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Converting text to geometry when performing a 2d view export

haroon.haider39ZXL — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 15:20:03 GMT

We have been able to get access to the lines, grids, annotations and other basic elements of a 2d view (using the IExportContext2D interface). Is there a way to convert the annotation text from strings to geometry using Revit API similar to how you can do it in AutoCAD ?

I'm looking to get something like the attached image.

Re: Converting text to geometry when performing a 2d view export

jeremy_tammik — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 15:42:19 GMT

You could take recourse to a pixel image, if all else fails...

Re: Converting text to geometry when performing a 2d view export

haroon.haider39ZXL — Wed, 31 Mar 2021 11:58:12 GMT

Update: I ended up getting what I need by processing a TextNode from the export context method OnText() call. There is enough information in the text node class to be able to convert it to a GraphicsPath and pull out the geometry from there.

Re: Converting text to geometry when performing a 2d view export

jeremy_tammik — Wed, 19 Jan 2022 13:31:05 GMT

Thank you for confirming! I added your note of your solution to the blog:

https://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/blog/2022/01/detailed-2d-text-and-other-element-geometry.html#3

Re: Converting text to geometry when performing a 2d view export

olena_havatiuk — Mon, 15 Jan 2024 10:14:30 GMT

Im really appreciate for your info, many thanks!!

Re: Converting text to geometry when performing a 2d view export

revitapi99 — Tue, 17 Jun 2025 05:20:07 GMT

Hi @haroon.haider39ZXL

Can you please elaborate how you have converted TextNode to GraphicsPath, I want to export the text geometry and I want to extract text path points.