How to view PLT files

Introduction

PLT and HPG formats are based on the plotter language developed by Hewlett-Packard (HP-GL). These formats are designed for sending information to plotter printers, contain text/binary instructions on HPGL language to draw vector images on paper.

How to view PLT files

The PLT/HPG can be opened with desktop applications like e.g. Autodesk AutoCAD.

In case you need to view a PLT/HPG file in a browser or in a standard image or PDF viewer application, you can convert it to HTML, JPEG, PNG  PDF format with GroupDocs.Viewer for Java. 

Convert PLT to HTML

To convert PLT/HPG files to HTML with GroupDocs.Viewer for Java use following code:

    Viewer viewer = new Viewer("sample.plt");
    HtmlViewOptions options = HtmlViewOptions.forEmbeddedResources("output.html");
//    options.setCadOptions(CadOptions.forRenderingByScaleFactor(0.7f)); // Render image and reduce it by 30%
//    options.setCadOptions(CadOptions.forRenderingByWidthAndHeight(400, 400)); // Render image and set output size to 400x400
//    options.setCadOptions(CadOptions.forRenderingByWidth(500)); // Render image, fix width by 500 px and recalculate height
//    options.setCadOptions(CadOptions.forRenderingByHeight(500)); // Render image, fix height by 500 px and recalculate width

    viewer.view(options);
    viewer.close();

The following screenshot shows the output HTML file opened in a browser.

Convert PLT to JPG

To convert PLT/HPG files to JPG with GroupDocs.Viewer for Java use following code: 

    Viewer viewer = new Viewer("sample.plt");
    JpgViewOptions options = new JpgViewOptions("output.html");
//    options.setCadOptions(CadOptions.forRenderingByScaleFactor(0.7f)); // Render image and reduce it by 30%
//    options.setCadOptions(CadOptions.forRenderingByWidthAndHeight(400, 400)); // Render image and set output size to 400x400
//    options.setCadOptions(CadOptions.forRenderingByWidth(500)); // Render image, fix width by 500 px and recalculate height
//    options.setCadOptions(CadOptions.forRenderingByHeight(500)); // Render image, fix height by 500 px and recalculate width

    viewer.view(options);
    viewer.close();

The following screenshot shows the output JPG file opened in a Windows Photo Viewer application.

Convert PLT to PNG

To convert PLT/HPG files to PNG with GroupDocs.Viewer for Java use following code: 

    Viewer viewer = new Viewer("sample.plt");
    PngViewOptions options = new PngViewOptions("output.html");
//    options.setCadOptions(CadOptions.forRenderingByScaleFactor(0.7f)); // Render image and reduce it by 30%
//    options.setCadOptions(CadOptions.forRenderingByWidthAndHeight(400, 400)); // Render image and set output size to 400x400
//    options.setCadOptions(CadOptions.forRenderingByWidth(500)); // Render image, fix width by 500 px and recalculate height
//    options.setCadOptions(CadOptions.forRenderingByHeight(500)); // Render image, fix height by 500 px and recalculate width

    viewer.view(options);
    viewer.close();

The following screenshot shows the output PNG file opened in a Windows Photo Viewer application.

Convert PLT to PDF

To convert PLT/HPG files to PDF with GroupDocs.Viewer for Java use following code: 

    Viewer viewer = new Viewer("sample.plt");
    PdfViewOptions options = new PdfViewOptions("output.pdf");
//    options.setCadOptions(CadOptions.forRenderingByScaleFactor(0.7f)); // Render image and reduce it by 30%
//    options.setCadOptions(CadOptions.forRenderingByWidthAndHeight(400, 400)); // Render image and set output size to 400x400
//    options.setCadOptions(CadOptions.forRenderingByWidth(500)); // Render image, fix width by 500 px and recalculate height
//    options.setCadOptions(CadOptions.forRenderingByHeight(500)); // Render image, fix height by 500 px and recalculate width

    viewer.view(options);
    viewer.close();

The following screenshot shows the output PDF file opened in a browser.

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