Macro FCCircularText/es

1. switchModeTextList= false
2. switchFontComBox = false
3. setSystemFonts = false
4. seTtextAlignement = 0

1. switchModeTextList= true
2. switchFontComBox = false
3. setSystemFonts = false
4. seTtextAlignement = 0

1. switchModeTextList= true
2. switchFontComBox = false
3. setSystemFonts = false
4. seTtextAlignement = 1 (0=Left, 1=Centered, 2=Right)

1. switchModeTextList= true
2. switchFontComBox = true
3. setSystemFonts = false
4. seTtextAlignement = 1

the last used Radio Button is saved in the parameters of FreeCAD

Generator section

• Integer: The data is Integer
• Float: The data is Float
• Unicode: The data is Unicode begin 32 to ... (0 to 31 are characters used by the system)
• pi: The value of pi with X decimals

• 0,0000 (Integer) : Generator. For validate the first number, click the Return button or
  
  • for begin on click to 0 go to the preference option:
  • Tools → Edit parameters
  • User parameter:BaseApp/Preferences/Macros/FCMmacros/FCCircularText
  • change the parameter setDS_Generateur_Begin to -1"
• 1,0000 (Step) : Step of the generator
• Characters separation (1): Characters to insert between each click increment or decrease generator, the number of character(s) is displayed
• Clear generator: Clear the generator return to 0

• Text: Result of the generator, all entry are concatenated only the pi erase the result without concatenation
  • You can concatenate after the pi entry
• 1 (Repetition) : the result is repeated X times
• Ok: Validate the generator result
• Clear lineEdit: Clear the lineEdit result

Command section

• Points: Create one Draft Point at the base point of the character (the serial points is saved in the separate group)
• Circle: Create on Draft Circle limit of the radius given.
• BoundBox: Create the boundBox for each character.
• Progression: Progression of the creation of the characters (the new version stay visible ?).

• Reset: Reset all values and displays the number of characters displayed in the window.
• Reset: The reset is performed for each character, if this option is checked no reset is performed,

if the result give errors or not give the expected result is corrupt: uncheck the checkBox click the Reset Button or close and restart the FCCircularText macro

• Free: Mode free.
• Del: Delete the last task performed

• Run: Launches the macro, the characters are separate and saved in a directory.
• Run + Comp: Launches the macro (characters are separate and saved in a directory) and creates one unique Compound object of all characters.
• The Help button displays the wiki page in the FreeCAD browser
• Exit: Leaves the macro (bye).

Parameters available

Certain parameter are available in the parameters of FreeCAD, see: Menu → Tools → Edit Parameters

• User parameter: BaseApp/Preferences/Macros/FCMmacros/FCCircularText

• • switchModeTextList :
    • false normal text mode (and black) turns off switchFontComBox
    • true allow switchFontComBox 1 (default)
  • switchFontComBox :
    • false (and switchModeTextList = 1) text mode (in color) in Faster ComboBox list (default)
    • true (and switchModeTextList = 1) font Family in ComboBox list, slower but more beautiful!
  • setSystemFonts :
    • false matplotlib.font_manager.findSystemFonts ("C: /", "ttf") do all fonts (in all folders and subfolders of the HD) time !!
    • true fontman.findSystemFonts (self.pathFont)
      make all the fonts in the directory (and in all the subfolders) (default)
  • seTtextAlignement : 0 = AlignLeft (default) 1 = AlignCenter 2 = AlignRight
  • setFontByDefault : Font by Default (the last used)
  • switchResetFALSE : false reset (default), true no reset (not recommended) some switches can stay open or close unexpectedly!
  • setPathOrthogonal : true false
  • setPathTangent : true false
  • setPositionBase : true false
  • setPositionCenter : true false
  • setPositionTop : true false
  • switchVersionSearch : true false
  • Version : FCCircularText version

Launch the macro folder FcString for created characters and a file FcClock for created clocks.

Script

The button icon:

- in .PNG

- in .SVG

(See Customize_Toolbars for more)

Script

Macro_Circular_Text.FCMacro

or download the script :

- on github Macro_FCCircularText.FCMacro

- at the forum Extrude from curved surface of cylinder

Examples

Example onto Ellipse

Mode relief:

Example section path

Example utilization Generator

Limitations

Note it is possible that an error may occur between versions. Please post the issue on the forum and wait for the updated fix or rollback to a previous version of the macro. Thank you.)

It is possible that two characters may overlap. If this happens, here's a workaround available using the Rotate-To-Point Macro.

(not fully developed)

Planned:

Writing circular text on a path of the selected position object.

Change log

ver 0.24d 2026/10/11 : correction 0.24b: 4653, 4594, 4821 by Direction thanks

ver 24c 2026/10/03 : return to (code) instead the FreeCAD command Gui.Selection.clearSelection(), give error if one object is selected

• ver 0.24b 2026/09/29 : add create and reverse wire (create one bspline and reverse the Points), modify convert_Int_To_RGB case INT = 0

• ver 0.24 2026/09/25 : add Generator of characters option

• ver 0.23b 2026/09/13 : correct link to the images Path Base/orthogonal !!!

• ver 0.23 2026/09/13 : add justification, tracking, inverse, option color

• ver 0.22f 2025/09/25 : return to PySide, adding info for use of the MONOSPACE font

• ver 0.22e 2024/07/11 : delete "ss.support = None"

• ver 0.22d 2024/07/11 : delete "import WebGui" cause error in 0.22xxx FC and replaced by "import webbrowser"

• ver 0.22c 2023/11/17 : adding restore selection after delete the last object , by TheMarkster , thanks

• ver 0.22b 2023/11/15 : upgrade correction stylesheet and FreeCAD.activeDocument().recompute(None,True,True)

• ver 0.22 2022/06/06 : adding QScrollArea cause : Unable to run FCCircularText [Problem with screen size]

• ver 0.21 2022/05/31 : adding button search other path fontmanuelly, and button return font origin of system

• ver 0.20 2021/04/05 : adding icone in macro, Tab for diminish the heigth of the macro, remove all dimensions of widgets now fully compatible with the stylesheet, revisite the search version for compatibility and other little change.

• ver 1.19 2021/03/15 : adding button Delete the last object created and the code FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.openTransaction("FCCTc") for Undo/Redo system

• • Adding CheckBox Reset for switched/activated (requested by users) the natural reset after all push button Runand Run comp. This use checkBox is not advised, is you constade one malfunction pusch the Reset button or quit FCCircularText and restart.

• ver 0.18 2021/01/19 : correction bug see FCCircularText Macro issues

• ver 0.17b 2020/09/28 : correction little bug (pl instead plm in path section) and arrange the window (dimension) Clock, Helix, Path

• ver 0.17 2020/09/26 : adding create circular text on wire (curve, arc, spline, line ...) selected, mode word

ver 16d 2020/09/15 : see the MasterCATZ commented Sep 14, 2020 message

delete the FC 0.18 test section:

• ver 0.16c 2020/07/24 : modify text proposed by Kunda1 Please review FCVerticalText Macro

• ver 0.16b 2020/07/24 : correct __title__ to __Title__ in 0.18 FC test (see Please review FCVerticalText Macro)

• ver 0.16 2020/06/07 : little bug in Linux with the path, impost PolicePath = "/usr/share/fonts/" (stay on path /xx/xx/xx/xx/xx/xx/ on entry)

• ver 0.15 2020/06/01 : For PySide2 Qt5 adding matplotlib fonts in comboView, config on parameter

• ver 0.14-4 2020/04/25 : corrected for "DisplayMode = u"Flat Lines" :

• ver 0.14-3 2020/04/25 : adapted for :

• ver 0.14-2 2019/07/22 replace chr(176) (give error <FC 0.18) and replace with the wmayer code, see Fehler in Version 0.19 pre ??

• ver 0.14-1 2019/06/11 replace "°" to chr(176)

• ver 0.14 2019/04/27 compatible for Python 3.6.6 and Qt 5.6.2 (cause: unicode() )

• ver 0.13 30/01/2018 add feature Pivot for rotate the character on himself

• ver 0.13 09/08/2016 replace the button "New font" to "fontComboBox" cause , with Windows 10 the window Font stay empty the files are hidden

• ver 0.12 03/07/2016 optimize the code for accept the decimal number in determination angle

replace the line

to

• ver 0.10 17/05/2015 adding lines 1365, 1366 only created more clock face ?? ()

• ver 0.9 11/05/2015 thank you NormandC for testing

• ver 0.7 02/02/2015 suppression 2 str App.Console.PrintMessage(str(PolicePath)+"\n") to App.Console.PrintMessage((PolicePath)+"\n") that caused an error with the characters above 128 in the police path.
• ver 0.6 23/11/2014 corrected "texte = unicode(self.textEdit.toPlainText())" now accept "'éèà@..."
• ver 0.5 19/11/2014 Gui
• ver 0.4 10/10/2014 add variable "rotation" in the loop (for i in range(0,rotation,(rotation/nombre)): # 360 a parametrer)
• ver 0.4 27/08/2014 correction error of de radius (exterieur=0, debout=1)
• ver 0.3 26/08/2014 add creation text of flat curve
• ver 0.2 26/08/2014 add creation text of internal curve
• ver 0.1

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