Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your HPG file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert HPG to another file type
To convert HPG plotter files to another format, you need Lectra Modaris or other Vector Image software.
Convert a file to HPG
To convert other file formats to the "Plotter Instruction File" file type, you need software like Lectra Modaris or a similar tool.
About HPG files
The .hpg file is primarily an HP-GL (Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language) plotter file. It stores 2D vector graphic instructions, such as precise coordinates and pen movement commands, originally designed to drive physical pen plotters. Today, it is heavily utilized in the apparel and textile industry as a CAD pattern cutting plotfile, managed by Lectra Modaris software. The main disadvantage of the .hpg format is its rigid, machine-centric nature. It lacks native support in web browsers and mobile operating systems, meaning you cannot open it without expensive CAD tools or specialized vector software like CorelDRAW. Sharing an .hpg file with non-technical clients is frustrating, and sending it to a standard desktop printer will fail since regular printers require raster data, not raw plotter control codes. To overcome these limits, you must convert the file. For easy sharing, archiving, and standard document printing, convert to PDF to preserve perfect vector quality. If you need to import the cutting lines into a different CAD environment, convert to DXF. For scalable web use, choose SVG. Drop your file here to view and convert it securely right in your browser, free and without installing software.
Convert.Guru analyzes your HPG file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert HPG file to SVG, AI, EPS, PDF, JPG, CDR, WMF, EMF, SWF, FLA, XFL or SKETCH, you can use Lectra Modaris or similar software from the "Vector Graphics Plotter File" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert AFPUB, EPS, FIG, VSD, SKETCH, VDX, AFPHOTO, PDF, AFDESIGN, SVG, VSDX or AI files to HPG, try Lectra Modaris or another comparable tool in the "Vector Graphics Plotter File" category.
The HPG Converter Story
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our HPG converter.