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PLT -> PDF converter for Mac OS X

Anonymous
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So anyone knows if there's a program for OS X that'd convert PLTs to PDFs?
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Anonymous
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Sounds easy. I tried it and got nothing. Any special tricks or just use the "Open" command
David Maudlin
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larrymac:

Make sure that the Enable pop-up at the bottom of the Open dialog box is set to All Files (or HPGL File).

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David
David Maudlin / Architect
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Digital Architecture
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Anonymous
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David,

Thanks for the suggestion. I was actually getting an error on open, sorry for the lack of proper information. See screen grab of error message...

I also tried the earlier suggestion of using Graphic Converter. It does give me something to look at but rather garbled and all text is backwards. Maybe I received faulty .PLT files?

-Larry
HPGL ERROR.jpg
David Maudlin
Virtuoso
larrymac wrote:
Maybe I received faulty .PLT files?
Larry:

That would be my guess. You could have the files resent, I usually zip files as this seems to help them get through the internet in better shape. Or depending on your needs, a different file format might be more useful.

David
David Maudlin / Architect
www.davidmaudlin.com
Digital Architecture
AC27 USA • iMac 27" 4.0GHz Quad-core i7 OSX11 | 24 gb ram • MacBook Pro M3 Pro | 36 gb ram OSX14
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