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- PENS allows you to set the pen width, pen speed, and pen
- sorting of your plotter.
-
- Indicate the pen parameter you want by choosing from the
- following options:
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- PEN WIDTH - to set the plotter pen width in millimeters.
- Pen width indicates the width of pen movement used in
- filling operations.
-
- PENSORT - to choose the method of pen sorting (ON, OFF, or
- OPTIMIZE). Pen sorting is an efficient way of plotting
- because it conserves on pen selecting time.
- You can choose to analyze the figure for entity color
- assignment (ON). When you choose ON, the system draws all
- entities that are the first color and then draws all
- entities that are the second color, and so on, until all
- entities are drawn. This method is more efficient than not
- sorting.
-
- You can turn the sorting option off (OFF). When you do not
- use pen sorting, the plotter draws each entity as it comes
- to it, selecting a new pen each time it is necessary.
- You can efficiently sort pens by entity, not color
- (OPTIMIZE). The system selects the pen color of the entity
- and draws all entities of that color. Then it selects the
- pen color of the next entity and draws all entities of
- that color. This process is repeated until all entities
- are drawn. This method saves the analysis time that the ON
- option takes to sort the pens.
-