Convert Plotter configuration files (PCP) online for free
The converter easily converts your PCP Configurations to various formats - free and online. No AutoCAD or or other Settings software needed.
To convert other file formats to the "CAD Plotter Configuration" file type, you need software like AutoCAD or a similar tool.
The .pcp file is a legacy Plotter Configuration Parameter file originally used in older versions of AutoCAD. It stores pen assignments, line weights, and color mappings required to plot or print CAD drawings correctly with physical plotters. In rare cases, the extension also denotes a Patch Creation Properties database used by Microsoft Windows Installer or a forensic analysis progress file for AccessData Forensic Toolkit (FTK).
The primary drawback of .pcp files is their severe obsolescence. Since AutoCAD 2000, Autodesk has entirely transitioned to PC3 (Plotter Configuration Version 3) and CTB or STB plot style tables. Modern CAD software struggles to directly interpret .pcp files without utilizing legacy manual import workflows. Opening them outside of CAD environments is also tedious, as they require specific parsing tools to read the plotter mapping data without breaking the formatting.
To modernize your CAD archiving workflow, convert .pcp data into a PC3 or CTB file for seamless use in current AutoCAD versions. If you only need to audit the pen assignments or troubleshoot print settings, convert the file to TXT or CSV to read the configuration data cleanly in a standard text editor. Just drag and drop your file here to analyze and convert it - free, online, and without installing software.
Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your PCP file.
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If you want to convert PCP file to CTB, HP, JS, TS, PY, JAVA, CPP, C, CS, PHP or RB, you can use AutoCAD or similar software from the "Plotter Configuration Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert SH, PY, KT, PS1, SWIFT, LUA, PL, JAVA, SCALA, JS, VBS or TS files to PCP, try AutoCAD or another comparable tool in the "Plotter Configuration Storage" category.
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 PCP converter.