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McXtrace: Text

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The Text Component

Release: McXtrace 3.9 Draw a text

Identification

  • Author: Emmanuel Farhi
  • Origin: SOLEIL
  • Date: Oct 10, 2026

Description

A text with given size and orientation. The text is drawn in upper letters.

Example: Text(text="SOLEIL", size=0.5, plane="XY")

Input parameters

Parameters in boldface are required; the others are optional.
NameUnitDescriptionDefault
textstrText to draw.
sizemSize of text.0.5
planestr"XY","YZ",or "XZ""XY"
pen_thickness1Stroke diameter as fraction of text size. 0 draws thin lines, >0 draws each stroke as a cylinder with spherical joints.0.1
AT ( , , ) RELATIVE
ROTATED ( , , ) RELATIVE

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Last Modified: Monday, 02-Nov-2026 21:43:07 CET
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