Designing Jewelry Around Gemstone Shapes: Oval, Pear, Emerald, Marquise, and Cushion Cuts in CAD
Designing jewelry around gemstone shapes is one of the most important steps in custom jewelry CAD. The cut of the center stone affects the setting, the proportions of the piece, how the stone is protected, and even how large it looks on the hand. At eCadCam, our jewelry services team designs rings, pendants, and earrings […]
Laser-Cut Stencils and Templates: Materials, Bridges, and Design Tips
Laser-cut stencils and templates are fast, precise tools for painting, marking, layout, crafting, and production work. From painting logos on walls and floors to marking drill locations or tracing repeat shapes, a well-designed stencil saves time and ensures consistent results. Our laser engraving and cutting studio in Los Angeles cuts stencils and templates for artists, […]
Product Rendering and Visualization: Photorealistic CAD Renders for Pitches, Marketing, and Crowdfunding
Product rendering turns a CAD model into photorealistic images that show what a product will look like before it is ever manufactured. For inventors pitching investors, startups launching crowdfunding campaigns, and companies building marketing materials ahead of production, renders are often the first impression a product makes. Our product design team in Los Angeles creates […]
3D Scanning Small, Detailed Objects: Coins, Jewelry, Miniatures, and Precision Parts
3D scanning small, detailed objects requires different equipment and techniques than scanning large items. Coins, jewelry, miniatures, dental-sized parts, small mechanical components, and intricate artwork can have features measured in fractions of a millimeter. Capturing them accurately takes high-resolution scanning and careful preparation. Our 3D scanning studio in Los Angeles scans small items for reproduction, […]
3D Printing Replacement Parts: How to Reproduce Broken Clips, Knobs, and Discontinued Components
3D printing replacement parts is often the fastest way to fix something when the original part is broken, lost, or no longer sold. A cracked appliance clip, a missing knob, a broken bracket, or a worn gear can stop a perfectly good machine or product from working. Our 3D printing studio in Los Angeles helps […]
Laser Marking for Aerospace and Defense Parts: Traceability, Serial Numbers, and Permanence
Laser marking for aerospace and defense parts is one of the more demanding jobs that comes through our Glendale shop — and one of the most common requests we get from machine shops, contract manufacturers, and engineering teams around Los Angeles. When a component must carry a serial number, part number, or data matrix code […]
2D to 3D CAD Conversion: How to Turn Old Drawings and Blueprints into Manufacturing-Ready Models
If your product exists only as paper blueprints, hand sketches, or flat DWG files, you are effectively locked out of modern manufacturing. 2D to 3D CAD conversion turns those legacy drawings into accurate, fully editable 3D models that can be quoted, prototyped, machined, molded, or 3D printed. At our Glendale studio we regularly rebuild decades-old […]
How to Prepare an Object for 3D Scanning: Surface Prep, Targets, and Setup Tips
Knowing how to prepare an object for 3D scanning is the difference between a clean, accurate scan on the first pass and hours spent patching holes in the data afterward. At our Glendale studio we scan everything from machined metal parts to carved family heirlooms, and preparation is where most of the accuracy is won […]
3D Scanning for Quality Inspection: How Scan-to-CAD Comparison Verifies Manufactured Parts
3D scanning for quality inspection is one of the fastest ways to answer a question every manufacturer eventually faces: does the part that came off the machine actually match the CAD model we designed? Instead of checking a handful of dimensions with calipers or a CMM probe, a 3D scan captures millions of points across […]
3D Scanning for Artists and Sculptors: How to Digitize, Scale, and Reproduce Your Work
3D scanning for artists and sculptors has quietly become one of the most useful tools in the studio. Whether you work in clay, stone, bronze, wood, or mixed media, a high-resolution 3D scan turns your physical piece into a precise digital model — one you can archive forever, scale to any size, edit in CAD, […]