DOTLIN

Syntax

DOTLIN p1, p2, p3, col, x1, y1, x2, y2

Location

HCO

The command DOTLIN is a variant of LDRAW - it draws a dotted line in the specified colour col from the absolute co-ordinates (x1,y1) to (x2,y2).

The three first parameters are small non-negative integers which specify after how many pixels the line is to be broken (they are known as the periods).

The line is drawn by plotting the first p1 pixels, then leaving a gap of p2 pixels, plotting the next p3 pixels and once again leaving a gap of p2 pixels before recommencing the pattern.

Examples

DOTLIN 10,10,10,3,40,40,200,60

draws a white line from the point (40,40) to the point (200,60) but only for periods of ten pixels.

If a pixel is represented by an asterisk, this would look like this:

**********          ********** ...
|-- 10 --||-- 10 --||-- 10 --| ...

DOTLIN with the periods 3, 5 and 10:

***     **********     ***     **********
|3||-5-||---10---||-5-||3||-5-||---10---|

CROSS-REFERENCE

All the warnings relevant to SET apply.