FT, Fill Type

This command selects the shading pattern used to fill polygons (FP), rectangles (RA or RR), wedges (WG), or characters (CF). Use FT to enhance drawings using solid fill, shaded fill, parallel lines (hatching), cross-hatch, patterned (raster) fill, or PCL user-defined patterns.

FT fill type[,option1[,option2;]]

or

FT [;]

Parameter

Format

Functional Range

Default

 

 

 

 

fill type

clamped

1—4, 10, 11, 21, 22

1

 

integer

 

 

 

 

 

 

option1, option2

clamped

type dependent*

type

 

real

 

dependent*

 

 

 

 

*Refer to the table following the parameter descriptions.

There are eight forms of fill types as shown above. The type parameter tells the printer which form you are using. If the fill type is specified, but the option1 and/or option2 parameter is omitted, values previously given for the specified fill type are assumed, or the defaults are assumed if none have been specified.

zNo Parameters — Defaults all FT parameters and sets the fill type to solid fill. Equivalent to (FT1).

zType — Selects the fill pattern. The table below lists the parameter values and corresponding fill types.

zOption1, Option2 — The definition of these optional parameters depends on the type of fill selected. The following table lists the options available for each fill type.

Table 22-5

Fill Type

Description

Option1

Option2

 

 

 

 

1 and 2

solid black

ignored

ignored

 

 

 

 

3

hatching (parallel

spacing of lines

angle of lines

 

lines)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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