ArtCAM Pro webinar to demonstrate coin and medal design

Delcam will host a webinar on 18th February demonstrating how its ArtCAM Pro artistic CADCAM software can be used to design coins, medals and similar objects featuring low-level reliefs.  The thirty-minute presentation will start with a 3D model and show how the many different sculpting techniques in ArtCAM Pro can be used to convert the model into a suitable relief. 

To register for the webinar, please go to http://bit.ly/1PUgMqM

Unlike most other CADCAM systems, ArtCAM Pro is aimed at skilled artisans rather than engineers and requires much less knowledge of engineering or computing.  It has been particularly successful in engraving applications, being used in most of the world’s larger mints as well as in many other companies producing decorative metal objects and engraved tooling such as embossing dies.  In these areas and in other artistic applications, ArtCAM Pro allows users 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 latest version of ArtCAM Pro to be shown in the demonstration includes several enhancements to make designing quicker and easier.  Firstly, snap hints now appear to help in locating hard-to-find snap points within vectors when creating designs.  Secondly, the thickness of vectors can be changed, in either the 2D or 3D view, making it easier to visualise the design.

Accuracy will also be helped by the addition of rulers in the 3D view to make it easier to create precise artwork and to position elements of the piece.

The ability to overlap and intersect reliefs has been enhanced with a new option to interactively blend the reliefs.  This allows relief clipart to be pulled up or pushed down in the Z axis to give a better blend with another 3D design.

The range of modelling tools that operate in real time has been extended to include the ability to create smooth domed shapes or domes with a centreline ridge, and the option to make intricate weaves.  Real-time operation makes it easier to create exactly the effect that is required and shortens design times.

The creation of complex designs by grouping relief layers together has also been made easier.  For example, it is easier to combine the front and back of the design for a coin or medal. 

04 February 2016