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.

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.

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.

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

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

(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

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

I have compiled a summary of some popular jewellery CAD software combinations for helping with 3D sculpture and texturing, pixel to vector conversion, and image post production.

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?"

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