This document describes how to perform a comparative demonstration of Punto 1.8.2, Softeam’s embroidery application, on a 68K-based Macintosh and on a Power Macintosh. Performing the demo script below will take approximately 3 minutes on a 68K-based Macintosh.
OVERVIEW
Punto™ is an embroidery application which allows you to draw with Illustrator™ like tools on top of a colored template. After drawing a shape you can apply an embroidery effect on it and the application then calculates the stitches depending on the specified parameters.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
In order to run this demo, the following system requirements should be met:
• Any Apple Power Macintosh or Apple Macintosh family personal computer with a floating point unit.
• Apple Macintosh System Software version 7.0 or later.
• Hard disk drive with 3 megabytes of free space.
• 8 MB of RAM memory, 12 MB recommended.
• A 14” monitor or larger (better), 256 of colors preferred.
SETUP
This section covers the intial setup of the Punto 1.8.2 software for the following demo. The setup procedure is identical for Macintosh and Power Macintosh.
• Create a “Punto Demo” folder on your hard disk.
• Copy the application “Punto 1.8.2” from the CD into the “Punto Demo” folder. For Macintosh computer copy “Punto 1.8.2 68K”, for Power Macintosh computer copy “Punto 1.8.2 PPC”.
• Copy the document “Paul & Shark” from the CD into the “Punto Demo” folder.
Before using Punto:
Note: Before to run Punto:
• Adjust Punto’s memory allocation so to have free at least 200 KBytes of RAM for System’s activities. To change the memory allocation for Punto, select the Punto Application in the Finder and choose “Get Info” from the File menu, select the number in “Current Size” box, type the correct number and close the “Get Info” window.
• Select a printer in the “Chooser” dialog box.
Your demo is now set up.
Note: For more in-depth information on the installation of Punto 1.8.2, please refer the ReadMe! document.
DEMO SCRIPT
1. Double-click on the icon to launch Punto 1.8.2. A warning dialog appears. Click the OK button to create the default Preferences file.
2. Click inside the close box in the upper left corner of the window to close the empty document.
3. Select Open… from the File menu. Select document “Paul & Shark” and click on Open button.
When dealing with complex graphics, a time consuming is the opening and displaying of large document. The document “Paul & Shark” is 138 KB and contains more than 58000 stitches. Punto will take approx. 12 seconds to open the document and display it on a Quadra 800. It will take approx. 4 seconds to open the document and display it on a 8100/80.
4. Select the command All from the Select menu.
All points are highlighted.
5. Select Guess Recalc… from the Manager menu. Type 50,000 in the Requested Stitches field and click on Recalc button.
Embroidery recalculation is a time consuming task (all performed in floating point). Punto will take approx. 2 minutes and 20 seconds to perform the recalculation on a Quadra 800. It will take approx. 20 seconds do the same on a Power Macintosh 8100/80.
