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h.
Digitizing.
(1) Connect plotter to computer via HP-IB Interface.
NOTE
Special "sight pen" allows pen to be placed precisely over target point.
Sighting is done by looking through it from above.
(2)
Initialize
plotter.
Load digitizing sight pen.
(3) Place map, chart, plot, or drawing with points to be digitized on
plotter, and make note of scale to which it is drawn.
(4) Determine how many points are to be digitized. Write small program for
digitizing this number of points. Digitizing program should contain statements that
accomplish the following:
(a) Clear plotter.
(b) Set decimal place format for numbers to be transferred.
(c) Set plotter scale to that identical to item being digitized.
( d ) Statement to end program.
NOTE
Plotter can be cleared with a pclr or wrt 705 "IN" statement.
Decimal place format is set using format commands of computer l a n g u a g e .
S c a l e and digitizing are set with scI and lim statements.
Looping is directed
Digitizing i s a c c o m p l i s h e d
with
dig
statements.
u s i n g c o m p u t e r language.
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