Prinect Package Designer
Prinect Package Designer is a Windows CAD/CAM system for creating packaging structures and die-cutting tools.
What Prinect Package Designer is
Prinect Package Designer is a Windows CAD/CAM system for creating packaging structures and die-cutting tools. It covers structural design, samples, sheet layouts, die-cutting parameters, and postpress presetting data. More than 1,800 scalable designs and components are included, covering the ECMA and FEFCO catalogs. Three-dimensional display and animated folding sequences support review with customers and graphic designers. Integration with the Prinect workflow can create designs and layouts from standard library drafts and generate postpress presettings from CAD data. Illustrator Connect brings CAD information and 3D display into Adobe Illustrator, with Illustrator CS6 and CC listed as prerequisites. Optional Synergy tools handle parametric components and resizable carton, display, and component libraries. The Diemaker option creates die-cutting forms and forwards information to tool makers or machine tools. Interactive 3D PDFs support customer approval, while CAD data assists folder-gluer setup.
Good
- More than 1,800 scalable packaging designs
- 3D display and animated folding review
- Prinect workflow integration
- Illustrator CAD plug-in available
- Interactive 3D PDF approval
Watch out
- Runs on Windows PCs, not Mac OS
- Illustrator Connect requires CS6 or CC
Who it suits
It suits packaging designers and production teams coordinating structural design, die-making, postpress preparation, and customer approvals.
Verdict
Prinect Package Designer links packaging structure design with die-cutting and postpress preparation. Its libraries, 3D review, Prinect integration, and optional tools support production workflows, but Mac users are not supported.
The facts
Each one read from Prinect Package Designer's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- 3D review
- The product provides 3D display and animated folding sequences to help coordinate with customers and graphic designers.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Adobe Illustrator
- Illustrator Connect is a Package Designer plug-in for Adobe Illustrator that supports graphic design with CAD data and 3D display.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Design library
- Its library includes more than 1800 scalable designs and components, including the complete ECMA and FEFCO catalogs.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Design workflow
- Its functionality ranges from structural design and sample production through sheet layout and die-cutting parameterization to generating presetting data for postpress.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Illustrator integration
- Illustrator Connect is a Package Designer plug-in for Adobe Illustrator that supports graphic design with CAD data and 3D display.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Illustrator prerequisite
- The system requirements list Adobe Illustrator CS6 and CC for the Illustrator Connect plug-in.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The page describes coordination with customers and graphic designers and support for packaging design and die-cutting workflows.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Operating system
- HEIDELBERG states that Package Designer runs on Windows PCs and not on Mac OS.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Postpress setup
- CAD data can be used to generate time- and material-saving presettings for postpress, and the product can help set up a folder-gluer faster and more accurately.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Prinect integration
- It integrates into the complete Prinect workflow, enabling automatic creation of designs and sheet layouts for standard library drafts.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Product
- Prinect Package Designer is a CAD/CAM system for packaging design and die-cutting tools.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Product purpose
- Prinect Package Designer is a CAD/CAM system for packaging and die-cutting tools that drafts folding cartons and displays and creates sheet layouts.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Synergy option
- The Synergy option supports designing and editing parametric components and creating libraries of individual, resizable cartons, displays, and components.checked 9 Oct 2026
The company
- Diemaker option
- The Diemaker option draws die-cutting forms with bridges, cut-off, and compensating knives, and its die-cut information can be forwarded to tool makers or used to control machine tools.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 1850checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- Heidelberg, Germanychecked 28 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- PDF approval
- The product supports economic checks and customer approval through interactive 3D display in PDF, including graphic designs with finishing effects.checked 9 Oct 2026
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