.TH EZDXF\-HPGL "1" "July 2023" "" "User Commands"
.B ezdxf\ hpgl
View and/or convert HPGL/2 plot files to various formats
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B ezdxf\ hpgl
.RB [ \-h ]
.RB [ \-e\ \fIFORMAT ]
.RB [ \-r\ \fR{\fB0\fR,\fB90\fR,\fB180\fR,\fB270\fR }]
.RB [ \-x ]
.RB [ \-y ]
.RB [ \-m\ \fR{\fB0\fR,\fB1\fR,\fB2\fR }]
.RB [ \-f ]
.RB [ \-\-aci ]
.RB [ \-\-dpi\ \fIDPI ]
.RI [ FILE ]
.SH OPTIONS
.SS "POSITIONAL\ ARGUMENTS"
.TP
.I FILE
view and/or convert HPGL/2 plot files;
wildcards
.RB ( * ,
.BR ? )
supported in command line mode
.SS "OPTIONAL\ ARGUMENTS"
.TP
.B \-h\fR,\ \fB\-\-help
show a help message and exit
.TP
.B \-e\ \fIFORMAT\fR, \fB\-\-export\ \fIFORMAT
convert HPGL/2 plot file to
SVG, PDF or DXF
from the command line
(no gui)
.TP
.B \-r\ \fR{\fB0\fR,\fB90\fR,\fB180\fR,\fB270\fR}, \fB\-\-rotate\ \fR{\fB0\fR,\fB90\fR,\fB180\fR,\fB270\fR}
rotate page about
.BR 90 ,
.B 180
or
.B 270
degrees
(no gui)
.TP
.B \-x\fR, \fB\-\-mirror_x
mirror page in x-axis direction
(no gui)
.TP
.B \-y\fR, \fB\-\-mirror_y
mirror page in y-axis direction
(no gui)
.TP
.B \-m\ \fR{\fB0\fR,\fB1\fR,\fB2\fR}, \fB\-\-merge_control\ \fR{\fB0\fR,\fB1\fR,\fB2\fR}
provides control over the order of filled polygons,
                        0=off (print order), 1=luminance (order by luminance),
                        2=auto (default)
.B 0\fR=off
(print order),
.B 1\fR=luminance
(order by luminance),
.B 2\fR=auto
(default)
.TP
.B \-f\fR, \fB\-\-force
inserts the mandatory
\(oqenter HPGL/2 mode\(cq
escape sequence into the data stream;
use this flag when no HPGL/2 data was found
and you are sure the file is a HPGL/2 plot file
.TP
.B \-\-aci
use pen numbers as ACI colors
and assign colors by layer
(DXF only)
.TP
.B \-\-dpi\ \fIDPI
pixel density in dots per inch
(PNG only)
.SH ENVIRONMENT
See
.BR ezdxf (1).
.SH FILES
See
.BR ezdxf (1).
.SH NOTES
Note that plot files are intended to be plotted on white paper.
.SH "SEE\ ALSO"
.BR ezdxf (1)
.P
.BR ezdxf\-pp (1),
.BR ezdxf\-audit (1),
.BR ezdxf\-draw (1),
.BR ezdxf\-view (1),
.BR ezdxf\-browse (1),
.BR ezdxf\-browse\-acis (1),
.BR ezdxf\-strip (1),
.BR ezdxf\-config (1),
.BR ezdxf\-info (1)