Render PLT files

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 .NET.

Convert PLT to HTML

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

using (Viewer viewer = new Viewer("sample.plt"))
{
       HtmlViewOptions options = HtmlViewOptions.ForEmbeddedResources("output.html");
       //options.CadOptions = CadOptions.ForRenderingByScaleFactor(0.7f); // Render image and reduce it by 30%
       //options.CadOptions = CadOptions.ForRenderingByWidthAndHeight(400,400); // Render image and set output size to 400x400
       //options.CadOptions = CadOptions.ForRenderingByWidth(500); // Render image, fix width by 500 px and recalculate height
       //options.CadOptions = CadOptions.ForRenderingByHeight(500); // Render image, fix height by 500 px and recalculate width

       viewer.View(options);
}

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 .NET use following code:

using (Viewer viewer = new Viewer("sample.plt"))
{
       JpgViewOptions options = new JpgViewOptions("output.html");
       //options.CadOptions = CadOptions.ForRenderingByScaleFactor(0.7f); // Render image and reduce it by 30%
       //options.CadOptions = CadOptions.ForRenderingByWidthAndHeight(400,400); // Render image and set output size to 400x400
       //options.CadOptions = CadOptions.ForRenderingByWidth(500); // Render image, fix width by 500 px and recalculate height
       //options.CadOptions = CadOptions.ForRenderingByHeight(500); // Render image, fix height by 500 px and recalculate width

       viewer.View(options);
}

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 .NET use following code:

using (Viewer viewer = new Viewer("sample.plt"))
{
       PngViewOptions options = new PngViewOptions("output.html");
       //options.CadOptions = CadOptions.ForRenderingByScaleFactor(0.7f); // Render image and reduce it by 30%
       //options.CadOptions = CadOptions.ForRenderingByWidthAndHeight(400,400); // Render image and set output size to 400x400
       //options.CadOptions = CadOptions.ForRenderingByWidth(500); // Render image, fix width by 500 px and recalculate height
       //options.CadOptions = CadOptions.ForRenderingByHeight(500); // Render image, fix height by 500 px and recalculate width

       viewer.View(options);
}

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 .NET use following code:

using (Viewer viewer = new Viewer("sample.plt"))
{
       PdfViewOptions options = new PdfViewOptions("output.pdf");
       //options.CadOptions = CadOptions.ForRenderingByScaleFactor(0.7f); // Render image and reduce it by 30%
       //options.CadOptions = CadOptions.ForRenderingByWidthAndHeight(400,400); // Render image and set output size to 400x400
       //options.CadOptions = CadOptions.ForRenderingByWidth(500); // Render image, fix width by 500 px and recalculate height
       //options.CadOptions = CadOptions.ForRenderingByHeight(500); // Render image, fix height by 500 px and recalculate width

       viewer.View(options);
}

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

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