Delcam will demonstrate the latest version of its ArtCAM JewelSmith software for the design and manufacture of jewellery at the JCK exhibition to be held in Las Vegas from 30th May to 4th June.
ArtCAM JewelSmith is a special version of Delcam’s ArtCAM Pro artistic CADCAM software that has been developed specifically to allow jewellery manufacturers to increase productivity, improve quality and deliver new designs more quickly, by combining their craft skills and creativity with the power and precision of computer-aided manufacturing. The software includes a gem library, which can be added to by the user, and the KeyShot rendering system, which creates extremely accurate and lifelike images for either customers or retailers to view, or for the production of catalogues and other marketing materials.
The 2015 release of ArtCAM JewelSmith makes it much easier to create complex designs, with a new ‘putty’ tool. This allows models to be edited by picking an area to be moved, swirled, pinched or puckered. It will be especially valuable when creating a series of variants on a repeating element in a design or subtly changing fine details within a model. Together with the existing 3D tools in ArtCAM JewelSmith, it will help the most ambitious designers create any shape they can imagine.
Another significant change is the ability to create and edit 3D shapes in real time, allowing the user to see changes instantly. Previously, this live update was only available when distorting vector artwork. In addition to the new putty tool, options now operating in real time include the shape editor, the two-rail-sweep tools, and the extrude, spin and turn modelling tools.
The 2015 release also includes new tools to speed up the editing of vectors. Firstly, selection of vectors has been made easier and quicker. Dragging the mouse across any area of a model now selects all the vectors either completely or partially within that area. Selection can also be made of a set of nodes, either from a single vector or from a group of vectors. Once selected, the group of vectors or the set of nodes can be edited simultaneously in either the 2D or the 3D view.
