ARCHELP

COMMUNICATION PORT

The series, parallel or USB port of your computer to which your plotter is connected like LPT1 or COM1. (For computers under NT, this parameter includes the names of files waiting for printing set on the network).

COMMUNICATION PARAMETERS

The plotter is connected to a series port, specify the parity, number of bits of data and number of Stop bits by respecting the instructions given by the plotter Manual.

INIT. STRING character

The name of an initialization file containing a string that ARC+ sends to your plotter at the start of each plot.END STRING String of 10 maximum characters sent by ARC+ to indicate the end of plotting to the plotter

END STRING

String of 10 maximum characters send by ARC+ to indicate the end of plot to the plotter.

NUMBER OF PENS 

The number of pens in your plotter.

RESOLUTION

The minimum separation between two lines on your plotter (in mm, inches, or other units depending on your plotter model).

PAPER SIZES

The maximum plot dimensions (not including margins) that your plotter produces on each of up to six paper sizes. You may define any paper size that your plotter accepts

REINITIALIZE

Restores all settings to their original values when you entered the command

DEFAULT

Restores the ARC+ system default settings.

SCALE OF THE DRAWING

Select the scale of your drawing. The default option is AUTO; (the drawing occupies the complete page) or enter the desired scale 

ZONE OF THE DRAWING IN MM

Change to one of the paper sizes defined in the plotter configuration.

DISPLACEMENT OF THE REFERENCE POINT OF THE

PL OT

Plot point used for alignment of the drawing. The reference point of the drawing shall be placed on the original point of the plotter transferred by the values defined for the

displacement. (the central reference point shall be used only for the plotters of which the origin is situated in the centre of the plotter).

DISPLACEMENT

Displacement in mm from the reference point alignment 

PORTRAIT/LANDSCAPE

The orientation of your drawing on the paper—x axis horizontal or vertical

This indicates when the drawing sheet generator is active on your screen (see Drawing sheet generator). If you are in DSG mode and wish to use the scale, paper size, reference point, displacement, and rotation defined above, you must quit plotting and then change from DSG to modeling mode before adjusting the plotter settings. (In DSG mode the paper size is defined by the DSG paper settings. The scale is always 1.)

PEN

Choose to plot the drawing using multiple pens (one for each color and/or line width) or a single pen for all colors..

TABLE OF COLORS OF PEN

For each ARC+ color, enter the pen number to be used for the line thicknesses 1 and 2. If you enter 0 for the thickness 2, this thickness shall be simulated by a double passage of the pen 1.

TABLE OF THICKNESS OF COLORS

For the electrostatic plotters

SPEED OF PLOTTER PENS

Display the number of pen desired by brightening, then enter the new speed for this pen in percentage of the max. speed authorised for this pen. You shall select the lower speeds for the plots with high resolution. If your plotter is equipped with automatic control of the pen speed, cancel this option on the control panel of the plotter (consult the plotter manual) so that the speeds defined by ARC+ are considered.

SIZE OF SEGMENTS BY LINE TYPE

Specify the length of the repetition unit in mm (e.g. space followed by a dash) used for the representation of broken lines. (for the plotters with Hewlett – Packard pens, add the sign minus – before the value so as to align the type of line and to guarantee that each line finishes with a dash and not a space)