CGM -- Computer Graphics Metafile

If you are looking for detailed information about CGM, see the NIST CGM Homepage. This is my "cgm hotlist".

CGM Draw is a freely available library for generating CGM files from a C program. It has been tested on Solaris, Ultrix, Linux, IRIX, and DOS. CGM (Computer Graphics Metafile) is a vector graphics format that can be read by many popular packages. With CGM Draw your code can quickly draw images complete with lines, arcs, rectangles, polygons, and text. CGM Draw is ideal for creating CGM files on the fly when you have a rapidly changing data set (such as in response to database queries.)

• Documentation for cd is included with the package, and is available from the CGM Draw Homepage
• General information about CGM is available many places on the web, including the NIST CGM Homepage.
• This distribution may be retrieved via ftp from zing.ncsl.nist.gov in the directory "cgm" It will have the name cd followed by the version number. The current version is 1.3 and is at: ftp://zing.ncsl.nist.gov/cgm/cd1.3.tar.gz.

Other CGM Resources

• NIST CGM Homepage
• FIGleaf Homepage PC and Unix CGM Viewers
• HSI MetaWeb A netscape plugin for viewing CGM's on Win 3.1, 95, NT. Uses filters that have passed NIST certification.
• RAL CGM PC and Unix CGM viewers
• ATC Graphics Development Tools
• Sample CGM's
• MIL-STD-2301, Computer Graphics Metafile (CGM) documentation for the military standard subset of CGM is available as a pdf file from ftp://ftp.itsi.disa.mil/pub/library/nitfs_docs/cgm.pdf or as a WordPerfect file from ftp://ftp.itsi.disa.mil/pub/library/nitfs_docs/cgm.zip

G. Edward Johnson
lorax@nist.gov