BIRMINGHAM, UK, Jan 30, 2015 – Delcam will demonstrate the new Ember 3D printer from Autodesk and a development version of ArtCAM JewelSmith with support for 3D printing at the Jewellery & Watch Fair to be held at the NEC, Birmingham, as part of the Spring Fair from February 1 to 5.
The ‘Explorer Edition’ preview version of Autodesk’s Ember 3D printer can create up to twenty ring models in less than 90 minutes
Autodesk developed the Ember printer as a reference device for its open Spark 3D printing platform. By using digital-light stereolithography to cure liquid resins, Ember creates complex, high-resolution objects, which is desirable for the casting of jewellery.
The Ember printer also offers a rapid build speed, having the capability to produce up to ten model rings in an hour or up to twenty model rings in less than 90 minutes.
Autodesk is offering access to purchase a limited number of Ember “Explorer Edition” 3D printers through its Ember Explorer program. Ember is the first reference 3D printer built leveraging the Spark open 3D printing platform. Apply for access at http://spark.autodesk.com/ember-explorer.
ArtCAM JewelSmith 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 CAM. 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. In addition, many of the modelling options, including the new tool, now show the results of changes in real time.
Functionality currently under development at Delcam will allow future releases of ArtCAM JewelSmith to support 3D printing with Ember and other 3D printers.
About Delcam
Delcam is one of the world’s leading suppliers of CAM software and associated services, and also supplies systems for product design, tooling design, reverse engineering and inspection. The company has grown steadily since being founded formally in 1977, after initial development work at Cambridge University led by the late Donald Welbourn. It is now among the largest developers of product design and manufacturing software in the UK, with subsidiaries in America, Europe and Asia. Over 330 people are employed at Delcam’s Birmingham headquarters, with almost 400 staff working in the company’s overseas subsidiaries and around 200 more in its international joint ventures.
Delcam’s software and services help manufacturing companies to increase productivity, improve quality and reduce lead times. The company’s software is used in over 90 countries by more than 45,000 organizations. These customers range from multi-national corporations to independent designers, toolmakers and sub-contractors, and come from a wide variety of industries, including aerospace, automotive, electrical appliances, footwear, healthcare, motor sport, packaging, toys, sports equipment, jewellery and signmaking. On February 6, 2014, Delcam was acquired by Autodesk and now operates as a wholly-owned, independently-operated subsidiary.
For further information, please visit www.delcam.com.
