Delcam Announces ArtCAM User Groups for North America
Delcam is to hold four meetings for users of its
ArtCAM artistic CADCAM software across North America in October. The
meetings will be in Toronto, Ontario, on Tuesday October 4th, in Orlando, Florida, on Friday October 7th, in Grapevine, Texas, on Saturday October 15th and in Santa Monica, California, on Thursday October 20th.
Each meeting will be a full day packed with a combination of new
features and techniques, tips and tricks, and business benefits.
Commenting on the decision to increase the number
of meetings, Sean Plunkett, ArtCAM North America Sales Manager, said,
"We know it can be difficult for users to get away from the shop. Not
only is there a concern for costs but time as well. In order to
alleviate this as much as possible, we are making our 2011 User Group
Meetings more convenient to our customers by offering four different
locations, each on a different day of the week.”
"We are confident that by attending one of the
ArtCAM User Groups, users will enhance their skill and knowledge in
ArtCAM, so they can produce their work with greater speed, efficiency,
accuracy and cost effectiveness, gaining maximum return on their
investment,” he continued.
"I’m really enthusiastic about this year’s ArtCAM
User Groups,” said Mr. Plunkett. "We have some exciting new things to
show in ArtCAM.” These include a number of new options for higher
quality results, in particular, "contour blend” that can improve the
quality of text, enhanced texture effects, especially those that
intersect or overlap, and aid in producing complex borders on items like
picture frames.
Another significant improvement is in the quality
of vectors generated directly from bitmaps imported from 2D drawing
packages such as Corel Draw, or scanned from artwork or photographs.
With earlier versions of ArtCAM, it could take some time to clean up the
vectors but the new release gives much better results that require
minimal editing. Once vectors have been created, it has been made much
easier to edit them into exactly the shape that is required. The node
editing tools have been enhanced with the ability to move points and
automatically produce smooth curves around the shape or to maintain any
sharp angles. In addition, mid-points can be displayed automatically on
any curve to simplify the creation of more complex geometry.
One of ArtCAM’s most important benefits has always
been the ability to create a library of reliefs for use in different
designs. This process has been made easier with the introduction of the
"cookie cutter” option. This allows the user to define a relief with
its vector boundaries, and then cut and paste it between models or into
the clip-art library for future use.
Comments