# PlotFm3

NAME

    PlotFm3 - make a FrameMaker 3 plot
    PlotFm4 - make a FrameMaker 4 plot

SYNOPSIS

    PlotFm3 fileName
    PlotFm4 fileName

DESCRIPTION

Make a plot of the current screen contents in MIF format. This can be imported into FrameMaker.

PlotFm3 produces a file that can be read by FrameMaker 3 or later. This only supports 8 different colors, and is therefore not suited for displays with shading. Its main use is for the output of figures from commands like `FigAngles`.

`PlotFm4` makes use of color possibilities introduced in FrameMaker 4, these files cannot be read by earlier versions. They are also larger.

FrameMaker can currently not handle the files created with `PlotFm4` well, they make it very slow. Unless this improves with future versions, `PlotFm4` is only of limited usefulness.

EXAMPLE

    PlotFm4 /home/joe/MyPlot.fm

SEE ALSO

`PlotPar`, `PlotPs`

DATE

950704