PLT (PLT)

PLT (also HPGL) is the standard language for printing line drawings created by Hewlett-Packard. HPGL is supported by many CAD programs, charting programs and word processors.

LEADTOOLS supports HPGL and HPGL/2.

This file format is not supported in the non-vector toolkits. Read support and write support for this format are provided in the LEADTOOLS Vector Imaging toolkit and are unlocked when the Vector features are unlocked.

The file constants associated with this file format are:

Constant Read Support Write Support Description
FILE_PLT Yes Yes [137] PLT.

When PLT files are rasterized, they are 4 BPP.

The following table indicates which objects LEAD can load and which objects it can save:

Object Load Save
Arc Supported Supported
Circle Supported Supported
Lines Supported Supported
Pie Supported Supported
PolyDraw Supported Not Supported
Polygons Supported Not Supported
Polyline Supported Not Supported
Rectangle Supported Supported
Text Supported Not Supported

Required DLLs and Libraries

NOTE: This format does not support LEAD's redirected IO feature, therefore it cannot be used with  L_LoadBitmapMemoryL_SaveBitmapMemory, or  L_FeedLoad.

Related Formats

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