MACHINES AND ACCESSORIES DISCOVERY DISCOVERY INDUSTRY GRAPHIC
Rotary machine driving by engraving or diamond dragging
Laser machine driving using CO2, YAG or Fibre technology
Automatic Plate feeder
INTERFACE DISCOVERY DISCOVERY INDUSTRY GRAPHIC
Windows® 7 - like interface with large, colorful icons & dialogs easy to understand
Clean, simple interface showing only icons used at level
Automatic toolbar organization – only one toolbar shown unless docked to avoid toolbar cluster
Clearly organized toolbars
Working time displayed (saved into job)
Status line: selection data, workspace surface (padlock), composition mode, pointer position, view, memory used
Hotkeys: import, export, machining, print, etc.
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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 –
Point & Shoot functions: plate sizing and origin setting using machine red laser pointer
Automatic text composition mode: text automatically centered
Manual text composition mode: free text positioning
Gravograph pre-routed and optimized engraving fonts - Pack 0
True Type Font support
Right to left or Left to right text typing
Text compression
Kerning - Manual & Automatic
Interline spacing
Upper/lowercase conversion
Text Mirroring
Text in columns
Text on angle
Text on Arc
Text on curve: typing text on curve, projecting onto curve, moving text along curve
Vertical text
Text in rectangle
Point & Shoot function: Create text into rectangle area using the machine red Laser pointer
Find and replace Text or Style
Matrix: plate series
Matrix plate series: changing orientation of elementary plates to distribute them and to optimize material
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Single straight lines drawing
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 contoursNEW NEW
Local axe system –NEW
Point & Shoot functions: Create curves, arcs and circles using the machine red Laser pointer
Symbols: extensive std library + user symbols – ENHANCED
Grid & guidelines
Group/UnGroup
Different selection tools and different selection modesNEW
Alignment tools: left/right/top/bottom/vertical/horizontal alignment, alignment on horizontal/vertical axis
Transformation Tools: moving/resizing/rotating/mirror
Duplication Tools: linear, circular, distribution along curve center to center,
distribution along curve of the same object with progressive sizes
Freeze/Unfreeze selection tool
Operators on objects: fusion, intersection, subtraction, exclusion, offset, crop and punch
Chisel effect
2D Vectorial texturing
Envelope (shaping tool)
Convert a shape to circle, rectangle, ellipse
Segmentation: convert contour to line segments
Reverse contour direction
Simplification of curves
Convert text or complex object to Curve object (contours)
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
Linked to scanning
/ Vecto OPT or
linked to
Photostyle OPT
Linked to scanning
/ Vecto OPT or
linked to
Photostyle OPT
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
NEW DISCOVERY DISCOVERY INDUSTRY GRAPHIC
Creation of basic and complex surfaces, local projections, extend surfaces, merge and sew surfaces, swap UV– NEW
Create a section, curve sweeping, facet, combine surfaces, erase/extract surface area – NEW
Replace, add, subtract, maximum, minimum surfaces – NEW
Surface smoothing, adjust dynamic, Details raising – NEW
Surfaces lay – NEW
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Layer management: rename layer, make layer visible/invisible, lock/unlock layer, printable/not printable layer, duplicate/merge layer
Drilling points: Set drill points on material or selection, set circles on material or selection
Automatic Nesting
Linked to
Cylindrical engraving
Long Plate
OPT
OPT
Quotation/billing
Scanning
Linked to Linked to
Vectorization
OPT OPT
Integrated Laser driver (all settings saved into job)
PhotoLase: Photo processing for Laser marking
Rubber Stamp making including date stamp
Dials & Scales
Inlaid Work Wizard
Magic Copy
Linked to
Linked to
Script NEW
Ridging (Indent stamps, etc.)
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Drivers for Gravograph- New Hermes engravers
Backward compatibility with previous Gravograph & New Hermes jobs
2D Export: DXF, EPS, Goelan, HGPL, IGES, ISO, SYB
3D Export: DXF, HGPL, IGES, ISO – NEW
Vectorial imports: DXF (2D), EJO, EPS, G97, G98, HPGL, IGS, ISO, LGO, WMF, DWG, CMX NEW
PDF import
3D Import: IGES
File batch import with automatic nesting and file source deletion
Interface with external data source
Direct transfer of Corel Draw™ jobs to GravoStyle™ and vice versa – NEW
Copy & paste between Corel Draw™ as WMF, EMF (bitmap & vector)
Copy & paste between Excel & Variable list
Copy & paste between Word
Possibility to choose font(s) to replace a missing mentioned font(s) at the import of a file
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2D Filling (by Color)
OPT
OPT
Laser Color Marking (vector, raster, dash, fill) NEW NEW
Advanced Laser Color Toolbar (tangential entrance, Dotted line…) – ENHANCED
Advanced tool management (Tools database)
Advanced toolpath management (CAM): Plotting, Drilling, Vinyl, Sweeping, Cutting, engraving, Sequence
3D Advanced toolpath management (CAM): 3D milling, surface milling – NEW
Advanced toolpath management (CAM)
Quick fill simulation (CAM)
On-screen powerful simulation & rendering (CAM)
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Interactive Windows® Help System – ENHANCED
DHA™: Dynamic Helpdesk Assistant: a new help generation based on videos accessible on demand directly from the interface – NEW
Material definition: check status of job layout, error report
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 ENHANCED NEW
Find jobs using file viewer – NEW
Webshop fonts library directly accessible from GravoStyle™ font list – NEW
Selected text shown in font list as font sample
Integrated Spell Checker in many languages
Prefilled text input
Styles - save preset text attributes
Post-It® note for each job
Save information into job: date, creator, customer, description
Favorite toolbar to dock your tools easily
Job template
Mouse wheel and right click programming F5
Multi-level Undo/Redo: set number of iteration
Undo/Redo list: cancel or restore a series of operations to return to a precise stage of the composition
Zoom: different views
Pan mode
Set pointer hooking F3 up to point, line, center, grid, etc.
Object filter F9 by type (Markers, Open contours, Closed contours…)
Contour order displayed using direction arrows
Overlapping detection/removal: loops in contour, cloned objects and superimposed points
Measurement Tools
Computip: help to select the right engraving cutter
Automatic Z-Ref / Autofocus triggered by software
Point & Shoot functions: engraving simulation using machine red Laser pointer for Rotary and Laser machines
EDP™: Engraving Database of Parameters for laser machine – NEW
Laser machine engraving parameter management
Laser material calibration wizard
“What You See Is What You Really Engrave” WYSIWYRE 2D engraving simulation
Rotary/Laser preview
Assessment of the engraving time with laser machine – NEW
Window displaying machining status
3D viewer tools: 3D surfaces view, color map, Styl'View, light direction
Testing a tool, modify for a tool, slices, flat skin
Composition tree
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Braille Wizard (requires separate Braille kit for raster Braille)
OPT
OPT
OPT
OPT
Bar codes: Code39, Code128, Data Matrix, EAN, EAN+2, ExCode39, UPC-A, UPCA+2, UPCA+5, Interleaved 2/5 NEW
OPT
OPT
UID Wizard that create a 2D bar code following the UID standard (Unique Identifier) NEW
OPT
OPT
Professional Nesting (Optimization for material cutting)
OPT
OPT
Font Editor
OPT
OPT
OPT
OPT
Gravograph pre-routed and optimized engraving fonts: Pack 1 – General – ENHANCED
OPT
OPT
OPT
OPT
Gravograph pre-routed and optimized engraving fonts: Pack 2 – Industrial – ENHANCED
OPT
OPT
OPT
OPT
Gravograph pre-routed and optimized engraving fonts: Pack 3 – Retail – ENHANCED
OPT
OPT
OPT
Font Pack – Vision Numeric
OPT
OPT
OPT
OPT
PhotoStyle: Photo engraving incl. bitmap scanning & editing, detail and relief filter, vector frames
OPT
OPT
OPT
OPT
Dedicace™: Handwritten Dedication – NEW
OPT
OPT
OPT
OPT
Personalization Pack: options package including Dedicace™, PhotoStyle and Font Pack 3 – NEW
OPT
OPT
OPT
OPT
Japanese Seals
OPT
2.5D CAM Toolpaths including Cutting, Engraving, Finishing, Multi-tools Sequence, Prismatic Letters, Intaglio Toolpath
OPT
3D mapping and approximation surfaces – NEW as option
Increasing number of machines set up
OPT
OPT
OPT
OPT
Custom Fabrication Services new
