Ashlar-Vellum Cobalt

Cobalt matches professional power with speed and ease of use for flexible 3D modeling for display and packaging. Available for both Macintosh and Windows, Cobalt lets creative people work without worrying about their software. Packaging designers save time and money by moving quickly from conception through completion in the real world of last minute changes.

Drafting Assistant
Ashlar-Vellum pioneered the Drafting Assistant in 1989 to automatically snap to and align geometry to midpoints, endpoints and construction lines with precision and ease.

Parametric History on Demand
Parametric history is a powerful tool, making design changes fast and easy. can also constrain creativity and become a bother. Ashlar-Vellum Cobalt uniquely allows packaging and display designers to use history on demand, only when needed, and ignore it when it is not, greatly increasing the creative process.

Fully Integrated Wireframe, Solids and Surfaces
Class-A NURBS surfaces, ACIS solids and intuitive wireframe are in one seamless package. Non-modal interface lets you switch between modeling techniques and approaches on the fly.

Transparent Tools
Great design software must disappear into the background, becoming an automatic extension of the designer as he or she concentrates on the project at hand. Cobalt is so transparent it doesn’t require the designer to think about it. It simply works the way a designer thinks.

Translation
Includes more than 30 professional translators to other software programs used in the CAD, graphics, CAM, packaging and display industry.

Full Mac and Windows Compatibility
No matter which operating system members of your team prefer, Cobalt supports them. Designers who prefer Mac OS X can easily exchange files with production people who require Windows Vista or XP.