JewelCraft contains a large set of assets and tools that will help you create jewelry models.
Mikhail Rachinskiy writes:
JewelCraft—is a Blender add-on for jewelry design that provides tools for asset management, jeweling and statistics gathering to easily get all valuable information about your jewelry product such as: gemstone settings, product dimensions and weight in different metals.
What’s new?
- 8 new stone types and 4 new gem cuts
- Pure silver now replaced with «Sterling Silver» alloy for weighting
- Export statistics now uses CGS unit system, now to add a new metal or stone type to the add-on you need to know only it’s density
Also add-on has been split into modules, greatly simplifying understanding of the source code by third-party developers.
16 Comments
Great add on.. Hope to be able to use it like Mikhail does. Amazing tutorials too. Looking forward to try this out with our resin printer. We even bought castable(B9 Red) resin :)
Thanks again
yeah this add-on is outstanding for jewelry design with blender!
Hey Claas, have you used this add-on before? Maybe you have some work or insights you can share with us?
send you an email
Hey CLAAS, could you please send me an email with tips and tricks, or on working with this Jewelcraft Add-on in general. Im not new to 3D, nor Blender, but am to Jewelcraft.
I am currently swamped with work - could you send me an email in a week? info at ckbrd dot de?
Hey Claas, i am a jewelery designer using zbrush and cad programs. but im new to blender and this add on excited me! I'm open for any suggestions on improving myself on this program. Thank you
Please send me an email about how best to use it. Any tips and tricks welcome. Novice at Blender, just started a week back.
Very useful add-on, but be aware that the default gem girdle heights are more narrow than most gems.
how do I add the plugin to the program?
go to:
Files
User Preferences
Add-Ons
check the box under: Object: Jewel Craft
save your preferences
i do this but now i dont know where to open pls give me a screemshot ;)
Go to: File
User Preferences
Object
check the box next to Jewel Craft
save your user preferences
Do you have any comprehensive tutorials on how to use this add-on?
I found none, but if you look in the documentation there are 3 videos that can help you understand how it works.
What about working with free form Gems like opals