The Mekon Eclipse Suite of applications comprises the following main products.
- Eclipse S1000D for FrameMaker
- Eclipse S1000D for Arbortext Editor
- Eclipse BookBuild
- Eclipse iSpec 2200 (A)CMM/SB
- Eclipse Crew
- Eclipse Batch to PDF
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Eclipse Shipdex for FrameMaker
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Eclipse Shipdex for Arbortext
The Eclipse S1000D and iSpec 2200 (A)CMM/SB provide editing environments which are both clear and concise, and are straightforward and intuitive to use. The strength of these applications is their ability to obtain printed page layouts for the various structured files which conform to the relevant specification layout instructions.
Users of the Mekon applications have a variety of editing environment preferences from WYSIWYG to fully expanded SGML/XML ‘element tags’
Both Eclipse S1000D for FrameMaker and Arbortext provides authoring and printing environments for Data Modules complying with Issue 1 change 6, Issue 2.0 to 2.3 and upto issue 4.01.
Eclipse BookBuild allows users to create "hard copy" publications from ASD S1000D Data Modules. The user has almost complete control over the structure of the publication. The application also provides the ability to combine multiple Data Modules within a single chapter (DM Type and Issue restrictions apply). Outputs are availabe to provide a directly connected printer output as well as PDF files. (Eclipse S1000D for FrameMaker is also required)
Eclipse iSpec 2200 (A)CMM/SB provides authoring and printing environments for (Abbreviated) Component Maintenance Manuals ((A)CMM) and Service Bulletins (SB). The application complies with a wide range of SGML DTD versions.
Eclipse Crew is a specialised application for the editing and publishing of Aircrew Manuals, Operating Data Manual and fully formatted Flight Reference Cards. It can handle multi-section and multi-chapter publications. The applicatin has the ability to import ASD S1000D Crew Data Modules and convert them to the JSP 543 format (Eclipse Create S1000D for FrameMaker is required for this function).
Eclipse SGML/XML to PDF provides a simple way to create PDF files from varying quantities of SGML or XML files. The application creates a PDF file combining all the individual SGML or XML files. Book Marks are created to allow for rapid navigation between the files.
