SoAsciiText(3IV)

NAME
     SoAsciiText - simple 3D text shape node

INHERITS FROM
     SoBase > SoFieldContainer > SoNode > SoShape > SoAsciiText

SYNOPSIS
     #include <Inventor/nodes/SoAsciiText.h>

     enum Justification {
          SoAsciiText::LEFT    Left edges of all strings are aligned
          SoAsciiText::RIGHT   Right edges of all strings are aligned
          SoAsciiText::CENTER  Centers of all strings are aligned
     }

          Fields from class SoAsciiText:

     SoMFString          string
     SoSFFloat           spacing
     SoSFEnum            justification
     SoMFFloat           width

          Methods from class SoAsciiText:

                         SoAsciiText()
     static SoType       getClassTypeId()

          Methods from class SoNode:

     void                setOverride(SbBool state)
     SbBool              isOverride() const
     SoNode *            copy(SbBool copyConnections = FALSE) const
     virtual SbBool      affectsState() const
     static SoNode *     getByName(const SbName &name)
     static int          getByName(const SbName &name, SoNodeList &list)

          Methods from class SoFieldContainer:

     void                setToDefaults()
     SbBool              hasDefaultValues() const
     SbBool              fieldsAreEqual(const SoFieldContainer *fc) const
     void                copyFieldValues(const SoFieldContainer *fc, SbBool
                              copyConnections = FALSE)
     SbBool              set(const char *fieldDataString)
     void                get(SbString &fieldDataString)
     virtual int         getFields(SoFieldList &resultList) const
     virtual SoField *   getField(const SbName &fieldName) const
     SbBool              getFieldName(const SoField *field, SbName &fieldName)
                              const
     SbBool              isNotifyEnabled() const
     SbBool              enableNotify(SbBool flag)

          Methods from class SoBase:

     void                ref()
     void                unref() const
     void                unrefNoDelete() const
     void                touch()
     virtual SoType      getTypeId() const
     SbBool              isOfType(SoType type) const
     virtual void        setName(const SbName &name)
     virtual SbName      getName() const


DESCRIPTION
     This node defines one or more strings of 3D text. In contrast with
     SoText2, 3D text can be rotated, scaled, lighted, and textured, just like
     all other 3D shapes. In constrast with SoText3, this 3D ascii text cannot
     be extruded.

     The text origin is at (0,0,0) after applying the current transformation.
     The scale of the text is affected by the size field of the current SoFont
     as well as the current transformation.

     SoAsciiText uses the current material when rendering. Textures are
     applied to ascii text as follows. On the front face of the text, the
     texture origin is at the base point of the first string; the base point
     is at the lower left for justification LEFT, at the lower right for
     RIGHT, and at the lower center for CENTER. The texture is scaled equally
     in both S and T dimensions, with the font height representing 1 unit. S
     increases to the right on the front face.

FIELDS
     SoMFString          string
          The text string(s) to display. Each string will appear on its own
          line.

     SoSFFloat           spacing
          Defines the distance (in the negative y direction) between the base
          points of successive strings, measured with respect to the current
          font height. A value of 1 indicates single spacing, a value of 2
          indicates double spacing, and so on.

     SoSFEnum            justification
          Indicates placement and alignment of strings. With LEFT
          justification, the left edge of the first line is at the
          (transformed) origin, and all left edges are aligned. RIGHT
          justification is similar. CENTER justification places the center of
          the first string at the (transformed) origin, with the centers of
          all remaining strings aligned under it.

     SoMFFloat           width
          Defines the width of each text string. Each string will be scaled so
          that it spans this many units.
METHODS
                         SoAsciiText()
          Creates an ascii text node with default settings.

     static SoType       getClassTypeId()
          Returns type identifier for this class.


ACTION BEHAVIOR
     SoGLRenderAction
          Draws text based on the current font, transformation, drawing style,
          material, texture, complexity, and so on.

     SoRayPickAction
          Performs a pick on the text. The string index and character position
          are available from the SoTextDetail.

     SoGetBoundingBoxAction
          Computes the bounding box that encloses the text.

     SoCallbackAction
          If any triangle callbacks are registered with the action, they will
          be invoked for each successive triangle used to approximate the text
          geometry.


FILE FORMAT/DEFAULTS
     AsciiText {
          string         ""
          spacing        1
          justification  LEFT
          width          0
     }

SEE ALSO
     SoFont, SoFontStyle, SoText2, SoText3, SoTextDetail