THE LONDON COLLEGE OF JEWELLERY
Tell me and I will forget, show me and I may remember, involve me and I will understand.
Close your eyes and open your mind.
Start Designing Jewellery Using CAD A unique course designed to reduce the learning curve. A concise and structured approach to learning Computer aided design (CAD) for jewellers. This course has been carefully designed for complete beginners and to meet the challenges of a changing and competitive jewellery industry. This course will give you comprehensive hands on introduction to the Rhino 4.0 and Rhinogold software. Course Outline An overview of how computer aided design can be applied to the traditional skills of jewellery making. Discover how to draw technical and accurate 2D drawings Learn how to turn your hand drawn designs/sketches in to 3D computer images ready for manufacturing Discover how to prepare your piece for stone setting, such as Pave and Channel with precision and accuracy, difficult to obtain by hand. Learn how to creatively create with ease bezels, and prong jewellery mounts Find out how to safely send your designs for manufacturing and much more... All the software is available FREE to download. (T&C apply)
Week 1
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A guided tour of the Rhino 4.0 interface You and your mouse How to make a basic customization of your modelling environment Basic CAD terminology How to draw basic 2D shapes About modelling aids How to analyse and measure your 2D shapes How to edit and modify drawings How to take accurate measurements of your drawings
Week 2
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More Rhino 4.0 tools and commands How to download and trace a basic image How to create more complex shapes How to design and create using the Array Command How to scale your 2D drawings About the History Command Using different Arcs How to print simple 2D drawings Assignment 1: Technical Drawing of a pearl and Bombe Ring
• Assignment 2: Quick Rope Twist Necklace • Assignment 3: Written multiple choice test
Week 3
• Moving on with your designing: 2D to 3D using the extrude command • Rhinogold an induction • Designing using the flow by surface and flow by curve command • Creating designs using Dynamic profiles • How to get started with the ring wizard • Stone setting, the basics • About the Rhinogold Jewellery tools (part1) • About the Rhinogold Jewellery tools (part2)
• About the Rhinogold chain studio
• How to analyse metal weights • Basic rendering in Rhinogold
Week 4
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Pave setting explained Using Pave automatic Using Pave along U/V Using Dynamic Pave The naked edge wizard Different file formats: an overview Milling versus printing your model Week 5
• End of course project
From Here to Eternity
From HERE to ETERNITY is a short, yet super fun CAD course where you will have a unique opportunity to learn how to design your own wedding rings…cute right ! (No knowledge of jewellery making required, just to be in L O V E ) FREE access to the software (T&C’s)
With this ring, I thee wed…
Grab the Rhino By The Horn
• A guided tour of the Rhino 4.0 interface • Rhino 3D terminology explained • Rhino 4.0 new (Universal Deformation Technology) UDT clearly demonstrated and explained
The Future Belongs to the Curious
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