The engraver can easily see and make the necessary design modifications before incurring any timely or costly manufacturing delays.Īs is often the case, at the end of a design process approval is required before machining can take place. This fast and efficient tool is ideal for the creation of collector coins, circulation pieces, medals, ingots and tokens.Īnother new and innovative feature in ArtCAM is the ‘Relief Analysis Tool’, which will highlight any sharp edges or discontinuities within the design that could cause subsequent problems in the die. The resulting design still maintains the salient details and the illusion of depth from the original model. Once happy with the image within seconds ArtCAM’s new ‘Embossing Tool’ can modify a true 3D shape in the same way as a skilled bas-relief engraver to reduce the model’s depth to those typically required for coinage. ArtCAM users can tilt and rotate their 3D model to change the viewer’s perspective, to create an illusion of distance between one area and another. These features enable designers to sculpt in a way they are accustomed to whilst benefiting from the speed, efficiency and accuracy of a professional CADCAM software package.ĭelcam’s latest release, ArtCAM 2009, has seen great technological advancements and can dramatically transform the design process for coin dies and moulds. To give engravers and sculptors artistic freedom, ArtCAM comes with a range of texture & sculpting tools as well as compatibility with Wacom pressure-sensitive tablets and pens. When working on foreign commissioned projects ArtCAM can simply take in import images of different scripts such as Arabic, Chinese or Japanese, thereby reducing the possibility of written inaccuracies and simplifying the overall project.

The engraver can then create or manipulate the artwork to make complex and intricate 3D reliefs for the obverse and reverse designs of their coins. Alternatively they can design directly within the software.

ArtCAM Pro, Delcam’s top-end artistic CADCAM software solution has allowed engravers to meet the tight deadlines of hundreds of projects each year by reducing the time taken to a quarter of that required by traditional production techniques.ĪrtCAM allows the designer to import 3D models, scanned drawings and photographs, scanned plaster of Paris moulds or files from other CAD packages. With ArtCAM’s new innovative features, coin manufacturers worldwide can dramatically improve their working methods.ĭelcam, one of Europe’s largest CADCAM software development houses, currently provides Mints worldwide with ArtCAM, an intuitive suite of design and manufacturing software for artisans.

Artcam 2009