CAD/CAM Follies at Santa Fe Symposium

19 May 2010, 2:20 pm

There are many jewellery designers who work in CAD and do not have the experience as a bench jeweler.  Now seminars are being presented on this subject.  Creole has been a bench jeweller for 19 years and had 11 years of experience in hand fabrication before starting in CAD.  The combination of expert bench skills and the high tech process of CAD/CAM makes Creole’s designs go beyond what old time jewellers can do by just fabricating at their bench. CAD/CAM Follies

Steven Adler • Automated 3D Modeling, Inc. • USA

While CAD technologies can provide jewelers significant flexibility to create their works, often the results are beyond the ability of traditional investment casting. As new CAD designers (who aspire to become modelmakers and fabricators-turnedcomputer- geeks) confront the constraints of investment casting, opportunities abound for folly and the inevitable failure in manufacturing. In this 3D presentation, the author will present a collection of CAD jewelry designs received over the years as examples of both what to do and, more importantly, what not to do when using CAD software. At the expense of their peers, attendees can expect to be both amused and educated in designing for manufacturability.

Mr. Adler is the founder and president of Automated 3D Modeling, Inc., a leading supplier of precision patterns for aerospace and telecommunications, as well as fine jewelry applications. He has more than 25 years of experience in fine jewelry development and has affiliations with the Rapid Prototype Association of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers and the Global Alliance of Rapid Prototype Associations. Mr. Adler is the recipient of both the Santa Fe Symposium® Collaborative Research and Industry Leader Awards. This is his third year presenting at the Symposium.