ViewCompanion Pro description
ViewCompanion Pro is a very powerful application for viewing, printing and converting HPGL, HPGL/2, HP-RTL, TIFF, CALS and other

ViewCompanion Pro is a very powerful application for viewing, printing and converting HPGL, HPGL/2, HP-RTL, TIFF, CALS and other formats. Since most AutoCAD plot files (PLT) is using the HPGL/2 or the HP-RTL format, ViewCompanion can be used to view these files.

If you need to distribute drawings, e.g. on the Internet, you can convert your drawings to Autodesk Drawing Web Format (DWF), Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) or Adobe PDF. All these formats are very popular for distributing drawings.
You can even convert several files of various formats to a single multi-page PDF file.
You can also use ViewCompanion to convert HPGL files to AutoDesk DXF format which you can read in any major CAD application, e.g.: Autodesk AutoCAD.

With ViewCompanion Pro you can add markups to the loaded file. Supported markup elements include rectangles, ellipses, polygons, text, arrows and images. Hyper links can be added to markup elements, and a hyper link can either open another drawing in ViewCompanion, or open an Internet location using the default browser.

Markup elements will be stored in a separate file and the original file will be left unchanged.
Markups can be included when the viewed file is printed or converted.
Markups can also be converted to a DXF file that can be easily imported into any CAD application

Here are some key features of "ViewCompanion Pro":

· View, markup, convert and print files of different formats.
· Conversion to other standard formats, see below for a list of supported formats.
· Batch Printing and conversion.
· Open files directly from a ZIP archive.
· Drag and Drop supported. Both single and multiple files.
· Rotate loaded files in steps of 90 degrees.
· Load rotated with user-defined rotation.
· Add footer/header containing date, scale, time and filename when printing.
· Add watermark using text or a raster image.
· Color or Black & White Printing.
· Scaled print or fit to paper.
· Poster mode for printing big format drawings on multiple sheets, e.g print an A0 drawing in full size using multiple A4 sheets.
· Print Preview.
· Print to all Windows supported plotter and printer devices.
· Overlay up to 10 files and print as one drawing.
· Markup by using lines, text, rectangles, images, polygons, arrows and ellipses.
· Truetype fonts used for markup text entities.
· Include markups during printing and conversion.
· Ortho mode for fast drawing of horizontal and vertical markup lines.
· Powerful markup features such as highlighted, hatched or solid filled areas.
· Define user Pen Table full control of colors, styles and widths. Also supported for batch printing and conversion.
· Individual Pen visibility control.
· Entity information query.
· Distance measurement with entity snap.
· Polygonal area measurement with entity snap.
· Compare two plotter files.
· Supports Metric and Imperial coordinates.
· DDE Interface for easy integration with other programs.
· Send a file directly to another person using E-Mail from within the program. If a markup file exists, it will also be attached to the message.
· Copy selected region to clipboard, and paste into another Windows application.
· Text search and extract.
· Store commonly used files in projects.
· Easy to use installation and uninstallation software.
· Customizable GUI.
· Multiple Document Interface (MDI) makes it easy to view several files at once.
· Microsoft IntelliMouse supported for zooming and panning operations.
· Full screen mode.
· Supports multi-page HPGL/2 files.
· Supports multi-page TIFF files.
· Supports embedded (RTL) raster found in some HPGL files.
· Create password protected DWF and PDF files.


Limitations:

· 30 days free trial