TEXTTOOBJ(1)

NAME
texttoobj - create 2-D text outlines in object file format for use in Wavefront's Advanced Visualizer.

SYNOPSIS
texttoobj text_file object_file fontname

DESCRIPTION
Wavefront does not have the internal ability to create text. This command may be used to generate an object file containing text that may be read by Wavefront. The created text is in the form of 2-D faces which may be extruded to create 3-D letters.

OPTIONS

text_file
    This is an ASCII file containing the lines of text to be converted into an object file.

object_file
    This is the name of the Wavefront object file that will be created. For example, if "junk" was specified, the file "junk.obj" will be created.

fontname
    This is the name of the font to be used to create the text. Valid fonts are:

Fonts similar to Times:
    news
    news-bold
    news-italic
    news-bolditalic

Fonts similar to Helvetica:
    compact
    compact-bold
    compact-oblique
    compact-boldoblique

Fonts similar to Courier:
    mono
    mono-bold
    mono-oblique
    mono-boldoblique

A font containing the greek alphabet:
    greek

EXAMPLE

texttoobj junk text news-bold
    Create a Wavefront object file called "text.obj" containing faces (polygons) corresponding to the text in the file called "junk" using the news font.

LIMITATIONS
Since this command uses the Wavefront program "model", it will only run on a machine with "model" in its path.

FILES
$WF_LBIN/fonts/[fontname].dsc
$WF_LBIN/fonts/[fontname].obj

SEE ALSO
wavefront.cmd(1), extbvlin.cmd(1), extbvlout.cmd(1),

AUTHOR
Wesley C. Barris (wes@msc.edu)
Army High Performance Computing Research Center (AHPCRC)
Minnesota Supercomputer Center, Inc.