Thanks, Brent; file received, sounds like a Challenge(r) ;-) There's also a YouTube video showing a plot of a Czech steam locomotive; I don't suppose anyone knows where the file might be found?
m ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brent Hilpert" <bhilp...@shaw.ca> To: "Mike Stein" <mhs.st...@gmail.com>; "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk@classiccmp.org> Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2017 11:32 PM Subject: Re: HPGL plotter art files On 2017-Oct-15, at 4:20 PM, Mike Stein via cctalk wrote: > Can anybody direct me to some interesting HPGL plotter files for a display at > the upcoming World of Commodore show? I'm sending (in a separate, direct message with attachment) the semi-famous / once ubiquitous Space Shuttle plot from the 1980s. I received it from someone after making a similar request to the list 10 years ago. Some things to note though: this plot uses multiple colored pens and was scaled to some (largish, IIRC) size of paper. I was targetting a HP 9872 plotter which was too early to understand some of the more complex HPGL directives present in the SS plot, such as drawing arcs. I wrote a language filter/converter that will optionally scale the image, offset it relative to the plotter bed, converts certain directives e.g. arcs to a series of line-segment directives, reduces the number of pens, etc. I'll send the original SS plot, if you figure you could use the filter program, I can send it along, or a modified plot, upon request.
