- Status Closed
- Percent Complete
- Task Type Suggestion
- Category QCAD/CAM
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Assigned To
Andrew - Operating System All
- Severity Low
- Priority Very Low
- Reported Version 3.21.3
- Due in Version Undecided
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Due Date
Undecided
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Attached to Project: QCAD Bugtracker
Opened by H. Stiekema - 28.11.2018
Last edited by Andrew - 06.12.2018
Opened by H. Stiekema - 28.11.2018
Last edited by Andrew - 06.12.2018
FS#1830 - HP7580 Penplotter
Hi Andrew,
I was fiddeling around with a copy of the hpgl postprocessor, and has it adapted, up and running for a HP7580 penplotter. You may add this to QCAD if you like.
Poking and peeking in the other postprocessor files, I found enough information to generate a very acceptable hpgl.plt file now, including the required pen changes.
The purpose of a ‘bracket-field’ (as [S] ) is clear to me. Where are [S#] and [S!] used for?
HPPenPlotter.js
(17.6 KiB)
Thanks for the contribution. I will have a look at it and add some unit tests for this post processor.
[S#] only outputs the number, not the prefix, e.g.:
[S] → S1000
[S#] → 1000
[S!] always forces the output even if the last [S] output had the same value, e.g.:
If the current X value is 10.0:
[X] only outputs X10.0 if the last [X] output was different from 10.0.
[X!] always outputs X10.0.