Audience
Manufacturing, maps, infrastructure and other industries that handle drawings.
About PloCon
PloCon is a program that continuously prints the drawing of HPGL / vector / image file to Windows printer. It does not display.
(1) Paper and output scale
- Specify paper and automatically scaled to fit paper size
- Specify paper and output on designated scale
- Automatic paper selection with specified scale
Automatic selection of the optimum paper and orientation of the printer that matches the drawing size scaled in the drawing area
(2)"Interactive print" / "Print from other applications"
(3) Line color, width change, whole drawing black and white / color switching, pen ON / OFF
(4) Vector font of character font / True type font switching
(5) Multi-page support
(6) Reading of many file formats as shown below.
HP-GL, HP-GL/2, HP RTL, EMF, PDF, DXF, DWG, GERBER, NC-drill, IGES, SXF,EMF, TIFF, JPEG, Bitmap, PCX, FPX, GIF, PNG
(7) Output mode
Folder monitoring output
Batch file output
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PloComp
PloComp displays HPGL/Vector/Image. It can display maximum of 20 file in piles or in arranges.
Display mode is overwrite, merge, undisplay, mirror at a file. This is useful for checking the product drawings by overlapping multiple drawings, such as printed wiring boards, or for comparing old and new drawings by recognizing changed areas using different colors or cloud marks.
Supports many file formats:
Input:
HP-GL, HP-GL/2, HP RTL, PDF, DXF, DWG, GERBER, NC-Drill, IGES, SXF, EMF, TIFF, JPEG, Bitmap, PCX, FPX, GIF, PNG
Output:
HP-GL, HP-GL/2, HP RTL, PDF, DXF, DWG, IGES, SXF, EMF, TIFF, JPEG, Bitmap, PCX, FPX, GIF, PNG, Printer, Plotter, WMF, PS, EPS, SVG, XPS, PCL, Copy to Clipboard (black and white, color)
It has same powerful input and edit function as 2D-CAD, it can read view file and edit.
All the function usage can be carried out free for 30 days from installation for trial.
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PloViewAuto
PloViewAuto is a program that automatically converts large amounts of files in the following formats at high speed.
Input:
HP-GL, HP-GL/2, HP RTL, PDF, DXF, DWG, GERBER, NC-drill, IGES, SXF, TIFF, JPEG, Bitmap, PCX, FPX, GIF, PNG, EMF
Output:
PDF, TIFF, DXF, DWG, JPEG, Bitmap, IGES, SXF, EMF, XPS, PCL, WMF, PS, EPS, SVG, GIF, PNG, PCX, FPX, CMT, HP-GL/printer
PloViewAuto has two output modes:
(1) Folder monitoring output mode
Searches for an input file with the specified wildcard input file name, outputs if found, and automatically deletes the input file after output. If there is no input file, waits until the file arrives.
(2) Batch file output mode
Continuously outputs multiple input files listed in the specified output list file.
All the function usage can be carried out free for 30 days from installation for trial.
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PloCompAuto
PloCompAuto is a program that automatically converts files in the following formats at high speed. It is very efficient when you have a large number of drawing files and want to overlay multiple drawings onto one sheet, color-code the differences between two drawings, or find the changed areas.
Input:
HP-GL, HP-GL/2, HP RTL, PDF, DXF, DWG, GERBER, NC-drill, IGES, SXF, TIFF, JPEG, Bitmap, PCX, FPX, GIF, PNG, EMF
Output:
PDF, TIFF, DXF, DWG, JPEG, Bitmap, IGES, SXF, EMF, XPS, PCL, WMF, PS, EPS, SVG, GIF, PNG, PCX, FPX, CMT, HP-GL/printer
The following output modes are available, and it also supports drawing comparison between folders.
(1) Folder monitoring output mode
Monitors a specified folder, and if there is no input file, waits until the file arrives, and when the input file arrives, it outputs it. After output, the input file is automatically deleted.
(2) Batch file output mode
All the function usage can be carried out free for 30 days from installation for trial.
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PloView
PloView is a viewer for viewing HPGL, vector and image files.
(1) Files:
Input:
HP-GL, HP-GL/2, HP RTL, PDF, DXF, DWG, GERBER, NC-Drill, IGES, SXF, EMF, TIFF, JPEG, Bitmap, PCX, FPX, GIF, PNG
Output:
HP-GL, HP-GL/2, HP RTL, PDF, DXF, DWG, IGES, SXF, EMF, TIFF, JPEG, Bitmap, PCX, FPX, GIF, PNG, WMF, PS, EPS, SVG, XPS, PCL, Clipboard, Printer, Plotter
(2) Multi-page file
- Open multiple files, display pages, combine into multi-page file
- Split multi-page file into separate files for each page
(3) Display
- Fast display
- Line color, width change, black and white/color switching, background color switching, pen ON/OFF
- Overwrite/mixed color switching
- Rotation, mirror, grid display
- Vector font/TrueType font
(4) Request
- Coordinate, length, area, line width, angle measurement
- Character search
- Connected line search, total line length measurement
(5) Drawing editing
Powerful input and editing functions comparable to 2D CAD.
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Pricing
Starting Price:
$70/license
Free Trial:
Free Trial available.
Integrations
No integrations listed.
Company Information
Isoplotec Corporation
Founded: 2004
Japan
www.isoplotec.co.jp/eplocon.htm
Videos and Screen Captures
PloCon Main Dialog
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Product Details
Platforms Supported
Windows
Training
Not Offered
Support
Not Offered
PloCon Frequently Asked Questions
PloCon Product Features
CAD Viewers
Batch Conversion
Supported
View .DWG Files
Supported
View .IGES Files
Supported
View 2D Files
Supported
Annotate
Not Supported
Collaboration Tools
Not Supported
Editing
Not Supported
Track Changes
Not Supported
View .DWF Files
Not Supported
View .STEP Files
Not Supported
View .STL Files
Not Supported
View 3D Files
Not Supported
