MatrixGold Essentials for Jewelers - Video Training Course

Before we begin our training excercises, lets customize our workspace by changing some settings.

Lets have a look at the changes we've made to our settings.

In this lesson, we'll cover the following:

1. Starting with a finger size (Ring Rail)

2. Creating the knife edge profile

3. Placing gems along a curve

4. Placing cutters for the gem seats

5. Creating millgrain on the edge of the ring band

6. Mirroring objects

In this lesson, you'll cover the following:

1. Resizing the ring (larger or smaller ring size)

2. Creating an STL file (mesh)

3. Saving an STL file for 3D printing

   
   

1. Start with a finger size (Ring Rail)

2. Using the "Signet Ring" Tool

3. Using the "Pull Push" tool to recess the top of the signet ring

4. Placing some 3D extruded text in the recess at the top of the ring

   
   

   
   

1. Hollowing out the top section of the signet ring

2. Boolean Difference to hollow the signet ring

3. Resizing the signet ring

1. Placing a ring rail

2. Placing an oval shaped gem using the "Gem" tool

3. Creating the prongs / claws for the oval gem using the "Head Builder" tool

4. Creating an inner halo of round gems using the "Halo" tool

5. A handy "tip" to quickly create the outer halo of round gems

6. Creating the Cathedral ring shank & bridge

7. Using "Gems on curve" to place gems on the shoulders of the ring shank

8. Using the "Channel cutter" to create a channel recess for the shoulder gems

1. Placing prongs using the "Prong Placer"

2. Placing "Gem cutters" and our suggestions for usage

3. "Boolean Difference"

4. Modifying the gem shape of the main setting.

1. Creating the main ring band using the "Profile Placer"

2. Using the "Dynamic Isocurve" tool to create a curve for the gems

3. Placing gems using the "Gems on Curve" tool

4. Placing a second row of gems between the first row

5. Mirroring the gems to create 3 x rows of gems

6. Using the "Channel cutter to create a custom profile & cut a channel for the 3 x rows of gems

1. Placing shared prongs using the "Prong Placer"

2. Placing additional prongs using "Prongs on Surface"

3. Placing "Gem Cutters" and modifying the bottom (azure) to create square cutters.

4. How to change the ring size and have the gems, prongs, and cutters automatically adjust.

1. Creating the main ring band using the "Profile Placer"

2. Creating the gem rail curve using "Extract Isocurve"

3. Placing a row of baguette stones using the "Gems on Curve" tool

4. Using the "Channel Cutter" and customsing some options

5. Creating the outer row of RBC's using the "Gems on Curve" tool

6. Placing shared prongs using the "Prong Placer"

7. Placing "Gem Cutters" for the baguettes and RBC's

8. Mirror the row of RBC's to the other side of the ring band

9. Using the "Boolean Difference" command to remove the cutters

10. How to change the ring size and have the gems, prongs, & cutters automatically adjust

1. Using the "Offset Curve" tool

2. Placing a gem using the "Gem on Ring Rail" tool

3. Placing additonal gems using the "Dynamic Polar Array" tool

4. Creating  "bi-sector line"

5. Using the "Trim" tool to trim the bi-sector line

6. Using the dynamic "Blend Curve" tool to create a rail for our prongs

7. Creating a "pipe" for our prongs / claws

8. Editing our rail curve using "control points"

9. Arraying our prongs using the "Dynamic Polar Array" tool

10. "Mirror" the prong array

11. Creating the narrow centre band using the "Profile Placer"

1. Placing a gem using the "Gem on Ring Rail" tool

2. Placing additonal gems using the "Dynamic Polar Array" tool

3. Creating a "bi-sector line"

4. Using the "Trim" tool to trim the bi-sector line

5. Using the dynamic "Blend Curve" tool to create a rail for our prongs

6. Arraying our prongs using the "Dynamic Polar Array" tool

   
   

1. Creating the u-shaped curves for our under-rail

2. Creating a "pipe" for our prong / claw

3. Rotating the prong

4. Mirror the prong / claw

5. Arraying our prongs using the "Dynamic Polar Array" tool

6. Creating the surface for our u-shaped under-rail

7. Using Boolean's to create the under-rail

8. Using the "fillet Edge" command to round trhe edges of our under-rail

1. Dynamic "Offset curve" tool

2. Use the Dynamic "Object on Curve" tool to create a chain link

3. Use the dynamic "Extract Isocurve" tool to create a curve from the chain link

4. Use the "Bend" tool to bend the curve using symmetry

5. Creating the chain link using the "Profile Placer"

6. Use the dynamic "Polar Array" command to create multiple chain links

7. Uuse the "Boolean Union command to create a single polysurface

8. Export the polysurface to an STL file for 3D printing / casting

9. Resize the ring using the Ring Resizer" tool