mcmullen@macado.cica.indiana.edu (Rick McMullen) (01/23/91)
Anyone out there in netland know where I might find a program that converts HPGL files to a bitmap format (X11 bitmap, window dump, TIFF, GIF, Sun raster, etc., etc.)? The basic problem is to go from Autocad drawing files to a bit mapped image. Rick McMullen Center for Innovative Computer Applications Indiana University
stehle@erg.sri.com (Roy Stehle) (01/23/91)
In article <9955@cica.cica.indiana.edu> mcmullen@macado.cica.indiana.edu (Rick McMullen) writes: >Anyone out there in netland know where I might find a program that >converts HPGL files to a bitmap format DeskPlotter, from Insight Development Corp, prints HPGL files on an HP DeskJet printer. It might be possible to intercept the LPT1: stream and redirect it to a file. The format may not be what you wish. HiJaak, from Inset Systems, offers HPGL conversion to Laserjet PCL format. Many other input formats (e.g., TIFF, IFF, PCX) are accepted. Roy Stehle stehle@erg.sri.com
daniel@island.COM (Daniel Smith) (01/24/91)
In <9955@cica.cica.indiana.edu> mcmullen@macado.cica.indiana.edu (Rick McMullen) writes: > Anyone out there in netland know where I might find a program that > converts HPGL > files to a bitmap format (X11 bitmap, window dump, TIFF, GIF, Sun > raster, etc., etc.)? > The basic problem is to go from Autocad drawing files to a bit mapped image. I can do it, but I'll have to attempt to not sound like an ad... I wrote the HPGL filter that comes with IslandDraw. It handles a subset of HPGL, certainly the AutoCad produced files that I ran through it. IslandDraw will output many formats, so there's one way. As long as I am writing, if anyone out there is using this filter and comes across files that they cannot convert, contact tech support at Island and arrange to send a tape or tarmail of the file in question. We want to get a wide range of examples so that we can continue to improve the filter. Daniel -- daniel@island.com Daniel Smith, Island Graphics, (415) 491 0765 x 250(w) daniel@world.std.com 4000 CivicCenterDrive SanRafael MarinCounty CA 94903 dansmith@well.sf.ca.us Fax: 491 0402 Disclaimer: Hey, I wrote it, not IG! Go get lunch. Come back, plug in tape #2 and go to lunch again. -Mike Anderson
kevinc@cs.athabascau.ca (Kevin Crocker) (01/25/91)
mcmullen@macado.cica.indiana.edu (Rick McMullen) writes: >Anyone out there in netland know where I might find a program that >converts HPGL >files to a bitmap format (X11 bitmap, window dump, TIFF, GIF, Sun >raster, etc., etc.)? >The basic problem is to go from Autocad drawing files to a bit mapped image. In the PC world, Hijaak does this. I know of another program that does this directly from DXF to bitmap but can't remember it right now. A rather longer way to do it is to get a conversion program that takes DXF files and translates them into CADKEY CADL files which can then be output in a variety of bitmap formats. Kevin -- Kevin "auric" Crocker Athabasca University UUCP: ...!{alberta,ncc}!atha!kevinc Inet: kevinc@cs.AthabascaU.CA
n8443916@unicorn.cc.wwu.edu (John Gossman) (01/26/91)
In article <1991Jan22.222336.5463@erg.sri.com> stehle@erg.sri.com (Roy Stehle) writes: >In article <9955@cica.cica.indiana.edu> mcmullen@macado.cica.indiana.edu (Rick McMullen) writes: >>Anyone out there in netland know where I might find a program that SoftSource has a series of programs called DRAWING Librarian for viewing and translating AutoCAD DWG and DXF files and HPGL. They also have a windows version that will let you cut and paste DWG files into Windows 3.0 paint programs etc. Then they can be saved to bitmap format. -JG PS They can be reached at 1-800-626-0999 PPS Sorry about the bandwidth, but I couldn't get mail through directly