The Right Tools for the Job

EskoArtwork’s Studio software is an Illustrator plug-in that imports CAD drawings directly into Illustrator and displays them in 3D, where the user can rotate, flip, or fold the flat piece. This helps avoid having to go to a physical prototype, in favor of being able to review the file in a virtual form to determine compatibility. After the actual design is finalized, however, the issue becomes how to nest two, eight, 10, 12, or 14 of those structures as efficiently as possible for the production run to save run lengths and material. Another EskoArtwork tool, Smart Layout, automatically evaluates all the possible iterations of that job based on the sheet size and determines how many of each will fit on a given sheet.