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'''[[CGM]]''' (Computer Graphics Metafile) is a format for storing graphics in multiple manners suited for different devices, including vector, raster, and character-based graphics, but it is primarily used for vector graphics. It is standardized as ISO/IEC 8632, and is used in some specialized fields such as engineering and aviation.
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[[CGM]] (Computer Graphics Metafile) is a format for storing graphics in multiple manners suited for different devices, including vector, raster, and character-based graphics, but it is primarily used for vector graphics. It is standardized as ISO/IEC 8632, and is used in some specialized fields such as engineering and aviation.
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== Identifiers ==
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{| class="wikitable"
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!colspan="2"| Version
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! PRONOM
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|-
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|rowspan="2"|1 || ASCII || {{PRONOM|x-fmt/142}}
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|-
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|binary || {{PRONOM|fmt/303}}
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|-
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|2 || binary || {{PRONOM|fmt/304}}
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|-
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|rowspan="2"|3 || ASCII || {{PRONOM|fmt/301}}
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|-
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| binary || {{PRONOM|fmt/305}}
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|-
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|rowspan="2"|4 || ASCII || {{PRONOM|fmt/302}}
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|-
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|binary || {{PRONOM|fmt/306}}
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|}
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== Specs ==
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* [https://standards.iso.org/ittf/PubliclyAvailableStandards/c032378_ISO_IEC_8632-1_1999(E).zip ISO/IEC 8632-1:1999]
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* [https://standards.iso.org/ittf/PubliclyAvailableStandards/c032381_ISO_IEC_8632-4_1999(E).zip ISO/IEC 8632-1:1999/Cor 2:2007]
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* [https://standards.iso.org/ittf/PubliclyAvailableStandards/c032380_ISO_IEC_8632-3_1999(E).zip ISO/IEC 8632-3:1999]
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* [https://standards.iso.org/ittf/PubliclyAvailableStandards/c032381_ISO_IEC_8632-4_1999(E).zip ISO/IEC 8632-4:1999]
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== Software ==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20161025233143/https://sk1project.net/modules.php?name=Products&product=uniconvertor UniConvertor (archived)]
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* [https://sk1project.net/uc2/ UniConvertor (current)]
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* [https://www.libreoffice.org/ LibreOffice]
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== Sample files ==
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* http://www.fileformat.info/format/cgm/sample/index.htm
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* http://cd.textfiles.com/libris/GRAPHICS/CLIP_ART/ → [http://cd.textfiles.com/libris/GRAPHICS/CLIP_ART/2738A.ZIP 2738A.ZIP], [http://cd.textfiles.com/libris/GRAPHICS/CLIP_ART/2738B.ZIP 2738B.ZIP]
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* {{DexvertSamples|image/cgm}}
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* [https://archive.org/download/word-perfect-clip-art-premium-mac-win-1994/WordPerfect_ClipArt_Premium_MacWin_1994.iso/ CGM Samples]
  
 
== Links ==
 
== Links ==
 
* [[Wikipedia:Computer Graphics Metafile|Wikipedia article]]
 
* [[Wikipedia:Computer Graphics Metafile|Wikipedia article]]
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* {{EGFF|cgm|CGM File Format Summary}}, from the [[Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats]]
 
* [http://www.textfiles.com/programming/FORMATS/cgm.txt Some discussion about what CGM is]
 
* [http://www.textfiles.com/programming/FORMATS/cgm.txt Some discussion about what CGM is]

Latest revision as of 03:26, 28 December 2023

File Format
Name CGM
Ontology
Extension(s) .cgm
MIME Type(s) image/cgm
LoCFDD fdd000521
PRONOM fmt/306, others
Wikidata ID Q1122267
Released 1986

CGM (Computer Graphics Metafile) is a format for storing graphics in multiple manners suited for different devices, including vector, raster, and character-based graphics, but it is primarily used for vector graphics. It is standardized as ISO/IEC 8632, and is used in some specialized fields such as engineering and aviation.

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Version PRONOM
1 ASCII x-fmt/142
binary fmt/303
2 binary fmt/304
3 ASCII fmt/301
binary fmt/305
4 ASCII fmt/302
binary fmt/306

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