CGMB Files
Computer Graphics Metafile
(binary version)

CGMB files are 2D image files created using the Computer Graphics Metafile binary format.

CGMB File Characteristics:

• binary
• Color
• 2D
• No compression
• multiple images (pages)

Reference:

1. CGM Standard,
   ISO 8632,
   1992.
2. Lofton Henderson, Anne Mumford,
   The Computer Graphics Metafile,
   Butterworths, 1990,
   ISBN: 0408026804,
   LC: T385.H46.

Programs to create a CGMB file:

• The drawcgm library;
• The gnuplot command "set terminal cgm".

Programs to view a CGMB file:

• The GPLOT program.

Programs to convert a CGMB file to another format:

• The ImageMagick, program convert can convert a CGMB file to BMP, CGM, EPS, FIG, FITS, GIF, JPG, PBM, PDF, PGM, PNG, PNM, PPM, PS, RGB, TIF, XBM or XPM format.

Programs to convert a file to CGMB format:

• The ImageMagick, program convert can convert a BMP, EPS, FIG, FITS, GIF, JPG, PBM, PDF, PGM, PNG, PNM, PPM, PS, RGB, TIF, XBM or XPM file to CGMB format.
• fig2dev can convert a FIG file to a CGM file by a command like

              fig2dev -L cgm input.fig > output.cgm
            

Sample CGMB files:

• cgmtest.cgmb;
• dna.cgmb, an image of a DNA molecule;
• drawcgm_prb1.cgmb;
• drawcgm_prb2.cgmb;
• drawcgm_prb3.cgmb;
• pie_chart.cgmb, a pie chart;
• station.cgmb, a schematic space station;

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