making text object with VB (onTextDot, OnTextEntity ??? )

Hi,
does anybody know how to script a text object - just like text in Rhino dimensions bar? I want to attach text (number) information close to geometry so the concept will be easier to read? I found in rhino SDK help file classes OnTextDot, OnTextEntity, OnTextEntity2 and I think there is an option to make it work somehow. But I'm not sure how use classes. Any suggestion?

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Permalink Reply by Damien Alomar on November 8, 2009 at 10:08am

The biggest issue is that GH won't display any of that information from within the scripting component, and it won't get "transferred" to other components, since it doesn't have types setup in GH either. So that means that you're really going to have to add the object to the document yourself. I'd take a look at the following example, which is for a text object (not a dot) and see if that helps.

http://en.wiki.mcneel.com/default.aspx/McNeel/AddTextItem

Permalink Reply by Milan Domkář on November 8, 2009 at 12:53pm

Thanks for reply.
In my case, putting text into scene will be the final step so i don't need to work with text - just post it. I want to do something like that : https://api.ning.com/files/kjDKIU5jbKRZ55cD8feNfzYx3y1UbKWRPNDH1ZCp...__http://www.grasshopper3d.com/photo/hoppereco01-1/prev?context=latest

Permalink Reply by to] on November 8, 2009 at 2:09pm

hi milan

so in your case just use the component "text tag 3D"
you need a point were the tag should be so a vertex of your geometry and the of course the text

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Permalink Reply by Milan Domkář on November 8, 2009 at 2:24pm

ahhhhh it is hidden in tab vector - table point! So it's preaty easy - thank you so much! I was blind to see that...

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