the cyan line, where the
two red lines cross. Press and hold the left mouse button, then drag the
mouse up and down a little. Notice how the bevel on the 3D text changes
to match the cross-section defined by the cyan line. Try adding some
more points. You can use the backspace key to delete points, and you can
move existing points by clicking on them (notice that a little white
cross is drawn when your cursor gets close to them).
The lower-left of the window contains four buttons:
Copy Will copy the Inventor scene graph used to draw the 3D text onto the
X clipboard, where it can be viewed (use the xclipboard program) or
pasted into another Inventor application (like showcase or
SceneViewer).
Edit Parts
Brings up a material editor and some radio buttons that let you
independently turn on or off the front, back and sides of the text,
or change their material. Try disabling editing of the sides'
material (click on the yellow 'Edit' button in front of 'Sides:')
and then changing the diffuse color (by clicking on the little
diamond button in front of the 'Diff:' slider, and then changing the
color in the color wheel that appears).
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About
Brings up a short description of textomatic.
Quit Exits textomatic. Note that the data copied to the X clipboard with
the copy button will disappear when texomatic exits, so be sure to
paste your creations before exiting.
Note that the source code to textomatic comes with the Open Inventor 3d
Toolkit.
/usr/share/src/Inventor/demos/textomatic/* - Source to textomatic
drop, maze, noodle, qmorf, revo, showcase, SceneViewer, inventor, ivview
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