Hi there. I’m using max 8 sp1
using bobo’s code:
unRegisterRedrawViewsCallback showObjectNames
fn showObjectNames=
(
gw.setTransform(Matrix3 1)
for o in $ where not o.isHidden do
(
gw.text o.pos (o as string) color:yellow
)
gw.enlargeUpdateRect #whole
gw.updateScreen()
)
registerRedrawViewsCallback showObjectNames
showObjectNames()
The text shows up when I evaluate, but the redrawing is highly sporadic
When I move around in the viewport the text disappears
Every now and then part of it will come back. For example, if I minimize max, select an object, etc, part of it might come back for a little bit and then go away again.
If I delete the objects then it says “no map function for undefined”
Even more confusing to me is why this code does absolutely nothing:
[size=1]gw.text [0,0,0] "what?" color:red
gw.enlargeUpdateRect #whole
gw.updateScreen()
And what is the difference between the gw.text, gw.hText, and gw.wText?
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I would guess you are using a Direct3D driver. It does this usually.
SZB, OpenGL and Maxtreme do not. (This text drawng capability is really a Heidi thing, and Direct3D is, well, Microsoft crap).
If you want text, switch your drivers.
Of course, I might be wrong and the cause could be somewhere else, but I would be very surprised…
i also had the problem that text get’s drawn behind object’s (with any driver)
not so with polylines! has anyone seen this maybe?
Ah, the driver, yeah that was it. Thanks Bobo