7.6

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setangle(45.00) %Rotate subsequent commands by 45 degrees

show('Some text') %Display at a 90 degree angle

setangle(-90) %Cancel all rotations

SetDash(procedure)

Set the properties of a dashed line. Any drawing done after setdash() draws dashed instead of solid lines. You can revert to

solid lines by calling setdash() with an empty array as a parameter.

Syntax

setdash( [dashlength, spacelength] )

Argument

dash

Measure value specifying the length, in inches, of each of the dashes in the dashed line.

space

Measure value specifying the length, in inches, of the space between each of the dashes in the dashed line.

Code Sample Examples

These examples illustrate setdash().

Example 1

setdash( [0.5,0.3] )

Example 2

setdash( [] )

SetFillColor (procedure)

Sets the colour used to paint the insides of any closed shapes when issuing a fill or a strokeandfill command.

Syntax

setfillcolor( colour )

Argument

colour