gXconvert is a universal conversion program, for a variety of graphic file formats. This includes conversions between all important raster, vector and hybrid formats.

Individual input filters are used to read these different formats and they can be converted to nearly all important output formats in today's market.

The main highlights of the product include plotting and printing to graphical output devices, connectivity to and integration into an archiving and documentation retrieval system, and displaying drawings on-line and converting formats for transfer between applications:

• Examples of these functions include converting to a specific output format, rotating or scaling input formats to fit any output paper size, modifying the attributes of a plot (pens, fills, colors, etc.), converting to compact raster formats (TIFF) and displaying images on screen and plotting files directly from archives or scanners.
  
  
• The input and output configuration of gXconvert can be easily done to suit the needs of an individual application. It satisfies two needs. First, the configuration can be used to preserve the exact same output as the original file format, even though the conversion has created a new file format. Integrity is retained in measures and details. If the input format does not provide all information needed to create the output format color, tables, pens, and even graphics elements can be configured for the missing parts.