textbox


(textbox elist)

This function calculates the extents points (minimum and maximum points) for the specified elist text definition list.

Arguments

elist  (list) an (entget) style definition list containing the minimum dxf groups which define a text (attribute, mtext) entity

Return

list of 2 2d points : '(ptMinimum ptMaximum)

Example

(textbox '((1 . "Just a test")))
((0.0 0.0 0.0) (26.6689814814815 2.5 0.0))

Remarks

the text extents are calculated as when the text entity is located at origin point (0,0,0) with 0 rotation, in WCS;
other dxf groups can be specified, like text style, text height etc.



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