Esko announces major update to ArtiosCAD

Esko is rolling out the newest release of ArtiosCAD, one of the company’s leading structural design editors for packaging and displays. The updated version showcases Canvas Design that, because of a series of new features, significantly improves the workflow for anyone designing and producing multi-component displays and packaging. The enhancements are the result of substantial customer input and eliminate the “pain points” customers were facing related to designing and producing multi-part designs, said Esko. “Displays are becoming 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 in 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 then re-direct those components that need graphics, separate the components based upon how they’re 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.
Improvements for POP, display and multi-part package design
There are many areas where ArtiosCAD software 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, it can help 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, thus eliminating any possible 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 cutting table. It’s even 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, displays and multi-part packaging – improving the workflow and allowing them to work more efficiently,” Deroo added. “This release allows them to work the way they want to work on a single design canvas, while identifying separate parts.”
The new enhancements are available in ArtiosCAD 14.1.1 – and the upgrade will be free of charge for ArtiosCAD customers worldwide with maintenance contracts.