Selecting a Scalebar Style

There are three major items that control the appearance of your scalebar: bar style, number style, and unit style. These can be set using the global variables .scalebar$barstyle, .scalebar$numstyle, and .scalebar$unitstyle to generate a large number of different scalebars.

For more control over how your scalebar appears, you can set the attributes of the text used to label the intervals and units. You can specify the units that will be displayed. It is also possible to set the number of intervals that will appear on the scalebar itself.

Bar Styles

You can use the .scalebar$barstyle variable to control the general appearance of your scalebar:

	.scalebar$barstyle = 1
	.scalebar$barstyle = 2
	.scalebar$barstyle = 3
	.scalebar$barstyle = 4
	.scalebar$barstyle = 5
	.scalebar$barstyle = 6
	.scalebar$barstyle = 7
	.scalebar$barstyle = 8
	.scalebar$barstyle = 9
	.scalebar$barstyle = 10

Number Styles

The .scalebar$numstyle variable sets the positioning of the numeric scalebar labels:

	.scalebar$numstyle = 1
	.scalebar$numstyle = 2
	.scalebar$numstyle = 3
	.scalebar$numstyle = 4

Unit Styles

Set .scalebar$unitstyle to control how and where the scalebar units are drawn:

	.scalebar$unitstyle = 1
	.scalebar$unitstyle = 2
	.scalebar$unitstyle = 3
	.scalebar$unitstyle = 4
	.scalebar$unitstyle = 5
	.scalebar$unitstyle = 6

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