This is a simple design with many possible ways to recreate it differently. It is designed to fit a half carat center diamond set in a peg head. Two 4 X 3 pear shape stones are placed as accents on the side. It also has a euro shank for both looks and comfort.
Step 1
Select the Tapered Round Shank from the model New Shanks section. The following pictures show the values entered.
This is the view showing a thick and not very flowing shank design created by the wizard. I am going to edit this model into my final shape. The important thing to remember during the design process is to create smooth flowing lines and pleasing shapes.
The first thing to do is accept the wizard, then reset the relief, then offset the inner shank in the profile section out by 1.8mm. The thickness of 1.8mm between the fingers keeps the ring comfortable. This will be the vector I will edit to make the ring profile including the euro shank later. Normally, I would do all the editing in one step but to demonstrate the thinking process I have broke it down in smaller sequences.
This is the view of the shank after editing in the profile section.
Here I am editing the top rail for the ring shank. I only reshape the top left side. I will delete the bottom rail and then mirror the edited top rail to the bottom.
A two rail ring sweep is done with the changed vectors including the profile or ring silhouette.
This is the result of the ring sweep and a mirror merge left to right.
A rectangle vector is added to the shank where we want to make a ridge for decoration. This rectangle needs to be node edited to match the shape of the rails.
Use the shape editor F12 to add a domed 90 degree height to our vector.
The result is then mirror merged left to right to get both sides of the ring.
The 2D view of the completed shank.
How do you do this in artcam 2011..cause it doesn't work the same...I've been stuck on this for hours now.
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