Measure ShapeString Height/Width via python script

[MamboDee]

After creating a ShapeString with the following code:

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ss=Draft.makeShapeString(String="Hello",FontFile="C:/Windows/Fonts/cour.ttf",Size=10.0,Tracking=0.0)
# Gui.Selection.addSelection('Unnamed','ShapeString')
plm=FreeCAD.Placement()
plm.Base=FreeCAD.Vector(0.13, 0.17, 0.0)
plm.Rotation.Q=(0.0, 0.0, 1.5308084989341915e-17, 1.0)
ss.Placement=plm
ss.Support=None
Draft.autogroup(ss)

Is there a way to get the the height and the width of the ss object? I would like create a macro that measures the selected ShapeString and either gives the measurements on the console or updates an aliased cell on a spreadsheet.

Most Youtube videos involve using the distance tools with is 1) cumbersome and 2) Time consuming when making multiple text size and text placement changes.

[chrisb]

You can use the BoundingBox. To provide correct results the ShapeString must not be rotated then. If you want to rotate it anyway, place it in a compound and rotate that.