CGM Technology Software Supplier of CTS/MetaCheck^TM, a software tool that verifies compliance of Computer Graphics Metafiles (CGMs) to the ISO and ANSI standards (ISO 8632).

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MetaTrans – Convert your legacy ATA profile CGMs to S1000D issue 2.3 CGMs

MetaTrans is a new program written to convert legacy ATA profile CGM files into conforming S1000D issue 2.3 CGM files.
The XML companion files are also converted in synchrony with the CGM files.

There are several parts to the MetaTrans program:

• A customer-independent part addresses the differences between the CGM profiles. For example, POLYLINES in ATA2.8gr can have up to 4096 points while POLYLINES in S1000D2.3 may have no more than 1024 points.
• The customer-independent part also inserts a user-specified ICN into the BEGIN METAFILE name as required by the S100D2.3 profile.
• A customer-dependent part uses customer business rules to modify the names given to Application Structures and the values of the attributes used in the Application Structure Attribute elements that are used to identify “hotspots’ within the CGM.
• Another customer-dependent part converts the companion XML files, containing the hotspot metadata associated with the CGM according to the business rules of the customer.

Pricing

There is a one-time cost to license MetaTrans. There are two components to the cost:

• A fixed cost of $4000 to use the customer-independent part of MetaTrans.
• A variable cost which depends upon the complexity of your specific business rules that we would need to program into your specific version of MetaTrans to convert your CGMs and companion XMLs into S1000D2.3-conforming CGMs and companion XMLs.

Please contact us by phone, fax, or email to discuss the particulars of your situation and needs.

Details

MetaTrans, like MetaCheck, runs from the operating system command line, so it is suitable for incorporating into large batch (scripted) conversion runs. MetaTrans returns an error code that reports on 26 different errors that might be encountered during the conversion process, so you have fine control over the progression of the conversion process.

There is a rich set of command line options that allow you to tailor the conversion process for your needs, including the ability to specify the name of the metafile (ICN) that is one of the requirements of the S1000D2.3 profile.

MetaTrans can be programmed to remove or change identifying text (e.g., file names or company identification) within the CGMs themselves during the conversion process.

MetaTrans runs on the Windows, Linux, and Solaris operating systems.