CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
January 2005
Company News
New Artistic Mastercam CAD/CAM Unveiled At Texas Woodworking Show
The Texas Woodworking Show ushers in the latest software from CNC Software, Inc. Mastercam Art will be unveiled March 17-18 in booth # 606 at the Dallas Market Center, Dallas, TX. Mastercam Art lets users create sophisticated 3D sculpted images from simple 2D artwork. What would have taken a signmaker, custom cabinetmaker, or other artisan weeks to do can now be done in minutes.
Iven May, Mastercam Art Product Manager, 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 previous problems of creating machinable artwork. Starting from input that can range from a fully developed CAD model to artwork scanned from a napkin, users quickly "sculpt" a model on screen until it looks the way they want it. A suite of software tools allows easy and quick changes, edits, even reversion to a previous design. The result is a complex and detailed image that only took minutes to produce, saving time and money.
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."
An add-on to Mastercam Router, CNC Software's popular CAD/CAM product for the woodworking industry, Mastercam Art delivers a set of fast and easy-to-use toolpaths that have been developed specifically for cutting artistic, finely detailed surfaces.
A few key features of Mastercam Art are a Relief Manager that provides you with a history tree of your model, a library providing over 5000 pieces of art ready to import into Mastercam, and Rast2Surf functionality that converts a bitmap or photo into an embossed surface.
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