The ObjectARX plot API allows applications to determine what to plot, configure how to plot it, and generate AutoCAD ® plots based on those settings. The plot API classes fall into three groups: configuration-time classes, plot-time classes, and plot utility classes.
Configuration-time classes control what to plot and how to plot it. Configuration-time activities include selecting a device or PC3 file to use for a plot, determining the layout to plot, changing plot parameters (for example, plot origin, rotation, and scale) on the layout, providing overrides to these settings, selecting paper sizes, and so on.
Classes used to configure the plot include the following:
Plot-time classes control generation of the plot using information from the configuration-time objects. Plot-time classes also support plot progress and notification.
Classes used to generate the plot include the following:
In addition to the configuration-time and plot-time subcomponents, utility classes support plot error handling, reading information from DSD files, and developing host applications that support plotting services.
Plot utility classes include the following: