-   ImpactiNFORMNewsTrainingSupportDownload

 

Serving the Packaging and Diemaking Industries since 1983

 

 


 

Genline Solutions Center Login



New Toll Free Number
877.529.4505

Impact CAD

Impact CAD is a family of complementary software programs/modules for packaging design and diemaking applications. Impact  provides open and effective communication across the departments of a company; from one company to another; and between cooperating industries.
 

Impact's application is widespread, and is used by diemakers, die cutters, as well as folding carton, corrugated, label and blister card, and gasket companies all over the world. With it's robust feature set and established history within the industry, Impact CAD is the right tool for the job.

Impact Links

Impact version 5.0 release has many new features and enhancements.

The Impact CAD software is available either in one of eight pre-defined bundled packages or as a completely modular solution.
Impact Bundles Impact Modules

Impact interface
 

Impact Browser


3D Fold


3D Fold and Display

Dovetail tool

Matrix Creator

Flat Dieboard Tool

Impact Standards

Layout Creator


Leaflet Holder


3D View of Rubber on die

3D design with product

Top

 

IMPACT CAD - DIEMAKING SOFTWARE

Impact Diemaker
Powerful, industry-specific and highly automated, Impact Diemaker is without equal in terms of stability, relevant functionality and interoperability. Its open and customizable database allows you to configure the system according to your own specific working environment to maximize efficiency and productivity.

The data storage and retrieval capabilities of Impact Diemaker, sets it apart from other diemaking software by some distance. At the touch of a button you can establish who did what, when and for whom, generate reports to suit a variety of administrative purposes, and generally manage your data storage and retrieval easily and efficiently via the industry’s most powerful and respected database engine.

Speed, efficiency and accuracy are all delivered by Impact Diemaker’s fully automated diemaking features providing an all gain, no pain solution to the creation of flat and rotary dieboards, stripping tools, counter matrix, blankers, and ejection rubber sections.

Impact Diemaker not only delivers the power, functionality and innovation to meet the needs of every diemaker - it also offers an extensive range of import/export filters to ensure successful third party program interfacing, and successful data interchange.

Enormous post-processing power gives Impact Diemaker the ability to control a wide range of sample making and manufacturing equipment, from lasers to plotters, rule benders to rule processors, counter cutters to water jet technology.

Over a decade of industry collaboration, a wealth of knowledge and a commitment to ongoing innovation all come together in Impact Diemaker.

Included Modules:

Optional Modules:

 

Download Diemaker Brochure in Adobe PDF
Impact Diemaker Lite
Diemaker Lite’s competitive price point belies its functionality. Based upon the same powerful database engine as its big brother Impact Diemaker, Diemaker Lite is the perfect entry level die shop product.

Its intuitive working environment and automated functionality make it easy to use, whilst ensuring you still have all the tools and resources you need to produce standard and bespoke drawings then convert them into flat bed or rotary dieboard geometry quickly and efficiently.

And when you’re ready to move up a diemaking gear you don’t have to worry, because Diemaker Lite is fully upgradeable, module by module, via Impact’s Feature Enabler program. So you can add the functionality you need when you need it. It couldn’t be simpler or more cost-effective.

Impact Diemaker Lite - Premium functionality at an entry level price.

Included Modules:

Optional Modules:

 

Download Diemaker Lite Brochure in Adobe PDF

 

Impact Rubberer

Impact Rubberer is a dedicated program for the automatic creation and editing of ejection rubber sections, which incorporates powerful nesting features and is able to drive

water jet and plotter driven cutting technology at previously unsurpassed levels of performance.

Included Modules:

Download Rubberer Brochure in Adobe PDF
Top  

IMPACT CAD - DESIGN SOFTWARE

Impact Designer

The versatility and feature-rich functionality of Impact Designer is unrivalled in the packaging industry the world over. Its outstanding design capability, fully customizable database power, optimized

nesting feature and innovative 3D module combine to create a design system built to conquer even the most complex and integrated design-led projects. Operating within the familiar Windows operating system Impact Designer allows you to work quickly and efficiently in a clear and intuitive environment.

The database power of Impact Designer is at the heart of its enduring popularity amongst packaging design professionals. With Impact the nightmare of drawing and data storage and retrieval is transformed into a quick, efficient and automated process, simultaneously delivering detailed, meaningful project reports at the touch of a button. Add to this an extensive library of re-usable standard drawings for fast sample turnaround and you have quite simply the most resource-rich system in the industry.

Design is as much about experimentation and presentation as it is imagination, and Impact Designer’s 3D module allows you to combine all three. Its 2D/3D conversion facility is quick and easy to use and gives you the opportunity to experiment and refine your work and still meet project deadlines. Add to this the capability to import and design around 3D solid objects, create web-ready graphics, assembly instructions and even video animations for sales presentation purposes, and you can see why Impact Designer is truly the choice of design professionals.

Impact Designer not only delivers the power, functionality and innovation to meet every designer’s needs - it also offers an extensive range of import/export filters to ensure successful third party program interfacing, and powerful drivers to control the samplemaker of your choice.

Impact Designer - all the power and functionality your design team will ever need.

Included Modules:

Optional Modules:

Download Designer Brochure in Adobe PDF
Impact Designer Lite

Impact Designer Lite’s competitive price point belies its functionality. Based upon the same powerful database engine as its big brother Impact Designer, Designer Lite is the perfect entry level CAD product for the packaging industry.

Its intuitive working environment and automated functionality make it quick and easy to use, while ensuring your design team still has the tools it needs to produce standard and custom drawings of the highest quality.

The data storage and retrieval capabilities of Designer Lite, sets it apart from other entry level CAD systems, by some distance. At the touch of a button you can establish who did what, when and for whom, generate detailed reports to suit a variety of administrative purposes, and generally manage your data storage and retrieval easily and efficiently via the industry’s most powerful and respected database engine.

Like its big brother Impact Designer, Designer Lite not only delivers the power, functionality and innovation to meet a designer’s needs – it also offers an extensive range of import/export filters to ensure successful third party program interfacing, and powerful drivers to control the samplemaker of your choice.

When you’re ready to move up a design gear you don’t have to worry, because Designer Lite is fully upgradeable, module by module, via Impact’s Feature Enabler program. So you can add the functionality you need when you need it. It couldn’t be simpler or more cost-effective.

Impact Designer Lite - premium functionality at an entry level price.

 

Included Modules:

Optional Modules:





 

Download Designer Lite Brochure in Adobe PDF
Top

IMPACT CAD - UTILITY SOFTWARE

Impact Controller

Impact Controller’s enormous processing power provides maximum interoperability and exerts total control over a wide range of manufacturing equipment, including plotters, rule benders, rule processors, lasers and water jet technology.

Impact Controller features fully automated slot optimization, automatic pocketing for the fast production of sample counters, and a sample nicking tool to help hold things together during a short production run.

 

 

 

Included Modules:

Optional Modules:

 

Download Controller/Estimator/Viewer/Viewer+ Brochure in Adobe PDF

Top

Impact Estimator

Developed specifically to assist personnel in the commercial and estimating departments of a packaging company, Impact Estimator’s powerful search and find engine provides fast and easy access to, and analysis of, your company’s live Impact design database.

And, if the job doesn’t exist, you can quickly create a drawing from Impact’s Standards Library then use the versatile Layout Creator to produce the most efficient single design or composite nesting sequence possible.

You can generate reports containing production specific statistical information such as sheet utilization, material waste and weight calculation figures - providing you with all the information you need to drive estimating accuracy up, inefficiency and waste down.

Included Modules:

Optional Modules:

 

Download Controller/Estimator/Viewer/Viewer+ Brochure in Adobe PDF


 

Impact Viewer

Whether your goal is enhanced communication with your customers and suppliers, or improved collaboration between the departments across your own organization, Impact Viewer and Impact Viewer+ provide secure view, enquire, and print only access to Impact design data.

Impact Viewer is a complementary, self-installable, easy to-use, utility program will help speed up the design approval process significantly by enabling your customers to preview secure, encrypted, drawing data sent by email directly from within your Impact system. They can import a project, view multiple project layers one by one, check measurements, print out designs, and even see a fully rendered 3D animation of a virtual sample.

 

Download Controller/Estimator/Viewer/Viewer+ Brochure in Adobe PDF
Impact Viewer+

The stable mate of Impact Viewer, Impact Viewer+ provides all the functionality of Impact Viewer, but across a network.

Personnel, anywhere within your organization will be able to search, browse, view, and print design and statistical data from within your live Impact database. No longer will your designers complain about requests from commercial or sales personnel for details about past jobs for this or that customer, as a simple search via Impact Viewer+ on their own PC, will provide them with all the information they need.




 

Download Controller/Estimator/Viewer/Viewer+ Brochure in Adobe PDF
Top  
Impact Products/Modules
Design & Edit
provides a unique drawing experience for structural designers & diemakers of all skill levels, helping them to conquer even the most complex of projects with ease. Provides complete design and editing functionality, customer database with project control and revision history tracking; border plots (spec sheets); reports generator; bridging; raster to vector; common knife removal.

View & Enquire
(a subset of the Design & Edit Module) Impact's View & Enquire features mean that the nightmare of data storage and retrieval is transformed into a fast and efficient process. You can generate production specific statistical data - such as total rule length and material waste values - ensuring that you have all the information you need to drive estimating accuracy up, inefficiency and waste down. Includes complete Editing Functionality; 2-point Line Drawing Tool; Customer Database with Project Control and Revision History; Border Plots (spec sheets); Reports Generator; Automatic & Manual Bridging; Common Knife Removal

Standard Drawings Library
complete with a comprehensive library of re-usable packaging and display design styles (including corrugated/FEFCO and folding carton/ECMA variations, POP displays, pocket folders and more). Designers can choose from a large selection of industry specific drawings and mix and match styles to produce designs and concepts in a matter of seconds.

3D Creator
Packaging design is as much about experimentation and presentation as it is imagination and Impact's 3D Creator feature allows you to combine all three. 2D to 3D conversion is quick and easy and designers have all the tools they need to refine their work, reduce errors, and spend less time at the sample table. With Impact you can import and design around 3D solid objects, create web-ready graphics, produce detailed assembly instructions and animated video sequences.

Layout Creator
Impact's Layout Creator feature enables you to optimize press capacity by automatically inter-locking straight or combo layouts to achieve maximum sheet utilization with minimum waste.

Extended Import/Export Filters
Impact will integrate into virtually any design and production workflow via a host of industry standard import/export data exchange filters

Extended Plotter/Machine Drivers
Impact will drive virtually any industry-related equipment with the plotter/ machine driver module. Custom drivers can also be easily created.

Adobe PDF
Impact can import and export drawings with the popular PDF format for a variety of applications and workflows.

Standards Designer
This module turns any drawing into a re-sizable design. You can use this Parametric feature to simply stretch drawings or variables can be setup and the whole design is changed by typing in a new length, width and depth. With the new Standards Designer, preview screens are available and a materials list (such as B-Flute or 18pt SBS) is created to be used by all Standards or Parametrics.

Graphics
The Graphics Module allows for accurate importing and positioning of artwork within a structural design. These graphics are automatically passed to the layout and 3D layers. Compatible graphics formats include Adobe PDF, Adobe EPS, Tiff, JPEG, Windows BMP, GIF, Windows Metafile, etc. (over 30 different graphic file formats)

Die Board Creator
Speed, efficiency, and accuracy are all delivered by Impact's automated die making features to provide an all gain, no pain solution to the creation of flat bed and rotary tooling. The powerful Die Board Creator includes Automated Die Board Creation for both flat and rotary dieboards; Automatic and Manual Symbol Placement for chase holes, gripper fingers, die text, hand holes, etc.; Rotary Split; Bridging and Rotary Scrap.

Stripper Creator
With the Stripper Creator module you will easily design Male, Female and Front-Edge Strippers, including Automatic Symbol Placement for various holes, bars and everything necessary to set up stripping for the industry presses.

Matrix Creator
Complete Counter Plate Generation and Editing Tools and features for Auto-Delamination, Reverse Creasing, Location Holes and Glue Assist Areas. Also includes Automatic Placement and Orientation of Strip Clip, Strip Fork and Spring Clips for the Strip Clip Stripping System.

Blanker Creator
Speed, efficiency, and accuracy are all delivered by Impact's automated die making features to provide an all gain, no pain solution to the creation of flat bed and rotary tooling. The powerful Die Board Creator, Stripper Creator, Matrix Creator, Blanker Creator and Rubber Creator features are the culmination of over 30 years of industry knowledge, expertise, and customer collaboration.

Rubber Creator & Nester
Complete Rubber Generation and Editing Tools; Rubber Straightener for better sheet utilization when nesting; Auto-Replication for rubber blocks and geometry; Rubber Labeling; and 3D rendering of rubbered die. Automatic Nesting of Rubber Blocks, including recursive nesting of pieces. Automatically nests each rubber type on a separate sheet. The nester will create multiple sheets if pieces cannot fit to only one sheet. Finished pieces can be sent to water jet or plotter driven rubber cutting technology.

Rule Preparation
This module formats geometry for output to Rule Processing Machinery
 
   
WEBcnx
WEBcnx is Business Process Management Software for packaging companies who want to eliminate the overhead of repetitive procedures, reduce errors caused by duplication and improve pre-production efficiency.
 

Today's market realities are driving the move from technology-oriented solutions towards business-driven solutions that enable enterprises to react to new opportunities with speed and agility, while enhancing customer experience and retention. Business process management has become the power behind enterprise success, enabling the simplification, automation, and optimization of business processes.
 
WEBcnx is a comprehensive, flexible, cost-effective and easy-to-use business process management solution, which leverages your existing IT investments while creating and dynamically deploying new business processes, services, and applications. A powerful, simplified design assures fast, successful, end-to-end business integration, while generating rapid return on investment, increased revenue, and customer satisfaction.

 
Download WEBcnx Brochure in Adobe PDF

WEBcnx web site

Top