The ULTIMATE Guide to Jewellery CAD Design with Rhino 3D

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Course assets

Lecture 3: Course information

Chapter 2: Basics – exploring Rhino 3D

Lecture 1: Overview

Lecture 2: Gumball and Panels

Lecture 3: Settings and Options

Chapter 3: 2D drawing into 3D shapes

Lecture 1: Hexagonal pendant part 1

Lecture 2: Hexagonal pendant part 2

Lecture 3: Hexagonal pendant part 3

Lecture 4: Circle pendant part 1

Lecture 5: Circle pendant part 2

Lecture 6: Diamond pendant

Chapter 4: Simple bands

Lecture 1: Half round wedder

Lecture 2: Channelset wedder part 1

Lecture 3: Channelset wedder part 2

Lecture 4: Grainset wedder part 1

Lecture 5: Grainset wedder part 2

Lecture 6: Microclaw wedder part 1

Lecture 7: Microclaw wedder part 2

Lecture 8: Shared-claw eternity ring

Chapter 5: Solitaire rings

Lecture 1: 4-claw round part 1 – Head

Lecture 2: 4-claw round part 2 – Shank

Lecture 3: 4-claw round part 3 – Finishing

Lecture 4: 4-claw princess part 1 – Head

Lecture 5: 4-claw princess part 2 – Shank

Lecture 6: 6-claw round Tiffany style part 1 – Head

Lecture 7: 6-claw round Tiffany style part 2 – Shank

Lecture 8: Bezel set cushion

Chapter 6: Customising Rhino 3D

Lecture 1: Rhino Options

Lecture 2: Template Files

Lecture 3: Menus

Lecture 4: Macros

Chapter 7: 3-stone rings

Lecture 1: 3-round ring – Head

Lecture 2: 3-round ring – Shank

Lecture 3: 3-round ring – Finishing

Lecture 4: Emerald and round ring – Head

Lecture 5: Emerald and round ring – Shank

Lecture 6: Emerald and round ring – Finishing

Lecture 7: Oval and pear ring – Head

Lecture 8: Oval and pear ring – Shank

Lecture 9: Oval and pear ring – Finishing

Chapter 8: Halo designs

Lecture 1: Round microclaw – Halo

Lecture 2: Round Microclaw – Basket

Lecture 3: Round Microclaw – Shank

Lecture 4: Round Microclaw – Finalising

Lecture 5: Oval Grainset – Halo

Lecture 6: Oval Grainset – Basket

Lecture 7: Oval Grainset – Shank

Lecture 8: Oval Grainset – Finalising

Lecture 9: Princess Grainset – Halo

Lecture 10: Princess Grainset – Basket

Lecture 11: Princess Grainset – Finalising

Lecture 12: Emerald Microclaw – Halo

Lecture 13: Emerald Microclaw – Basket

Lecture 14: Emerald Microclaw – Finalising

Lecture 15: Pear Microclaw – Halo

Lecture 16: Pear Microclaw – Basket

Lecture 17: Pear Microclaw – Finalising

Chapter 9: Rendering

Lecture 1: Model preparation – Solitaire rings

Lecture 2: Model preparation – Halo rings

Lecture 3: Cycles – Materials

Lecture 4: Cycles – Environments

Lecture 5: Cycles – Render settings

Lecture 6: Cycles – Named views

Lecture 7: Cycles – Groundplanes

Lecture 8: V-Ray – Materials

Lecture 9: V-Ray – Advanced materials

Lecture 10: V-Ray – Environments

Lecture 11: V-Ray – Render settings

Lecture 12: V-Ray – Batch rendering

Chapter 10: Oval cluster

Lecture 1: Oval cluster – Head

Lecture 2: Oval cluster – Basket

Lecture 3: Oval cluster – Shank

Lecture 4: Oval cluster – Specifications

Lecture 5: Oval cluster – Rendering

Lecture 6: Oval cluster – Exporting

Lecture 7: Oval cluster – Variations

Chapter 11: Further designs

Lecture 1: Marquise ring – Head

Lecture 2: Marquise ring – Shank

Lecture 3: Marquise ring – Finalising and rendering

Lecture 4: Bypass ring – Body

Lecture 5: Bypass ring – Finalising and rendering

Lecture 6: Crossover claw ring – Body

Lecture 7: Crossover claw ring – Finalising and rendering

Lecture 8: Signet ring – Oval

Lecture 9: Signet ring – Cushion

Lecture 10: Signet ring – Shield

Chapter 12: Elaborate designs

Lecture 1: Scalloped edge halo – Head