private static void WriteMText()
{
DxfDocument dxf = new DxfDocument();
//xData sample
XData xdata = new XData(new ApplicationRegistry("netDxf"));
xdata.XDataRecord.Add(new XDataRecord(XDataCode.String, "extended data with netDxf"));
xdata.XDataRecord.Add(XDataRecord.OpenControlString);
xdata.XDataRecord.Add(new XDataRecord(XDataCode.WorldSpacePositionX, 0));
xdata.XDataRecord.Add(new XDataRecord(XDataCode.WorldSpacePositionY, 0));
xdata.XDataRecord.Add(new XDataRecord(XDataCode.WorldSpacePositionZ, 0));
xdata.XDataRecord.Add(XDataRecord.CloseControlString);
//text
TextStyle style = new TextStyle("Times.ttf");
//TextStyle style = TextStyle.Default;
MText mText = new MText(new Vector3(3,2,0), 1.0f, 100.0f, style);
mText.Layer = new Layer("Multiline Text");
//mText.Layer.Color.Index = 8;
mText.Rotation = 0;
mText.LineSpacingFactor = 1.0;
mText.ParagraphHeightFactor = 1.0;
//mText.AttachmentPoint = MTextAttachmentPoint.TopCenter;
//mText.Write("Hello World!");
//mText.Write(" we keep writting on the same line.");
//mText.WriteLine("This text is in a new line");
//mText.Write("Hello World! ");
//for (int i = 0; i < 50; i++)
//{
// mText.Write("1234567890");
//}
//mText.Write(" This text is over the limit of the 250 character chunk");
//mText.NewParagraph();
//mText.Write("This is a text in a new paragraph");
//mText.Write(" and we continue writing in the previous paragraph");
//mText.NewParagraph();
MTextFormattingOptions options = new MTextFormattingOptions(mText.Style);
options.Bold = true;
mText.Write("Bold text in mText.Style", options);
mText.EndParagraph();
options.Italic = true;
mText.Write("Bold and italic text in mText.Style", options);
mText.EndParagraph();
options.Bold = false;
options.FontName = "Arial";
options.Color = AciColor.Blue;
mText.ParagraphHeightFactor = 2;
mText.Write("Italic text in Arial", options);
mText.EndParagraph();
options.Italic = false;
options.Color = null; // back to the default text color
mText.Write("Normal text in Arial with the default paragraph height factor", options);
mText.EndParagraph();
mText.ParagraphHeightFactor = 1;
mText.Write("No formatted text uses mText.Style");
mText.Write(" and the text continues in the same paragraph.");
mText.EndParagraph();
//options.HeightPercentage = 2.5;
//options.Color = AciColor.Red;
//options.Overstrike = true;
//options.Underline = true;
//options.FontFile = "times.ttf";
//options.ObliqueAngle = 15;
//options.CharacterSpacePercentage = 2.35;
//options.WidthFactor = 1.8;
//for unknown reasons the aligment doesn't seem to change anything
//mText.Write("Formatted text", options);
//options.Aligment = MTextFormattingOptions.TextAligment.Center;
//mText.Write("Center", options);
//options.Aligment = MTextFormattingOptions.TextAligment.Top;
//mText.Write("Top", options);
//options.Aligment = MTextFormattingOptions.TextAligment.Bottom;
//mText.Write("Bottom", options);
mText.XData.Add(xdata);
dxf.AddEntity(mText);
dxf.Save("MText sample.dxf");
}
private static void MTextEntity()
{
TextStyle style = new TextStyle("Arial");
MText text1 = new MText(Vector2.Zero, 10, 0, style);
// you can set manually the text value with all available formatting commands
text1.Value = "{\\C71;\\c10938556;Text} with true color\\P{\\C140;Text} with indexed color";
MText text2 = new MText(new Vector2(0, 30), 10, 0, style);
// or use the Write() method
MTextFormattingOptions op = new MTextFormattingOptions(text2.Style);
op.Color = new AciColor(188, 232, 166); // using true color
text2.Write("Text", op);
op.Color = null; // set color to the default defined in text2.Style
text2.Write(" with true color");
text2.EndParagraph();
op.Color = new AciColor(140); // using index color
text2.Write("Text", op); // set color to the default defined in text2.Style
op.Color = null;
text2.Write(" with indexed color");
// both text1 and text2 should yield to the same result
DxfDocument dxf = new DxfDocument(DxfVersion.AutoCad2010);
dxf.AddEntity(text1);
dxf.AddEntity(text2);
dxf.Save("MText format.dxf");
// now you can retrieve the MText text value without any formatting codes, control characters like tab '\t' will be preserved in the result,
// the new paragraph command "\P" will be converted to new line feed '\r\n'.
Console.WriteLine(text1.PlainText());
Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine(text2.PlainText());
Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine("Press a key to finish...");
Console.ReadKey();
}