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- DPSCL Menu: DSG
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- Places a whole drawing using a specified scale.
-
- 1.* (CHAR) file name to place (1-8 char.)
- 2.* (NUM) scale in target frame (0.01-100000)
- 3.* (POINT) position (Alt+2-origin), <ENTER>-another scale
-
- Description
- This command places a whole drawing on the drawing sheet. The drawing is
- scaled at a specified scale.
-
- Specify the name of the file to be placed. Then specify the scale at which
- the drawing is to be placed on the drawing sheet.
-
- A rectangle representing the drawing at the specified scale appears attached
- to the cursor. Use the cursor to specify the location of the drawing on the
- drawing sheet. If you find that the size of the rectangle is unsatisfactory
- you may press <ENTER> to specify a new scale.
-
- In order to help you place the drawing you may change the "origin" of the
- frame. The "origin" is the point at which the rectangle is attached to the
- cursor, i.e. the relationship of the drawing to the cursor. If you press
- <Alt>+2 the position of the rectangle in relation to the cursor will change.
- There are six possible locations:
-
- 1 - lower-left corner of minimum enclosing rectangle
- 2 - origin (0 0 0) of the drawing as saved
- 3 - center point of minimum enclosing rectangle
- 4 - upper-left corner of minimum enclosing rectangle
- 5 - upper-right corner of minimum enclosing rectangle
- 6 - lower-right corner of minimum enclosing rectangle
-
- The drawing will appear at the specified location at the specified scale
- enclosed by a broken-lined rectangle.
-
- The system prompts you to place further drawings until you activate another
- command.
-
- In order to plot/print a drawing larger than the plotting area of your
- plotter, you must repeat the plotting process several times, shifting the
- drawing relative to the drawing sheet frame each time. It will be clipped
- automatically by the potting/printing area.
-
- See \dutxf for a diagram on the effect of placing scale on scaled and fixed
- text.