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Engrave Lab 9 Product
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General Features |
Foundation |
Expert |
Photo Laser Plus |
Laser |
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Windows XP™, Vista™ and 7™ |
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Drag & Drop, Cut, Copy,
Paste |
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File Preview |
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Scaling, Sizing, Fitting,
Alignment |
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Unlimited Undo/Redo |
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Online Help |
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Grids & Guides (Vertical, |
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Horizontal,
Angled Lock Guides) |
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Color & B/W Printing |
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Arrays |
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Dimensioning/Measuring Tool |
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Job Cost Notes |
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Seamless CorelDRAW™ Interface |
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Re-Engrave |
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Engrave Text and Graphics |
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Hairline Support |
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Engraving Preview |
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Instant Replay |
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Import/Export PDF |
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Multiple Instance |
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On Screen Auto Layout |
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No |
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OLE Support |
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No |
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Import Meistergram™ LAY-LGO
Files |
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No |
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Production
Tools |
Foundation |
Expert |
Photo Laser Plus |
Laser |
Pro |
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Auto Re-size Job By Changing
Plate |
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100 Engraver/Router drivers |
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No |
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Vinyl Cutter Driver Support |
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Super Size Image |
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Use Objects as Guidelines |
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Welds of Same Color Objects/Multi Color Welds |
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Vectorization Wizard |
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Rubber Stamp |
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Block Nesting |
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Create Plate Function |
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Auto Fill Sheet &
Nest |
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Send Proofs Via E-mail |
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Grade 1 Braille Foreign
Language Support |
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True Shape Nesting |
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New - Create Realistic
Engraving Blanks |
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No |
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Go To Shopping Area |
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Text
Tools |
Foundation |
Expert |
Photo Laser Plus |
Laser |
Pro |
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Search and Replace |
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Extended Character Picker |
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True Type Font Support |
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WYSIWYE Text Compose |
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AutoCad SHX Font Support |
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Badges (Auto Text
Replacement & Serialization) |
No |
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New - Easily Add More
Plates To a Badged Job |
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No |
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Columnizing |
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1100 Fonts & 5000+
Clip-art |
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Engraving Fonts (+100) |
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No |
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Text Underline |
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New - Underline Individual
Words |
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Support Meistergram™ FON Fonts |
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Ability to Create Custom
Engraving Fonts |
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Equal/Weighted Spacing for
Text Compose |
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Fit Text to Arc |
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Fit Text to Path |
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Full Case Control |
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Enhanced Spell Checker |
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Adjust Letter Spacing |
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by Cutter
Diameter |
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Grade 1 & 2 Braille
Translator |
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New - Setup Default Text |
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New - In Place Text Justiication |
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New - Assign Color To Text |
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New - Text Undo / Redo |
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New - Custom Word Spacing Control |
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New - Set Line Positions Based
On |
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X/Y Co-Ordinates |
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New - Control Word Spacing |
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New - Custom Character
Width Controls |
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New - Under Line Spaces
Option |
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New - Menu Board Option |
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New - Convert True Type /
Adobe Type1 |
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To Single Line
Fonts |
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New - Easily Edit And Save |
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Single Line
Fonts |
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Go To Shopping Area |
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Graphic
Tools |
Foundation |
Expert |
Photo Laser Plus |
Laser |
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Import Stroke Width (CMX,
CMF, AI, EPS) |
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65+
Import/Export Filters (Including AI, EPS, DXF) |
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Create and Edit Shapes and
Graphics |
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Color and B/W Scanning |
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Node Editing for
Vectorized Graphics |
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Parametric
Circle, Rectangle, Polygon, Star, Fan & Arrow |
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New - Spiral Tool |
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New - Free Edit Draw
With Thick Line |
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Ginsu Knife |
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Fit to
Circle/Square/Ellipse |
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Auto Tracing B/W
Vectorization |
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New -
Improved Auto Tracing Centerline Vectorization |
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Distortions and Special
Effects |
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Metamorphosis |
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Auto Tracing Color
Vectorization |
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Gradient
Fills |
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Pattern Fills |
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Create Rulers / Dials |
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Bar Code Support |
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New - Bitmap Transparency
Support |
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New - Lasso Selection Tool |
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Go To Shopping Area |
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Laser
Engraving Tools |
Foundation |
Expert |
Photo Laser Plus |
Laser |
Pro |
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New - Auto Convert to Vector
Cut |
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New - Control
Default Fill / Hair Line Color |
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Custom Laser Engraving
Palettes |
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Raster/Vector Engraving
Support |
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Tool Library |
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Male / Female Tool Path
Support |
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Lead In Function |
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Contour Cut |
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Print-Sort/Sequence
Laser Engraving Jobs |
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PhotoLaser |
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Photolaser
Glass, Granite, Lasertile Support |
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Render Grayscale Artwork
for 3D |
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New-Bitmap
Effects Including KnockOut, Wood Effect, Sketch |
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Go To Shopping Area |
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Rotary Engraving Tools |
Foundation |
Expert |
Photo Laser Plus |
Laser |
Pro |
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Rotary Engraving Friendly
Copies |
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Inverse Fill of All Objects |
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Sort Routines to
Optimize Engraving Speed |
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Sort/Sequence Rotary Engraving Job By
Color |
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S-Sweep and Line Sweep
Fills |
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Tool Path Preview and
Editing |
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Tool Library |
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Lead in
Function Including New Ramp, Online |
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Male / Female Tool
Path Support |
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Advanced
Spiral Fill |
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Sweep Tool Down Engraving
Fill |
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Contour Drilling |
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Drill Center |
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Material Library |
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Improved Nearest Sort |
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3D Viewer |
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Multiple Fills in One Job |
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Spiral & Reverse Spiral
Fills |
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Island & Reverse Island
Fills |
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High Eficiency Fill Routines |
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Nose Cone Friendly Fills |
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Depth Control |
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Clean Up
Pass/Multipass Depth Control |
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Tool Tracking |
No |
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Suggested Tool Size
for Rotary Engraving |
No |
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Set Depth by Color for
Rotary Engraving |
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2 Tool Rotary Engraving Fill |
No |
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Spool Rotary Engraving Jobs |
No |
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Rotary Engrave to Unlimited
Table Size |
No |
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Rotary Photo Engraving |
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2.5D Tool Path Support |
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New - Save Tool / Toolpath |
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Male/Female |
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Information With
Every Job Toolpaths |
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Male
Female Tool Paths |
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New Long Plate Feature |
No |
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Go to Shopping Area |
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