JewelBeetle Plugin for Rhino 3D

JewelBeetle is a dedicated professional jewellery design and manufacturing plugin for Rhino 3D, purpose-built to streamline the transition from creative concept to finished casting. By integrating over eighty years of cumulative jewelry design expertise, JewelBeetle provides a focused, high-performance environment for jewellers who require both absolute precision and rapid modelling speed.

Unlike generic CAD tools, JewelBeetle is engineered with the 'bench' in mind. Every command and builder is optimized for the exact tolerances and manufacturing requirements of 3D wax printing, gemstone setting, and precious metal casting, allowing you to create manufacture-ready designs with unprecedented efficiency.

Focused Jewellery Interface & Workflow

JewelBeetle organizes your Rhino workspace into a clean, logical interface tailored for jewelry creation. The plugin includes dedicated object snapping and construction tools, alongside specialized builders for shanks, bezels, and prongs. The 'Finger Rail Builder' automatically loads country-specific sizing curves from an extensive library, allowing you to create perfectly sized rings in seconds. This focus on workflow optimization allows you to spend less time fighting the CAD interface and more time on the creative aspects of your design.

Advanced Gemstone Management & Rendering

One of the hallmark features of JewelBeetle is its sophisticated gem transformation system. The software tracks the orientation of every gemstone relative to its own crystallographic axes, ensuring that all transformations (move, rotate, scale) are consistent and technically accurate. This is paired with an integrated **Bella Render** engine—a state-of-the-art spectral solver that provides photorealistic visualization of precious metals and gemstones. With Bella, you can communicate the fire and brilliance of your designs to clients with absolute realism before a single gram of metal is cast.

Precision Manufacturing & Costing

JewelBeetle provides real-time material weight calculation and cost estimation based on live precious metal spot prices. This allows you to evaluate design decisions against material costs instantly, identifying optimizations that reduce weight without compromising structural integrity. The plugin ensures that all geometry is non-manifold and watertight, producing high-quality STL files that are guaranteed to perform in professional 3D printing environments. By catching technical errors during the design phase, JewelBeetle significantly reduces production delays and manufacturing rework.