HP-GL/2 Drivers Utilities Resources Associations

Links to software and information

Interpreting HP-GL and HP-GL/2

(For example, Geocomp .PLF files)

Printing and Plotting from Geocomp: Requirements, Capture Port, Net Use, and so on
Terramodel GCPLFIN: Display, edit and plot to Windows printers
SPLOT: Display in DOS or Windows
ViewCompanion: Display and convert to PS, PDF, DWF, DXF, TIF, PCX, WMF, BMP, and so on
TailorMade (CadXchange, CadBbridge): Convert to many vector and raster formats
CADzation AcroPlotPro: Convert to many vector and raster formats
WebPlotter: Embed in web pages
HP-GL Viewer: Display and export to PostScript, DXF or CGM
MS Word filter: Insert into Microsoft Word including Word 97 and 2000
Plot2PDF and PlotVision: View or convert to PDF or DWF

Windows drivers for plotting and printing

Adobe Acrobat: Plot and edit PDF
PDF995, PrimoPDF, BullZip PDF, Bluebeam, AcroPlotPro, GSView, PDFCreator: Plot or print to PDF and related functions.
Plot2PDF and PlotVision: View HP-GL/2 or convert to PDF or DWF
Peernet: Plot to graphics formats such as TIFF, EPS, FAX, JPG, BMP, WMF, PCX and so on.
HP Instant Share Remote Printing: Plot to any HP printer or plotter through the Internet
Plotter and digitizer drivers: Drivers and support for plotters, printers and digitizers
Winline: Plot vector data to pen and raster plotters using HP-GL or HP-GL/2
SVGMaker: Put your plots on the web with Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) files.

Utilities

DOS2USB: Redirect printouts to LPT1 from any DOS application such as Geocomp, to any printer using a Windows driver.
Trimble Data Transfer Utility: Data transfer for Trimble, Sokkia and Nikon surveying instruments (free download or on our CDs)
Bentley View , Redline XM and Navigator: View and Convert DWG, DXF and DGN files
Autodesk Design Review 2011 with DWGTrueView 2011 add-on (including DWGConvert): View Autodesk DWG, DXF, DWF, DWFx files and convert DWG files to older DWG formats.
ERDAS ER Viewer: View and Convert ECW, JPG, TIFF and other large image files
Caris Easy View: View large coordinated maps and charts in ECW, DWG, DXF, DGN, GeoTIFF, ESRI and other formats
Omniformat: Convert between many graphics formats.
Raster to Vector, Scan2CAD: Convert from raster to vector
Aidecad, PDF2CAD: Convert from PDF to DXF
Fonts and Font Utilities: Fonts, editors and converters
TC Fonts: Font services and utilities
GeoCalc: Convert coordinates between mapping systems (free download)
Ztree: An Xtree-like file manager for 32-bit Windows
UltraEdit, Zeus, Notepad++ and TextPad: Text editors
XML Notepad: XML file editor
LandXML Validator: Validate, view and report on LandXML .XML files
Web Drive: Map drive letters to URLs. (Put your Geocomp data drive on the web!)
Cortona and OpenWorlds: Display Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML) or X3D models
Adobe SVG Viewer: Display Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) files
GPSGate: Connect a GPS receiver to multiple applications

Resources

Geocomp Systems support: Support for Terramodel, Geocomp and Paydirt
Plotters, printers and digitizers: Suppliers and drivers we have found
Dimensions: Geocomp Systems Newsletter
Doug's Colour Charts: Pick colours for use with Geocomp or Terramodel plotting or screen colours for Terramodel display or web page design.
The Graphics File Formats Page: Graphics File Format Specifications
World Time: Find the time around the world
APSalin free online tools: Free web tools for geodetic, zone, scaling, coordinate conversion
You Send It, Mail Big File and Send Space: Send files too big for email
SPOT Satellite Personal Tracker: A GPS tracker by satellite with emergency button
Trimble: A major supplier of surveying and positioning systems
Trimble Alignment Planning: Alignment planning with Quantm
BMS LaserSat/SPLQ: Suppliers of surveying and positioning systems to agricultural markets
ADAM Technology: Stereoplotters that can interact with Geocomp
Engineers Media: Engineers Australia Journal and EA Books
Land Surveyor: Land Surveyor Reference
Civil Engineering Portal: Civil Engineering Portal
Funny Business: Dave Allen cartoons
Sustainable by Design: Sun and shade calculators

Professional Associations