Audience
Manufacturing, maps, infrastructure and other industries that handle drawings.
About PloViewMini
PloViewMini is a freeware (license fee free) viewer for viewing HP-GL file drawings, and has the following features:
(1) High-speed display of vector drawings and many display-related commands
(2) Line color, width change, black and white/color switching of the entire drawing, background color switching, pen ON/OFF
(3) Rotation, mirror, grid display
(4) Character font (TrueType) font switching, character size change
(5) Coordinate display
(6) Multi-page support
(7) Input file format is HP-GL (not compatible with HP-GL/2 or HP RTL)
PloViewMini is a limited-function version of the paid version of PloView.
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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)
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(3) Line color, width change, whole drawing black and white / color switching, pen ON / OFF
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(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
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(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
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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
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Pricing
Starting Price:
$0.00 US/license
Free Version:
Free Version available.
Integrations
No integrations listed.
Company Information
Isoplotec Corporation
Founded: 2004
Japan
www.isoplotec.co.jp/eploviewmini.htm
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Main Screen of PloViewMini
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Product Details
Platforms Supported
Windows
Training
Not Offered
Support
Not Offered
PloViewMini Frequently Asked Questions
PloViewMini Product Features
CAD Viewers
View 2D Files
Annotate
Batch Conversion
Collaboration Tools
Editing
Track Changes
View .DWF Files
View .DWG Files
View .IGES Files
View .STEP Files
View .STL Files
View 3D Files
