MCS: ANVILhpgl 3.2 now available
 

ANVILhpgl 3.2 - now available!

.... Convert your ANVIL Parts (.PRT, .GEN, .AXP, .DRW) to HPGL, HPGL-2, DXF, IGES, EPS, Interleaf, TIFF/G4,  JPEG, SVG, or PDF  in an automated batch process.

Manufacturing and Consulting Services, Inc. (MCS) a leading worldwide manufacturer of CAD/CAM/CAE software for mechanical engineering, announces the availability of ANVILhpgl 3.2. ANVILhpgl is a windows program for the batch conversion or plotting of ANVIL Express®, ANVIL-5000®, ANVIL-1000® parts to HPGL, HPGL2, IGES, DXF, EPS (Encapsulated PostScript), Interleaf, TIFF/G4, JPEG, SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics), or Adobe PDF. It uses a subset of ANVIL to process parts (.GEN, .PRT, .AXP, .DRW) in a background process. The program is designed to run on Windows NT 4.0 (SP5 or greater), Windows 98, Windows 2000 or XP only.

3.2 Features:

  • Simple Windows interface for processing ANVIL parts.
  • Process ANVIL-1000 (.DRW) drawing files also.
  • ANVILhpgl now supports Windows 2000 & XP.
  • Support for converting ANVIL parts to TIFF (G4) format.
  • Support for converting ANVIL parts to JPEG format.
  • Support for converting ANVIL parts to Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) format.
  • Support for converting ANVIL parts to Adobe PDF format.
  • Ability to process all Drawing Layouts in a single part for formats except DXF.
  • Full pen width control for HPGL2, TIFF, JPEG, SVG, and PDF.
  • Print to Port capability added for SVG and PDF formats.
  • Doesn't require an ANVIL license to process ANVIL parts.
  • Process individual files or an entire directory of files.
  • Recurse a directory to process all files in subdirectories.
  • Enables batch plotting in one of these formats to local or remote printers.
  • Set a future start time to begin processing.
  • Support for command-line input.
  • ANVIL parts can be easily converted to graphical formats for archiving or viewing.
  • Convert ANVIL parts to other CAD formats (DXF, IGES) without affecting original files.
  • Three reporting modes: None, On Screen, To File.
  • Each conversion mode has added options to control output.
  • Extensive HTML Help.

Cost:

ANVILhpgl 3.2 is available on CDrom for $1895.00 per license. Existing customers who have earlier versions ANVILhpgl can upgrade for a reduced price. To buy ANVILhpgl, just contact our Scottsdale office.

What next:

  • To try ANVILhpgl 3.2, just download the demo.
  • To review ANVILhpgl's capabilities, download the help file. This is a ZIP file. To view the HTML Help file, unzip the contents to a temporary directory, then double-click on ANVILhpgl.chm. The HTML Help file (.chm) requires that Internet Explorer 4.0 or greater be installed on your computer.

ANVIL EXPRESS, SNAP2-3D and GRAPL are registered trademarks of Manufacturing and Consulting Services, Inc. Other companies' trademarks are used for product identification only.

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