CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
December 2004
Product News
CNC Software Releases Mastercam Art
Mastercam announced its Mastercam Art CAD/CAM software, bringing its power and experience to artistic relief design and cutting. Mastercam Art allows one to bring 2D sketches, clip art, photos, and CAD files to life by crafting them on-screen and cutting them with specialized toolpaths. What would have taken a signmaker or other artisan weeks to do can now be done in minutes.
Iven May, Product Manager of Mastercam Art, states, "Everything is becoming more and more customized. People want their logos, their artwork, and even their faces machined into signs, cars and motorcycle parts. They are no longer satisfied with "blocky" shapes but want curvy, organic shapes like leaves, spiders, fish, insects, or any font off their computer. Mastercam Art delivers the power to make these 3D shapes simply and instantly from 2D art."
Mastercam Art eliminates many of the typical problems of creating machinable artwork. Input ranging from a scanned pencil drawing to a fully developed CAD model can be quickly "sculpted" on-screen in 3D until it looks the way you want it. A suite of software tools allows for easy and quick changes, or reverting to a previous design. Once one have modeled his/her project, Mastercam Art has a wide variety of fast cutting techniques to ensure the part comes off the machine exactly as imagined.
May notes, "Good technology should allow you to do more complex and sophisticated things, simply and easily, without making you become a more sophisticated user. Mastercam Art users enjoy the power and ease-of-use of the software and many have stated that it is just plain fun to use.
Mastercam Art is an add-on to Mastercam Mill or Mastercam Router Version 9 products.
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