RhineGem - gem plug-in

Grasshopper
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I don `t want to offend you! sorry.
you probably have good code . for you.
like my plugin is good for me.
but in real life yours is difficult to apply.
how do you indicate the height of the pad and the length of the tip? in the exact size?

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in ratioā€¦I think. I donā€™t remember by heart. you should try it out :wink:

what would you do differently and why? I am interested in your constructive oppinion.

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for many, it is important to indicate the basic size.
look like in the Matrix. (yes, this is not ideal and not correct), but the designer quickly gets his template for work ā€¦

your algorithm draws well and correctly, but it takes longer to adjust this to the desired size.

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thank you for your feedback! :+1:

thatā€™s indeed true, itā€™s for drawing unique stones, not exactly what is used to do mass production or quick work.
as you said earlier, for less expensive stones, no extreme precision is required. one can just import a gem from a file (from the old matrix database) and scale it, thatā€™s largely enough. I personally would not draw it again. And I donā€™t use the plug in for that. just for extremely pricey stones that need a very exact fit, but 3d scanning is not necessary or not possible.

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sorry for the criticism. I understand this is not pleasant, I also received a lot of criticism from my project Grasshopper Gold. :sweat_smile:

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I can only thank you both @benedict and @taraskydon for your valuable tools your share so generously with us. THANK YOU

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Thank you, @taraskydon . I tried it, and this seems quite simple to use. Very useful.
Of course, I appreciate @benedict uploading your work as well to share.

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glad you found the tool that fits your needs. Grasshopper Gold is a powerful and pretty complete toolset.

Grasshopper Gold and RhineGem do not do the same thing and I admit RhineGem is more complex than what the majority of jewelry designers or goldsmiths need. Itā€™s for the rare cases when you have pictures or certificates of gems only, because the gems are elsewhere in the world.

Itā€™s true and sad at the same time that my unnecessary dispute from 3 years ago draws a bit of a shadow on this project.

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Hi Ben @benedict
Was curious to check out RhinoGem. But canā€™t seem to find it in Food4Rhinoā€¦

BTW, do you know GCS? Itā€™s what i use to model gemstones when a non out of the box cut is required.
It also has optimization tools, and there are many beautiful free gem diagrams that GCS can import .

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Hi Akash

itā€™s still there

no, I donā€™t know GCS yet, but have not been looking for tools for a while since I have my own toolset. Do you have a link or hint where to find it? Thanks for the info

Ben

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thanks. Iā€™ll give it a try
Hereā€™s GCS:

The ability to get 3D models from all these exotic gem designs that pro cutters publish as diagrams, is just wonderful.
the tools to optimize the cut, [which means a higher quality render] are great for presentationā€¦ !
I export as obj into rhino and do _ToNurbs + MergeAllCoPlanerSurfaces.

in GCS you create the gems digitally in exactly the same way as they are cut from rough in the physical planeā€¦ but without dimensions, [only angles and proportions]. and you scale in rhino to the dimensions required

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GCS looks indeed very neat, thanks for the link

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Hey Ben,

Iā€™m curious on if you have made any progress on the ajour cutter function and if it will be made publicly available at any point in the near future. Thanks for sharing your great work!

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Hi Jacob,

thank you, nice to hear that you like it :smiley:

itā€™s indeed done combined with a auto-pavĆ© function together with much other handy stuff since long time, but I have not found (or rather not taken the) time to research on how to do the licensing, nor even started to documenting the logic with examples.

However, the reason it took so long is that the entire RhineGem tool collection seems to be interesting for a niche group of jewelry designers that work in the high price segment rather than most goldsmiths. If the majority of potential users prefer simpler but less versatile pieces of software like Matrix or alike, the feedback will be terrible and bury the project very quickly. I use it daily, but I donā€™t even know if I put the effort in to ever publish it.

You can PM me or make a new thread, if you are willing to describe your general use case and your exact idea on how you want it to work. Together with an example file would be best I think.

Iā€™m sorry I canā€™t offer a better solution than the individual one at the moment

Ben