Multipage Documents
A KASEMAKE AGD file (drawing) can now consist of multiple pages, allowing designers to have fitments and outer components, or parts of an FSDU, for example, on separate pages all contained within the same document. 3D scenes are also now additional pages in the same document. This enables a simpler way of organising the component parts of a project.
Pages can be selected by clicking customisable tabs at the bottom of the document.
Sheets
Sheets are a new feature in KASEMAKE 12, which allows the information pertaining to many elements to be contained on one page of a drawing. POS designers often work in this way, as do other disciplines. One of the main advantages of using sheets is that designers and others involved in the production of the item can see, at a glance, features of an element, such as sheet size, material and machine route. All the information in the sheet is contained in the KASEMAKE SQL database and can be viewed, exported and filtered in many ways.
Items can be re-sheeted if the specification changes and also a sheet can be completely removed if desired. The fields you choose to include on your sheets are user-configurable in the Preferences.
All sheeted elements also appear on their own sub-page in the drawing document.
Each sheet has its own section within the database record for the job or document.
New 3D Environment
The KASEMAKE 3D environment has been completely rewritten from the ground up. Using advanced material and rendering techniques, KASEMAKE’s 3D module now enables you to generate fantastic, realistic 3D virtual samples quickly and without using external rendering software such as POV-RAY, although KASEMAKE still supports this.
Finished 2D CAD projects can have artwork added to them and then be brought into the 3D environment, where further work can be done. Flooring, walls, shelving, etc., can all be added by using an advanced collection of object-creation tools. Materials can be applied to all the elements of a drawing. Sophisticated shadow and lighting effects enable you to make the scene as photorealistic as possible, ready for export in a vast number of formats.
Linked and Embedded Artwork
Designers now have the option to link to the artwork used in their drawing, rather than embedding it. In this way it is possible to edit artwork outside KASEMAKE (using whatever program created it – Adobe Illustrator for instance). When the drawing is opened (or the user clicks a refresh artwork button) then the artwork is then reloaded including any modifications, saving design time in having to refold the 3D object with the new artwork.
A number of effects can be applied to artwork in the 3D module to add realism and to demonstrate real-world effects like foil blocking and spot UV. Also, the level of wear on a sheet of corrugated board can be simulated; this is all controlled by the material editor dialog below.
Export Interactive 3D PDFs
In KASEMAKE 12, you can export an interactive PDF that a customer can zoom in on and rotate, as well as send them one that they can fold and unfold themselves. Furthermore, you can send them a PDF that contains a fully interactive movie showing how their design is assembled and folded.
Interactive PDFs are readable by anyone with a recent version of Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Import and Export formats
Other than PDFs, KASEMAKE 3D can export MP4 movies, POVRAY, WEBGL and a host of proprietary 3D formats such as DAE, OBJ, STL, PLY, 3DS and many more. We can also export to our own in3D software, which allows you to produce complex 3D environmental models.
In addition, KASEMAKE can import 3D geometry from a wide range of 3D software packages, including DAE, OBJ, STP, STL, DXF, and TER.
Improved importing of 2D PDF files
Many PDFs consist of multiple pages. In KM 12, you can choose exactly which pages you want to import from the document, and the CAD from each page will be imported to a separate page in one AGD drawing document.
QR Code Plotting
On our sheet-feeder-equipped DYSS cutting machines, automation can be taken to the next level by adding QR codes to the printed boards that you want to cut. KASEMAKE can read the QR code from the sheet, then automatically open, prepare and plot the appropriate cut file for that job. This enables unattended production of jobs which require multiple files.
New 2D Features
Each version of KASEMAKE includes thousands of minor tweaks and enhancements to the many functions available to users. Also, there are many new ones introduced, some of which work unnoticed in the background, but some that improve your productivity and add completely new functionality.
V12 has a new Trace Artwork function, which can take the outline of a bitmap image and generate a path from it.
A new tool can automatically detect internal and external paths in an imported file and also the registration mark position holders, for example, on cut files generated by a RIP. This massively decreases file preparation time, and with the use of the KASEMAKE Task Lists, the whole process of importing and setting up a drawing for cutting can be fully automated.
New Parametrics (Die-Line Templates)
The parametric library is always evolving and growing to accommodate new flutes and materials. Our FEFCO library has been completely rewritten for V12, taking into account customer feedback and other information that has led to better designs that fold perfectly. Also, in V12, we have new sections in the style libraries for rigid board designs and styles for polymers and plastics.
