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11.7 The Text McStas Component
Release: McStas 3.9
Draw a text
Identification
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Author: Emmanuel Farhi
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Origin: SOLEIL
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Date: Oct 10, 2026
Description
A text with given size and orientation. The text is drawn in upper letters.
Example: Text(text="SOLEIL", size=0.5, plane="XY")
Input parameters
Parameters in boldface are required; the others are optional.
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Description |
Default |
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text |
str |
Text to draw. |
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size |
m |
Size of text. |
0.5 |
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plane |
str |
"XY","YZ",or "XZ" |
"XY" |
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pen_thickness |
1 |
Stroke diameter as fraction of text size. 0 draws thin lines, >0 draws each stroke as a cylinder with spherical joints. |
0.1 |
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Links
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Component source code found in file Text.comp.
