P-points may be displayed in PARAGON in one of two ways. The form of display is controlled by the REPRESENTATION PPOINTS command as illustrated in Figure 6:1.: Specifying P-points On or Off.

The size of the arrow may also be controlled by the REPRESENTATION PPOINTS command, as illustrated in Figure 6:2.: Specifying P-point Length. The overall length of the arrow is specified in millimetres. The default length is 50mm. Specifying a length of zero causes the P-point to appear as a dot.

The P-point numbers may be omitted, or they may be displayed any size, the size being specified in millimetres. The default size is 5 mm. The size of the numbers is controlled by the REPRESENTATION PPOINTS command, as illustrated in Figure 6:3.: Specifying P-point Number Representation.

Both LENGTH and NUMBERS may be set in the same command, for example:

See Reference Section at the end of this chapter for the full syntax of the REPRESENTATION PPOINTS command.