Change Text during Animation

[HiAeroCycling (Peter Droogers)]

Hi. I’m creating animations and would like to change the text itself of a Text Source.

Tried using “aaa”, ‘AAA’, [AAA], etc. No success. Any help would be very welcome.

Thanks!

[mwestphal (Mathieu Westphal (Kitware))]

@HiAeroCycling

I’m creating animations and would like to change the text itself of a Text Source.

You want to change the text over time, is that correct ?

[HiAeroCycling (Peter Droogers)]

Hi Mathieu,
Indeed, I want to change the text over time.

[mwestphal (Mathieu Westphal (Kitware))]

you can try AnnotateTime

[HiAeroCycling (Peter Droogers)]

Forgot to mention I’m using the GUI.
Attached two screenshot. So question is how to enter text here that will change over time.

[mwestphal (Mathieu Westphal (Kitware))]

Text is not animatable like that, you can use python annotation or programmable filter to implement your own logic.

[HiAeroCycling (Peter Droogers)]

Thanks for the clarification.
I was just confused by the three options you get when modifying the Text Source: “Text”, “Visibility”, “Opacity” (see screenshot). So I wonder what “Text” is doing (nothing?).

[mwestphal (Mathieu Westphal (Kitware))]

I’m afraid this is automaticallly generated and non-fonctionnal

[HiAeroCycling (Peter Droogers)]

Thanks Mathieu.