[comp.graphics] CGM >> something viewable on pc?

arritt@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (08/23/90)

I collaborate with scientists at other institutions, and would like to
have some way of sharing color graphical images with them.  The CGM files
are made using NCAR Graphics 3.00 on a Silicon Graphics 4D/25g.  My
collaborators don't have IRISes (or comparable workstations), but they
do have PC's.

There is little chance that we can afford a color hardcopy device in the
foreseeable future (other than taking a photograph of the screen...)
So my question is, can anyone suggest some way of converting the metacode
files so they can be viewed on a PC using common (cheap or free) tools?
Something like .GIF files is what I had in mind.  I could then ftp the
files to them, or mail floppy disks.

Thanks for whatever suggestions you can provide.
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Raymond  W.  Arritt               | 
Assistant Professor               |
Dept. of Physics and Astronomy    |
Univ. of Kansas                   |
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