The 3D CAD solution for jewellery design

A unique software solution, dedicated to jewellery

3DESIGN CAD is a powerful solution for 3D jewel creation. Designed for and by jewellers, it allows you to create new models with a complete freedom, and to produce exquisite pieces.

Users:

3DESIGN CAD suits best creators and designers from the jewellery industry. It is also the most adapted solution for producers and other distributors of jewellery pieces who reap the benefits of all the professional features offered by 3DESIGN CAD. Schools are also important and privileged partners for us. They train future creators/jewellers and introduce them to new technologies such as 3DESIGN CAD.

Characteristics:

2D drawing and 3D creation
Associative and Parametric technology
Creation of sets in a few clicks only
Advanced Rendering Module
Animation studio
Surface and volume modeller
Features dedicated to jewellery (pavé, jewelling,
belts, claws, shank, baguettes, channel setting, etc.)
Components Libraries (rings, settings, precious
stones, materials including Swarovski and your own…)
Intuitive contextual help available for all functions
Measurement tools and Detailed report
Numerous import and export formats
Quality STL for rapid prototyping
Automatic online updates

Strengths

Allows you to save and modify your designs at
any time thanks to the construction history
Decreases your learning curve thanks to
intuitive and easy-to-use interface and
ergonomic icons
Facilitates your creation with features
dedicated to your industry
Adapts to all working methods (sketch, free
creation or from existing components)
Permits to showcase and virtually display the
created pieces thanks to the realistic
renderings and 3D animations
Reduces production costs with the onscreen
validation of the creations
Production possible on 3, 4 or 5 axis machines

Technical characteristics

Platforms: PC ; Mac

Configuration requirements for PC (windows XP, Vista, Seven, 32 or 64 bytes):

Proc: Intel core 2 duo 2.5 GHz or better
Memory: Seven 4 GB (32 bits or 64 bytes(recommended)) XP 3 GB (32 bits) 4 GB (64 bytes(recommended))
VISTA 4 GB (32 bits or 64 bytes(recommended))
Hard disk: High speed 7200 RPM Free disk space 10 GB
Screen: resolution 1280*1024 / 16 millions colors MINIMUM
USB Port: 1 free
Video card: WorkStation: nVidia Geforce GTS 240 equivalent or better
NoteBook: nVidia GeForce 9600GS equivalent or better
Mouse: 3 buttons with scroll
Internet connection (not compulsory but recommended)

Configuration requirements for Mac (OsX 10.6.4 or higher):

Java 6 (J2SE version 1.6.0_20) or higher
Proc: Intel core 2 Duo 3.06 Ghz
Memory: 4 GB
Hard disk: High speed 7200 RPM Free disk space 10 GB
Screen: resolution 1280*1024 minimum
USB port: 1 free
Video Card: iMac: ATI Radeon 4850 HD 512 MB
MacBook Pro: Nvidia GeForce GT330M GT 512 MB
Mouse: 3 button mouse with scroll (the "Magic mouse" is not recommended).
Internet connection (not compulsory but recommended)

Live demonstration: registration on www.3design.com

Available languages: French, English, Spanish, Italian, Chinese (from China and from Taïwan), Korean, Hungarian, Japanese, Czech, German, Russian, Greek, Polish

Various creation modes: with a sketch, the components' libraries, free creation.

"Associative" technology / Parametric Construction Tree: The construction tree is the memory of all the operations and functions the operator used to create his piece. At any moment, you can come back, re-edit an operation, change an element or a dimension, make a distortion, etc. In a few clicks, you can create an entire set of jewels.

Rendering module: The Advanced Rendering Module allows designers to virtually showcase their creations. They can validate their models with their clients, insert them into catalogues, create ultra realistic renders as well as videos, 3D Flash animations and interactive animations to manipulate as you wish with a mouse.

Import formats: Step, Sat, IGES, Rhino, STL, EPS, PNG, etc.

Export formats: STL, SAT, JPEG, Rhino, PNG, etc.