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- You may select any of the drivers for use with your photo-plotter provided
- that the photo-plotter is 100% compatible with the selected driver. To
- select a photo-plotter driver from the list, use the up and down arrow keys
- on the key pad to highlight the desired driver, then press F1 to continue.
-
- Both of the photo-plotter drivers will produce identical output files. The
- purpose of offering two independent photo-plotter drivers is to allow the
- user to independently customize each of the drivers.
-
- The user has the ability to modify the default settings for the plotter
- driver that has been selected. To modify the settings, use the left and
- right arrow keys to move over to the column to be modified and enter the
- values as described below.
-
- APERTURES
-
- The aperture value can be 1 thru 999. This value determines the number of
- apertures that can be assigned during the CAM routine.
-
- XSIZE AND YSIZE
-
- These sizes are described in thousands of an inch. For example, 20.0 inches
- is entered as 20000. These values are used in the CAM routine to determine
- the size of the photo-plotter. It is recommended that the values which are
- entered in these columns should not exceed the maximum plotting area of the
- selected photo-plotter.
-
- UNITS
-
- The units value can be a 0 or a 1. A value of 1 will create an output file
- in metric coordinates, and a 0 will create an output file in Imperial co-
- ordinates.
-
- PREC(ision)
-
- The precision value can be 1 thru 5. The precision value represents the
- number of digits after the decimal point. When the UNITS value is set to
- imperial, the coordinates are expressed in inches. When the UNITS value is
- set to metric, the coordinates are expressed in millimeters.
-
- Imperial Value Metric
-
- .1 inches 1 .1 mm
- .01 inches 2 .01 mm
- .001 inches 3 .001 mm
- .0001 inches 4 .0001 mm
- .00001 inches 5 .00001 mm
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- NUMBER OF DIGITS
-
- The number of digits value represents the total number of digits for an X or
- Y coordinate including leading or trailing zeros. The decimal point is
- assumed and does not count as a digit.
-
- LEADING AND TRAILING ZEROS
-
- The value for leading and trailing zeros can be a 0, 1, or 2.
-
- 0 = No suppression of zeros.
- 1 = Suppression of leading zeros.
- 2 = Suppression of trailing zeros.
-
- COORDINATES
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- The value for coordinates can be a 0 or a 1.
-
- 0 = Absolute.
- 1 = Incremental.
-
- REPEAT
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- The value for repeated coordinates can be a 0 or a 1.
-
- 0 = Repeated coordinates will NOT be suppressed.
- 1 = Repeated coordinates will be suppressed.
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