JPS63113724A - Pen writing xy plotter - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obviously know the setting conditions of an XY plotter by providing a means which writes the communication conditions of the plotter, the plotting conditions and the initial conditions of a parameter of a drawing command on a form with a pen. CONSTITUTION:The setting conditions of an XY plotter are written on a form with a pen. That is, a program that starts writing the setting conditions is defined as a subroutine and the setting conditions are written in a designated area and in a designated size. The writing area, size and direction are designated as the parameters of the drawing command. Thus the writing commands for setting conditions are put into a series of the drawing programs, and the plotter setting conditions can be written into a drawing written by the plotter.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a pen-drawing XV plotter that receives digital signals from a computer and draws two characters and figures with a pen.
In particular, the settings inside the plotter are easy to understand from the outside.
Regarding plotters.

[Conventional technology]

The XY plotter, as described in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 61-186 [i4], records characters, two figures, etc. by moving a pen vertically and horizontally on a sheet of paper.

In conventional plotters, various conditions such as ballet, data format, or pen speed are set using dip switches or operation keys attached to the front, rear, or side of the plotter, or
This was done by sequentially displaying one condition item on a display made of a light emitting diode or liquid crystal, and setting a numerical value using an operation key.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

In the former of the above-mentioned conventional techniques, it is necessary to convert the binary DIP switch settings into actual setting values, which is complicated. In addition, the latter has the disadvantage that one display section is required and one display disappears.

If the communication conditions do not match the connected computer, the XY plotter will not work, and if the plotting conditions are not correct, clear drawings will not be obtained. It is very inconvenient when using an XY plotter that these setting conditions are difficult to understand.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to eliminate the drawbacks of the prior art described above and to enable plotter setting conditions to be clearly understood at a glance.

[Means for solving problems]

The above object is achieved by writing the plotter setting conditions on paper with a pen.

[Effect]

One of the main functions of the pen-writing XY plotter is writing characters with a pen. Therefore, writing out the setting conditions with a pen does not require any additional parts, and only requires internal programming. Also, letters on paper
It can be saved as a numerical value.

〔Example〕

A key determination element 1, whose flowchart of an embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIG. 1, determines whether the setting condition writing key has been operated. If the key is operated, the initial position processing element 2 moves the pen to a predetermined writing start position.Next, the item processing element 3 writes out the setting condition items one character at a time, and ends. Judgment element 4 determines the end of one item. Setting values for each item of setting conditions are set by dip switches, and stored in RAM (R
andom Access Memory).

Setting value processing required:! M7 reads setting values corresponding to each item stored in the RAM and causes the user to write them with a pen.

The return/line feed processing element 8 returns the pen position to the writing start position, performs a line feed, and moves on to writing the next setting condition item. Processing of 0 or more is performed in the order of predetermined items, and the completion judgment element The process continues until it is determined in step 9 that the writing of the setting conditions has been completed.

Figure 2 shows the appearance of the pen-drawn XY plotter.

A sheet of paper 11 is set in the center of the plotter main body 10, and the main sheet of paper 11 moves in the front and back direction. The pen 12 can be moved left and right, and by moving relative to the paper 11, characters and figures can be written. The key 13 on the operation panel 14 is manually operated to
It is possible to move the pen 1 and the pen 12, to move the pen up and down, to stop the pen exchange operation, and to stop the two-stroke operation.

Further, by operating the key 13, it is possible to change setting conditions such as setting the pen movement speed.

When one or more of these keys is pressed, a determination is made by the key determination element 1 of FIG. 1, and the process of the same figure is started.

FIG. 3 shows an example of writing setting conditions of the present invention. This is an example in which setting values for communication conditions between the plotter and computer and setting values for plotting conditions are written on paper 11.

These set values can be changed manually using a dip switch attached to the plotter or key 13 in FIG. Therefore, if some of these setting values are inappropriate, it is natural that the correctly set conditions will be written by resetting and rewriting the settings.

Figure 4 shows the initial conditions for the parameters of the drawing command on paper 1.
This is the example written above. These conditions are generally changed by a program using drawing commands, rather than manually using switches or keys.

Before writing out the setting conditions mentioned above,
It goes without saying that you need to have a pen and paper attached. Furthermore, it is natural that it is necessary to operate the key 13 in FIG. 2 in order to start writing.

Although not shown in the drawings, one application of the present invention is to incorporate setting condition writing into a self-test pattern that a general plotter has and write it out during a self-test.

Furthermore, in Figures 3 and 4, the beginning character is Japan, but there is no problem in using a foreign language such as English, an abbreviation, or a combination of both.

Note that the initial setting conditions for the drawing command shown in Figure 4 are as follows:
It is also within the scope of the present invention to start plotting following the plotting conditions shown in FIG.

Further, general XY plotters have a function of automatically converting multiple pens. Due to this.

Multicolor drawing is possible. As another embodiment, in combination with this multi-color writing function, it is possible to write and color-code parts where the initial conditions of the XY plotter have been changed using different pens. This embodiment has the advantage that changes in conditions can be easily seen.

In the above embodiments, the setting conditions of the xY plotter are started manually using a key, but the present invention also allows the xY plotter to write out the settings using a plotting command signal received from the computer. is within the range of

Create a program to write the setting conditions as one subroutine, and write it on the paper at the specified location in the specified size and direction. Specify the location, size, and orientation as parameters for the drawing command. In this way, by incorporating this setting condition writing command into a series of drawing programs, it is possible to write the plotter setting conditions into a drawing drawn with an XY plotter.

In this embodiment, since the setting conditions are written in the drawing, there is an advantage that the same conditions can be set the next time the drawing is drawn. In particular, it is important to make the plotting conditions the same in order to create drawings of the same quality.

〔Effect of the invention〕

According to the present invention, various setting conditions of the pen-written XY plotter are written on the paper set, so that the setting conditions can be easily and clearly known.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
The drawing shows an external view of a pen-drawing XY plotter, FIG. 3 shows an example of starting setting conditions according to the present invention, and FIG. 4 shows another example of starting setting conditions. 1... Key determination element, 2... Initial position processing element, 3
...Item processing element, 4...End judgment element, 5...
Condition setting processing element, 6... Storage processing element, 7... Setting value processing element, 8... Return/line feed processing element, 9...
Completion judgment element. # 1st episode 2 drawings / θ --- 700 Buta Fuihon / / - Four punishments / Z --- Pen / 3-11 to 1

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a pen-drawing XY plotter that receives digital plotting signals from a computer and writes characters and figures on a specified sheet of paper, some or all of the initial conditions of the XY plotter's communication conditions, plotting conditions, and plotting command parameters are set. . A pen-writing XY plotter, characterized in that a means for pen-writing on the paper is provided.