- IDE-like environment consisting of number of dockable panels
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- Panel listing all Hotspots detected and already existing in the currently open CGM file.
- Panel listing all intelligence contained in the automatically generated XCF file (contexts, actions, events, functions, text).
- Panel for viewing and observing the intelligence in the CGM file.
- Ribbon control interface
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- Microsoft Office 2007 - like User interface, which will allow to access all functionality on one compact toolbar control.
- Capabilities
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- Supports multiple profiles of the CGM standard including WebCGM, the most widely-specified profile for current aerospace programs.
- Employs a powerful configuration engine thereby allowing the support of custom authoring guidelines and detection rules.
- Provides multiple operating modes allowing the viewing and detection of hotspots on CGM files as well as testing XCF logic in CGM Viewer.
- Groups all hotspots (detected or already existing) into separate collections in hierarchically-organized folder/file arrangement.
- Creates a companion (XCF) file that contains all the information needed to support interaction when the file is being viewed with an intelligent graphics viewer.
- Serves as a QA tracking tool.
- Splits a monolithic graphic into smaller pieces like sheets.
- XCF (XML Companion File)
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- Automatically create an XCF file for a single or multiple graphics.
- Automatically verify the data integrity and dependencies among the content of an XCF file and its references.
- Provides support for multiple contexts allowing the reuse of the same graphic in different areas of a Tech Pubs Manual such as the IPB and Maintenance procedures.
- Capable of extracting text and other attributes detected in the graphic and make them searchable.
- Groups related items together such as single wires forming a path from a switch to a system or component.
- Serves as a QA tracking tool.
- Gives the ability to invoke multiple actions against a single CGM object such as a display-related detailed graphic or the information from a WDM.
- Verification
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- Verify data in the CGM graphic against a WDM.
- Verify all CGM primitives against the customer's authoring rules.
- Edit
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- Ability to modify text.
- Ability to modify primitive attributes such as line width, type, stroke.
- Ability to delete primitives from the drawing.
- Modes
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- Design mode – allowing the review of existing or newly detected intelligence. For example, click on any hotspot to see where it is located on the graphic.
- XCF View mode – allowing use of intelligence in the XCF file by clicking on given hotspot or simple moving the mouse over an intelligent object.
- Reports
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- Intelligence detection report -
- XCF report.
- Split report.
Displays all different categories of detected intelligence and possible errors/warnings associated with them.
Displays items that were not in compliance with authoring rules and guidelines.
Lists all errors and warnings related to the XCF file.
Lists all problems related to splitting a single CGM file into smaller pieces.
