Outsourcing Work From The ArtCAM Community

Outsourcing Work From The ArtCAM Community

Grady Robertson is a woodcarving hobbyist from Lubbock Texas who has shown how easily ArtCAM can help you turn your hobby into a business. After leaving his previously unrelated job in 1999 he turned his attention to building up his own wood working business with the intention of blending the latest CADCAM technology with traditional wood working skills to produce wooden furniture panels with low relief carvings for his clients...



The Rotary Revolution

The Rotary Revolution

Typically most of the customer work we get to see at the ArtCAM office tends to be of the typical 3-axis low relief nature especially in the woodworking and signmaking industries. However just recently there have been an increasing number of customers’ successfully rotary machining large format pieces, designing them by utilising the unwrap and ring wrap features in ArtCAM. Below you can read about a couple of ArtCAM users who are successfully producing differing types of pieces using this form of machining...



Restoring The Chancel

Restoring The Chancel

Today in Russia the latest computer technology is being used to restore a church that was originally built hundreds of years ago. This is a unique use of the technology that was created to help in the design and production of tools and components. The Russian art restoring company, Terem (Ekaterinburg), discovered some old photographs of the chancel following some archive searching recently. Using these old photographs, preserved elements of the demolished chancel and Delcam's CAD/CAM Power Solution software it has been possible to produce working drawings for all elements of the chancel, and consequently rebuild the chancel to it's original beauty....



Classic Sign & Mirror Win Award With A Little Help From ArtCAM Pro

Classic Sign & Mirror Win Award With A Little Help From ArtCAM Pro

On first glance Classic Sign's award-winning SeaGrapes sign doesn't seem a typical ArtCAM project. However half of the enjoyment of working with ArtCAM customers is the chance to view the novel and interesting new ways people find to use the software...



Smart Design Creates Pentagon Memorial

Smart Design Creates Pentagon Memorial

In the two years since Smart Design was established, the company have enjoyed a level of success which has helped make them the envy of some of their more established competitors. This success is undoubtedly due to; firstly the drive and ambition of its founder and owner Shelly McMahan, secondly the successful implementation and use of ArtCAM Pro and lastly, the small matter of producing signs and exhibits for federal government agencies in the Pentagon...



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"Shoji" Style Lithophane Lamp

One of my personal favourite projects in the last few months has been using lithophanes in different applications. I’ve been doing the standard portrait format for awhile, both as “suncatchers” and enclosed in light boxes, but since it’s such a unique effect I wanted to try and work it into a piece that would let me capitalize on the “wow” factor when the light is turned on/off. While going through a clip art collection one day I found a series of Japanese wood prints that were attractive, and I came up with the idea of doing a “Shoji” style lamp using these images as lithophanes...



Sunset Signs Nominated for Prestigious Award

Sunset Signs Nominated for Prestigious Award

The family run business of Sunset Signs, in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, recently showed how ArtCAM can help your business achieve success. Sunset Signs was nominated and later received a commendation award in the Craftsman category at this years UK Sign Industry Awards...



War Veteran Memorial

War Veteran Memorial

ArtCAM was recently able to rescue Officials of the City of Dearborn, Michigan, USA, after they had decided to honour the City’s war veterans with a new memorial. The memorial was scheduled for unveiling on Veteran’s Day but a series of delays in creating the design meant that the signmakers only received approval three weeks before the ceremony...



Blazing A Trail With ArtCAM

Blazing A Trail With ArtCAM

Tucked away in a corner of the English countryside, is another ArtCAM success story. Kent is where you can find the headquarters of sign company Blaze Neon. This once relatively small company has experienced an explosion of growth in the last 10 years. It has fast become one of the key names in the UK sign industry, producing work for companies such as Rolls Royce, Bentley, Virgin, Warner Bros and Barclays Bank...