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Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language picture image
File type: Graphics file
A hgl file extension is associated with the Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language picture image format.
Found 2 different file type records with the same hgl filename suffix.
File type category:
Graphics file
Date updated: June 23, 2025
The hgl file extension is related to HPGL, sometimes hyphenated as HP-GL, the primary printer control language used by Hewlett-Packard plotters.
The name is an initialism for Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language. It later became a standard for almost all plotters. Hewlett-Packard's printers also usually support HPGL in addition to PCL.
Use XnView to view content of *.hgl files.
XnView is able to export *.hgl files to other formats.
File type category:
Plugin, addon file
Date updated: January 17, 2019
The hgl file extension is associated with the AutoVue, an enterprise visualization solutions.
The hgl file contains graphic plug-in.
Oracle has acquired Cimmetry Systems, makers of AutoVue software.
Mime types:
application/vnd.hp-HPGL
Probably not meant to be accessed by the user.
Probably cannot be converted to anything else.