P-Point Representation

P-points may be displayed in Paragon in one of two ways. The form of display is controlled by the REPRESENTATION PPOINTS command as illustrated in the Specifying P-points On or Off image.

Specifying P-points On or Off

The size of the arrow may also be controlled by the REPRESENTATION PPOINTS command, as illustrated in the Specifying P-point Length image. The overall length of the arrow is specified in millimetres. The default length is 50mm. Specifying a length of zero causes the P-point to appear as a dot.

Specifying P-point Length

The P-point numbers may be omitted, or they may be displayed any size, the size being specified in millimetres. The default size is 5 mm. The size of the numbers is controlled by the REPRESENTATION PPOINTS command, as illustrated in the Specifying P-point Number Representation image.

Specifying P-point Number Representation

Both LENGTH and NUMBERS may be set in the same command, for example:

REPRESENTATION PPOINTS ON LENGTH 25 NUMBERS ON SIZE 7

Note:
P-points are always displayed in some form. They cannot be omitted from the display completely.

Refer to Reference Section at the end of this chapter for the full syntax of the REPRESENTATION PPOINTS command.