PLOT allows you to send displayed entities directly to an
assigned plotter device for plotting. The default values 
for this option (e.g., plotter type, baud rate, etc.) are
assigned in the configuration program.

Send the entities displayed on the screen by choosing from
the following options:

AUTO - to send the entities displayed on the screen 
directly to an assigned plotter device for plotting using
automatic scaling factors and x, y offsets. 
Indicate whether or not to view and change the current 
scale factor and x, y offset values. If you choose NO, 
the default values are used. If you choose YES, enter a
scale factor, rotation angle and X, Y offset values. The
default values for each are displayed in parentheses.

The scale factor of the part currently displayed is
calculated from the plot paper size specified in the
configuration program and the current part scale (or 
number of units in the Drawing Window). The rotation 
angle is automatically set at 0. The x and y offset values
are assigned in the configuration program. The 0, 0 offset
values automatically center the plot on the plotting 
paper.


KEY IN  - to enter a plotting scale value, rotation
angle,(in degrees), and x, and y offset values for placing
the part on the paper. The default scale factor is
calculated from the plot paper size specified in the
configuration program and the current part scale (or 
number of units in the Drawing Window).


Indicate the method of plotting by choosing from the
following options:

PEN # - to plot according to the pen number attribute 
(with a maximum of 8) assigned to each entity during part
creation. This option is useful if you are working on a
monochrome display, but you can plot on a plotter offering
different pen colors.

COLOR - to plot according to the color assigned to each
entity during part creation. Because the color attribute 
in the system ranges from 1 to 15, it is possible to 
control up to 15 pens on the plotter. For further 
flexibility, you can use a configuration program option 
to map graphics colors to plotter pen numbers in other 
than a 1 to 1 scheme. This is particularly useful when 
the plotting device has fewer pens in its carriage than 
the number of graphics colors used in the part. A scheme 
may also be incorporated where more than one graphic color
is assigned to the same plotter pen number.


Using the Selection Menu, indicate the entities you want 
to plot.

Press <Enter> to begin plotting.

To terminate plotting at any time, press the <Esc> key.
Actual plotting ends as soon as the plotter's buffer is
empty, which varies from plotter to plotter.

When the plotting is done, press the <Esc> key.
