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Plot file

A plot file holds the paths a plotter travels, either with a pen or with a blade.

In the file

Most plotters read DXF or PLT. What matters is that the file carries real millimetres, otherwise the machine cuts a perfectly clean version of the wrong size.

Also known as
PLT

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