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Custom Metal List

The same idea as Gem Weight, applied to metals: your own alloys and their densities.

Options

  • Use custom metal list — switches the list on. Metals not in the list fall back to the RhinoArtisan default database, so you only need to declare the alloys that differ.
  • Import CSV — loads a list. The columns are Metal Name and Density (g/cm³).
  • Export CSV — writes the current list out. Exporting with an empty list gives you the default metals as a starting template.
  • Reset to RhinoArtisan default metals — clears the custom list.

The grid is editable in place: correcting one density does not mean going back to the spreadsheet and re-importing. Validation messages reports any row the import could not read.

Where it applies

When the list is enabled, these all use your densities:

Why it exists

Every workshop has house alloys whose density does not match a textbook value — a particular 18k rose, a recycled silver, a palladium white from one specific refiner. The weight of a piece is only as good as the density behind it, and that weight is what the customer is quoted and what the caster is paid for.