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 Post subject: From the GPU - post your GemCAD design requests here!
PostPosted: Sun Feb 15, 2015 8:33 pm 
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Hey folks! As per Gem Ranger's request, I've started a thread where people can post asking for custom GemCAD designs. If you'reresponding with a design, please be aware that by posting, that design will be free for anyone on here to use, and may be opted to the Gemology Project.

Please keep everything visible. That means no PMs. If you have a request, please start your post off with a giant number, in increasing order, so that if people post designs after additional requests have come in, we have an easy way to keep track.

If you're asking for a design based off a piece of rough, please include at least 3 pictures of the rough from totally different views (preferably all perpendicular to each other), the type of material, dimensions, a table view, and info on the desired shape/outline/LW ratio/etc. The design will be property of its author, not the poster who posted the request.

If you'd like a GemCAD design based on a a drawing, just post the drawing here, with any other info you want to provide. The design should have the GemCAD user listed as the primary author, with the original poster listed second.

If you just want a one-off design...well I don't know what all information you'd want to include, but include it :)


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PostPosted: Sun Feb 15, 2015 9:32 pm 
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Thanks Arya,

Will good to see the designs that result :D

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PostPosted: Sun Feb 15, 2015 9:38 pm 
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Great idea - the people who responded to my 7-sided design request should post those here :)


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Christa wrote:
Great idea - the people who responded to my 7-sided design request should post those here :)

I don't remember what your request was... :( Mind reposting it here, and tagging it with a #1 at the very top of the post?


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PostPosted: Sun Feb 15, 2015 10:46 pm 
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#1:

I asked for a seven-sided Heptagon, design request #1:

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Ok, this is a little silly, but my daughter is obsessed with My Little Pony Equestria girls and wants this necklace:

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It's 7-sided, any pointers towards a pattern that might match?


I got two great responses - should I post or let the authors share?


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PostPosted: Mon Feb 16, 2015 2:06 am 
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Christa wrote:
I asked for a seven-sided Heptagon, design request #1.

I got two great responses - should I post or let the authors share?

I would go ahead and post them, and include the author information. :)


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How about the other 2 you owe me?? :lol:

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How about the other 2 you owe me?? :lol:

CRAP completely forgot about that! I did the Portuguese scale able oval, right? What were the other two?


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You did the cushion w/ the Portuguese pavilion. Need the trillion and oval

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PostPosted: Sat Feb 21, 2015 3:19 am 
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Hi Christa,

I had a go at your request. Attached is a picture of the one I designed and ran through Gemray compared to the picture you supplied. It holds up ok.
I designed the stone based on further images found online where the pavilion of the stone terminates in a culet. This makes it an accurate representation of the stone requested.
Unfortunately in larger sizes the pointed pavilion would make the stone impractical to wear as a pendant, however in smaller sizes, perhaps mounted in a gold setting, it would be a good compromise between design and practicality.
As its a basic design, not really optimised for brilliance and scintillation, I selected CZ as the preferred cutting material which should boost the performance of the stone.
After running it through Gemray and tweaking the angles it tests at 60% so it should perform ok.
If you or anyone else has a go at cutting it, please post up a pic :)

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PostPosted: Sat Feb 21, 2015 8:50 am 
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Looks very nice, Arya!

Will this design be posted on The Gemology Project?

In view of the pony/horsey theme, I thought it might be even more popular with a shallower pavilion and a frosted horse design in the pavilion, like the 'Sarah's Horse' design by Dr Bill (and others)!

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I meant to ask if the .gem (GemCad) file will be posted on The Gemology Project rather than the .pdf.

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I'm sure I have seen a horse head so it might be easier to take the horse head and change it to a cow's head, Brown Swiss. I'm thinking about doing it in Citrine or light Smokey Quartz. Would like a PDF file also because Im not getting photo of the views in GemCad.


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