> Brian Guralnick wrote:
> > I have a front front panel design for one of my keypad/LCD
> > display pcbs. Basically a bunch of circular & rectangular cutouts
> > on one of my mechanical layers.
> >
> > I want to get a quote from http://www.frontpanelexpress.com/
> > , however, their online software can only import HPGL
> > drawings. Protel can only output .dxf & Gerber files. Is there a
> > quick and easy way to convert my P99se PCB design into HPGL?
> >
> > Do any of you know of any other quick turn-around CNC/Laser
> > metal milling fab houses?
>
> Load a "printer" driver for a printer that understands HPGL. I think
> Windows still supports a generic HP7470 plotter. Then do a "print to
> file". Let us know if that works.
>
> Steve Hendrix
*If* you (also) have a copy of Protel 98 (or a copy of the *original* version
of Protel 99), *and* *if* you can save a copy of your Protel 99 SE PCB file as
a Protel 98 file, then you might be able to use Protel 98 (or Protel 99) to
create an HPGL file from the PCB file concerned. (With the release of Protel 99
SE, it was no longer possible to create "plot files" or "plotouts" from PCB
files, or at least not unless you can acquire a copy of an printer driver for
an appropriate type of printer, as Steve suggested).
Another possibility could be to do a search for some type of utility which can
create an HPGL file from some other type of file, such as from a DXF, Gerber,
postscript or Acrobat file (for instance). (Printer drivers are available for
creating postscript files, and there are also various freeware utilities
available which can similarly "print" into Acrobat files.)
Regards,
Geoff Harland.
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