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Delcam CRISPIN's New ShoeMaker Pro for Footwear Design at Jinjiang Expo

At the Jinjiang Footwear Expo to be held in Fujian, China, from 18th to 21st April, Delcam CRISPIN will launch the new release of its ShoeMaker Pro CAD software for the design of all types of footwear includes special editing tools to adapt an existing sole to a new upper design.  The 2015 R2 version also incorporates more efficient tools for upper design, such as edge gimping, stitch-down simulation and a new jewellery library, plus improvements to the KeyShot rendering and the ability to export models in Apple’s iBook Widget format for viewing on iPads and iPhones.

For further details on the new release, please go to http://lz.delcam-crispin.com.

The Delcam CRISPIN stand will also display the winning designs in the company’s recent footwear design competition.

ShoeMaker Pro is the only CAD program for the footwear industry that integrates fully the 3D design of uppers and soles, so allowing the complete 3D CAD model of the shoe to be developed and visualised within a single system.  This integrated approach benefits all footwear designers, but is particularly advantageous for companies making sports shoes and other designs that include complex soles.

In ShoeMaker Pro 2015 R2, it has been made easier to take an existing sole design and adapt it to a new upper design.  Using an existing sole design can shorten the overall development process, while the new alignment tools make 3D modelling of the shoe quicker and easier.

Two new tools allow the shape of the sole to be edited, either by using the bending tool to match a flat sole to the profile of the upper or by using the box morphing tool to reshape the sole to match the last.

Another new option allows stitch-down construction to be modelled.  As with the other stitching options in ShoeMaker, various types of stitching can be trialled, with different stitch sizes and spacing.

The main enhancement to the KeyShot rendering in ShoeMaker is the ability to produce a render of a pair of shoes by mirroring the design automatically to generate the second shoe in the image.  Once they have been created, the pair exist as separate models within KeyShot so their positions and colouring can be altered independently.  The new version also recognises any duplicated features in the model, such as a set of eyelets around the lace holes, and treats them as ‘instances’ of the same geometry.  This gives a ‘lighter’ model that can be imported into KeyShot, and then moved within it, more quickly.

For further information on Delcam CRISPIN software for the footwear industry, please contact:-
Peter Dickin
Marketing Manager
Direct phone: 44 (0)121 683 1081 
e-mail: marketing@delcam.com

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