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Another architect sent me plt files from Datacad and I am at a total loss as to how I am suppose to plot them.

Cheers,


Rod A. Jeheber

Greetings Rod,

You can use this simply (and free) tool: Govert's Drop & Print. Or, you can buy View Companion, which will let you convert them into DXF files, among other things.

IHTH

Thank you Neil.... for saving my butt once again!

Cheers,

Rod A. Jeheber

Did the sender give you a pen table? If not, you may have to ask for one. In that event, you might ask him to send a PDF instead.
It could be, of course that the sender is using DataCad 7. If not, then sending another DataCadder a PLT file can be seen as unprofessional and discourteous.

Hello Rod,

Perhaps what you should do is just send to the plotter and print it!

If you have a plotter, try this:

a) Put the .PLT file on a known folder;
b) At prompt type 'copy filename.plt lpt1';
c) Hit Enter.

The plotter bureau can do the same.

The original drawing creator possibly used a generic format, like HP/GL-2 or HP DJ 750 C which can be handled by any plotter. The pen table is usually included on the .PLT file

Hope this helps,
Miguel