BTMA - British Textile Machinery Association

AVA’s computer-aided design and manufacturing (CAD/CAM) software solutions are primarily aimed at the printed decorative, textile, fashion, flooring, wallpaper, table top and education industries.

For the textile industry, the company’s focus is on applications for enhanced textile printing - both digital and screen-based - with software tailored to the exacting needs of both printers and screen engravers.

In today’s challenging environment, companies must respond quickly to the latest trends, ensure fast turnaround times and reduce costs to a minimum. To meet these demands, the emphasis is on efficient and profitable sampling, in addition to on demand, short-run production and an efficient global communication network between manufacturing and selling sites.

All of this can be considerably boosted with AVA’s powerful and modular CAD/CAM solutions.

Developed to meet demanding workflows in today’s textile printing environment, they allow all users to move seamlessly within a single programme - from concept to design and from high quality separations to the creation of colourways and to the mapping of collections onto realistic photographic scenes for marketing.

Specialist industry needs - such as the highest levels of colour management for complex tonal designs between CAD station, digital proofers and production - are comprehensively addressed. The emphasis is on both ease of use - culminating in major productivity gains - and the highest quality results.

For independent designers, AVA’s system places no limits on creativity, while increasing productivity.

Working in real time repeat allows designs to be stepped up and the large-scale final effect of the product to be visualised and/or mapped onto a model in 3D. Separations of flat and tonal designs can be made quickly without any loss of colour or tonal detail. This allows experimentation with changes of colour in the design without the expense of a professional, engraver-ready separation.

One of AVA’s major strengths is the accuracy of colour matching between the computer monitor and a wide variety of digital printers. This ensures there is no disparity - however subtle - between what is created on the screen and the final result from the printer.

AVA 4.2 - the company’s latest package released in 2010 - is packed with new features and includes the very latest hardware compatibility and performance enhancements including:

• Vectors Work in Repeat - allowing stunning, flat colour, fully-editable repeat designs to be created with AVA actors. Vectors in repeat works in both outline and filled modes for greater control of design than ever before.
• Random Colourways - any number of ideal colourways can be created directly in seconds from a defined colour file, using Quick Colourways. More colourways than are required can be created and the best sorted from the rest with the Colourways grid layout.
• Easy Relinking of Design Objects - for single-click control of designs displayed in the Quick Colourways layouts and templates. Swopping between open files in embedded objects, giving object control to the master design or reassigning missing designs is simple and easy.

Productivity and creativity are the main benefits of the AVA software, which comprises purpose-designed modules backed by full customer training and complimentary support in the first year. AVA also now offers the possibility of leasing the software for a minimum of six months, adding flexibility and tax benefits at lower up front investment.

The company is active in the major textile producing markets worldwide, with installations in over 30 countries.