Image2Punch Pro allows you to create perforated patterns on your PC either by using the built in drawing and image manipulation tools or by opening virtually any type of digital image.

Image2Punch is a CAD application designed to help you create custom perforated patterns based on any digital image file.

Image2Punch Pro consists of two phases in the creation of a perforated pattern design. The first phase is the Imaging Design Environment. The second phase is Tooling Generation Environment.

In the Imaging Design Environment, you may add shapes, text and/or modify its property. The image can also be modified using the built in image manipulation tools.

All the buttons associated with the image manipulation features are found either on Menu toolbar or on Navigator Bar. There are also some toolbars which give you a way to access feature commands on the Menu toolbar.

In the Tooling Generation Environment, you may select tools from the tool databases for generating the perforated pattern design. You may also modify the property of an existing tool according to the type of the tool or create a new tool.

Other parameters such as material property, the sheet size and the perforated pattern types can also be defined before generating the perforated pattern. As in the Imaging Design Environment, all the buttons used to define the parameters and to select the tools can be found either on the Menu toolbar or on The Navigator Bar.

All the toolbars, including the Navigator Bar, can be hidden or shown as you please. You can also move the toolbars to the desired positions in the windows application space either for your convenience or in order to widen the display area.

Here are some key features of "Image2Punch Pro":

Input Image Formats
· BMP
· JPG/JPEG
· TIFF
· GIF
· PNG
· PCX
· TGA
· RLE
· JPE
· ICO
· WMF

Output Raster and Vector Formats
· BMP
· JPG/JPEG
· I2P
· DXF

Viewing Operation
· Panning
· Zoom In
· Zoom Out
· Zoom Window
· Scrolling Bar

Themes
· Basic
· Standard
· Enhanced

Shape Drawing Tools
· Line
· Solid Rectangle
· Outlined Rectangle
· Solid Circle
· Outlined Circle
· Text
· Solid Rotatable Rectangle
· Outlined Rotatable Rectangle
· Solid Triangle
· Outlined Triangle
· Solid Polygon 6 sides
· Oytlined Polygon 6 sides
· Solid Star Shape
· Outlined Star Shape

Editing/Modification Operations
· Undo
· Redo
· Changing Shape Property
· Moving Shape Element
· Deleting existing Element
· Image Reverting

Image Manipulation and Processing
· Saturation
· Brightness
· Grayscale
· Black and White
· Invert
· Solarize
· Blur
· Sharp
· Dithering
· Pixellate
· Stripping
· Emboss
· Edge Detection Homogen
· Edge Detection Matrix Convolution
· Sphere
· Swirl
· Moire
· Wave
· BackWarp
· Shear
· Trim
· Skew
· Flipping
· Rotate
· Image Resize and scaling

Tool Database Shape
· Round
· Rectangle
· Square
· O-Bround Horizontal
· O-Bround Vertical
· Diamond
· Octagon
· Hexagon
· Cluster Type 1
· Cluster Type 2
· Cluster Type 3
· Cluster Type 4

Tooling Generation Process and Parameter
· Tool Selection
· Minimum Clearance between Tool
· Perforated Pattern Type
· Input Data Calculation
· Data Range Classification
· Material Property
· Statistic Report


Requirements:

· Intel Pentium 400Mhz or higher
· At least 25 MB available hard disk space to install the software
· Mouse or other pointing device
· Windows compatible graphic-capable printer
· 800 x 600 pixels or higher resolution display with 256 colors


Limitations:

· 14 days trial
· You can only save up to 2000 Tool Hits for the perforated pattern design in DXF file format