Package org.xith3d.ui.text2d

Dynamic Text for Xith (DTX) As there is no ( or no dynamic ) text node for xith3d here is mine.

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Description

Class Summary

Character2D	Represents a character in 3D space.
Font2D	Abstraction of UI fonts.
Line2D	Represents a line of text in 3D space.
MultiCharacter2D	This Character2D can contain multiple Character2Ds at a time through a MultiShape3D.
Text2D	As there is no ( or no dynamic ) text node for Xith3D here is mine.

Enum Summary

FontStyle	Simple font-style abstraction.
TextAlignment	Constants for text-alignment

Package org.xith3d.ui.text2d Description

Dynamic Text for Xith (DTX)

As there is no ( or no dynamic ) text node for xith3d here is mine. While the Text2D version org.xith3d.text.Text2D by Terje Wiesener uses a single face with a static texture this class uses a seperate Shape3d for every char it uses. Those shapes are stored in a static HashMap to prevent some load when using many text objects.

features:
• fast text and color changes
• multiline support
• horizontal and vertical text aligning
• Java2D font support

Thanks to Terje Wiesener ( who wrote the other Text2D implementation ), i borrowed the render stuff from his work :)

Usage: usage should be fairly simple: just create a Text2D object and put it somewhere into your scenegraph for more information see the Text2D class javadoc ... i believe the method names and javadoc is easy to understand

Changelog:

1.1f: third version of DTX

• removed the need to call update() every once in a while. update is now called automaticly as a preRender step
• important: changed the initial orientation and size of the text giving the ability to easily add it to a parallel view for gui purposes ... as a result from this everybody who uses DTX has to check and change his text size and orientation ... sorry
• created a simple test and a funky demo to demonstrate DTX
• created this javadoc package info file

1.0f: second version of DTX ... full funcionality reached ... committed

• see features above

Author: Florian Hofmann
Toolkit Dependancies: None
Demo(s):org.xith3d.test.Xith3DText2DTest & org.xith3d.test.Xith3DText2DDemo