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Text Builder
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What is Text Builder?
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*TEXT_BUILDER is a new worker that is available on d3VIEW to build Materials as text files using text editor and variables in Workflows.​

We can further modify the values manullay or by adding different input variables to the editor and save them to build the text Materials.
 

.. thumbnail:: /_images/Images/whatistextbuilder.png
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   Text Builder

.. centered:: :sup:`Text Builder`

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Languages support in Text Builder
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The worker *TEXT BUILDER supports all languages like LSDYA, text , JAVA,PYTHON, etc and materials can be built using all these languages.


.. thumbnail:: /_images/Images/languagestextbuilder.png
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   Languages 

.. centered:: :sup:`Languages`

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Input variables in Text Builder
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*TEXT_BUILDER worker supports TEXT, NUMBER, DEFINE_TABLE and CURVE input variables in the editor and these can be viewed in raw and parsed contents.​

Below video shows how to build a basic material using text builder worker.

.. video:: _static/movies/textbuilderinputs.mp4
   :width: 100%    

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*TEXT_BUILDER worker supports viewing of number input in exponential form under settings option.​

.. thumbnail:: /_images/Images/numberinputsexponentialform.png
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   Number inputs

.. centered:: :sup:`Number Inputs`

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Conditions in Text Builder
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Different conditions are supported in Text Builder worker.

Conditions like 'IF' and 'Else' are now supported for the variables in the code editor under *TEXT_BUILDER worker​

Below video shows how to use conditions in the Text builder worker.

.. video:: _static/movies/textbuilderconditionss.mp4
   :width: 100%    

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Adding blocks to lines
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*TEXT_BUILDER worker supports adding of blocks to the lines in Workflows. Multiple lines can be selected and blocks can be added to these lines.​

These blocks can be used to drag and drop the input variables correctly on to the places and makes the building of the Materials easy for the user.

.. video:: _static/movies/textbuilderblocks.mp4
   :width: 100%    

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In *TEXT_BUILDER worker, the blocks added to the lines can be removed using the content menu options.​


.. thumbnail:: /_images/Images/removeblockstextbuilder.png
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   Remove blocks

.. centered:: :sup:`Remove blocks`

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