dl:postscript
List of: Scheme Extensions
Subjects: Image Output, Viewing
Contents: Graphic Interaction

Action: Writes a view to a file in PostScript format.

Filename: gi/gi_scm/dl_scm.cxx

Syntax: (dl:postscript [filename=plotfile.ps] [color=#f]


[x-size y-size] [view=active])

Arg Types: filename string

color boolean

x-size real

y-size real

view view

Returns: string

Description: The optional filename specifies where to send the image. If filename is not specified, the image is sent to the default filename, plotfile.ps. The optional color specifies a logical (TRUE or FALSE); the default is FALSE. The optional x-size defines the x-value in pixel dots per inch. The optional x-size and y-size specify the dimensions in millimeters of a rectangle into which you want the printed image of the viewport to fit as tightly as possible without distortion. The optional view defines the view to save the image file; the default is the active view.


This extension returns the filename in a string. dl:postscript sends the wireframe image to the output file, while render:postscript renders the image sent to the output file. A display item is not part of the model and does not get saved and restored.

Example: ; dl:postscript

; Write a view to the default file

; in PostScript format.

(dl:postscript)

;; "plotfile.ps"

; Write a view to the test.ps file with a specified

; x-size and y-size in PostScript format.

(dl:postscript "test.ps" 1500 1500)

;; "test.ps"
PDF/GI/01SCA.PDF
HTM/DATA/GI/GI/01SCA/0009.HTM