3DESIGN™ will be presented to you at the JCK LAS VEGAS SHOW. Discover our new 3DESIGN V10, 3Shaper and DeepImage™ with certified experts who will welcome you and demonstrate how 3DSESIGN™ can revolutionize your jewelry creativity and manufacture.

Here are a few examples of how 3DESIGN CAD is different from other products you may have seen…

1. Most other jewelry CAD systems are toolkit plugins for Engineering CAD systems. For this reason, they must take an engineering approach to jewelry design. 3DESIGN is built from scratch exclusively for Jewelry so we take a more artistic approach to CAD making it far easier to understand and wrap your head around what you are doing.

2. With 3DESIGN you design in virtual metal and stones, not wire frames, so it is very easy to visualize your model as you design.

3. Most important of all is our Genuine Parametric Technology. Our history manager is like no other. It records every step you take and allows you to easily alter any previous design element such as finger and stone sizes, shape and shank design without redrawing the steps that followed. 3DESIGN automatically recalculates and applies the changes to your new model.

Technology of your art !

? June 10th – 13th, 2022 (Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday)
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?Innovation Hub booth n°18137

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¡MADRIDJOYA 2021!

Salón Internacional de Joyería y Relojería Urbanas y de Tendencia

Venga a MadridJoya y descubra el software 3DESIGN™ junto a nuestros colaboradores españoles:  Familia Joyera & Gravotech España

Website : https://www.familiajoyera.com/ &  https://www.gravograph.es/software/software-de-diseno-3design.

3DESIGN™ es la solución de diseño de joyas en 3D más intuitiva y completa del mercado. Sus funciones y herramientas profesionales hacen de 3DESIGN™ la solución más adecuada y eficaz, adaptada al 100% a las necesidades del sector de la joyería, la bisutería, la relojería y los accesorios de moda.

3DESIGN™ le permite diseñar sus joyas en 3D, presentarlas a sus clientes y socios, modificarlas rápidamente si es necesario, crear prototipos y fabricarlas. Por lo tanto, se adapta perfectamente a las necesidades de diseñadores, artesanos, fabricantes o minoristas.

Puedes ir directamente al espectáculo físico o seguirlo a través de su nueva aplicación Live: https://www.ifema.es/madrid-joya/live-connect

IFEMA
Feria de Madrid
Avda. del Partenón, 5
28042 Madrid
España / Spain

Today, we are at Version 10 of 3DESIGN. You have seen 3DESIGN grow, what are the evolutions that have most marked its history? 

Jean-Claude :

Let’s start with the construction tree. Being able to work with a finger size, to make a ring, a well-constructed ring. To be able to change the slightest step in a project by having all the operations automatically recalculated: this was a great advance in V4! 

Afterwards, customers could use extrusion and sweep to create rings. 

For me, the big breakthrough was when we released 3SHAPER, our artistic modeling module. It allowed customers to diversify their designs, stand out from their competitors and create jewelry that was more artistic, less conventional. 

A jewelry store in Biarritz makes the difference with its competitors thanks to 3SHAPER. 

Are there any particular features that are very important to you on 3DESIGN? 

Jean-Claude :

The sweeping wizard, the ring rail builder features. They allow you to create a simple wedding band and modify it easily. They are very easy to use and allow you to go from one finger size to another in a very short time. To then make jeweling into half or full rings. They have very little work to do to change the finger size or even change the stone size. 

Pavé. Especially with V10, improvements have been made that will make it easier for users to place their stones, analyze the different diameters that make up the pavé and manage the distance between stones. 

The reporting are also important. The report of the jewel, the stones, the technical drawing allow our users to make a complete estimate to present to their customers. 

As a trainer, which developments have had the most positive customer feedback? 

Jean-Claude :

The ability to create ring easily. There is also the whole part of creating shapes. Using the central curve of the jewel, the edge curves, in order to make their “ajoures” easy and to make their openings thanks to the honeycomb function. 

There is also the advanced pavé features. The improvements of our setting functions to create a bezel (the set of a stone, claws, belt). Today, everything is modifiable and adjustable. This is the strength of our product. 

Finally, the modifications and improvements are made according to what the customers ask us. 

Jean-Claude :

We are continuously improving our solution thanks to the feedback from our customers during our training sessions and exchanges with our sales department. This is how the multi cutters tool came about. The honeycomb is also a customer request.  

Our research and development department is constantly looking for innovation and listening to our feedback, which allows us to offer the most powerfull tool possible.

And you, who have been working for a long time in the field of jewelry, do you consider yourself as a jeweler? 

Jean-Claude :

No, because I don’t work at bench. You give me a piece of metal, I’ll bend it a little but it will never make a ring, let alone a piece of jewelry! 

However, I know their craft perfectly and I know how to interpret it in 3DESIGN.  

When you are stuck on a design, when you don’t know how to approach it, thinking about how you would do it by hand allows you to unblock the situation and create the jewelry using 3DESIGN. 

You can’t design a piece of jewelry with 3DESIGN without being a jeweler. The software does not replace them, it helps them. 

3DESIGN allows them to optimize their work methods: anticipate the cleaning of the castings, the polishing, prepare their piece as well as possible to facilitate the work in the bench. All this will not take away the craft part of the job. 

So the jeweler is still a jeweler.

Jean-Claude :

Yes, we will never replace the talent and expertise of a jeweler.

A word to all jewelers in France and around the world?

Jean-Claude :

Let them use 3DESIGN!  

3DESIGN was made for them! Our expertise, our innovations, the continuous evolution of our tools, the proximity with our customers make it possible for us to offer them a custom-made solution. 

We have many users who started with another software and then discovered 3DESIGN. They don’t think about using it back.

Step 6- Casting of the parts individually (5 different objects)
Step 7- Work on the workbench: cleaning, adjusting, pre-polishing, stone setting, assembling, final polishing etc.

Over more than 12 years, you have seen your software evolve. In your experience, what would you say were the main advantage of 3DESIGN?

François

• Number one, parametrics: it allows the automatic recalculation of all your operations after a modification.
• Number two: the stone setting. Very powerful; let’s remember that although metal is important for the jewellery-maker, the stones are even more so.
• 3DESIGN is more than a design software programme; it is software for jewellery-making and fine jewellery design

Do you have a wishlist for future versions of 3DESIGN?

François

After 12 years of practice, I can say in all modesty that I have mastered every function, even the most advanced, and I would like to move on to the “development” stage, that is to say, be able to set all the parameters myself.
The intuitive and automatic functions helped me to get started at the beginning. Today, I no longer use the “stone
tool”, the “signet tool” or the “sovereign function”; the software enables me to design everything myself. And I’d like to be able to go further with possibilities for manual parameter setting!

Do you have a tip for new users of 3DESIGN?

François

My advice to people starting off with 3DESIGN would be to automatically do the training. You don’t buy a car without passing your driving test!
A fine example of the 3Design software in use. We are proud and delighted to have been able to contribute to the development and creativity of their users. We thank Susanne and François for their time and their spontaneity.

This interview was given on Monday 9 September 2019, in the lounge of the Hôtel Métropole in Lyon (France).
Interview conducted by Mrs Emilie Balsamo, Team 3DESIGN, Gravotech Group, with Mrs Susanne Dändliker and Mr François Righi – Bijoux Concept – www.bijoux-concept.com (Neuchâtel, Switzerland).