Positioning Detail Plots

A blank area of the drawing sheet can be set aside for the detail plots, using the RESERVE command. This command allows you to reserve an area at either the bottom of the plotting area or of the material list area, or at the top of the drawing area. The plots can then be positioned in this area using the POSItion DETAILPlots command.

The POSItion DETAILPlots command requires the user to specify the following additional information:

• The start point coordinates (x and y) for the first plot.

• The direction to line up further detail plots.

• A stacking integer and direction, to stack the plots if the number of plots exceeds the integer. Producing a matrix of parallel rows and column.

Alternatively, a grid reference number may be specified for each detail plot, in the DPGRID attribute of the component. The plot will be positioned at the origin of the defined area of the drawing area. The drawing area is divided up into 9 sections (3 x 3 square) as shown in the following diagram.

If the same grid square is referred to by more than one detail plot on an isometric, then only the first occurrence for that grid square will be output. This effectively limits the number of detail plots on an isometric plot to a maximum of 9.

Note: Manually placed and stacked detail plots cannot be mixed on the same isometric.