ArtCAM JewelSmith, a CADCAM software solution from Delcam
29 Apr '08
4 min read
With international trade levels soaring there is an even greater pressure on jewellers to meet customers' growing expectations for quality, detail and intricacy of pieces, whilst competing against overseas companies with cheaper labour, metals and manufacturing costs.
Consequently, jewellers are often confronted with the decision to move over to computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacture (CADCAM), or to preserve the tradition and skills of handmade jewellery.
A common misjudgment when making this decision, however, is that turning to a software solution will replace or deskill workers, or result in losing individuality and creativity. With ArtCAM JewelSmith, a CADCAM software solution from Delcam, this is not the case as businesses can work in a way that suits them whilst benefiting from faster and cheaper production methods.
Designed specifically for artisans, ArtCAM JewelSmith enables jewellers to design and manufacture highly intricate personalised or custom jewellery or new complete lines with ease.
Whether master model makers prefer to first sketch their ideas on paper, hand sculpt a 3D model or create the piece in a familiar CAD package this can simply be scanned or imported directly into the software. Alternatively designs can be created directly into ArtCAM JewelSmith itself.
To create designs made up of different reliefs (for example a combination of a 3D shape, a texture and some lettering) the jeweller can create and edit designs as a series of layers rather than always having to work with the complete model.
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