{"id":5,"date":"2007-05-06T20:29:27","date_gmt":"2007-05-07T02:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.knoxjewelers.biz\/blog\/?p=5"},"modified":"2014-02-07T06:01:05","modified_gmt":"2014-02-07T12:01:05","slug":"cad-cam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.knoxjewelers.biz\/blog\/cad-cam\/","title":{"rendered":"What is CAD-CAM?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/CAD\">CAD = computer aided design<br \/>\n<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Computer_aided_manufacturing\">CAM = computer aided manufacturing<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CAD software allows designers to build a design in the exact three dimensional (3-D) geometry and dimensions desired. The beauty of using this software for customers is being able to see exactly how a proposed custom design will look before any ring is cast in the metal or before any stones are set in the metal. The software we use <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gemvision.com\/html\/products\/matrix\/matrix.html\">(Matrix by Gemvision)<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gemvision.com\/html\/products\/matrix\/matrix.html\"> <\/a>can generate <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Computer_rendering\"><strong>photo-like renderings<\/strong> <\/a>of jewelry items from every potential angle and can even be used to make a <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.knoxjewelers.biz\/index.htm?crn=263&amp;action=show&amp;show_products_mode=cat_click\">moving video of a jewelry design.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Once the design is completed in the software there are several methods to use CAM to produce an exact 3-D model from various medias than can then be directly casted into precious metal.<\/p>\n<p>The technology is a perfect fit for the jewelry industry as the models made by the various CAM methods provide a much higher level of precision and symmetry than all but the very top level wax carvers (artisans that carve wax models for casting by hand)<\/p>\n<p>Also, the cost for these CAM models are often quite less than having comparable models made by hand.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly all of the big manufacturers and designers are using the technology and it would appear that is just a matter of time until it truly dominates the industry.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a quick explanation of a couple CAM methods:<\/p>\n<p>A common method used to create wax models is a CAM (Computer Aided Manufacturing) Milling System. This machine receives the model&#8217;s geometry information and drills out each and every detail. This system is very precise and accurate and the wax models milled can be directly cast into metal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img  title=\"wax4 What is CAD-CAM?\"  alt=\"wax4 Jewelry \" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.knoxjewelers.biz\/images\/wax4.jpg\" style=\"width: 200px; height: 121px\" height=\"121\" width=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img  title=\"revo540_modelB What is CAD-CAM?\"  alt=\"revo540_modelB Jewelry \" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.knoxjewelers.biz\/images\/revo540_modelB.jpg\" style=\"width: 197px; height: 200px\" height=\"200\" width=\"197\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Another method used is a 3-D Grower. This CAM technology prints ultra-small layers of resin on top of one another until the model is finished. A laser follows the printing of each layer to harden the resin. The result is a very accurately detailed piece. These models can also be directly cast into metal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img  title=\"viper What is CAD-CAM?\"  alt=\"viper Jewelry \" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.knoxjewelers.biz\/images\/viper.jpg\" style=\"width: 157px; height: 200px\" height=\"200\" width=\"157\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img  title=\"resin2 What is CAD-CAM?\"  alt=\"resin2 Jewelry \" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.knoxjewelers.biz\/images\/resin2.jpg\" style=\"width: 350px; height: 119px\" height=\"119\" width=\"350\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CAD = computer aided design CAM = computer aided manufacturing CAD software allows designers to build a design in the exact three dimensional (3-D) geometry and dimensions desired. The beauty of using this software for customers is being able to see exactly how a proposed custom design will look before any ring is cast in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.knoxjewelers.biz\/blog\/cad-cam\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;What is CAD-CAM?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.knoxjewelers.biz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.knoxjewelers.biz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.knoxjewelers.biz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.knoxjewelers.biz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.knoxjewelers.biz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.knoxjewelers.biz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":688,"href":"https:\/\/www.knoxjewelers.biz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5\/revisions\/688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.knoxjewelers.biz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.knoxjewelers.biz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.knoxjewelers.biz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}