What’s new in ArtiosCAD 20?

ArtiosCAD Preflight

ArtiosCAD 20 features an industry first: ArtiosCAD Preflight, quality control functionality for your structural designs. ArtiosCAD Preflight is now commercially available and can be used for 30-days as a free trial.

ArtiosCAD Preflight helps packaging designers flag potential production issues in their structural designs before the files are released to estimating or production. Read more here.

Resizable design templates

• 21 new ECMA folding carton designs added to the Style Catalog
• 25 new FEFCO corrugated designs added to the Style Catalog
• over 150 designs added since version 18

Auto-lock bottom designs

• Auto mate and fold auto-lock bottom designs in seconds
• Identify copy and copy-free areas for artwork panels automatically in 3D

Kongsberg VariAngle knife support

• Design with v-notch creases and cuts from 0 – 60 ° angles, in 0.5 increments
• Realistic visualization for virtual mockups and testing

Output Canvas Layout as MFG

• Submit Canvas Layouts directly to iPC
• No need to convert to MFG file first – save time and no extraneous files

Database dialog for Canvas designs

• Create unique database dialogs for a Canvas, Parts and Layouts

Canvas support in Studio

• Open ArtiosCAD Canvas files in Studio
• Less files to open and manage for the graphic designer

Counter features

• View counter channel width
• Convert to counter retains ARD name

Cape integration

• Auto populate database information with calculated expressions
• Enter data once in ArtiosCAD to have it persist throughout the workflow

Other enhancements

• Set project attributes when creating projects from a template in Enterprise
• Mate tool user experience improvements
• Shortcuts for the select tools
• Part order of a Canvas can be user-defined during output

What’s new in ArtiosCAD 18.1.1?

• Automatic fixing for common Preflight anomalies will save structural designers several minutes per anomaly found by eliminating the need for manually inspecting for design flaws and manual design corrections.
• New layout editing tools for the ArtiosCAD Canvas Layout will allow designers to optimize the nested layout for digital production or for diecut jobs.
• Updated DWG libraries to support the latest Autodesk AutoCAD® DWG 19 file format
• Updated Spatial libraries to support SOLIDWORKS® 2019 file format and JT ISO 3D visualization format

ArtiosCAD Preflight

ArtiosCAD 18.1 features an industry first: ArtiosCAD Preflight, quality control functionality for your structural designs.

ArtiosCAD Preflight helps packaging designers flag potential production issues in their structural designs before the files are released to estimating or production. Read more here

Resizable design templates

• More new ECMA folding carton designs added to the Style Catalog
• More new FEFCO corrugated designs added to the Style Catalog

Line type properties made easier

• ‘Pin’ properties page for use while designing
• Use a shortcut for easier access while designing

Auto-Panning

• Concurrent pan and drag at the edge of the drafting window simplifies and speeds up designing.

3D folding made easier

• Speed up common design tasks by saving multiple clicks and mouse movement
• Simply double-click to fold 90° / -90°

3D viewing made easier

• Save custom views for quick orientation of the design
• Views are exported to 3D PDF to share with other stakeholders

Multilingual (UTF) support

Characters from different languages can be displayed with any language version of ArtiosCAD

Project Creator Support

• Enterprise users defined as ‘Project Creator’ in WebCenter can create projects
• Project Creators do not have to be Project Managers
• Consistent behavior with WebCenter UI

One-up revision letter in manufacturing documents

• Easily identify design revisions in the layout
• File name labels now include revision letter

Integration support with
Menu Plug-In

• Launch executables from within a custom menu option in ArtiosCAD
• Pass document and metadata to the executable
• No custom programming needed

Other enhancements

• Bleed Tool
• Stretch Point Tool
• Increased the number of custom tool bars to 150 (system dependent)