Pavé on the Teardrop

6. Add the lower extrusion and prepare the pavé surface

Select the surface edges with Ctrl + Shift and extrude 0.2 mm via the Gumball’s small sphere. Then Extract Surface on the solid’s outer face with Copy = Yes, Join the four lower parts into one surface, and park it on its own layer — that’s the pavé canvas.

7. Create and refine the first gem pavé layout

Start Automatic Pave with the extracted surface in the selector and 1.3 mm gems. Lay a row along the central section — the Front view makes placement easier — adjusting spacing as you go, and lock the finished row so nothing moves.

8. Mirror and complete the symmetrical pavé

Enable Vertical Symmetry and run the automatic pass. Work one side: add gems where it’s sparse, resize individuals, add a second size (1.0 mm) for flexibility, and press Compute often. When it’s right, accept, Ungroup, delete the side to be mirrored (SelMesh + Ctrl-deselect protects the central row) and Mirror the rest across the centerline.

9. Generate prongs and cutters for the pavé section

Run Automatic Pave again with surface and gems in their selectors. Prongs: diameter 0.6 mm, overgirdle 0.3, undergirdle 0.5, manufacturing extension 0.3, with Vertical Symmetry and Automatic Generation — then hand-adjust the borders. In Cutters, if any overlap, drop the height drill to 175, Update, accept, and hide the extracted surface’s layer.