Caligari Releases jewelSpace3 -- Next Generation 3D Modeling Software for Jewelry Designers.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 13, 2004 New Version Adds Tools and Images to Enhance Artistry and Photorealistic Having the image quality of a photograph. Design at Affordable Price Caligari Corporation today announced availability of jewelSpace3, the next generation version of its 3D modeling and design software for jewelers. Built on Caligari's award-winning 3D modeling software, trueSpace, jewelSpace offers an easy-to-use, extremely powerful tool for jewelry design Jewelry design is the art or profession of creating, crafting, fabricating, or rendering designs for jewelry. This is an ancient practice of the goldsmith or metalworker that evolved to a billion-dollar industry with the odyssey from ancient cultures into the machine age. . Extensive new features and image libraries in jewelSpace3 accelerate the jeweler's ability to design, modify and custom-build jewelry. jewelSpace3 features an intuitive, versatile 3D interface that enables jewelers to work in an artistic, natural way. Jewelry designs can be viewed, adjusted and modified onscreen on·screen or on-screen adj. & adv. 1. As shown on a movie, television, or display screen. 2. Within public view; in public. , giving the designer the sense that they can "reach into the screen" to pull all of the necessary components together or to build a design from the ground up. Finished designs can be exported in virtually all popular formats, including to the web for customer viewing, to rapid prototyping Building a part one layer at a time using a method of additive fabrication such as 3D printing. Such parts are used for concept modeling to determine if the product design meets the customer's expectations. machines and to traditional CAD applications. The output is photorealistic, precise in scale and specifications and is viewable from all angles, enabling superior communication with goldsmiths, model makers and customers. "jewelSpace unlocks people's creativity," said Sara Gendron, director of development for jewelSpace and a computer aided jewelry designer A jewelry designer is defined as a person who renders, creates, and models original Jewelry creations. By profession this person would be trained in the knowledge of metalsmithing and design. herself. "Not every jeweler is an artist, even if they have really artistic design ideas. With jewelSpace you can easily create photorealistic images of the designs you've been dreaming about. You can also modify a design or customize it for a particular customer with the keystroke key·stroke n. A stroke of a key, as on a word processor. key  stroke or two." jewelSpace includes an extensive collection of ready-to-use stones, settings, shanks
The shanks and tattlers are wading bird species in a number of genera characterised by a medium length bill and long, often brightly coloured legs. , findings, and ornamental detail models. New image libraries available in version 3 include: Cluster Ring Toolbox See toolkit and toolbar. Class Ring Builder Half Shanks Basket Settings Religious Jewelry Fancy Signet Rings Celtic Band toolbox Celtic Knot Celtic knots are a variety of (mostly endless) knots and stylized graphical representations of knots used for decoration, adopted by the ancient Celts. Though Celtic knots were being created in Polytheistic Celtic times, these knots are most known for their adaptation for use in Builder And many more... All libraries are accessible from within the interface, enabling jewelry designers to select and drag desired images or templates into the design space and very quickly create or customize a piece of jewelry. Finished or partially assembled designs can be stored in a Smart Library for later use. In addition to a full range of pre-existing design tools, new features in jewelSpace3 include a channel maker, improved physical sizing tools (to enable a precise match with your client's finger, for example); chamfers and fillet fillet /fil·let/ (fil´et) 1. a loop, as of cord or tape, for making traction on the fetus. 2. in the nervous system, a long band of nerve fibers. fil·let n. 1. support to smooth out sharp edges with a single click; a global interactive replace feature, allowing the selection and replacement of an element (for example, stone type or color) in all stored designs; a desktop directory, enabling the viewing of all saved images in thumbnail format; and improved Viewpoint support for more photorealistic images. jewelSpace3 ships with a DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. set including a step-by-step comprehensive tutorials on jewelry design using 3D software. "jewelSpace is all about artistry and efficiency," said Roman Ormandy, Caligari president. "jewelSpace's interface allows designers to literally 'reach into' their design workspace to build models and make changes, almost as if you are sculpting sculpting Cosmetic surgery The surgical reshaping of a tissue. See Deep tissue sculpting, Facial sculpting. by hand. And then, with the click of the mouse, the finalized design can be viewed by the customer and sent directly to a rapid prototyper to make a wax prototype or the finished piece within hours. jewelSpace gives the small jeweler great power and the larger houses the benefits of great efficiency." Pricing and Availability Based on Caligari's 11th-generation, award-winning 3D authoring technology, jewelSpace offers high-end modeling, rendering and animation power at one-third the price of competing solutions. jewelSpace is now offered in two packages, jewelSpace3 and jewelSpace3 Elite. jewelSpace 3 costs $1995, including the jewelSpace software, training material on DVD and 90 days of email technical support. jewelSpace3 Elite, for $4995, includes the software, the training DVDs and one year of technical support via email or phone, with additional training available upon request. For more information contact Caligari by telephone at 800-351-7620 or 650-390-9600, or visit Caligari's jewelSpace web site at www.jewelspace.net. EDITORIAL NOTE: For jewelSpace screen shots, jewelry design graphics, or a product review, contact Pam Crowley, (pam@caligari.com) 408-377-8384. |
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