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HP-GL/2
Vector Group
Arc Absolute
Draws an arc using absolute coordinates.
AA X
CTR
,Y
CTR
,sweep angle [,chord angle] [;]
Arc Relative
Draws an arc using relative coordinates.
AR X
INCR
,Y
INCR
,sweep angle[,chord angle] [;]
Absolute Arc Three Point
Draws an arc from the current pen location through two absolute points.
AT X
INTRM
,Y
INTRM
,X
END
,Y
END
[,chord angle] [;]
Bezier Absolute
Draws a Bezier curve using absolute coordinates.
BZ X
1
, Y
1
, X
2
, Y
2
, X
3
, Y
3
[;]
Bezier Relative
Draws a Bezier curve using relative coordinates.
BR X
1
, Y
1
, X
2
, Y
2
, X
3
, Y
3
[;]
Circle
Draws a circle with a specified radius.
CI radius [,chord angle] [;]
Plot Absolute
Enables movement to absolute coordinate locations (with respect to the
origin [ 0,0]).
PA [ X, Y... [,X,Y ] ] [;]
Pen Down
Lowers the logical “pen” to the page.
PD [ X, Y... [,X,Y ] ] [;]
Polyline Encoded
Encodes common HP-GL/2 commands to increase throughput.
PE [flag] [val] | coord pair... [flag] [val] | coord pair ;
or
PE;
Flag = < – pen up
> – fractional data
= – absolute
7 – 7-bit data7
: – Select pen
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