Text Alignment

it is possible to set some relations to other text

Hey all,

so under the directory "T:\Projects\projectsv12\APACHE\VARANUS\variso\std" i have an isometric option file. (a few actually).
is there a way to justify and/or align the text to middle and centre?
coz when you position an attribute text it has only the pos and the character height:
TextPosition :PROJECT_TITLE X 400mm Y 27mm CharHeight 3.5mm

In draft you would put:
JUST Centre
ALIGN HBODY

Any thoughts?

meanns previously defined
you can set relations to their coordinates

other texts meaning not those ones?

but then wouldnt the text be left justified anyway?

did anybody figure anything out about justification?  i too am trying to center justify instrument names in their bubbles and center justify my iso title text.  thanks

i'm wondering if we can put a pml expression in the iso plotfile forms (for the Xposition)?  i am trying to solve my text justification problem by using a number based on the LEN(NAME) but am having trouble with syntax.  has anybody done this?

Nevermind.  i figured it out.  Easy fix in the option file, as opposed to using the form!  duh!  (just learning...)

I am just learning as well and would like to know your fix in the option file.  Mine currently reads . . .

Instname  NAME with balloon size 6

Thank you.

Add next function (with name aligniso.pmlfnc) into your pmllib:

define function !!aligniso (!inputtext is string, !x is real, !y is real, !charheig is real, !alignparam is string)
    !align = !alignparam.upcase()
    !z = !charheig * 0.7
    !l = !inputtext.length()
    if !align eq |R| then
        !x1 = !x -!l * !z
    elseif !align eq |C| then
        !x1 = !x - ( !l / 2 ) * !z
    else
        !x1 = !x
    endif
    !output = |TextPosition '$!inputtext' X $!x1 Y $!y charheight $!charheig|
   $!output
endfunction

In Option file use !!aligniso ('Project Title', 400,27,3.5, 'r'), instead of TextPosition ':PROJECT_TITLE' X 400mm Y 27mm CharHeight 3.5mm

'r' - for right just

'c' - for center just

and '' - for left just