Delcam's software produces 'Jewels for the Home' jewelled picture frames
13 Jun '05
2 min read
For some pieces, SLA rapid prototypes are used as a basis for the rubber moulds. “PowerSHAPE can export surfaces as an SLA file. It is very powerful,” Mr. Jamnik said. Other rapid prototypes serve as pre-models, made to save manual modelmaking time. When an item's basic shape would be very difficult and time consuming for a modelmaker to make by hand, the form can be created in the Delcam software and a rapid prototype made for the modelmaker to finish. “I did that for a big item recently,” Mr. Jamnik recalled. “I did the main outline of the whole piece, then the modelmaker finished it off.”