HPGL Instruction |
Supported Attributes |
Imported into ImageGear as: |
BR (Bezier relative) |
Relative points |
ImGearVectEntities.NURBS_CURVE entity. |
BZ (Bezier absolute) |
Absolute points |
ImGearVectEntities.BEZIER_CURVE entity. |
DF (Default) |
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Used internally. Resets the settings to their default values. |
DI (Absolute direction) |
X coordinate of arc tangent
Y coordinate of arc tangent |
Defines a direction for ImGearVectEntities.TEXT entity. |
DR (Relative direction) |
X coordinate of arc tangent
Y coordinate of arc tangent |
Defines a direction for ImGearVectEntities.TEXT entity. |
DT (Define terminator) |
Terminator |
Used internally. Defines a terminator for text. |
EA (Rectangle absolute) |
Second corner of the rectangle |
ImGearVectEntities.POLYLINE entity. |
EP (Edge polygon) |
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Appends ImGearVectAttrib.LINETYPEINDEX, ImGearVectAttrib.DRAWCOLOR, and ImGearVectAttrib.THICKNESS attributes to the extended polyline being previously created from PM instruction. |
ER (Rectangle relative) |
Second corner of the rectangle |
ImGearVectEntities.POLYLINE entity. |
FT (fill type) |
Fill pattern
Fill spacing
Fill angle |
Used for creating ImGearVectorFilltype object. |
FP (Fill type polygon) |
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Appends ImGearVectAttrib.FILLTYPEINDEX and ImGearVectAttrib.FILLCOLOR attributes to the extended polyline being previously created from PM instruction. |
IN (Initialize) |
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Used internally. Initializes the drawing parameters. |
IP (Input P1 and P2) |
Minimum point
Maximum point |
Used internally for specifying layout, scale factors, and so on. |
SC (Scale) |
Minimum scale point
Maximum scale point
Scale mode |
Used internally for specifying layout, scale factors, and so on. |
SI (Absolute character size) |
Width
Height |
Defines font width and height for ImGearVectEntities.TEXT entities. |
SR (Relative character size) |
Relative width
Relative height |
Defines font width and height for ImGearVectEntities.TEXT entities. |
SL (Character slant) |
Slant |
Defines character slant for ImGearVectEntities.TEXT entities. |
LB (Label) |
Text string |
ImGearVectEntities.TEXT entity. |
\x1b. (Esc sequence) |
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Used internally. |
PA (Plot absolute) |
Absolute position |
Defines a position of entities.
If pen is down, then either new ImGearVectEntities.POLYLINE entity or new region for ImGearVectEntities.POLYLINEEX is created. |
PC (Palette entry) |
Entry number
Red, Green, Blue color values |
Used internally for specifying colors. |
PR (Plot relative) |
Relative position |
Defines a position of entities.
If pen is down, then either new ImGearVectEntities.POLYLINE entity or new region for ImGearVectEntities.POLYLINEEX is created. |
RA (Shade rectangle absolute) |
Second corner |
ImGearVectEntities.POLYLINE entity. |
RR (Fill rectangle absolute) |
Second corner |
ImGearVectEntities.POLYLINE entity. |
AA (Arc absolute) |
Center
Angle (Starting from the current position) |
Vertexes with bulge attribute being set if the arc is added to the polygon, otherwise - ImGearVectEntities.ARC entity. |
PG (New page) |
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Used for navigation through the pages. |
AF (New plot) |
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Used for navigation through the pages. |
AR (Arc relative) |
Offset of the center
Angle |
ImGearVectEntities.ARC entity. |
AT (Arc absolute three points) |
Second point
Third point |
ImGearVectEntities.ARC entity. |
CI (Circle) |
Radius |
ImGearVectEntities.ELLIPSE entity. |
CP (Character plot) |
Spaces
Lines |
Used for updating current position for ImGearVectEntities.TEXT entity. |
EW (Edge wedge) |
Radius
Start angle
Sweep angle |
ImGearVectEntities.ARC entity. |
LT (Line type) |
Line style
Line pattern length |
Used for creating ImGearVectorLinetype objects. |
PD (Pen down) |
X position
Y position |
Either ImGearVectEntities.POLYLINE entity or new region for the existing ImGearVectEntities.POLYLINEEX entity. |
PE (Polyline encoding) |
Binary sequence |
ImGearVectEntities.POLYLINE entity. |
PM (Polygon mode) |
Mode (new polygon or close) |
ImGearVectEntities.POLYLINEEX entity. |
PU (Pen up) |
X position
Y position |
Changes current position. For polygons, appends hidden vertices to the vertex container. |
PW (Pen width) |
Thickness |
Defines line thickness when creating ImGearVectAttrib.THICKNESS attribute. |
RO (rotate coordinate system) |
Angle |
Creates new ImGearVectEntities.BLOCK entity with the corresponding rotation. |
SP (Select pen) |
Pen number |
Selects drawing color. Used as ImGearVectAttrib.DRAWCOLOR attribute. |
TL (tick length) |
Length positive
Length negative |
Used for creating coordinate axes – see below. |
WG (Shade wedge) |
Radius
Start angle
Sweep angle
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ImGearVectEntities.ARC entity. |
WU (Pen width units) |
Unit type (Plot units or mm) |
Used for creating ImGearVectAttrib.THICKNESS attribute. |
XT (X Tick, that is, X axe) |
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ImGearVectEntities.EASYLINE entity. |
YT (Y Tick, that is, Y axe) |
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ImGearVectEntities.EASYLINE entity. |