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pieter

04 Jul, 2013 12:01 AM

Hello,

i need to measure the width of a textpath.
i found a way to create a rectangle with the exact dimensions of the text (with Fit to node)
bud i still can't figure out how to get the dimensions of that rectangle.

end goal.
i want to create a rectangle around the text that has a preset margin around the text.

thx anyone for helping out

1. Support Staff 1 Posted by lievenmenschaer... on 05 Jul, 2013 12:31 PM

   

   Hello,

   You can send the rect node to a lookup node and call for bounds OR bounds.x, bounds.y, bounds.width and bounds.height.

   I've included an example on your end goal by using bounds. I think it might be easier to use a scale node instead but there is more than one solution for your problem.

   regards
   lieven

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2. 2 Posted by Rafael Santos on 09 Jul, 2013 02:42 PM

   

   Hey, lievenmenschaert

   I'm looking for the API reference where I could find all kinds of cool attributes like the one you used in this solution, can you point me to it?

   Thanks

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3. Frederik De Bleser closed this discussion on 20 Aug, 2013 07:02 PM.

4. lievenmenschaert re-opened this discussion on 05 Feb, 2014 07:53 PM

5. Support Staff 3 Posted by lievenmenschaer... on 05 Feb, 2014 07:53 PM

   

   hi rafael,

   I will change the documentation page for the lookup node this week.
   In advance: lookup can be used to call for a few things:

   1. to call for a header key in a csv file
   2. to call for x,y in a point
   3. to call for bounds (bounds.x, bounds.y, bounds.width, bounds.height) of
   a path or geometry
   4. to call for fill, stroke or contours in a path or geometry.
   5. to call for hue, saturation, brightness in a color
   6. to call for red, green, blue in a color

   regards,

   lieven

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