| INTERFACE |
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DISCOVERY |
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| Windows® 7 - like interface with large, colorful icons & dialogs easy to understand |
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| Clean, simple interface showing only icons used at level |
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| Automatic toolbar organization – only one toolbar shown unless docked to avoid toolbar cluster |
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| Clearly organized toolbars |
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| Working time displayed (saved into job) |
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| Status line: selection data, workspace surface (padlock), composition mode, pointer position, view, memory used |
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Hotkeys: import, export, machining, print, etc.
Possibility to change, add or delete hotkeys |
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| PLATE COMPOSITION |
EXPLORER |
DISCOVERY |
DISCOVERY
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INDUSTRY |
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| Material settings: machine selection, plate size, orientation, clamping accessory, flat/cylinder engraving mode, fixed or floating origin – Parameters saved into job – |
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| Point & Shoot functions: plate sizing and origin setting using machine red laser pointer |
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Automatic text composition mode: text automatically centered
Take into account the bitmaps imported in the composition |
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| Manual text composition mode: free text positioning |
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| Gravograph pre-routed and optimized engraving fonts - Pack 0 |
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| True Type Font support |
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| Right to left or Left to right text typing |
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| Text compression |
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| Kerning - Manual & Automatic |
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| Interline spacing |
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| Upper/lowercase conversion |
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| Text Mirroring |
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| Text in columns |
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| Text on angle |
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| Text on Arc |
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| Text on curve: typing text on curve, projecting onto curve, moving text along curve |
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| Vertical text |
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| Text in rectangle |
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| Point & Shoot function: Create text into rectangle area using the machine red Laser pointer |
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| Find and replace Text or Style |
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Matrix: plate series
Possibility to use variables like list of names, automatic numbers or Date & Time (compliant with all alphabets) |
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| Matrix plate series: changing orientation of elementary plates to distribute them and to optimize material |
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| DESIGN TOOLS |
EXPLORER |
DISCOVERY |
DISCOVERY
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INDUSTRY |
GRAPHIC |
3D |
| Single straight lines drawing |
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Shapes: marker, rectangle, polygon, star, arrow, curve, double line, ellipse, circle & arc, arc from chord, tangential line/arc, auto-connect, trim & extend, polycurves, split intersecting curves, remove small or big contours
– Manipulation axis –NEW
– Possibility to reedit some parameters –NEW |
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| Local axe system –NEW |
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| Point & Shoot functions: Create curves, arcs and circles using the machine red Laser pointer |
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| Symbols: extensive std library + user symbols – ENHANCED |
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| Grid & guidelines |
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Group/UnGroup
Multi-level Group/UnGroup (using Ctrl key) |
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Different selection tools and different selection modes
– Possibility to sort selected items –NEW |
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Alignment tools: left/right/top/bottom/vertical/horizontal alignment, alignment on horizontal/vertical axis
Centre objects, vertical/horizontal center, centre on plate
Vertical/horizontal spacing, vertical/horizontal boxing
Object Z-order: top, bottom, up, down |
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| Transformation Tools: moving/resizing/rotating/mirror |
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| Duplication Tools: linear, circular, distribution along curve center to center,
distribution along curve of the same object with progressive sizes |
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| Freeze/Unfreeze selection tool |
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| Operators on objects: fusion, intersection, subtraction, exclusion, offset, crop and punch |
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| Chisel effect |
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| 2D Vectorial texturing |
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| Envelope (shaping tool) |
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| Convert a shape to circle, rectangle, ellipse |
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| Segmentation: convert contour to line segments |
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| Reverse contour direction |
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| Simplification of curves |
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| Convert text or complex object to Curve object (contours) |
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| Point mode: edit, add/remove, align, shape corner, connect, disconnect, auto-connect open contours, cleanup contour (reduce points), refine contour (add points), explode contour, cut, delete, convert to curve/arc, project onto guidelines |
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Linked to scanning
/ Vecto OPT or
linked to
Photostyle OPT |
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Linked to scanning
/ Vecto OPT or
linked to
Photostyle OPT |
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| Bitmap Editor: Edit an existing bitmap, create an image within editor |
Linked to scanning
/ Vecto OPT or
linked to
Photostyle OPT |
Linked to scanning
/ Vecto OPT or
linked to
Photostyle OPT |
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Linked to scanning
/ Vecto OPT or
linked to
Photostyle OPT |
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| 3D DESIGN TOOLS – NEW |
EXPLORER |
DISCOVERY |
DISCOVERY
MAX |
INDUSTRY |
GRAPHIC |
3D |
| Creation of basic and complex surfaces, local projections, extend surfaces, merge and sew surfaces, swap UV– NEW |
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| Create a section, curve sweeping, facet, combine surfaces, erase/extract surface area – NEW |
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| Replace, add, subtract, maximum, minimum surfaces – NEW |
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| Surface smoothing, adjust dynamic, Details raising – NEW |
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| Surfaces lay – NEW |
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| ADVANCED FUNCTIONS |
EXPLORER |
DISCOVERY |
DISCOVERY
MAX |
INDUSTRY |
GRAPHIC |
3D |
| Layer management: rename layer, make layer visible/invisible, lock/unlock layer, printable/not printable layer, duplicate/merge layer |
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| Drilling points: Set drill points on material or selection, set circles on material or selection |
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| Automatic Nesting |
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Linked to
Professional
Nesting OPT |
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| Cylindrical engraving |
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| Long Plate |
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| Quotation/billing |
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| Scanning |
Linked to
Vectorization OPT
or linked to
Photostyle OPT |
Linked to
Vectorization OPT
or linked to
Photostyle OPT |
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Linked to
Vectorization OPT
or linked to
Photostyle OPT |
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| Vectorization |
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| Integrated Laser driver (all settings saved into job) |
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| PhotoLase: Photo processing for Laser marking |
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| Rubber Stamp making including date stamp |
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| Dials & Scales |
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| Inlaid Work Wizard |
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| Magic Copy |
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Linked to
Professional
Nesting OPT |
Linked to
Professional
Nesting OPT |
Linked to
Professional
Nesting OPT |
Script
– Possibility to link parameters to a selected item – NEW |
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| Ridging (Indent stamps, etc.) |
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| IMPORT-EXPORT |
EXPLORER |
DISCOVERY |
DISCOVERY
MAX |
INDUSTRY |
GRAPHIC |
3D |
| Drivers for Gravograph- New Hermes engravers |
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| Backward compatibility with previous Gravograph & New Hermes jobs |
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| 2D Export: DXF, EPS, Goelan, HGPL, IGES, ISO, SYB |
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| 3D Export: DXF, HGPL, IGES, ISO – NEW |
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Vectorial imports: DXF (2D), EJO, EPS, G97, G98, HPGL, IGS, ISO, LGO, WMF, DWG, CMX
Image imports: BMP, JPEG, PNG, TIFF
– GERBER files – NEW |
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| PDF import |
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| 3D Import: IGES |
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| File batch import with automatic nesting and file source deletion |
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| Interface with external data source |
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| Direct transfer of Corel Draw™ jobs to GravoStyle™ and vice versa – NEW |
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| Copy & paste between Corel Draw™ as WMF, EMF (bitmap & vector) |
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| Copy & paste between Excel & Variable list |
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| Copy & paste between Word |
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| Possibility to choose font(s) to replace a missing mentioned font(s) at the import of a file |
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| FILLING/TOOLPATH |
EXPLORER |
DISCOVERY |
DISCOVERY
MAX |
INDUSTRY |
GRAPHIC |
3D |
| 2D Filling (by Color) |
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Laser Color Marking (vector, raster, dash, fill)
– Cutting Mode – NEW
– Possibility to select the color you want to engrave – NEW |
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| Advanced Laser Color Toolbar (tangential entrance, Dotted line…) – ENHANCED |
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Advanced tool management (Tools database)
Possibility to filter the tools by Reference, Name and Truncation |
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| Advanced toolpath management (CAM): Plotting, Drilling, Vinyl, Sweeping, Cutting, engraving, Sequence |
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| 3D Advanced toolpath management (CAM): 3D milling, surface milling – NEW |
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Advanced toolpath management (CAM)
Possibility to create CAM toolpath presets
Specific Braille towpaths with predefined parameters by material |
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| Quick fill simulation (CAM) |
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| On-screen powerful simulation & rendering (CAM) |
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| SUPPORTS & ASSISTANCE |
EXPLORER |
DISCOVERY |
DISCOVERY
MAX |
INDUSTRY |
GRAPHIC |
3D |
| Interactive Windows® Help System – ENHANCED |
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| DHA™: Dynamic Helpdesk Assistant: a new help generation based on videos accessible on demand directly from the interface – NEW |
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| Material definition: check status of job layout, error report |
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Layout wizard: illustrated help to choose the right machine accessory depending on the item to engrave, to position the composition on this item and the item on this accessory
– Managed items: plate, ring, pen, bottle and bracelet – ENHANCED
– Possibility to use the Point & Shoot to define the engraving zone – NEW |
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| Find jobs using file viewer – NEW |
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| Webshop fonts library directly accessible from GravoStyle™ font list – NEW |
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| Selected text shown in font list as font sample |
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| Integrated Spell Checker in many languages |
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| Prefilled text input |
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| Styles - save preset text attributes |
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| Post-It® note for each job |
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| Save information into job: date, creator, customer, description |
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| Favorite toolbar to dock your tools easily |
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| Job template |
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| Mouse wheel and right click programming F5 |
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| Multi-level Undo/Redo: set number of iteration |
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| Undo/Redo list: cancel or restore a series of operations to return to a precise stage of the composition |
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| Zoom: different views |
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| Pan mode |
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| Set pointer hooking F3 up to point, line, center, grid, etc. |
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| Object filter F9 by type (Markers, Open contours, Closed contours…) |
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| Contour order displayed using direction arrows |
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| Overlapping detection/removal: loops in contour, cloned objects and superimposed points |
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| Measurement Tools |
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| Computip: help to select the right engraving cutter |
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| Automatic Z-Ref / Autofocus triggered by software |
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| Point & Shoot functions: engraving simulation using machine red Laser pointer for Rotary and Laser machines |
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| EDP™: Engraving Database of Parameters for laser machine – NEW |
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| Laser machine engraving parameter management |
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| Laser material calibration wizard |
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| “What You See Is What You Really Engrave” WYSIWYRE 2D engraving simulation |
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| Rotary/Laser preview |
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| Assessment of the engraving time with laser machine – NEW |
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| Window displaying machining status |
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| 3D viewer tools: 3D surfaces view, color map, Styl'View, light direction |
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| Testing a tool, modify for a tool, slices, flat skin |
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| Composition tree |
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| OPTIONS |
EXPLORER |
DISCOVERY |
DISCOVERY
MAX |
INDUSTRY |
GRAPHIC |
3D |
Braille Wizard (requires separate Braille kit for raster Braille)
Manage the Automatic line return for Braille text |
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Bar codes: Code39, Code128, Data Matrix, EAN, EAN+2, ExCode39, UPC-A, UPCA+2, UPCA+5, Interleaved 2/5
– Vectorial Data Matrix – NEW |
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UID Wizard that create a 2D bar code following the UID standard (Unique Identifier)
– Vectorial UID – NEW |
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| Professional Nesting (Optimization for material cutting) |
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| Font Editor |
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| Gravograph pre-routed and optimized engraving fonts: Pack 1 – General – ENHANCED |
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| Gravograph pre-routed and optimized engraving fonts: Pack 2 – Industrial – ENHANCED |
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| Gravograph pre-routed and optimized engraving fonts: Pack 3 – Retail – ENHANCED |
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or linked to
Perso Pack OPT |
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or linked to
Perso Pack OPT |
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or linked to
Perso Pack OPT |
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or linked to
Perso Pack OPT |
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or linked to
Perso Pack OPT |
| Font Pack – Vision Numeric |
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| PhotoStyle: Photo engraving incl. bitmap scanning & editing, detail and relief filter, vector frames |
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or linked to
Perso Pack OPT |
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or linked to
Perso Pack OPT |
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or linked to
Perso Pack OPT |
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or linked to
Perso Pack OPT |
OPT
or linked to
Perso Pack OPT |
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or linked to
Perso Pack OPT |
| Dedicace™: Handwritten Dedication – NEW |
OPT
or linked to
Perso Pack OPT |
OPT
or linked to
Perso Pack OPT |
OPT
or linked to
Perso Pack OPT |
OPT
or linked to
Perso Pack OPT |
OPT
or linked to
Perso Pack OPT |
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or linked to
Perso Pack OPT |
| Personalization Pack: options package including Dedicace™, PhotoStyle and Font Pack 3 – NEW |
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| Japanese Seals |
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| 2.5D CAM Toolpaths including Cutting, Engraving, Finishing, Multi-tools Sequence, Prismatic Letters, Intaglio Toolpath |
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| 3D mapping and approximation surfaces – NEW as option |
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| Increasing number of machines set up |
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