Yet in all packaging design, the front end of important technical link ultimately comes down to the box type design, some of today's design companies in the box type design of the digital level is still very backward.

Most of the original packaging structural design adopts manual cut and paste. Such a design way takes a long time, and need to spend a lot of energy and material cost for samples and confirmation work over and over again.

In the design of software or packaging carton design rendering, choose a good design software can greatly simplify the packaging design work process.

As a result, software box was born.

Esko Artios subversion of the traditional packaging structure design. It takes the form of digital, on the computer simulation design of the packaging structure and 3 d folding effect. The use of personal experience, it is a very powerful packaging structure design software, on the basis of a packaging structure of the template library, can according to the need of the parts of the design, or even redesign. Packaging design aspects of it more than another domestic use of Auto CAD software, some industry in a more targeted. Auto CAD as a popular drawing tools on the market, it is free to draw 2 d and 3 d graphics, the application area covers the aerospace, shipbuilding, construction, machinery, electronics, chemical, paper, textile and so on many areas.

In view of the packaging structure design software development abroad than domestic to mature a lot, now the market popular mainly includes the Esko - Graphics company, ardensoftware ArtiosCAD ImpactCAD, Cimex Corp company CIMPACK (parker), friends of the company's bond BOX - VELLUM, Kasemake of AG/CAD British company, etc.

Looks like our problems have been solved completely, but little imagine Artios (expensive), and other foreign software let us hope and stopped most of domestic design company. Choose a good packaging design software, undoubtedly become one of the biggest obstacles.

In addition, the packaging structure of the original paper, packaging structure, expansion plan, 3 d folding box, packing box 3 d effects, rich box type library and so on all of these determine the applicability of this kind.

The following to the domestic two of the more popular packaging structure design software, the founder of the epack and for packmage, for example, to introduce the development of the domestic packaging design software.

1, the party is one of the early development of box type design software company in China, his epack is based on the graphic technology, database technology and 3 d animation technology type box making software. On the basis of supporting the use of box type library and parts library, to complete the box type design.

However, as one of the first attempt, founder of the epack still has some shortage of place. The whole box type library of box type is unitary, the degree of parametric parts library parts is enough. After the completion of the users in the design, the best comprehensive check box type wing, lifted the lid of the parameters, such as correctness, lest the box type structure is not complete. In the puzzle and 3 d screen, on the other hand, proofing also can appear some obvious errors in the process, for example, the calculation process of puzzle, there may be layout box type of overlapping phenomenon; 3 d screen proofing, error box type folding way, lead to can't see the forming effect, and so on. So the operator in use process need to carefully check.

Founder epack with Auto CAD, compared with the biggest difference is that the former is a "spell" out of the box type design, which is by the designers' painting '. Operation of the former don't need a very professional and technical personnel, directly from its box type selection in the library and parts library, and then modifying parameters can finish the design of the box type work. Considering from the detail place, founder epack performance ability than the details of the Auto CAD. Auto CAD as a mature drawing software, can perfect expression of the designer's design.

2, for the "packing the magician"

This is the 09 launched packaging design software for the company, just start to feel and founder epack a bit like, after careful understanding, found that in fact quite different.

First of all, the use of the software interface is very simple, function modules at a glance, is also very simple to operate. This aspect is in accordance with the domestic many designers habit, may be because of homebred software.

Second, it like epack, software design based on the basis of a box type library that is the module library. On the operation also need to choose a practical box first. And the big different is epack repository is "parts", packing the magician of the repository is "whole". By epack, it can greatly reduce the possible problems in the process of box type design, but on the other hand, also reduced the flexibility of box type design, designers increased reliance on software box type library, which requires packaging the magician should have a huge "library", for the needs of users.

Currently on the market has launched a trial version, of course, now it is a don't money box design software, special software package design for design company, too.

The demand for operators has topography. As a result of the epack box type design is composed of a series of box and accessories, so the requirement for the operator is relatively high packing magician, require the operator to familiar with the rules of the design of the packing box, otherwise may appear "silly". And the use of packaging magician interface itself is very concise, operation process and near "fool", and so have no requirement to operators.

The design of two domestic software center of gravity is not the same. Although the former has the packaging design module, but focus on printing typesetting function; And packaging the magician now focus on the design of a single box type, attaches great importance to the construction of box type library, the main software to develop in the direction of packaging design.

The two software have their own advantages and disadvantages. Epack above the function of the packaging design is comprehensive, but the software scale did not go far enough; Packaging the magician interface and model more accord with our habits, but its box type library is always our "care". Epack early to enter the market, now has a rest posture; Packaging the magician as a new force into the domestic packaging design market.