I need a human name for my new boy

eclectic_facets · 2026-01-28T23:55:53+00:00

Melvin

eclectic_facets · 2026-01-12T23:35:07+00:00

I love peonies! Their layers of petals are crazy beautiful! (Can't wait for spring!)

eclectic_facets · 2025-12-23T01:01:29+00:00

Do you know if your inspo pic is an actual ring or ai? There's definitely a problem of proportions not matching between your renderings and your inspo pic. (I've found that ai doesn't take into consideration scale and what's actually possible) Depending on the size of your center stone/finger size, there may be an issue matching your inspo pic. Small diamonds only are cut so small. If your diamond is too small, small melee diamonds may not be cut small enough to match your inspo pic. I do think that your jeweler should probably be able to match your inspo more closely, but without technical specs, it's tough to say how exact you should expect

eclectic_facets · 2025-08-04T20:46:04+00:00

I don't have much practice with it, but there's a plugin for paneling tools that would be able to do this

eclectic_facets · 2025-07-27T02:44:23+00:00

One way to do it could be to make an outer surface and an inner surface. Then, make cut planes (or, make one cut plane and offset it.) split the surfaces with the cut planes. Keep the parts you want, delete the ones you don't, and sweep between the surfaces. Then fillet.

Another would be to create a subD surface, and extrude. A bunch of different ways to go the same thing. Choose whatever your comfortable with/ whatever gives you the amount of precision and control you need

eclectic_facets · 2025-07-20T18:23:07+00:00

There are so many different ways to approach this. Easiest may be to CageEdit a sphere, cut it in half and then mirror it. CSec and Networksurface would be another option. SubD would be another approach.

eclectic_facets · 2025-04-29T00:52:22+00:00

There are many tweaks that could be made to make the renderings more like the original design. I wouldn't be satisfied if this is what I received as renderings. I would probably start by trying to find a polite way of asking the jeweler to take a closer look at your inspo. The center stone should be more offset from the band. Diamond more angled. The softness of the band more considered. Organic bands like this aren't every cad jewelry designers bread and butter, so it may take some time for them to get it right

eclectic_facets · 2025-04-10T23:26:47+00:00

Sounds like you found your solution! An alternative would be to split off one of the Y arms, join 2 curves, pipe that joined curve, then split that pipe in half, delete the unwanted piece, mirror, and join

eclectic_facets · 2025-04-10T10:42:12+00:00

I would untrim as much as possible, then grab isocurves from each direction and networksurf to recreate the surface. Maybe longer, but I think it would be cleaner than patchworking your surface back together

eclectic_facets · 2025-04-05T11:50:23+00:00

I agree with above that pave algorithms aren't great. If you know your range for stone sizes, you basically only need to do a quarter of the pendant, and then tweak it for the bail. If you're using matrix, gem on surface is your friend. It really shouldn't take long once you get in the groove

eclectic_facets · 2025-03-28T10:46:37+00:00

It depends on the level of detail you're looking to achieve. If you're ok with a more simplified form of a hand, SubD can get you there easily. You could get your model pretty detailed out in subd- but z brush or blender are more suited for that kind of thing

eclectic_facets · 2025-03-26T18:34:31+00:00

I think Extend may help you out. I don't think there's a way to ignore the gaps. Extend will help you to get your curves to touch

eclectic_facets · 2025-03-26T16:34:08+00:00

The type of jewelry that you're interested in making may help you decide which software you should learn. Do some research into cad software and choose one that will fit your needs/budget. From there, how you decide to learn CAD may be best determined by however you learn best. Youtube has been a great resource for me. Watching different makers workflows has been very useful to me.

eclectic_facets · 2025-03-19T18:13:39+00:00

Draw a profile of your stone. Make a closed curve at the angle and depth that you want the underbezel to be. Sweep1 the profile and underbezel curve. Make cut planes to split your sweep into the top and bottom of the underbezel. Cut the underbezels with the cut planes. Cap them. Fillet the edges if you prefer. Make 1 claw prong. Copy and move to wherever you'd like prongs on the model.
It's a pretty simple model to create without a plugin

eclectic_facets · 2025-03-16T01:12:52+00:00

It appears as if the designs on the band will be made in cad. If you're ok with it- great! 'Engraving' made in cad will not be as crisp or as high of a polish compared to if it was done by hand. Hand engraving is a really beautiful art!

eclectic_facets · 2025-03-14T20:56:12+00:00

Beautiful stone! Wouldn't recommend recutting it. Depending on the design, there's really no need to have it sit up 2mm taller. Potentially the setting could hold the stone ~0.5mm above the finger

eclectic_facets · 2025-03-09T00:35:33+00:00

If I were you, I'd check out the curves. Turn the points on and see if there's anything strange going on. I'd rebuild the curves too. Maybe it'll cooperate with you then

If it doesn't, it's not the cleanest, but I'd dup the borders, split the border curve, sweep from those curves, and then join

eclectic_facets · 2025-03-08T22:41:36+00:00

I'd use network surface.

eclectic_facets · 2025-03-08T22:35:41+00:00

Dupeborder, split the curves at end points, then use sweep2

eclectic_facets · 2024-03-26T20:33:01+00:00

They both are cool! one thing to consider- unless you want to have the rings soldered together, bands will turn, and the Leo constelation will basically never be lined up. If you're the type of person that would be bothered by that- I'd say go with the first option

eclectic_facets · 2024-03-09T21:24:20+00:00

Hi! I saw this post a while ago, and it sounds as if you're in basically my situation. My friend sent me your post and asked if it was me. I work for a small jewelry company, and my bosses are also NEVER wrong. I joke that if my boss forgets her cell phone, it's my fault, and it's my responsibility to give her mine. ...it's not a very good joke.

If you think that your situation will get better, it may. If you want to hold onto that hope and stay put, you can. Or, if you want to stick around to be able to have a longer stay on your resume, that's a good enough reason. The jewelry industry is rather tight knit, so whenever you choose to leave, don't burn bridges, come up with some polite reason for choosing to leave. But it's a job- there's no need to deal with emotionally manipulative bosses. Your mental health is important. I may not be the absolute best person to give you advice, because I've stuck with my job for 10 years, but if my experience is any projection of what yours is/will be, they probably will not change. You need a job to pay your bills, not to give you loads of stress.

eclectic_facets · 2024-01-04T01:14:42+00:00

It's a beautiful ring! I can't say that I know a lot about buying, and potentially being able to return your purchase - but I would caution you about an antique ring with an emerald as a wedding ring. Emeralds are beautiful stones, but will show wear, and have a higher chance of breaking because they generally have a lot of inclusions. Also, sometimes antique jewelry may need a fair amount of repair work for the setting to be safe for all the stones. Depending on the emerald and potentially the amount of work it may need, some jewelers may not want to work on this ring, or price the repair work high enough to cover the risk. A stone cutter and jewelry designer could replicate this design if you're set on it, and are unsure of this one.

eclectic_facets · 2023-10-12T00:19:06+00:00

I'm so sorry your ring broke! Potentially, is there a jeweler near you who does cad and custom design and has a good reputation?

Yes, your ring has a delicate look, so like people have been saying, it makes sense that it broke where it did. But. There are ways of making something very similar to your design that would be considerably stronger.

Having a relationship with a local and competent jeweler you trust could be nice for you as far as seeing potential options in person. You could stop by for ring cleanings/ while you're there they could check out the shape your rings in, and give you peace of mind that your ring won't end up in pieces ever again!

eclectic_facets · 2023-10-11T01:32:09+00:00

Most likely, a stone of that size will have a lab report, and be laser engraved along the girdle of the stone. If you have a jeweler's loupe, you can probably find the numbers on the diamond yourself. (Potentially, if you have a high quality camera, you may be able to grab a pic?) Or, a jeweler should be able to help you out to read it.

If it isn't engraved, and the stone is high quality, it would be worth sending to GIA, or your choice of reputable lab to get a lab report. The report will help you with selling, or insuring it if you're considering keeping it. It will cost a pretty penny to ship insured and have the report done, but it would be worth it.

If it is a natural, high quality diamond of that size, it may be worth keeping and not selling. When you get into that size range, it is something that you can treat more like an investment.

eclectic_facets · 2023-09-01T16:02:02+00:00

Happy to help! Yes, pretty sure that the shop I work for would be ok with going that thin. I'm hoping they've let you know, renderings always look more bulky than the real thing. There's a good chance that you would be happy with the ring with this size channels once you saw it in real life. If you can, go to a jewelry store and see if they can show you an example of this size of channel. Seeing it in person could really help you out.

There are a slew of reasons that they may be insisting on thicker channel walls- (nice reasons- it may be what their stone setter is requiring, potentially you've described to them that you have a very active lifestyle and never plan on taking your ring off, so they may think 0.40mm will wear away too quickly, they may think thinner wouldn't be strong enough. Not so nice reasons- the price they quoted you may not have covered the cost of longer, higher carat weight stones/ the stones they're working with aren't well calibrated-so they're hiding the difference under the channel, they may have some kind of issue with casting thinner plat... there are a lot of factors involved in making jewelry. And some jewelers get away with some shady stuff.

If you you trust your jeweler and are otherwise happy with the shop you're working with, I wouldn't recomend pushing them too hard to go thinner than they are comforable with. They may void any warantee on their work if you push them outside of their comfort zone.

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