Text along a Curve on Body

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Summary

This custom block takes a line of text and converts it to an implicit body. This uses the Arial Bold Font.

Field	Value
ID	`text-along-a-curve-on-body`
Type	Block
Author	nTop
Version	1.0.0
nTop Version	5.28+
Domain	Geometry
Complexity	Beginner
Tags	`text`, `curve`, `implicit`, `font`, `engraving`, `label`
License	MIT
Verified	Yes

This custom block takes a line of text and converts it to an implicit body. This uses the Arial Bold Font.

Clone this repo or copy the package folder into your nTop workspace:

git clone https://github.com/nTopology/Utilities.git

The package lives at packages/ntop/text-along-a-curve-on-body/.

Name	Type	Description
`Text`	Text	Text to be converted to an implicit
`Curve`	curve_interface	Curve that the text will follow. Recommendation: Place the curve on the body for the best results.
`Body`	Implicit Body	The text will be placed on the body aligned by the normal of the body surface and the provided curve.
`Letter spacing`	Scalar	Approximate spacing between each letter.
`Height`	Scalar	Height of one Letter
`Width`	Scalar	Width of one Letter
`Depth`	Scalar	Text depth
`Displayed on body`	Choice	Choose to apply either an emboss or engraving.
`Blend radius`	Scalar Field	Blend radius between the text and the body

Name	Type	Description
`Final Body`	Implicit Body	Output.

MIT.