Scaling and Mirroring Special Labels

The XYSCALE attribute of a SLAB allows independent scale control in the X and Y directions. Either or both values assigned to XYSCALE may be negative, which allows the SLAB to be ‘mirrored’.

Instanced text is only affected by its scale in Y direction. It is not possible to produce backwards or distorted text. A negative Y value will rotate the entire text to be upside-down. The Y scale affects the overall size of the text string. It is recommended that JUSTIFICATION CENTRE be used for text. This will keep the text position unchanged with respect to the rest of the symbol when the symbol is mirrored.

The SYSZ attribute may be used to change the scale uniformly in both directions, for example

Another variation is:

illustrates the effects of varying XYSCALE.

Note: Symbols (SYMB), see 2D Drafting, also have the XYSCALE attribute and may be manipulated in the same way. XYSCALE is also settable at LAYE level.

Figure 13:12. Varying the SLAB XYSCALE attribute