Another option might be to output to a file using a significantly higher resolution that your final intended result, e.g. use 1200dpi instead of 300dpi. Then, use a third party graphics application that supports pixel interpolation to reduce the resolution to your final desired result. The interpolation process should help smooth the jaggies.

s/KAM

----- Original Message ----- From: "Dietrich Alte" <alte@uni-greifswald.de> Newsgroups: bit.listserv.sas-l To: <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 2:21 AM Subject: Re: Polishing a GPLOT: Two questions

> Annette wrote: > > I've written a program for a quite nice overlay GPLOT (see code below). > > At last I'd like to solve two peculiarities: (1) The data lines look a > > bit 'edgy'. Is there are trick to get them more smoother (e.g. just like > > simple elegant and not at all edgy looking lines). > You might try another driver instead og GIF. For importing in MS-WORD > etc. I use the Computer Graphics Metafile (CGM) driver CGMOF97L (or > similar, see lib sashelp.devices) and the following goptions: > > GOPTIONS > RESET = ALL > GUNIT = PCT > GSFNAME = grafout > GSFMODE = replace > FTEXT = HWCGM005 /*HWCGM001 = Arial, HWCGM005 = Times */ > HTEXT = 4 > XMAX = 11IN /* Maximum horizontal plot size in CM */ > YMAX = 8.5IN /* Maximum vertical plot size in CM */ > HSIZE = 24CM > VSIZE = 18CM > HORIGIN = 0CM > VORIGIN = 0CM > /*CBACK = white*/ > CPATTERN = red > NOBORDER > COLORS = (black blue red) > CSYMBOL = blue > DEVICE = CGMOF97L /*CGMOF97L /*CGMMPPA --> MS Powerpoint */ > /* CGMOF97P --> MS-Office */ > DISPLAY > LFACTOR = 2 /* skalingfactor line thickness */ > NOCELL; > > > > > (2) The HAXIS shows only every second 'category' of GROUP. > > Try to decrease font size (see above FTEXT). > > Hope that helps > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------- > Dietrich Alte (Statistician, Dipl.-Stat.) > - SHIP // Project Management - > University of Greifswald - Medical Faculty > Institute of Epidemiology and Social Medicine > Walther-Rathenau-Str. 48, D-17487 Greifswald, Germany > Phone +49(0)3834-867713, fax ++49(0)3834-866684 > Email alte@uni-greifswald.de > Institute http://www.medizin.uni-greifswald.de/epidem/ > -------------------------------------------------------------