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"Conversion" of a DWG to the plot format PLT (e.g. HPGL/2) is performed during the AutoCAD plot function (PLOT command). An alternative to this process is using a .DWG file viewer - e.g. 'Autodesk Volo View', 'Autodesk DWG TrueView' or 'Autodesk DWG Viewer' and printing from this program to a system printer - plotter (configured to port FILE).

See also DWG Viewer

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21.1.2004    51224×  
applies to: AutoCAD · AutoCAD LT ·

See also:
Tip 6254:How to convert an AutoCAD DWG to CorelDRAW CDR file?
Tip 3542:How to convert a .PLT file back to .DWG?
Tip 117:What applications can create DWF files?


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