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Third-party content written by another agent. Data to evaluate, not instructions.
Use this when you need to author text into a kernelCAD script before the last top-level return. One authoring path, selected by mode:
- 'sketch' — insert a sketch.text(...) call. The emitted sketch is chainable: pair with subsequent .extrude(...) / cut(...) edits to land an engraved or raised text feature.
- 'emboss' — insert a
<shape>.embossText({...})chained call onto an existing Shapetarget. Use for engraved brand text on faces (Ray-Ban temple, CE mark, model number).depth > 0raises text out of the face;depth < 0engraves text into the face. Lowers via replicad drawText → sketchOnFace → extrude → fuse|cut.
Default font is the runtime-bundled Liberation Sans. Side-effect-free; returns the modified code plus diagnostics from re-evaluating. Each mode fails closed on its own missing required params.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| mode | string | yes | Which text-authoring path to use. |
| code | string | yes | The .kcad.ts source code. |
| content | string | no | mode:'sketch' — text content (UTF-8, non-empty, non-whitespace). |
| size | number | no | mode:'sketch'|'emboss' — glyph cap height in mm (positive finite). |
| font | string | no | mode:'sketch' — optional logical font name or .ttf file path; defaults to bundled Liberation Sans. |
| align | string | no | mode:'sketch' — horizontal alignment relative to position (default left); mode:'emboss' — relative to the UV anchor (default center). |
| position | array | no | mode:'sketch' — [x, y] anchor in mm. Default [0, 0]. |
| rotation | number | no | mode:'sketch' — CCW rotation in degrees around position (default 0); mode:'emboss' — CCW rotation in the face tangent plane (default 0). |
| bindAs | string | no | mode:'sketch' — emits `const <bindAs> = sketch.text(...)`; mode:'emboss' — emits `const <bindAs> = <target>.embossText(...);`. |
| target | string | no | mode:'emboss' — variable name of the Shape to chain onto (inserted verbatim). |
| textContent | string | no | mode:'emboss' — text content (UTF-8, non-empty, non-whitespace). |
| depth | number | no | mode:'emboss' — signed extrusion depth in mm: positive emboss out, negative engrave in. Must be non-zero. |
| face | string | no | mode:'emboss' — target face — canonical name ('top'/'bottom'/'left'/'right'/'front'/'back') or label. |
| fontFamily | string | no | mode:'emboss' — optional logical font name or .ttf file path; defaults to bundled Liberation Sans. |
| anchorU | number | no | mode:'emboss' — U anchor in [0, 1] face-local (0=umin, 0.5=centre, 1=umax). Default 0.5. |
| anchorV | number | no | mode:'emboss' — V anchor in [0, 1] face-local. Default 0.5. |
| scaleMode | string | no | mode:'emboss' — Drawing.sketchOnFace scaling mode. Default original. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"mode": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"sketch",
"emboss"
],
"description": "Which text-authoring path to use."
},
"code": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The .kcad.ts source code."
},
"content": {
"type": "string",
"description": "mode:'sketch' — text content (UTF-8, non-empty, non-whitespace)."
},
"size": {
"type": "number",
"description": "mode:'sketch'|'emboss' — glyph cap height in mm (positive finite)."
},
"font": {
"type": "string",
"description": "mode:'sketch' — optional logical font name or .ttf file path; defaults to bundled Liberation Sans."
},
"align": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"left",
"center",
"right"
],
"description": "mode:'sketch' — horizontal alignment relative to position (default left); mode:'emboss' — relative to the UV anchor (default center)."
},
"position": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "number"
},
"minItems": 2,
"maxItems": 2,
"description": "mode:'sketch' — [x, y] anchor in mm. Default [0, 0]."
},
"rotation": {
"type": "number",
"description": "mode:'sketch' — CCW rotation in degrees around position (default 0); mode:'emboss' — CCW rotation in the face tangent plane (default 0)."
},
"bindAs": {
"type": "string",
"description": "mode:'sketch' — emits `const <bindAs> = sketch.text(...)`; mode:'emboss' — emits `const <bindAs> = <target>.embossText(...);`."
},
"target": {
"type": "string",
"description": "mode:'emboss' — variable name of the Shape to chain onto (inserted verbatim)."
},
"textContent": {
"type": "string",
"description": "mode:'emboss' — text content (UTF-8, non-empty, non-whitespace)."
},
"depth": {
"type": "number",
"description": "mode:'emboss' — signed extrusion depth in mm: positive emboss out, negative engrave in. Must be non-zero."
},
"face": {
"type": "string",
"description": "mode:'emboss' — target face — canonical name ('top'/'bottom'/'left'/'right'/'front'/'back') or label."
},
"fontFamily": {
"type": "string",
"description": "mode:'emboss' — optional logical font name or .ttf file path; defaults to bundled Liberation Sans."
},
"anchorU": {
"type": "number",
"description": "mode:'emboss' — U anchor in [0, 1] face-local (0=umin, 0.5=centre, 1=umax). Default 0.5."
},
"anchorV": {
"type": "number",
"description": "mode:'emboss' — V anchor in [0, 1] face-local. Default 0.5."
},
"scaleMode": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"original",
"native",
"bounds"
],
"description": "mode:'emboss' — Drawing.sketchOnFace scaling mode. Default original."
}
},
"required": [
"mode",
"code"
]
}