New Purpose for CAD
There is something new under the sun in CAD/CAM technology and well worth your interest.
The initial and most obvious reason for jewelers to invest in CAD/CAM has been the creation of patterns for investment casting. That has been all well and good for our industry thus far but in recent months a new product has surfaced that may be a better reason to invest in technology
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Most CAD programs are able to render a jewelers design in what the software companies have called a “photo-realistic” image. These images have been an advantage in selling custom designs but, have never really been comparable to photographs of the finished jewelry. Recently, a small software company Chaos Group in Bulgaria introduced a software program V-Ray which will create a whole new standard for jewelry rendering
V-Ray is available as a “plug-in” for Rhinoceros as well as the Gemvision Matrix software program used by many jewelers. It allows a jeweler to easily show a potential buyer how a design might look with a variety of gems or gold colors with just a click of the mouse.
This is not just an incremental improvement over other rendering programs. The quality and resolution used in this technology will allow for print and multimedia advertisements that rival professional photography without having to produce the real jewelry. For a CAD/CAM jeweler, this software can be a real innovation. Imagine what you could do……
Images Courtesy of Gemvision
NNK commented:
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NNK commented:
Ya Vray is really amaizing. Here is one example...nkapadia2791979
at gmail.com
David Olson commented:
I have always wondered why a large findings company would not
create an online application that enables Mom & Pop retail
shops to assemble, render and sell virtual assembled designs to
their customers? The salesperson gets to collaborate with the
customer on the design. The customer gets an exact photo realistic
rendering and price quotation in their email inbox of what they
feel is a custom piece that they helped design. The customer
replies to the email with their credit card number. The retail
jeweler forwards the exact online order to the findings supplier
who ships the either the individual findings and stones or the
assembled piece within 24 hours to the retailer. The customer
recieves their order within 2 days. All done with great online
renderings, no retailer inventory and no catalogs!
Ben commented:
It looks amazing. For us other users of Jewelcad, anyone know of
any pulgins that can rival this one? The only one I found is called
JewelPRO but it's just not that realistic compared to V Ray.
