We’re excited to say that RhinoArtisan 6 is here! RhinoArtisan 6 is a fabulous addition to your tool kit with a fresh look, new commands, and upgrades to existing features. In this blog post, we’ll look at the latest features.
What is RhinoArtisan?
RhinoArtisan is a specialised plugin for Rhino3D. It helps with jewellery design, watchmaking, and other decorative product design. RhinoArtisan brings precision modelling tools to Rhino, simplifying complicated and time-consuming jewellery-making processes. These features include gem setting, surface sculpting, parametric modelling, and more. RhinoArtisan helps to produce intricate designs while maintaining control over every aspect of the process. It supports both custom designs and production-ready models. When combined with Rhino’s tools for production and 3D printing, RhinoArtisan becomes a powerful tool that can take your design from imagination to reality.
Enhanced User Interface
RhinoArtisan has added some excellent features to its software.
- A Fresh New Look: Brand new icons and a refreshed dark mode make RhinoArtisan feel more fresh and sleek.
- New Layer System: RhinoArtisan automatically organises your layers into categories, making it much easier to find layers and share your work with others.
- Cluster Builder: A new command to help create cluster rings and jewellery with multiple diamonds. Set distance, size and rotation to get full control over your diamond set.
- Eternity Ring Commands: A new command to create eternity bands, including Full, Half, Three-Quarter, Three-Stone, Five-Stone, and Nine-Stone designs.
- Pave Along Surface: Through UV mapping, RhinoArtisan can map gemstones across surfaces, choose the number of gems, placement, gem sizes and more to create some really beautiful objects.
- Prong Automation: When covering an item with gemstones, you can easily add prongs to gems using preset options.
Workflow Upgrades
- Expanded Library: This update expands RhinoArtisan’s collection of premade jewellery with better bezel, halo, basket, cluster, classic, cathedral, and eternity sets.
- New Assets Manager: Create, modify and manage your custom curves.
Composition and Gem Management
- Better Baguette Cuts: Create better straight or tapered baguette cuts for gems and metal, perfect for watches and rings.
- Gem Creator: This command helps you create stunning custom gemstones from a planar curve. It allows you to get the most from your gemstones while creating truly unique designs.
- Microsetting Commands: RhinoArtisan 6 expands on the selection of cutter shapes, channel shapes and flat ends to give more options for creating stunning designs.
- New Quick Gems Feature: RhinoArtisan 6 sees the introduction of Cutters & Clusters feature to make the existing Quick Gems functionality even more powerful.
- Gem Size Selector: Select gems based on size and type to speed up your work.
See the RhinoArtisan product page for a full list of features.
Conclusion
RhinoArtisan 6 is a must-have software for anyone working in jewellery design, watchmaking, or other decorative industries. Whether you’re creating custom gemstones, managing complex layers, or automating gem placement, RhinoArtisan 6 provides the precision and flexibility needed to bring your creative ideas to life.
To get started, buy RhinoArtisan 6 from CAD Software Direct.