File-based Plotting

With the File-based plotting module, you can produce high quality plots from data in string files, note files and image files. There is a high degree of flexibility in the images and maps that you can produce.

Note: Use Autoplot to create plots of solids and/or DTMs

1. Identify the files (.str, .not, image files) to be plotted.

2 a). Identify an existing file entity. From the Plotting menu, select Entity, then Edit.

or

2b) Create a new file entity. From the Plotting menu, select Entity, then New.

3. Create a new map definition. From the Plotting menu, select Map then New.

4. Process the map. From the Plotting menu, select Process, then Map

5. Fill in and Apply the Plot Presentation Parameters form.

6. Apply the forms presented to define some title block comments and grid spacing.

At this point the plot will be processed and the navigator will be updated with a file name based on the map name specified in the Plot Presentation Parameters form

The output file will have a .dwf extension.