CGM files - interested in knowing if this is an obsolete format
CGM files - interested in knowing if this is an obsolete format
(OP)
I have been seeing a lot of CGM files being created for drawing/drafting files in the last few days.
Wondering if and where CGMs are being used today. Any thoughts please?
(I prefer generating PDFs).
Lynn
Wondering if and where CGMs are being used today. Any thoughts please?
(I prefer generating PDFs).
Lynn





RE: CGM files - interested in knowing if this is an obsolete format
Also note that the CGM format is used as an intermediate, or exchange format, for such things a plotting and printing, since there is no need to capture anything more than the digital image.
John R. Baker, P.E. (ret)
EX-Product 'Evangelist'
Irvine, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:
The secret of life is not finding someone to live with
It's finding someone you can't live without
RE: CGM files - interested in knowing if this is an obsolete format
It is much faster as the Siemens Dispatcher doesn't need to open the NX drawing to create the pdf.
Ronald van den Broek
Senior Application Engineer
Winterthur Gas & Diesel Ltd
NX9 / TC10.1.2
Building new PLM environment from Scratch using NX11 / TC11
RE: CGM files - interested in knowing if this is an obsolete format
John R. Baker, P.E. (ret)
EX-Product 'Evangelist'
Irvine, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:
The secret of life is not finding someone to live with
It's finding someone you can't live without
RE: CGM files - interested in knowing if this is an obsolete format
www.nxjournaling.com
RE: CGM files - interested in knowing if this is an obsolete format
I would like to see my customers use PDFs, so just making sure there wasn't an ironclad reason to still be using them.
PS - i have seen the CGMs get imported into formatted/templated type drawing files so that the drawing can be "edited" manually instead of using a programmatic tool.
RE: CGM files - interested in knowing if this is an obsolete format
Tim Flater
NX Designer
NX 9.0.2.5 Win7 Enterprise x64 SP1
Intel Core i7 2.5GHz 16GB RAM
4GB NVIDIA Quadro K3100M
RE: CGM files - interested in knowing if this is an obsolete format
Specially hidden geometry (when shown) is better processed.
Ronald van den Broek
Senior Application Engineer
Winterthur Gas & Diesel Ltd
NX9 / TC10.1.2
Building new PLM environment from Scratch using NX11 / TC11