Represents a text dot, or an annotation entity with text that always faces the camera and always has the same size.

This class refers to the geometric element that is independent from the document.

Constructors

TextDot

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protected TextDot(SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext context)
Protected constructor used in serialization.
info (SerializationInfo)
context (StreamingContext)

TextDot

#Since v5.0
public TextDot(string text, Point3d location)
Initializes a new text dot based on the text and the location.
text (string)Text.
location (Point3d)A position.

Properties

Disposed

public bool Disposed { get; }
Indicates if this object has been disposed or the document it originally belonged to has been disposed.
inherited fromCommonObject

FontFace

#Since v5.2
public string FontFace { get; set; }
Font face used for displaying the dot

FontHeight

#Since v5.2
public int FontHeight { get; set; }
Height of font used for displaying the dot

HasBrepForm

public bool HasBrepForm { get; }
Returns true if the Brep.TryConvertBrep function will be successful for this object
inherited fromGeometryBase

HasUserData

public bool HasUserData { get; }
Gets true if this class has any custom information attached to it through UserData.
inherited fromCommonObject

IsDeformable

public bool IsDeformable { get; }
true if object can be accurately modified with "squishy" transformations like projections, shears, and non-uniform scaling.
inherited fromGeometryBase

IsDocumentControlled

public sealed override bool IsDocumentControlled { get; }
If true this object may not be modified. Any properties or functions that attempt to modify this object when it is set to "IsReadOnly" will throw a NotSupportedException.
inherited fromGeometryBase

IsShallowDuplicate

public bool IsShallowDuplicate { get; }
Is this instance a 'shallow copy'. Shallow copies are no different than regular instances with the exception that they will convert to complete independent 'deep' copies if a non const operation is perform on the instance (something that mutates the internal data)
inherited fromGeometryBase

IsValid

public virtual bool IsValid { get; }
Tests an object to see if it is valid.
inherited fromCommonObject

ObjectType

[CLSCompliant(false)] public ObjectType ObjectType { get; }
Useful for switch statements that need to differentiate between basic object types like points, curves, surfaces, and so on.
inherited fromGeometryBase

Point

#Since v5.0
public Point3d Point { get; set; }
Gets or sets the position of the text dot.

SecondaryText

#Since v6.0
public string SecondaryText { get; set; }
Gets or sets the secondary text of the text dot.

Text

#Since v5.0
public string Text { get; set; }
Gets or sets the primary text of the text dot.

UserData

public UserDataList UserData { get; }
List of custom information that is attached to this class.
inherited fromCommonObject

UserDictionary

public ArchivableDictionary UserDictionary { get; }
Dictionary of custom information attached to this class. The dictionary is actually user data provided as an easy to use shareable set of information.
inherited fromCommonObject

UserStringCount

public int UserStringCount { get; }
Gets the amount of user strings.
inherited fromGeometryBase

Methods

ComponentIndex

[ConstOperation] public ComponentIndex ComponentIndex()
If this piece of geometry is a component in something larger, like a BrepEdge in a Brep, then this function returns the component index.
inherited fromGeometryBase
This object's component index. If this object is not a sub-piece of a larger geometric entity, then the returned index has m_type = ComponentIndex.InvalidType and m_index = -1.

ConstructConstObject

protected void ConstructConstObject(object parentObject, int subobjectIndex)
Assigns a parent object and a sub-object index to this.
inherited fromCommonObject
parentObject (object)The parent object.
subobjectIndex (int)The sub-object index.

DataCRC

[CLSCompliant(false)] public uint DataCRC(uint currentRemainder)
Returns a CRC calculated from the information that defines the object. This CRC can be used as a quick way to see if two objects are not identical.
inherited fromGeometryBase
currentRemainder (uint)The current remainder value.
CRC of the information the defines the object.

DeleteAllUserStrings

public void DeleteAllUserStrings()
inherited fromGeometryBase

DeleteUserString

public bool DeleteUserString(string key)
inherited fromGeometryBase
key (string)

Dispose

public void Dispose()
Actively reclaims unmanaged resources that this instance uses.
inherited fromCommonObject

Dispose

protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)
Overridden in order to destroy local display cache information
inherited fromGeometryBase
disposing (bool)

Duplicate

public virtual GeometryBase Duplicate()
Constructs a deep (full) copy of this object.
inherited fromGeometryBase
An object of the same type as this, with the same properties and behavior.

DuplicateShallow

public GeometryBase DuplicateShallow()
Constructs a light copy of this object. By "light", it is meant that the same underlying data is used until something is done to attempt to change it. For example, you could have a shallow copy of a very heavy mesh object and the same underlying data will be used when doing things like inspecting the number of faces on the mesh. If you modify the location of one of the mesh vertices, the shallow copy will create a full duplicate of the underlying mesh data and the shallow copy will become a deep copy.
inherited fromGeometryBase
An object of the same type as this object.

This behavior is overridden by implementing classes.

EnsurePrivateCopy

public void EnsurePrivateCopy()
If you want to keep a copy of this class around by holding onto it in a variable after a command completes, call EnsurePrivateCopy to make sure that this class is not tied to the document. You can call this function as many times as you want.
inherited fromCommonObject

GetBoundingBox

[ConstOperation] public BoundingBox GetBoundingBox(bool accurate)
Bounding box solver. Gets the world axis aligned bounding box for the geometry.
inherited fromGeometryBase
accurate (bool)If true, a physically accurate bounding box will be computed. If not, a bounding box estimate will be computed. For some geometry types there is no difference between the estimate and the accurate bounding box. Estimated bounding boxes can be computed much (much) faster than accurate (or "tight") bounding boxes. Estimated bounding boxes are always similar to or larger than accurate bounding boxes.
The bounding box of the geometry in world coordinates or BoundingBox.Empty if not bounding box could be found.

GetBoundingBox

[ConstOperation] public BoundingBox GetBoundingBox(Plane plane, out Box worldBox)
Aligned Bounding box solver. Gets the plane aligned bounding box.
inherited fromGeometryBase
plane (Plane)Orientation plane for BoundingBox.
worldBox (out Box)Aligned box in World coordinates.
A BoundingBox in plane coordinates.

GetBoundingBox

[ConstOperation] public BoundingBox GetBoundingBox(Plane plane)
Aligned Bounding box solver. Gets the plane aligned bounding box.
inherited fromGeometryBase
plane (Plane)Orientation plane for BoundingBox.
A BoundingBox in plane coordinates.

GetBoundingBox

[ConstOperation] public virtual BoundingBox GetBoundingBox(Transform xform)
Aligned Bounding box solver. Gets the world axis aligned bounding box for the transformed geometry.
inherited fromGeometryBase
xform (Transform)Transformation to apply to object prior to the BoundingBox computation. The geometry itself is not modified.
The accurate bounding box of the transformed geometry in world coordinates or BoundingBox.Empty if not bounding box could be found.

GetObjectData

[SecurityPermission(SecurityAction.LinkDemand, Flags = SecurityPermissionFlag.SerializationFormatter)] public virtual void GetObjectData(SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext context)
Populates a System.Runtime.Serialization.SerializationInfo with the data needed to serialize the target object.
inherited fromCommonObject
info (SerializationInfo)The System.Runtime.Serialization.SerializationInfo to populate with data.
context (StreamingContext)The destination (see System.Runtime.Serialization.StreamingContext) for this serialization.

GetUserString

public string GetUserString(string key)
Gets user string from this geometry.
inherited fromGeometryBase
key (string)id used to retrieve the string.
string associated with the key if successful. null if no key was found.

GetUserStrings

public NameValueCollection GetUserStrings()
Gets a copy of all (user key string, user value string) pairs attached to this geometry.
inherited fromGeometryBase
A new collection.

IsValidWithLog

public bool IsValidWithLog(out string log)
Determines if an object is valid. Also provides a report on errors if this object happens not to be valid.
inherited fromCommonObject
log (out string)A textual log. This out parameter is assigned during this call.
true if this object is valid; false otherwise.

MakeDeformable

public bool MakeDeformable()
If possible, converts the object into a form that can be accurately modified with "squishy" transformations like projections, shears, an non-uniform scaling.
inherited fromGeometryBase
false if object cannot be converted to a deformable object. true if object was already deformable or was converted into a deformable object.

MemoryEstimate

[CLSCompliant(false)] [ConstOperation] public uint MemoryEstimate()
Computes an estimate of the number of bytes that this object is using in memory.
inherited fromGeometryBase
An estimated memory footprint.

NonConstOperation

protected override void NonConstOperation()
Destroy cache handle
inherited fromGeometryBase

OnSwitchToNonConst

protected override void OnSwitchToNonConst()
Is called when a non-constant operation occurs.
inherited fromGeometryBase

Rotate

public bool Rotate(double angleRadians, Vector3d rotationAxis, Point3d rotationCenter)
Rotates the object about the specified axis. A positive rotation angle results in a counter-clockwise rotation about the axis (right hand rule).
inherited fromGeometryBase
angleRadians (double)Angle of rotation in radians.
rotationAxis (Vector3d)Direction of the axis of rotation.
rotationCenter (Point3d)Point on the axis of rotation.
true if geometry successfully rotated.

Scale

public bool Scale(double scaleFactor)
Scales the object by the specified factor. The scale is centered at the origin.
inherited fromGeometryBase
scaleFactor (double)The uniform scaling factor.
true if geometry successfully scaled.

SetUserString

public bool SetUserString(string key, string value)
Attach a user string (key,value combination) to this geometry.
inherited fromGeometryBase
key (string)id used to retrieve this string.
value (string)string associated with key.
true on success.

ToJSON

public string ToJSON(SerializationOptions options)
Create a JSON string representation of this object
inherited fromCommonObject
options (SerializationOptions)

Transform

public bool Transform(Transform xform)
Transforms the geometry. If the input Transform has a SimilarityType of OrientationReversing, you may want to consider flipping the transformed geometry after calling this function when it makes sense. For example, you may want to call Flip() on a Brep after transforming it.
inherited fromGeometryBase
xform (Transform)Transformation to apply to geometry.
true if geometry successfully transformed.

Translate

public bool Translate(double x, double y, double z)
Translates the object along the specified vector.
inherited fromGeometryBase
x (double)The X component.
y (double)The Y component.
z (double)The Z component.
true if geometry successfully translated.

Translate

public bool Translate(Vector3d translationVector)
Translates the object along the specified vector.
inherited fromGeometryBase
translationVector (Vector3d)A moving vector.
true if geometry successfully translated.