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HPGL Plotter File (PLT)
The HPGL Plotter File (PLT) format, developed by Hewlett Packard, is vector-based. It is used in programs such as AutoCAD for printing drawings on plotters. Other Corel applications can interpret a SUBSET of the HPGL and HPGL/2 command set. This format uses a scaling factor of 1,016 plotter units to 1 inch.
To import an HPGL Plotter file |
The File Import command lets you place the file as an object in the active image. If you want to open a PLT file as an image, click File Open.
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(Windows Vista) Choose PLT – HPGL Plotter File (*.plt; *.hgl) from the list box next to the File name box.
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-HPGL Plotter (PLT) technical notes |
Importing a PLT file
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Corel programs support versions 1 and 2 of PLT file formats although some features of version 2 are not supported.
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You can import images larger than the Corel program’s maximum page size by enabling the Scale option in the HPGL options dialog box, which lets you resize the imported image.
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You can change the pen width assignments by choosing the pen and then choosing a new width for that pen from the Pen width list box.
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You can set a defined pen to the Unused option. You can also reset the current Pen Library pen settings to the previously saved settings.
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Corel programs support numerous dotted, dashed, and solid line types of the PLT file format. The pattern number of a line in a PLT file is translated to a line type pattern.
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If the PLT file contains a font that is not on the user’s computer, the PANOSE font matching dialog box lets the user replace the font with an available one.
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