REPORTER 22.1

D3PLOT Objects

D3PLOT objects

D3PLOT items allow you to include output from D3PLOT in your template.

There are two different ways of using D3PLOT items. The first (and by far the easiest) is to use the Capture... button to create the object. The second is to use an existing D3PLOT command file to create the output from D3PLOT .

If the Image output type is chosen, the Cropping... button can be used to crop away parts of the image from the top, bottom, left and right before showing it. See Image Cropping for more details.
The Justify buttons in the Image properties section allow you to change the justification of the image in the box on the page. REPORTER will not change the aspect ratio of the image. By default the image will be placed centrally in the box and enlarged as much as possible to still fit in the box. The Justify buttons can be used to alter the justification in the box if necessary.

There are four different options for the type of output generated from D3PLOT .

  • Image indicates that the output is a static file.
  • GIF indicates that the output is an animated GIF.
  • Movie indicates that the output is an MP4 movie.
  • Blank indicates that the D3Plot object will not create any output on the page

Playback of animated D3PLOT Items of the GIF and Movie types can be controlled in the same manner as animated Image Items .

From version 13.0 of REPORTER it is possible to specify the size or aspect ratio of the image created from D3PLOT . This can be changed in the Image properties section. If you want to specify a particular aspect ratio or graphics size you can change this. The available options for Size are:

  • Free size
  • Fit object box
  • 4:3 aspect ratio
  • 16:9 aspect ratio
  • 16:10 aspect ratio
  • Custom aspect ratio
  • Fixed size

The default option from version 17.0 onwards is Fit object box . With this option, D3PLOT will capture an image using a graphics window with the same aspect ratio as the object's dimensions in REPORTER .

In previous versions of REPORTER , the default option was Free size . With this option, the size of the graphics window is calculated by D3PLOT . The actual size will depend on what resolution the monitor is and what scale factors you have chosen for the user interface. This can cause problems if the template is created on one type of display (e.g. a 16:9 monitor) but played back on a different ratio monito (e.g. a 4:3 ratio monitor) as the image size can change and so the output from REPORTER can look different. To make output consistent you can use the other options:

Fit object box will make D3PLOT create a graphics window that has the same aspect ratio as the object box dragged in REPORTER .
4:3 aspect ratio , 16:9 aspect rati o and 16:10 aspect ratio will make D3PLOT create a window with the specified aspect ratio.
Custom aspect ratio or Fixed size allow you specify a custom width and height. Fixed size will make D3PLOT create an image with the specified width and height. Custom aspect ratio will make D3PLOT create the largest image it can with the aspect ratio width:height.


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