PLOTTER

MEDIA

Specifies a standard paper size, A0...A4 or a user defined paper size.

USER $N $N

Used with Media, $N $N specify the U and V dimensions of the media respectively.

DEFINE VIEW $L

Creates a list of one or more named views.

VIEW $L

Specifies a list of one or more existing views to which the associated property is applied. The view properties are as follows;

SCALE $N

Defines the scale of the drawing as 1/$N.

EXTENTS $N $N $N $N

Defines the overall size of the view as minimum U, maximum U, minimum V and maximum V respectively. The values are given in the model units.

ORIGIN $N $N

Defines the position of the drawing origin (bottom left corner) in the media coordinate system.

TYPE

Defines the orientation of the view as either SECTION, WATERLINE, BUTTOCK, WORKPLANE or ISOMETRIC. For Section AND Waterline the /REFLECT qualifier can optionally be included.

EYE $N $N $N

For the orientation of isometric views, defines the X, Y, Z coordinates respectively, of the position the model is viewed from.

TARGET $N $N $N

For the orientation of isometric views, defines the X, Y, Z coordinates respectively, of the view point of the model.

LAYER

Controls which layers are visible in the view. The views are specified by the qualifiers $N for a single view, $S for a list of view numbers or /ALL. By default the command turns views on, optionally the qualifier /OFF can be included.

MODE

Controls how patches or curves are displayed in a view. The function of the available options is the same as for the options in the Mode command.

Note:
This is obsolete.

GRID

Controls the type of grid applied to a view. This can be NONE, AUTO which uses system defined spacings within the overall view size or CURVE which defines the grid based on all stored orthogonal curves.

For CURVE, the optional qualifier INC $N $N specifies the U, V increments respectively, for full grid lines. Intermediate grid positions are marked as ticks along the edge of the view border. The grid numbering is only output for full grid lines. The default increments are both 1.
NUMBERS defines whether the grid numbering is on or off. By default it is on.

HLR

Specifies that the view is to be processed through the hidden line removal algorithm.

Note:
This is obsolete.

CHARACTER $N $N

Define the width and height respectively, of characters, in media units.

PEN

Controls the number of the pen to be used for the particular element, either AXES, PATCH, TBHD, LBHD, DECK, COMPARTMENT, SECTION, WATERLINE, BUTTOCK, DIAGONAL, CLINE or CURVE.

BORDER

Use ON $N $N $N $N, to specify that a border should be included and give the margin values of top, bottom, right and left respectively. Simply use OFF to remove the border.

TABLE

Four types of table can be defined and include in the plot:

• DRAWING (contains project information and date)

• GP (general particulars)

• HULLFORM (hydrostatic information such as draft, volume, block coefficient )

• FRAME (frame table definition).

  For each table the location of the table is specified with respect to the bottom left corner of the paper, using ORIGIN $N $N. Use JUSTIFICATION to place the table in relation to the specified point.If WIDTH ON $N is used then the table width is fixed else it is automatically adjusted according to the maximum length of the text and requested character size (CHARACTER $N $N).

EXECUTE $F

Outputs the complete plot to the specified file. If the file name is omitted the plot is previewed in a selected graphic display window.

CLEAR

Deletes all existing plot settings.