PlotMaker

PlotMaker provides the most advanced and effective panel nesting tools available to the Sailmaker, to reduce fabric costs and save time. PlotMaker's extensive range of plotter/cutter drivers and CAD import/export features ensures excellent compatibility with other hardware and software.

PackMaker - Panel Nesting for Hand Plotting

• Visual arrangement of panels on fabric, with rulers and calculation of fabric length and wastage.

• Arrangement of panels by dragging, flipping and rotating.

• Easily move and add panels between files, using Drag & Drop.

• Splitting of panels to any width.

• Checks for panel overlaps.

• Sail picture for each file.

• Printing of panel offsets and positions for manual plotting.

• Powerful Nesting Tools

• Accurately set panel spacing.

• Arrow Key Panel Compaction instantly and accurately compacts.

• Drag & Drop Nesting with a continuously updating preview.

• Automatic Nesting sorts and organises panels to reduce nesting time. One click and the whole queue is nested, radials matched together and sorted into rows.

• Labour and material saving features, auto nesting, fabric wastage, frame rulers.

• Optimised plotter movement routines.

• Extensive compatibility with CADCAM industry standards.

PlotMaker - Panel Nesting & Plotter/Cutter Control

PlotMaker incorporates the nesting features of PackMaker with the additional functions of plotter control. Drivers are available and are used daily for most brands of plot/cutters including: Aeronaut (Xplot & Maxis), Armstrong & White (Genesis, Taurus and Laser), Axon, Blackman & White Orion, Carlson, Cutting Edge, Design Correlations, Houston, HPGL, Isel, MCS, ProSail. Custom drivers can also be provided on request.

PlotMaker CAD

• Importing of pictures, including fonts, for plotting from CAD and drawing programs through the PICT format.

• Exporting of panels as PICT files for modifications and additions in other programs.

• Importing of Panellist Text and Binary files.

• Exporting of panels as NTV

System Requirements

PlotMaker runs on all versions of Mac OS X up to 10.6