Rotate Point Text?

Question

Hello,
Can someone please point me in the right direction on how to set the rotation value for point text?
I would greatly appreciate any tips.
Thanks,
-jeshua

Answer 1

//To work with a point text object.
//Position of the point text object.
//For instance the text point will be at 400, 300.
AIRealPoint TextPosition;
TextPosition.h=400;
TextPosition.v=300;
//Choose the rotation angle for the point text object.
//For instance 45°.
AIReal RotationAngle;
RotationAngle=kAIRealPi4;
//Creation of the text object with the AITextFrameSuite.
//For instance, the point text object will be created above all at textPosition.
AIArtHandle Texte;
error = sAITextFrame->NewPointText(kPlaceAboveAll, nil, kHorizontalTextOrientation, TextPosition, &Texte);
//The matrix for the position and rotation of the point text object.
//The AIRealMathSuite and the AITransformArtSuite are used.
AIRealMatrix matrix;
//Set the rotation matrix.
sMath->AIRealMatrixSetRotate( &matrix, RotationAngle);
//Then concat a translation to the matrix.
sMath->AIRealMatrixConcatTranslate( &matrix, TextPosition.h, TextPosition.v);
//Apply the matrix to the point text object.
error = sAITransformArt->TransformArt(Texte, &matrix, 0, kTransformObjects);
//The point text object is in the good position but, it is a empty text.
TextRangeRef textRange;
AIColor TextColor;
ATE::ApplicationPaintRef ATECouleurRef;
ATE::IParaFeatures justif;
ATE::ICharFeatures features;
FontRef fontRef;
AIFontKey fontKey;
error = sAITextFrame->GetATETextRange(Texte, &textRange );
ATE::ITextRange iTextRange( textRange );
iTextRange.Remove();
justif.SetLeadingType(ATE::kRomanLeadingType);
justif.SetStartIndent(kAIRealZero);
justif.SetFirstLineIndent(kAIRealZero);
justif.SetJustification(ATE::kCenterJustify);
features.SetTracking(kAIRealZero);
//The font size. For instance 14 points.
features.SetFontSize(14);
//The font.
//For instance, 10 is a number of the font in the font list.
error=sAIFont->IndexFontList(10, &fontKey );
error = sAIFont->FontFromFontKey ( fontKey, &fontRef );
ATE::IFont iFont( fontRef );
features.SetFont( iFont );
//For a red text.
TextColor.kind=kThreeColor;
TextColor.c.rgb.red=255;
TextColor.c.rgb.green=0;
TextColor.c.rgb.blue=0;
error = sATEPaint->CreateATEApplicationPaint(&CouleurTexte, &ATECouleurRef);
features.SetFillColor(ATE::IApplicationPaint(ATECouleurRef));
//The text itself. For instance JLG.DIMENSION CS3.
iTextRange.InsertAfter("JLG.DIMENSION CS3");
//Apply the text characteristics.
iTextRange.SetLocalCharFeatures(features);
iTextRange.SetLocalParaFeatures(justif);
//I use this method in my own plugins like JLG.Dimension. http://perso.orange.fr/jlg.outils.
//Try it and adapt it.
JLG.