- creator: Dave P.
- version: 4.5
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description 🔗
We LOVE SketchUp! But the text, not so much.
Because SketchUp text is a “face me” object, it jumps around and will not stay put as you orbit your model. And because no two apps show text the same way, it is hard to get WYSIWYG text output to printers or CAD. So we invented FlatText.
This is lettering done Old School - using vectors (edges) instead of bitmaps.
Like 3D Text, it goes where you put it, and stays there. Unlike 3D Text, you can edit everything about it. And FlatText characters are much “leaner” (fewer edges) than 3D Text characters.
No more cleaning up your exported text in CAD. You can set the colors of the text, leader lines, and arrowheads - perfect for controlling line weights in PrettyPrint™, or just jazzing things up! FlatTexts can also have opaque backgrounds so your text “erases” things behind it for more readable drawings.
There’s even an API so that you can call FlatText from other plugins. No license required! Developers: See the FlatText web page for details.
When your free trial expires, FlatText will keep on working, but the Power Tools will be disabled. In other words, basic FlatText is still FREE!
For more info, please see the FlatText web page.