ArtiosCAD is a software program dedicated to the design of folded packaging, mainly corrugated boxes and folding carton.
ArtiosCAD is designed in Ludlow, Massachusetts in a subsidiary of EskoArtwork

EskoArtwork (company)

EskoArtwork, formerly called Esko, is a graphic arts company producing prepress soft- and hardware and offering a portfolio of application support and consultancy services...

, with headquarters in Gent, Belgium.

ArtiosCAD is used by box designers, box sample makers, die makers.
Worldwide there are about 10,000 copies of ArtiosCAD in professional use. Operating ArtiosCAD is typically a full-time job.

ArtiosCAD formats

ArtiosCAD uses .ARD as its main native format. A .ARD typically represents one box. It contains a flat representation of the sheet with its cutlines, crease lines and many other production representations.
Other native formats:

• .A3D: pre-defined 3D representations of packaging, potentially containing assemblies and other combinations of boxes and their contents in 3D
• .MFG: represents manufacturing information. ARD designs are first stepped/repeated for economical production. This creates a basic representation of the cutting master(s). This is then further designed to contain helping aids for production such as:
  • Bridges and nicks
  • Rubber
  • Blanking

ArtiosCAD imports

ArtiosCAD imports:

• All popular 2D CAD formats
• Graphics (PDF, EPS, pixel images)
• 3D solids from Catia, Solidworks, Pro-E, ...

ArtiosCAD exports

• Cutting table formats
• PDF
  Portable Document Format
  Portable Document Format is an open standard for document exchange. This file format, created by Adobe Systems in 1993, is used for representing documents in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems....
  
   both 2D and 3D
• All popular 2D CAD formats
• Collada
  COLLADA
  COLLADA is a COLLAborative Design Activity for establishing an interchange file format for interactive 3D applications. COLLADA is managed by the nonprofit technology consortium, the Khronos Group....
  
  for 3D representations with CAD and graphics combined