Often our consultants files when sent by DWG are lost in line weights, line types and text.
So to speed up our review. I asked them to send PLTs. As it turns out, they bumbled up in making the PLTs and I was unable to plot them out without some hassle. I had to change from our normal 24" paper to 36" wide.
Besides these issues, I have been able to open HPGL files into Plotmaker in the past as a measure of what was drawn and to make some minor changes of the content before making a final bid set. Some how this option did not work with the HPGL files I got from the engineer today. The engineer's office has an Oce. It seems they made a PLT file from this driver. Not sure why this would give PM a problem opening the file. So to check it out the differences in the HPGL code I made a PLT from a PM file. I did notice a difference in the code. Though I have no idea why the difference is there other than the obvious, two very different drawings as the source. But beyond that the starting code was different.
So has anyone out there asked that their consultants send to their office PLTs for them to plot out and review when the time is just too short for repro houses and couriers to make the delivery?
And why does PM not read my HPGL file?
Terrence Sturm, Architect
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