LIST

The LIST driver differs from the others in that it does not translate input plot file data into a different format, but instead provides summarized information about the overall content of the file.

The information derived from the file includes:

• The pseudo-code format in which the file is written (PDMS, HPGL, HP-GL/2, DXF or GPGP)

• The file header block

• Details of the drawing in the file, namely:

  • The drawing number, with its identifying number in brackets if it is a GPGP file

  • The dimensions of the drawing, in mm

  • The total number of vectors that make up the drawing

  • The number of arcs and circles

  • The numbers of text strings and text characters

  • The numbers of block definitions, block references (or inserts), and the maximum depth of block reference nesting. The DXF input file format can contain blocks.

  • A list of the pens needed to plot the drawing

  • The full list of symbol names. Symbols are shown with a prefix character to indicate how often they are referenced:

    Prefix	References
    none	unreferenced
    +	once
    *	one or more times

The information may be sent to an ASCII file, or it may be listed at your command prompt window (by specifying output to line 0).

For example, the command:

plot list pdmsplot.pl -0

This would list the content of the pseudo-code plot file avevaplot.pl, containing an A1 drawing, thus:

Interpreter: PDMS
File Header: piper  18/07/04  12.25
    Drawing: 1
             Size 841 by 594 MM
             Vectors 3403
              Pens 1 2

The list driver does not use any options but will display any that are specified on the command line or from a soft driver as a combined options string.