SB029 - Create Drawings Presenting Symbols in Specified Fonts

The program sb029 is used to create drawings of symbols. The symbols must have been defined in symbol fonts.

Environment Variables

• SB029_DWGNAME

  When creating drawings for symbol illustration, the first part of the name of the resulting drawing(s) should be assigned to this logical name.

  If not assigned, 'SB029_DWG' will be used.

  Each drawing created will then be stored under the name given by this logical, suffixed be a running number.

Required Drawing Form

When presenting symbols, the drawing form named SB029_FORM is required. Se below for further information about this drawing form.

Description of the Tasks

The program will create a drawing consisting of given symbols in a given symbol font. The drawing can then be printed. Several drawings can be made to constitute a paper copy of an entire symbol font. An example of a drawing can be found below:

Creation of a Drawing Form for SB029

This form is part of the delivery but can be modified using appropriate functionality in Marine Drafting if desired.

A symbol form has some rules that controls the positions of the symbols, the symbol numbers and the font numbers. A symbol form must contain exactly 12 positions for symbols.

For general information on rules and dynamic texts, see Drawing Forms and Rules.

• The symbols are positioned by rules starting at $300. The first symbol that should be placed is positioned at $300, the second at $301 and so on.

• The font numbers are positioned starting at rule $200 and then every fourth rule. The second symbol number will be placed at rule $204.

• The symbol numbers are positioned starting at rule $202 and then every fourth rule. The second symbol number will be placed at rule $206.

This is an example of a symbol form with the rules visible (before storing as a form).