Esko Updates ArtiosCAD, Leading to Workflow Improvements
Esko has announced it is rolling out its newest release of ArtiosCAD, a structural design editor for packaging and displays. The updated version showcases Canvas Design, which significantly improves the workflow for designing and producing multi-component displays and packaging. The enhancements are the result of substantial customer input, eliminating the pain points customers were facing related to designing and producing multipart designs.
"Displays are becoming ever more complex, with more and more pieces and parts," said Richard Deroo, Esko product manager, structural design. "Designers like to create all parts on a single 'document' so they can see how each piece will interact and fit with each other. Imagine if you have a 50-piece display built with several different substrates or materials. Designing them individually presents a true challenge trying to keep track of all the pieces. These enhancements make multi-part designing easier than ever before."
Master Design Template
The new Canvas File in ArtiosCAD is a master design template. A designer can create all the pieces on a single canvas and see how they interact. From that one canvas, they can now redirect those components that need graphics, separate the components based upon how they are manufactured and identify each part for reports, database searching or for integrating with a business system. ArtiosCAD maintains a unique board assignment for each part. Parts made on mixed substrates can be designed and viewed together. Unique database information is stored for each part, making them easy to identify. When parts are output, they can be done so separately. Moreover, if a separate part file is edited, ArtiosCAD notes the change and allows it to be updated on the master Canvas File.
Significant Improvement for POP, Display and Multi-Part Package Design
There are many areas where ArtiosCAD streamlines a workflow. For example, it makes it easy to tie into an MIS, allowing the business system to create unique parts for inventory and costing; or helping to run a bill of materials. If a display is created, only those parts that require artwork can be sent to the graphic design department – not the entire display, eliminating confusion. For manufacturing, companies are now able to separate the canvas into different parts and deliver only those pieces that require a specific manufacturing technique – for example, to a die maker or to a Kongsberg table. It’s also possible to add non-design elements such as a pallet for transport or assembly hardware to the workflow, which are then referred to as non-production parts.
"With this latest upgrade to ArtiosCAD, Esko has introduced significant improvements for designers of POP and displays, and multi-part packaging, improving the workflow and allowing them to work more efficiently," Deroo said. "This release allows them to work the way they want to work on a single design canvas, while identifying separate parts."
The upgrade will be free of charge for ArtiosCAD customers worldwide with maintenance contracts.
