Engraving

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Engraving

Creates an engraved text ring flowing text along an implicit ring curve built from a finger diameter

Nickname: Engraving · Tab: Shanks › Engraving

Inputs

Name	Nickname	Type	Access	Default	Description
Ring Diameter (optional)	Diameter	Number	item	—	Finger diameter used to build the implicit ring curve
Rotation Angle (optional)	Angle	Number	item	—	Rotation of the ring seam (and text) around the Y axis, in degrees
Text (optional)	Text	Generic	item	—	Text parameters
Orientation Plane (optional)	Plane	Plane	item	—	Orientation plane applied to the flat text before flowing along the ring. Defaults to World XY.
JSON (optional)	JSON	Text	item	—	JSON representation of EngraveRingParams
Computation Mode (optional)	Computation Mode	Text	item	RENDER	Computation mode: RENDER or MANUFACTURING. Defaults to RENDER.

Outputs

Name	Nickname	Type	Access	Description
Breps	Breps	Brep	list	Engraved text Breps (only when Thickness > 0)
Curves	Curves	Curve	list	Engraved text curves flowed along the ring
Ring Curve	Ring Curve	Curve	item	Implicit ring curve used as mother for the engraving
Magnet Top	Magnet Top	Plane	item	Top center of the bounding box
Magnet Bottom	Magnet Bot.	Plane	item	Bottom center of the bounding box
Magnet North	Magnet North	Plane	item	North center of the bounding box
Magnet South	Magnet South	Plane	item	South center of the bounding box
Magnet West	Magnet West	Plane	item	West center of the bounding box
Magnet East	Magnet East	Plane	item	East center of the bounding box
Taxonomy	Taxonomy	Generic	item	Engraving taxonomy dictionary (reader-compatible keys)

Engraving - Text Parameters

Define the text parameters for an engraved ring

Nickname: Engraving Text · Tab: Shanks › Engraving

Inputs

Name	Nickname	Type	Access	Default	Description
Text	Text	Text	item	RhinoArtisan	Text to engrave
Font	Font	Text	item	Bienchen	Font name (e.g. Bienchen, Discipuli Britannica, Helvetia Verbundene, Sacramento or any installed font)
Font Style	Font Style	Text	item	Regular	Font style: Regular, Bold or Italic
Height	Height	Number	item	1.5	Text height
Spacing	Spacing	Number	item	0.5	Spacing between letters
Thickness	Thickness	Number	item	0.0	Extrusion thickness. 0 outputs curves only.
Move Z	Move Z	Number	item	0.0	Offset of the text along Z before flowing
Horizontal Align	Horizontal Align	Text	item	CENTER	Horizontal alignment: LEFT, CENTER, RIGHT or JUSTIFY
Vertical Align	Vertical Align	Text	item	CENTER	Vertical alignment: TOP, CENTER or BOTTOM
Flip Horizontal	Flip Horizontal	Boolean	item	false	Mirror the text horizontally
Flip Vertical	Flip Vertical	Boolean	item	false	Mirror the text vertically
Connector (optional)	Connector	Generic	item	—	Dictionary from a Reader Connector output. Individual inputs override.

Outputs

Name	Nickname	Type	Access	Description
Text Params	Text	Generic	item	Dictionary of text parameters