DISCOVERY

GRAPHIC

DYNAMIC

PLATE COMPOSITION

Automatic composition mode

Automatic vertical text

Basic font set

Diagonal text

Dials / scales

NA

OPT

Long plate

OPT

Manual composition mode

Matrix/list of names & serial numbers

OPT w

Spell checker

Text in arc

Text in columns

Text on a curve

Vertical text

DESIGN TOOLS

Define drilling points

Elementary shapes

Right-to-left text entry

Tools for moving/resizing

Aligning objects with each other

NA

Conversion into circles

NA

Conversions into curves

NA

Duplication tools

NA

Fusion, addition, substraction, offset

NA

Segmentation functions

NA

Shading

NA

Splitting contours

NA

Scanning only

OPT

Vectorization only

OPT

HELP FUNCTIONS

Guideline grid

Help for tool choice

Layer / color

Wysiwyre

Cost estimate

NA

Spell checker

Group/ungroup

NA

Measurements

NA

Upper / lower case

NA

Toggle characters

NA

IMPORT/EXPORT

Drivers for GII and NHI tables and lasers

Export DFX (2D), HPGL (2D), EPS

Export DXF(3D), HPGL (3D)

Export IGES, ISO (2D)

Export IGES, ISO (3D)

Import HPGL, BMP, TIFF, EPS, DXF, IGES, ISO

CORRECTION / TOOL PATH

Filling and 2-D tool management

OPT

Advanced tool management (CAM module)

NA

3rd axis management (CAM with true 3-D capabilities)

NA

NA

OPTIONS - Specialty Tools

Bar codes

OPT

OPT

OPT

Font Editor

OPT

OPT

OPT

Braillle. Profile Braille method requires 2-D fill option with Discovery and Industry only. Not required for RasterTM method.

OPT

OPT

OPT

Dials / scales

NA

OPT

OPT

Drivers for other engraving machines

OPT

OPT

OPT

Engraving font for general applications

OPT

OPT

OPT

Engraving font for retailer applications

OPT

OPT

OPT

Engraving font for industrial applications

OPT

OPT

OPT

Filling and 2-D tool management

OPT

STD

STD

IGES projection

NA

NA

OPT

ISO drivers

NA

NA

OPT

Long plate

OPT

STD

STD

PhotoStyle, bitmap editing, scanning

OPT

OPT

OPT

Scanning and vectorizing

OPT

STD

STD

Styl'Art

NA

NA

OPT