Whatever Happened to ArtCAM Jewelsmith? CarveCo and the Next Generation of Relief Modelling CAD and CNC Tools
6 April, 2020

A year and a half ago, ArtCAM Jewelsmith was discontinued by Autodesk. Find out a bit more about its successor CarveCo, and the other 2.5D relief CAD modelling software packages out there.

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i.materialise Article – 9 Free CAD Programs To Get You Started with 3D Printing
23 February, 2016

Our friends at i.materialise have put together their own list of cheap or free 3D CAD programs to help people get started with product design CAD for 3D printing.

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Toolfarm Article – Pixologic is Collaborating With Formlabs To Create a 3D Printing Plug-in
11 January, 2016

Pixologic (makers of Zbrush) recently announced a collaboration with the 3D printer manufacturers Formlabs to make a new enhanced 3D printing plug-in for Zbrush. The plug-in would allow users to take a model from within Zbrush and more quickly and efficiently export it directly into Formlabs' Preform software to start the 3D printing process more quickly and easily. They're even talking about a "One Click Print" tool.

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Setting Up the Cintiq Pen Tablet to Work Better with Zbrush.
12 March, 2015

A very talented colleague of mine here in the UK has recently completed an online tutorial (along with a video) on how to set up your Wacom

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Something Beautiful in Jewellery – Zbrush’s Dedicated Jewellery Design Case Studies
2 February, 2015

It was recently brought to my attention that when Pixologic (makers of Zbrush) expanded their website, they officially included the jewellery industry as one of their official user bases

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Frequently Asked Questions 10 – 3D Scanning, Model Conversion, and Jewellery CAD
17 November, 2014

(or “Why can’t we just 3D scan a ring and make copies on a 3D printer?”) Last Updated 14 June 2016. This is a question which seems to

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Exhibition Review – Diverse Maniere: Piranesi, Fantasy and Excess, at the Soane Museum
22 March, 2014

I recently visited the quirky Soane Museum and their latest exhibition on the graphic art of Piranesi, with matching 3D printed and cast objets d’art. I was rewarded

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Frequently Asked Questions Part 4 – When 2 CAD Programs Are Better Than 1 – Jewellery CAD Software Combinations
1 October, 2012

(Updated November 2018) (This continues my series of Frequently Asked Questions. See the rest of the FAQ pages.) Today I’d like to take a moment to talk about

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Frequently Asked Questions Part 1 – Jewellery CAD Software Comparisons (Updated)
18 July, 2012

On this and subsequent articles in my FAQ series, I will break down the most commonly asked questions from my own particular fields of expertise. For part 1, we’ll start off with the most common question of them all: "Which Jewellery CAD software should I learn?"

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Sharing Between CAD Programs – The Trouble With Importing and Exporting Models
18 October, 2010

Why does there need to be so many different proprietary file formats among CAD software packages?

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