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From: drb@eecg.toronto.edu (David R. Blythe)
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Subject: [comp.graphics] Re: Need CGM Previewer
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Date: 5 Feb 90 06:43:09 GMT
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Archive-name: gplot/02-Feb-90
Original-posting-by: drb@eecg.toronto.edu (David R. Blythe)
Original-subject: Re: Need CGM Previewer
Archive-site: calpe.psc.edu [128.182.66.148]
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Reposted-by: emv@math.lsa.umich.edu (Edward Vielmetti)

In article <416@cvbnet.Prime.COM> jdonsbac@thing.prime.com (Jeff Donsbach) writes:
>Does anyone know where I can find a public domain program that will
>preview CGM files? It doesn't have to do anything fancy like editing.
>I just want to view the CGM files I'll be creating in a window on my
>workstation to make sure they look right. Oh, yea: I need this for a SUN,
>ideally under SUNVIEW but I could probably also get an X Windows version to
>work. I don't have ftp access, so someone will either have to mail it to me
>or tell me where to get it from an archive-server. Any info about such a
>program would be appreciated......
>
Since CGM gets mentioned a lot, I'll post this rather than replying
directly to the request ...
The Pittsburgh Supercomputer Centre has a program called gplot which
translates cgm files to many output formats and/or window systems
including PostScript, Tek4xxx, SunView, SGI Iris GL, X, etc ...
Not all of the drivers are 100% complete, but it works pretty well.
It runs under UNIX and VMS. Sources are available from calpe.psc.edu
(128.182.66.148).  Hopefully, someone else can help you retrieve a
copy.

>Jeff Donsbach, Computervision,  A Prime Computer Company, Bedford, MA 
>UUCP: {decvax|linus|sun}!cvbnet!jdonsbac | Internet: jdonsbac@cvbnet.prime.com

David Blythe
Ontario Centre for Large Scale Computation
University of Toronto
drb@bessel.clsc.utoronto.ca