Plotting and Drawing Output - General

Plotfiles are produced by the PLOT command, which takes the following alternative forms:

PLOT uuname filename [papersize] [OVERWRITE]

PLOT /sheet_name /filename [papersize] [OVERWRITE]

PLOT SHEE FILE /filename [papersize] [OVERWRITE]

PLOT VIEW FILE /filename [papersize] [OVERWRITE]

Example:

PLOT /SHEET1 /SH1.PLT

PLOT VIEW FILE /VW1.PLT A3

If the paper size is not specified then it will be taken as the same as the item being plotted.

Existing plotfiles will not be overwritten unless the OVERWRITE option is used.

There are three additional options which may be specified between papersize and OVERWRITE:

• CUTMARKS. By default the rectangular limit of the plotfile will be shown; this can be suppressed by CUTMARKS OFF.

• The BORDER value option will cause a border to be left within the specified paper size. The image size of the item being plotted will be reduced accordingly.

• The FRAME option causes a frame to be drawn around the image; FRAME can only be used in concert with the BORDER option and marks the inside edge of the border. It does not control the frame around the edge of the plotfile (see CUTMARKS above).

An example of a PLOT command using its entire syntax is:

PLOT SHEE FILE /S3.PLT A1 CUT OFF BORD 25 FRAME OVER

If required, plotfile style definitions can be made different from those on the screen. Hence a line that appears as thin, solid, on the screen could be made thick, dashed, on plotfiles. See User-Defined Line Styles.

You can query the size of a plotfile using the command:

Query PLOTFile name SIZE

The response will be the size rectangle of the plot.