On 10/15/2017 8:53 PM, Mike Stein via cctalk wrote:
Thanks, Brent; file received, sounds like a Challenge(r)
;-)
There's also a YouTube video showing a plot of a Czech steam locomotive; I
don't suppose anyone knows where the file might be found?
m
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From: "Brent Hilpert" <[email protected]>
To: "Mike Stein" <[email protected]>; "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic
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Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2017 11:32 PM
Subject: Re: HPGL plotter art files
On 2017-Oct-15, at 4:20 PM, Mike Stein via cctalk wrote:
Can anybody direct me to some interesting HPGL plotter files for a display at
the upcoming World of Commodore show?
I'm sending (in a separate, direct message with attachment) the semi-famous /
once ubiquitous Space Shuttle plot from the 1980s.
I received it from someone after making a similar request to the list 10 years
ago.
Some things to note though: this plot uses multiple colored pens and was scaled
to some (largish, IIRC) size of paper.
I was targetting a HP 9872 plotter which was too early to understand some of
the more complex HPGL directives present in the SS plot, such as drawing arcs.
I wrote a language filter/converter that will optionally scale the image,
offset it relative to the plotter bed, converts certain directives e.g. arcs to
a series of line-segment directives, reduces the number of pens, etc.
I'll send the original SS plot, if you figure you could use the filter program,
I can send it along, or a modified plot, upon request.
Those sound a lot like the early demo files that came with various
versions of AutoCad
Steve
