time@ice.com (02/18/91)
I have been given the task of writting a CGM to postscript translation utility. Can someone give me a pointer to some CGM references or any advice of pitfalls of the task? Thanks Karen ------------------------------------------------------------- Tim Endres | time@ice.com ICE Engineering | uupsi!ice.com!time 8840 Main Street | Voice FAX Whitmore Lake MI. 48189 | (313) 449 8288 (313) 449 9208
beierl_c@apollo.HP.COM (Christopher Beierl) (02/26/91)
In article <1CE00001.8jgljp@tbomb.ice.com> time@ice.com writes: > > I have been given the task of writting a CGM to postscript >translation utility. > >Can someone give me a pointer to some CGM references or any advice >of pitfalls of the task? CGM is an ISO standard (it may also be an ANSI standard). Here are the relevent ISO titles: ISO 8632-1, Information processing systems -- Computer graphics -- Metafile for the storage and transfer of picture description information -- Part 1: Functional specification. 1987. Reference number ISO 8632-1:1987(E). ISO 8632-2, Information processing systems -- Computer graphics -- Metafile for the storage and transfer of picture description information -- Part 2: Character encoding. 1987. Reference number ISO 8632-2:1987(E). ISO 8632-3, Information processing systems -- Computer graphics -- Metafile for the storage and transfer of picture description information -- Part 3: Binary encoding. 1987. Reference number ISO 8632-3:1987(E). ISO 8632-4, Information processing systems -- Computer graphics -- Metafile for the storage and transfer of picture description information -- Part 4: Clear text encoding. 1987. Reference number ISO 8632-4:1987(E). These can be ordered from: In the United States: Omnicom, Inc. 115 Park Street, S.E. Vienna, VA 22180 (703) 281-1135 In Europe: International Organization for Standardization 1 Rue de Varembe Case Postale 56 CH-1211 Geneva 20 Switzerland Phone: 41-22-341240 Fax: 41-22-333430 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Christopher T. Beierl Internet: beierl_c@apollo.HP.COM;beierl_c@apollo.com Apollo Computer, Inc. UUCP: {mit-eddie,yale,uw-beaver}!apollo!beierl_c A Subsidiary of Hewlett-Packard Phone: (508) 256-6600