JewelBeetle Plugin for Rhino 3D
JewelBeetle is a professional jewellery design and manufacturing plugin for Rhino 3D, built to support the transition from creative concept to production. It provides a focused environment for jewellers developing precise models for their workshop and manufacturing workflows.
JewelBeetle brings specialist jewellery tools into Rhino, helping with tasks such as ring sizing, gemstone settings and preparing designs for 3D printing and casting. Final models should always be checked against the requirements of your printer, casting process and workshop.
Focused Jewellery Interface & Workflow
JewelBeetle organises your Rhino workspace around jewellery creation, with dedicated construction tools and builders for shanks, bezels and prongs. Its Finger Rail Builder provides country-specific sizing curves to help you develop rings in the required size.
Gemstone Management & Rendering
Gemstone transformation tools help you position, rotate and scale stones within your design. Bella Render supports realistic jewellery visualisation, helping you present metals and gemstones to clients before production. Confirm the rendering tools included with the JewelBeetle edition you choose.
Manufacturing & Costing
Material weight calculations and costing tools help you assess a design's material requirements. Check the available pricing inputs and any live-data connection requirements in your installed edition. Before exporting for manufacture, inspect dimensions, tolerances, wall thicknesses and mesh quality; no automatic modelling tool replaces production checks.
Technical Features
- Jewellery Builders: Specialist tools for shanks, bezels, prongs and settings.
- Bella Render: Jewellery visualisation tools; check the rendering provision for your edition.
- Costing: Material weight and cost estimation tools to support design decisions.
- Precision Sizing: An international library of finger rail curves.
System Requirements & Compatibility
- Platform: JewelBeetle requires a supported Windows installation. It is not a native macOS plugin.
- Hardware: Check the developer's current operating system, memory and graphics requirements for the JewelBeetle edition and Rhino release you intend to use.
- Rhino compatibility: Confirm the exact supported Rhino releases for your JewelBeetle build before purchasing or upgrading. Rhino 9 availability does not by itself confirm JewelBeetle compatibility.
- Earlier Rhino releases: A Rhino 9 key works directly with Rhino 6, 7 and 8 without separate legacy keys. This can help you use a plugin-supported earlier installation, but does not guarantee plugin compatibility or grant additional independent concurrent-use rights.
See JewelBeetle in action. Contact us for a demo and help checking the right setup for your jewellery workflow.
Free Online Support
Our UK-based team provides specialist technical help for the jewellery trade.
- Jewellery Tech Help: Free online support for setup, sizing and rendering.
- Genuine Licences: Help choosing and setting up the appropriate licence.
- Bench-to-CAD Expertise: UK-based support for jewellery design and casting workflows.
Official Developer Site: https://www.jewelbeetle.com