Plots Options

To access this screen:

Options screen >> Plots.

Configure settings relevant to the Plots window, including default page and printing settings.

Default Page Setup

Specify how your Plots window output is formatted:

Paper Size and Orientation – Choose Portrait or Landscape orientation for new plot pages.

Note: This does not adjust existing plots.
Width/Height – Edit the default width and height new plot sheets.
Margins – Set the default page margins using the four fields in this area.

Default Font

Click Edit to choose a default font for new plot items containing annotation.

Note: This does not affect existing plot items.

Printing

Plots window printing options:

Automatically adjust printer page... – If checked, printer page settings are amended to match those of your plots window (see "Default Page Setup", above).

Bitmap Handling – Options to control how bitmap images are handled during printing:

Proportional Scaling (default) – Images are scaled proportionally, maintaining their aspect ratio.
No Scaling – Images are not scaled.
Average Colour Fill – Use an averaging algorithm to represent overlapping data caused by the scaling process.

Support transparency – If checked, closed string data filled with hatching and transparency is rendered, if possible, when printing a plot to a PDF printer driver, for example:

Note: Some PDF printer drivers are unable to process transparencies as expected, so, if you find your PDF output doesn't represent your hatch-filled strings in the same was as rendered in the Plots window, you may need to uncheck this option.