This is an initial commit for inserting a text file as one 3d text object per line. The function for making the objects aligned to the screen needs to be added, since right now it is aligning rotation to the screen but translation is not right since I am adding an offset to the non-viewport location of the objects. That offset just needs to be translated to screen first.

1 files changed, 67 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/source/blender/src/editfont.c b/source/blender/src/editfont.c
index fec40995a2c..2c5be982b7a 100644
--- a/source/blender/src/editfont.c
+++ b/source/blender/src/editfont.c
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 #include "DNA_vfont_types.h"
 #include "DNA_scene_types.h"
 #include "DNA_text_types.h"
+#include "DNA_view3d_types.h"
 
 #include "BKE_displist.h"
 #include "BKE_font.h"
@@ -312,6 +313,72 @@ void txt_export_to_object(struct Text *text)
 }
 
 
+void txt_export_to_objects(struct Text *text)
+{
+	ID *id;
+	Curve *cu;
+	struct TextLine *tmp, *curline;
+	int nchars;
+	int linNum = 0;
+
+	if(!text) return;
+
+	id = (ID *)text;
+
+	if (G.obedit && G.obedit->type==OB_FONT) return;
+	check_editmode(OB_FONT);
+
+	curline = text->lines.first;
+	while(curline){	
+	 	/*skip lines with no text, but still make space for them*/
+		if(curline->line[0] == '\0'){
+			linNum++;
+			curline = curline->next;
+			continue;
+		}
+			
+	
+		nchars = 0;	
+		add_object(OB_FONT);
+	
+		base_init_from_view3d(BASACT, G.vd);
+		G.obedit= BASACT->object;
+		where_is_object(G.obedit);
+		
+		
+		/* Do the translation */
+		
+		G.obedit->loc[1] -= linNum;
+	
+		/* End Translation */
+		
+			
+		cu= G.obedit->data;
+		
+		cu->vfont= get_builtin_font();
+		cu->vfont->id.us++;
+	
+		nchars = strlen(curline->line) + 1;
+	
+		if(cu->str) MEM_freeN(cu->str);
+	
+		cu->str= MEM_mallocN(nchars+4, "str");
+		
+		strcpy(cu->str, curline->line);
+		cu->len= strlen(curline->line);
+		cu->pos= cu->len;
+
+
+		make_editText();
+		exit_editmode(1);
+
+		linNum++;
+		curline = curline->next;
+	}
+	allqueue(REDRAWVIEW3D, 0);
+}
+
+
 void do_textedit(unsigned short event, short val, char _ascii)
 {
 	Curve *cu;