Computer Graphics Metafile is a format used for the exchange of vector and bitmap data. This file format is supported by Autovue and Corel. Blaze ImgConvert supports versions 1, 2, 3 and 4 of CGM, as well as the Binary data-encoding format of CGM. 

 

The following objects can be loaded: POLYLINE (Class 4 ID 1), DISJOINT POLYLINE (Class 4 ID 2), TEXT (Class 4 ID 4), RESTRICTED TEXT (Class 4 ID 5), POLYGON (Class 4 ID 7), POLYGON SET (Class 4 ID 8), RECTANGLE (Class 4 ID 11), CIRCLE (Class 4 ID 12), CIRCULAR ARC CENTER (Class 4 ID 15), CIRCULAR ARC CENTER CLOSE (Class 4 ID 16), ELLIPSE (Class 4 ID 17), ELLIPSE ARC (Class 4 ID 18), ELLIPSE ARC CLOSE (Class 4 ID 19), and POLYBEZIER (Class 4 ID 26).

 

The default extension used by this file format is: CGM.

This file format does not support layers.

 

For CGM files, you can read the following bits per pixel: 24.