Altitude Posted September 11, 2010 Report Share Posted September 11, 2010 (edited) Just stumbled across this. There is a free program called Dia (http://live.gnome.org/Dia/) that can easily convert SVG files into HPGL files compatible with front panel express. So: lay everything out in FPE -> print the panel as a PDF (i.e. cutePDF) -> open in Inkscape -> delete everything that you dont want to be a HPGL object -> save as SVG -> open in dia -> save as HPGL -> import back into FPE (some scaling will be required, haven't found the right scale number yet) -> save money ***big addition (this is from a recent thread on SDIY) There is a free program called uniconvertor that will also convert SVG to PLT but intalls a plugin to inkscape to allow saving to PLT from inkscape as well! http://sk1project.org/modules.php?name=Products&product=uniconvertor&op=download Edited September 13, 2010 by Altitude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye Posted September 11, 2010 Report Share Posted September 11, 2010 As a sidenote, you can also use a free trial version of corel draw downloadable from corel. It only works for 30 days, but that should be sufficient, if you have a one-shot project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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