[Plugin] 3D Text Editor

ken

Well I am confused. Which is not surprising. So how is this 3D Text Editor any different than the native 3D Text Editor?

Ken

thomthom

@unknownuser said:

Well I am confused. Which is not surprising. So how is this 3D Text Editor any different than the native 3D Text Editor?

You can edit the text later on.

mitcorb

Thanks for this tool, ThomThom:
I can recall quite a few times where I wished the 3dText was editable.

Dave R

And the text is already displayed while the editor is open so you can change the font and dimensions and see how it looks before finalizing it.

pierreaudouin

Very nice job ThomThom
Thank you!!

baldaman

Excellent! thank you dear Ruby Master!

thomthom

Has anyone experienced any crash?

Burkhard

apart from my wife, no.

hebeijianke

Thanks
This plugin is great
But when I translate into chinese
something wrong

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thomthom

hmm... could be Unicode issues. Could you send me the translated version?

hebeijianke

@thomthom said:

hmm... could be Unicode issues. Could you send me the translated version?

This is translated

tt_texteditor.rb

jolran

@unknownuser said:

apart from my wife, no.

ralph102

ThomThom,
Great plugin.
Any chance you could make the text follow a predefined path or arch?
Since your plugin works with installed system fonts, would it be difficult to add other typographical controls such as kerning or line spacing?

thomthom

@ralph102 said:

Any chance you could make the text follow a predefined path or arch?

I just had a request from a colleague yesterday about this. Might do a separate plugin to fit sets of meshes to a path. But no promises.

@ralph102 said:

Since your plugin works with installed system fonts, would it be difficult to add other typographical controls such as kerning or line spacing?

Nope. Not unless they add these features in the SketchUp Ruby API. At the moment all that I can adjust is in that dialogue.

jim smith

Thom,

thanks for this plug in.

I like the way I can change text styles, and sizes. However, once I hit close, if I want to edit further, I can't...... Am I missing something?

TIG

Select a piece of 3d-text > right-click > context-menu ...Edit Text

jim smith

Thanks TIG.

I missed seeing the "edit text" line down on the bottom of my long list of context selection items.

rv1974

(SU2013 win7 x64, latest TT_lib (v.7.1)))
there's nothing in combo-box, height parameter is down.
Any hints?

TIG

@rv1974 said:

:? (SU2013 win7 x64, latest TT_lib (v.7.1)))
there's nothing in combo-box, height parameter is down.
Any hints?
Are you doubly sure that this Lib is 'latest' and properly installed ?
Screen-shot of Plugins WE window ?
What can you do after closing that error-message ?

thomthom

@rv1974 said:

:? (SU2013 win7 x64, latest TT_lib (v.7.1)))
there's nothing in combo-box, height parameter is down.
Any hints?

Try these possible solutions - in order.

#1: Check that you don't have an old version of TT_Lib in the VirtualStore: http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=48399

#2: Manually reinstall TT_Lib - by closing all SketchUp windows and removing the TT_Lib2 lib files before reinstalling.

(BTW: What is your Internet Explorer version? )

(P.S. The latest version of TT_Lib is 2.8.2 - currently only available on the Extension Warehouse. Ditto for an updated version of 3D Text Editor - though the very latest revision is still in moderation. I'm still in the process in updating my plugins to comply with the EW requirements - and I'm currently awaiting some changes to the SCF PluginStore before I start updating my plugin threads here.)