Placing Text onto another object???

[Elittdogg]

Another point of interest:

I tried just creating a blank script with the letters and here's what I have:

import viz
viz.go()

A = viz.add(viz.TEXT3D,'A', viz.RELATIVE_LOCAL)
A.translate(.17,.985,4.2)
A.color(1,0,0)
A.scale(.2, .2, 2)

H = viz.add(viz.TEXT3D,'H', viz.RELATIVE_LOCAL)
H.translate(0,.95,4.2)
H.color(0,0,1)
H.scale(.2, .2, 2)

I = viz.add(viz.TEXT3D, 'I', viz.RELATIVE_LOCAL)
I.translate(0,.80,4.2)
I.color(0,1,0)
I.scale(.2,.2,.2)

Now in this case, I can get H and A to appear but not I. And I've added others like Q and R and they won't appear either. Is there some limit to how many I can add? And if this is true then why in my actual script (where I need the letters to appear) won't A or H or I appear at all!!??? What's going on?

[farshizzo]

You need to remove the viz.RELATIVE_LOCAL from the viz.add command. When adding text the 3rd parameter is the parent the text should be attached to. By default it is viz.WORLD. If you want to attach some text to an existing object try the following example:

import viz
viz.go()

box = viz.add('box.wrl')
box.add(vizact.spin(0,1,0,90,viz.FOREVER))
box.translate(0,1,5)

#Add text as child of box
A = viz.add(viz.TEXT3D,'A', box)
A.alignment(viz.TEXT_CENTER_CENTER)

#Text translation will be relative to boxes local coordinate system
A.translate(0,.985,0)
A.color(0,0,0)
A.scale(.2, .2, 2)

viz.clearcolor(viz.GRAY)

All text object transformations (translate,rotate,scale) will now be relative to the local coordinate system of the box.

In your case, are the boxes static or will they be moving around? If the boxes are static, then you don't need set the parent of the text. Just add the text to viz.WORLD and place it where the boxes are. If the boxes will be moving around then add the text as children of the boxes and position the text locally, relative to the box.

[Elittdogg]

thank you for the help. I got it figured out now