Prinect Package Designer

Spec sheet

Product

Prinect Package Designer is a CAD/CAM system for packaging design and die-cutting tools.Read 8 Oct 2026 · heidelberg.com

Intended users

The page describes coordination with customers and graphic designers and support for packaging design and die-cutting workflows.Read 9 Oct 2026 · heidelberg.com

Headquarters

Heidelberg, GermanyRead 28 Sep 2026 · heidelberg.com

Founded

1850Read 28 Sep 2026 · heidelberg.com

3D review

The product provides 3D display and animated folding sequences to help coordinate with customers and graphic designers.Read 9 Oct 2026 · heidelberg.com

Adobe Illustrator

Illustrator Connect is a Package Designer plug-in for Adobe Illustrator that supports graphic design with CAD data and 3D display.Read 9 Oct 2026 · heidelberg.com

Design library

Its library includes more than 1800 scalable designs and components, including the complete ECMA and FEFCO catalogs.Read 9 Oct 2026 · heidelberg.com

Design workflow

Its functionality ranges from structural design and sample production through sheet layout and die-cutting parameterization to generating presetting data for postpress.Read 9 Oct 2026 · heidelberg.com

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.Read 9 Oct 2026 · heidelberg.com

Illustrator integration

Illustrator Connect is a Package Designer plug-in for Adobe Illustrator that supports graphic design with CAD data and 3D display.Read 8 Oct 2026 · heidelberg.com

Illustrator prerequisite

The system requirements list Adobe Illustrator CS6 and CC for the Illustrator Connect plug-in.Read 8 Oct 2026 · heidelberg.com

Operating system

HEIDELBERG states that Package Designer runs on Windows PCs and not on Mac OS.Read 8 Oct 2026 · heidelberg.com

PDF approval

The product supports economic checks and customer approval through interactive 3D display in PDF, including graphic designs with finishing effects.Read 9 Oct 2026 · heidelberg.com

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.Read 9 Oct 2026 · heidelberg.com

Prinect integration

It integrates into the complete Prinect workflow, enabling automatic creation of designs and sheet layouts for standard library drafts.Read 9 Oct 2026 · heidelberg.com

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.Read 9 Oct 2026 · heidelberg.com

Synergy option

The Synergy option supports designing and editing parametric components and creating libraries of individual, resizable cartons, displays, and components.Read 9 Oct 2026 · heidelberg.com

Where Specifiction places it

• Packaging Design Software#25 of 276.5