File format compatibility

Two particular aspects of the interface to other design tools require comment here. The first is the issue of file format compatibility (or lack thereof) and the second is automation. 

ProcGen generates a scaled 3D model of the test specimen geometry, in the form of a faceted boundary representation. This model is made available for use by other software tasks in the system. The STEP file format (the ISO standard for product data exchange) was chosen to provide future compatibility with CAD models produced externally. In particular part 204 (faceted b-rep) of this standard is used. 

Once you ve entered all of the information within the resume template, you can save the document just as you would any other Word document. Move the cursor to the File pull-down menu and click on the Save option. You can then enter a filename and choose the file format in which you want your resume saved. The default option is in Word format, but you can also save the file in Text Rich Format, Text Only Format (ASCII), formats compatible with older versions of Word, or as a WordPerfect file. Printing the document is as easy as selecting the Print option from the File pull-down menu. 

Note To export to a text file, the formats compatible with Maple are Arrays, Matrices, etc. For additional help please type writedata... 

Software References Compatible structure file formats... 

In addition to automated sample injection, considerable effort has been directed towards the development of automated sample evaluation. The final goal is a set of programs and file formats which accompany a collection of compounds from the automated synthesis via the automated analysis to the final evaluation of a bioassay. In order to minimize time losses incurred by the conversion of files, file formats and software programs must be fully compatible. Data sets should contain complete information about each single compound (structure, HPLC/MS analysis, biological activity, etc.). 

Biomolecular three-dimensional structure database records are cmrently not compatible with macroscopic software tools such as those based on CAD software. Computer-aided design software represents a mature, robust technology, generally superior to the available molecular structure software. However, CAD software and file formats in general are ill-suited to examine the molecular world, owing to the lack of certain specialty views and analytical functions built in for the examination of details of protein structures. 

Software types, versions and file formats can change rapidly and significantly over time. One software vendor may guarantee compatibility between different versions of its software but only as long as the vendor exists and often only to a limited degree. In real life, the preservation of an electronic document during software updates can... 

A special feature in this book is the inclusion of the Hansen solubility parameter theory that can be used to classify solvents in terms of their nonpolar, polar and hydrogen bonding characteristics. Use of the Hansen solubility parameter theory will allow the worker to systematically search for a solvent substitute or determine the solubility of a resin/polymer in a certain solvent or solvent blend. The files necessary to construct computer spreadsheets that can utilize the Hansen solubility parameter theory are included with this book. The useful spreadsheet files on a computer disk are included in a plastic pocket on the back inside cover of the book. These files can be used on an IBM-compatible computer with Lotus 123 (or Excel) software. These computer spreadsheets were developed in the Lotus 123. WKl file format. The data files can be used with the Lotus 123 Version 5.0 for Windows, the Microsoft Excel Version 5.0 for Windows or any earlier version of the spreadsheet software. The files can also be translated into the Macintosh Excel format if the correct version of Excel is available. The coating industry will find the information on solvent substitution using the Hansen solubility parameter theory of particular interest. The use of computer spreadsheets to compare the solubility envelope of the polymer with likely solvent candidates has been very helpful to the author in past work and others in the coating in selecting substitute solvents or solvent blends. The Hansen solubility parameter values for 166 resins and polymers and 289 solvents are listed. 

The total solubility parameter of a resin or polymer is the point in three-dimensional space where the three partial solubility parameter vectors meet as the center point of the idealized spherical envelope. The distance in space between the two sets of parameters (solvent and polymer) can be represented by the radius of interaction term, R. The radius of interaction term is used to express the degree of mutual solubility. All of these solubility comparisons can be made by using computer spreadsheets that are described in this chapter. These computer spreadsheets were developed in the Lotus 123. WKl file format. The data files are listed on the IBM compatible computer disk in the Lotus. WKl and can be translated to Excel for Windows format. 

The standard file formats can be extended by each discipline participating in order to meet particular requirements. Compatibility can still be guaranteed at different levels (e.g. XML, XDF for data files). Data can be exchanged on the base of a common denominator. 

Regardless of whether you choose a lossless or a compressed file format, any files that you intend to make available to listeners using another computer need to employ a format that is compatible with their software. The following is a summary of recommendations on which formats and codec are appropriate for which destinations ... 

Material that will remain on your computer or be backed up to CR-ROMs as archives need to maintain 100 percent of the quality and can use Sonic Foundry s. pca format. Since archives are for your use only, compatibility is not important, but quality is. Files using this format can be 70 percent as large as other lossless file formats, giving you some degree of space savings without compromising quality. 

A perpetual thorn in the flesh of any modeler who uses multiple programs from multiple sources, be they in-house or commercial, is the lack of compatibility between the different file formats used by the various programs. Despite efforts to move toward a standard, multiple and incompatible formats still proliferate. Some relief is provided by file format conversion programs such as BABEU and MOL2MOL. Many proprietary utilities for this purpose also exist (e.g., Convrt o ). 

The PDB file format, originally developed for macro-molecular structures, but including capabilities for showing low-molecular-weight structures also. The PDB format is currently undergoing revision to provide compatibility with mmCIF. 

An excellent way to export information from SAS to another SAS user is with PROC CPORT. PROC CPORT creates an operating system-independent SAS transport file that can hold data sets as well as SAS programs, permanent format catalogs, and other SAS catalogs. Note that PROC CPORT files are not backward compatible with older versions of SAS, so a transport file created by PROC CPORT in SAS 9 cannot be read by SAS 8. Here is some example code showing how to place all of the SAS data sets and permanent formats from a libref called library into a SAS transport file called mytrial.xpt. ... 

All modern relational databases include the ability to export tables as XML files. It is usually possible to apply an XSLT transformation to the data as part of the export procedure. In the interest of simplicity and compatibility across different databases, no special transformation was applied to the tables extracted from the New Brunswick till database. Therefore, after exporting data out of MS Access in a generic XML format, the first XSLT transformation involves restructuring the data to conform to a Geochemical Survey XML schema, developed at the GSC (Adcock 2009b). The second transformation produces a set of files which conform to the GML schema (OGC, 2007). KML shares many features with GML, and hence the third and final GML-to-KML transformation is very simple. 

Fig. 8 Proposed model for gramicidin S in a membrane according to the orientational constraints obtained from and N-NMR. The upright backbone alignment (r 80°) and slant of the /3-sheets (p -45°) are compatible with the formation of an oligomeric /3-barrel that is stabilized by hydrogen bonds (dotted lines). A The oligomer is depicted sideways from within the lipid bilayer interior (showing only backbone atoms for clarity, but with hydrophobic side chains added to one of the monomers). Atomic coordinates of GS were taken from a monomeric structure [4], and the two DMPC lipid molecules are drawn to scale (from a molecular dynamics simulation coordinate file). The bilayer cross-section is coloured yellow in its hydrophobic core, red in the amphiphilic regions, and light blue near the aqueous surface. B Illustrates a top view of the putative pore, although the number of monomers remains speculative...

To submit electronically a request for a meeting or teleconference, the sponsor should use the Request for a Meeting or Teleconference form provided by the CVM (Form FDA 34895 OMB No. 0910-0452). The sponsor should enter the data directly into an Adobe Acrobat form, attach the Agenda for the meeting, and submit the form to CVM as an Adobe portable document format (PDF) file (compatible with Adobe Acrobat 6.0).6 The electronic submission of a request for meeting or teleconference is part of the Center s ongoing initiative to provide a method for paperless submissions. 

Alternatively to the keyword SOLUTION, SOLUTIONSPREAD can be used for the input of solution. The input is transposed compared to the input for SOLUTION, i.e. the rows of input for SOLUTION become the columns of input for SOLUTION SPREAD. It is especially convenient to define more than one aqueous solution composition using this tab-limited format. Data obtained e g. from a laboratory spreadsheet format can be copied directly into the PHREEQC input file. SOLUTION SPREAD is compatible with the format of many spreadsheet programs, as e.g. Excel. The column headings are element names, element valence state names or isotope names. One subheading can be used to define speciation (e.g. as S04 , or as N03 ), specify element specific units, redox couples, phase names and saturation indices. All succeeding lines are the data values for each solution, with one solution defined on each line. 

The CD-ROM that accompanies this book contains most of the worksheets that are discussed in the book. The files are in Excel 97 format, so that they can be opened using either Excel 97/98 or Excel 2000/2001. The document names have. xls file extensions, so that they are compatible with Excel for Windows. Macintosh users can delete these file extensions if they wish. 

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