[vtkusers] GetTextProperty()->SetOrientation(90.0)

[Scott J. Pearson]

Amy,

Thanks for the tip. Actually, the problem is that I'm using a
vtkXYPlotActor; I could use the vtkTextActor3D, but I'd like to avoid that
inconvenient workaround.

Scott 


On 11/10/05 4:20 PM, "Amy Squillacote" <amy.squillacote at kitware.com> wrote:

> There's a VTK test in Rendering/Testing/Tcl that uses this:
> TestTextActor3D.tcl.  It uses a vtkTextActor3D.  Maybe that would
> solve your problem.
> 
> - Amy
> 
> At 03:45 PM 11/10/2005, Scott J. Pearson wrote:
>> I was elated when I saw that VTK 5.0 allowed us to orient our text along a
>> non-horizontal line. However, I have yet to see this working. The following
>> code does not reorient my text properly. Despite a hypothetical 90 deg
>> rotation, the text is horizontal, not vertical. Does anyone know why?
>> 
>> vtkTextMapper *mapper = vtkTextMapper::New();
>> mapper->SetInput("Testing");
>> mapper->GetTextProperty()->SetOrientation(90.0);
>> vtkTextActor *actor = vtkTextActor::New();
>> actor->SetMapper(mapper);
>> actor->SetPosition(50, 50);
>> renderer->AddActor2D(actor);
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Scott
>> 
>> ---
>> Scott J. Pearson
>> Systems Programmer, Center for the Advanced Engineering of Fibers and Films
>> Clemson University     864.656.6389     scottjp at clemson.edu
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>> 
>> 
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