Beta

These docs cover RhinoArtisan 7.0, which is still in beta. The contents are provisional: features and pages can still be added, changed or removed before the final release.

Shanks

Utilities

Everything on the Shanks tab that is not a shank builder: what you run before building a band to get the size right, and what you run after it exists to lighten it or mark it.

Setting the size

Before any shank exists there is a curve at the right size. Get this wrong and every measurement downstream is wrong with it.

Curve

Creates the ring curve at the size you choose, in the standard you work in. It is the spine of the piece: the shank commands build their sections along it, and the finger size in the breakdown is read from it.

Estimate Size

Works out the size from something you already have — a diameter, a circumference or an existing ring — and tells you the equivalent in every standard, so a client who knows their size in one country still gets the right ring.

Cut by Ring Size

Trims a finished ring to a different size. The one you reach for when a design is done and the client turns out to be a size and a half smaller.

Finishing the band

Two commands applied to a shank once it exists.

Scoop

Hollows the inside of the band. Less metal means a lighter piece and a cheaper cast, and a scooped band sits better on the finger — which is why it is standard on anything wide.

Engrave

Engraves text on the band, inside or out. Dates, names, hallmarks — the part of a wedding ring nobody sees and everybody remembers.