Plot Set Attributes

This table shows plot set attribute names, descriptions, examples, and default values.

Attribute	Description	Default
name	Query name (string), e.g., "plotset2"	""
desc	Description (string), e.g., "Complete Plot Set"	""
pnam	Plotter name (string), e.g., "HP LaserJet III on LPT1"	""
pscr	Plot script (string), e.g., "e, n, y"	""
block	Name of plot layout, a block name (string), e.g., "TBLOCK"	""
atts	List of attributes for the block (string list), e.g., "TITLE"	nil
vlayer	Main viewport layer (string), e.g., "VPORT2"	""
vdispl	Layers to disable for the main viewport (string list), e.g., "0"	nil
kflg	Enables the reference viewport: T or nil T Enabled nil Disabled Note that there are two dependent attributes, "klayer" and "kdispl"	T
klayer	Key viewport layer (string), e.g., "VPORT1", the layer of the reference viewport, which must be a different layer from the layer used for the main viewport (attribute "vlayer"); if the function map_pltblkvps returns only one viewport layer, it should be used for the main viewport	""
kdispl	Key display layers (string list), e.g., "BOUNDARY", a list of layers to be displayed in the referenced viewport. This should not be nil if "kflg" is enabled. Valid layers are all the layers returned by ade_dsproplist using the option "layer"	nil
kscl	Key viewport scale factor (real)	0.25
dwgs	List of source drawings (string list), e.g., "DRAWING1.DWG" "DRAWING2.DWG"	nil
dact	Force drawing active at plot time: T or nil	T
qcat	List of query catalogs (string list), paired with qnam list entries, e.g., "Queries"	nil
qnam	List of query names (string list), paired with qcat list entries, e.g., "Query_One"	nil
bdwg	Boundary drawing (string), e.g., "BOUNDARY.DWG"	""
bnds	Boundaries (string list), the boundary or boundaries to use by providing the value for the field assigned in "bnamf", e.g., "Boundary #3"	nil
blyr	Boundary layer (string), the name of the layer the boundary is placed on. It can be any layer of the boundary drawing. For example, "BOUNDARY"	""
bnamt	Boundary name table (string), the name of the object data table attached to the boundary object, e.g., "BOUNDARIES"	""
bnamf	Boundary name field (string), the name of the field to use (from the table assigned in "bnamt") for the "bnds" attribute, e.g., "name"	""
bodfs	Boundary fields (string list), the list of field names to be mapped to attributes in the title block, e.g., "name" (see details and example following this table); the title block is assigned using the attributes from the block assigned in "block"	nil
sflg	Plot to specified scale: T or nil	nil
scale	Plot scale (string), e.g., "1:2000"	1:1
clip	Clip objects against boundary (flag): T or nil	nil
pbnd	Plot boundary (flag): T or nil T Plot boundary polylines are plotted nil Plot boundary polylines are erased before plotting	nil
bbuf	Buffer boundary: T or nil	nil
btyp	Buffer type: "true" or "rect" "true" Offsets the minimum bounding rectangle for a map boundary polyline "rect" Specifies an offset of an existing plot boundary line	true
bdist	Buffer distance (real)	0.10

Mapping of object data fields to block attributes is managed by the two plot attributes "bodfs" and "atts". The mapping is best explained by example. Suppose the following conditions:

• The boundary object data table, defined by the "bnamf" attribute, has the following fields: Field1, Field2, Field3, and Field4.
• The layout block, defined by the "block" attribute, has the following attributes: Attr1, Attr2, Attr3, Attr4, and Attr5.
• You want the value of Field1 to appear in place of Attr2, the value of Field2 in place of Attr3, and value of Field4 in place of Attr1.

To define the desired mapping, set the "bodfs" attribute to ("field1" "field2" "field4") and the "atts" attribute to ("attr2" "attr3" "attr1"). When plotting is done, values of the fields from the object data table attached to the boundary's closed polyline will be assigned to the specified block attributes. The number of elements in each list for "bodfs" and "atts" must be the same.