Introduction

HP2DXF is now available on Windows 95/NT with the same functionality as the original UNIX version. The program supports a wide range of HPGL2 commands which is important since the newer versions of 95/NT no longer include the older HPGL drivers.

The program is extremely easy to use. You merely click on the icon and select the HPGL plt file to translate.

Conversion Options

There is really only one conversion option - scale factor. You can have the HPGL data scaled up or down as needed. For example, to obtain maximum accuracy from HPGL (which is limited to about 1 mil resolution) you can arrange to make your application plot out at 10 or even 50X. Then when you convert to DXF scale back by 0.1 (or 0.02) and you actually can regain accuracy lost due to HPGL's limited data base precision.