Gravograph pre-routed and optimized engraving fonts
Additional packs
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 – NEW
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: Multi text rectangle area using machine red Laser pointere – NEW
Find and replace Text or Style – NEW
Matrix plate series using variables like list of names or automatic numbers
- International variables (UNICODE compliant)– NEW
Matrix plate series: changing orientation of elementary plates to distribute them and to
optimize material
DESIGN TOOLS
EXPLORER
DISCOVERY
INDUSTRY
GRAPHIC
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 – NEW
Point & Shoot functions: Defining curves, arcs and
circles using machine red Laser pointer – NEW
Symbols: extensive std library + user symbols
Grid & guidelines
Group/UnGroup
Multi-level Group/UnGroup (using Ctrl key)
Alignment tools: vertical/horizontal center, vertical/horizontal spacing, vertical/horizontal
boxing
- alignment on horizontal/vertical axis, left/right/top/bottom/vertical/horizontal alignment – NEW in DISCOVERY
– Object Z-order: top, bottom, up, down – NEW in Rotary
– Centre objects, centre on plate – NEW
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
Fusion - Intersection - Subtraction - Exclusion - Offset
- Crop and punch – NEW
Chisel effect – NEW
2D Vectorial texturing – NEW
Envelope (shaping tool)
Convert a shape to circle, rectangle, ellipse
Segmentation: convert contour to line segments
Reverse contour direction
Simplification of curves – NEW
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
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
Quotation/billing
Scanning
Linked to
Vectorization OPT
or linked to
Photostyle OPT
Linked to
Vectorization OPT
or linked to
Photostyle OPT
Vectorization
OPT
OPT
Integrated Laser driver (all settings saved into job)
PhotoLase: Photo processing for Laser marking
Rubber Stamp making – ENHANCED
– Date stamp – NEW
Dials & Scales
Inlaid Work Wizard – NEW
Magic Copy – NEW
Linked to
Professional
Nesting OPT
Linked to
Professional
Nesting OPT
Script – NEW
Ridging (Indent stamps, etc.)
IMPORT-EXPORT
EXPLORER
DISCOVERY
INDUSTRY
GRAPHIC
Drivers for Gravograph- New Hermes engravers
Backward compatibility with previous Gravograph & New Hermes jobs
2D Export: DXF, EPS, Goelan, HGPL, IGES, ISO, SYB
Vectorial imports: DXF (2D), EJO, EPS, G97, G98, HPGL, IGS, ISO, LGO, WMF
- DWG, CMX– NEW
Image imports: BMP, JPEG, PNG, TIFF
Copy & paste between Corel as WMF, EMF (bitmap & vector)
Copy & paste between Excel & Variable list
Copy & paste between Word
Prefilled text input – NEW
Styles - save preset text attributes
Post-It¢ç note for each job
Save information into job: date, creator, customer, description
Favorite toolbar to dock your tools easily
- Possibility to change the tool order– NEW
Job template
Mouse wheel programming F5
Undo/Redo: Multi-level, set number of annulations
Zoom: different views
Pan mode – NEW
Set pointer hooking F3 up to point, line, center, grid, etc.
Object filter F9 by type (Markers, Open contours, Closed contours¡¦) – NEW
Wizards: step-by-step guided functions
Contour order displayed using direction arrows
Overlapping detection: loops in contour, cloned objects and superimposed points
- Remove self-intersections tool – NEW
Measurement Tools – ENHANCED
Computip: help to select the right cutter
Point & Shoot functions: engraving simulation using machine red Laser pointer – ENHANCED
¡°What You See Is What You Really Engrave¡± WYSIWYRE 2D engraving simulation
Automatic Z-Ref / Autofocus triggered by software
Window displaying machining status
Rotary preview
- Laser Preview– NEW
Laser material calibration wizard – NEW
Advanced toolpath management (CAM) – ENHANCED
Quick fill simulation (CAM)
On-screen powerful simulation & rendering (CAM) – ENHANCED
Font Pack 1 - General
OPT
OPT
OPT
OPT
Font Pack 2 - Industrial
OPT
OPT
OPT
OPT
Font Pack 3 - Retail
OPT
OPT
OPT
OPT
Font Pack - Vision Numeric
OPT
OPT
OPT
PhotoStyle: Photo engraving incl. bitmap scanning & editing, vector frames
OPT
OPT
OPT
Japanese Seals
OPT
2.5D Toolpaths including Cutting, Engraving, Finishing, Multi-tools Sequence and Prismatic
Letters
OPT
Intaglio 3D Toolpath
OPT
Increasing number of machines set up
OPT
OPT
OPT
Additional postprocessors for third-party engraving machines
OPT
OPT
OPT
ISO Postprocessors (G-Code for CNC equipment)
OPT