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DGE Auto Pavé Creator Casting Edition

Automatic pavé for casting, inside Blender.

Real-size stones, shared prongs and cut seats on any sculpt. Every stone is checked before you export.

$189

$145

one time

Blender

5.2 or newer

·

GPL-3.0

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A sculpted face pendant made with the DGE Auto Pavé Casting Edition, in yellow gold and diamond pavé
A sculpted face pendant made with the DGE Auto Pavé Casting Edition, in yellow gold and diamond pavé

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A sculpted face pendant made with the DGE Auto Pavé Casting Edition, in yellow gold and diamond pavé

Real-size stones, shared prongs and cut seats on any sculpt. Every stone is checked before you export.

Version

4.5

Blender

5.2 or newer

5.2 or newer

License

GPL-3.0

Support

hello@dge3d.com

See it work

Files for your caster: metal STL, stones STL and the casting report from one export

One export: the metal, the stones and the casting report

What it does

Setting hundreds of stones and prongs by hand on a sculpt eats your nights, and moving the piece to Rhino means a second program and a second workflow. The Casting Edition does the placing inside Blender. The design decisions stay yours.

Setting hundreds of stones and prongs by hand on a sculpt eats your nights, and moving the piece to Rhino means a second program and a second workflow. The Casting Edition does the placing inside Blender. The design decisions stay yours.

DGE Auto Pavé Creator Casting Edition is a Blender add-on for pendants, ring tops, charms and grills. It places real-size diamonds, builds shared prongs to casting rules and cuts the stone seats. Then it builds one watertight metal mesh you can send to your caster.

32

pieces tested, from domes and letters to sculpted heads

1,244

stones on a 40 mm frog pendant, 2.72 ct

3 or more

prongs holding every stone

The frog wears 1.0 mm stones on the hat and 0.8 mm on the face, and it passes all its checks.

A sculpted face, half as your sculpt, half set to cast after 3 clicks

Creases stay thin metal lines and every form gets its own outline row, so paved fingers still read as fingers.

Two stone sizes on one piece: 1.0 mm on the face, 0.9 mm on the hands

Main size in mm, fills down to 0.7 mm, two sizes on one piece.

Shared prongs, at least 3 per stone and 0.45 mm thick, on a cast-ready pavé field

At least 3 per stone, at least 0.45 mm thick, each gripping the stone's edge by a 0.05 mm lip.

The casting check panel: 15 checks, Ready for casting

You get “Ready for casting” or “Fix before casting”, with stones per size, total carats and metal weight in your alloy.

Sculpts in pieces are welcome

Fuse Parts turns a head, hair, eyes and hands into one closed solid.

How it works

01

Pick your piece and mark where the stones go.

01

Pick your piece and mark where the stones go.

02

Set the stone size in mm.

02

Set the stone size in mm.

03

Click Update Pave, Build Metal and Export.

03

Click Update Pave, Build Metal and Export.

Made for

Blender users who design jewelry to cast, or to render with real proportions.

Not for

Anyone who wants the piece designed for them.

Which one do I need?

DGE Auto Pavé Creator

$119

one time

Touching stones for renders, avatars and portfolios.

See the add-on

DGE Auto Pavé Creator Casting Edition

This add-on

$145

one time

Real gaps, cast prongs, stone seats, a casting check and STL export for your caster.

The details

The add-on

The add-on (DGE Pave Pro 4.5), the user guide, and the frog and Tetguy example files.

Updates

Updates and support included.

License

License

GPL-3.0, no licence key, with updates and support.

Full terms on the Licenses page.

Full feature list

Stones

  • Sizes in mm, like a real parcel. Fit suggests the size that suits the shape.

  • Smaller fill stones close the gaps, down to 0.7 mm (Auto) or in 0.05 mm steps (Fine).

  • Gap by stone size: Tight, Standard or Fixed, never under the 0.10 mm chipping floor.

  • Second Size: two stone sizes on one piece (for example hat 1.0 mm, face 0.8 mm).

  • Rows follow every outline. Discs get concentric rings, smooth outlines get evenly spaced rows, and rings and tubes get rows that run round them.

  • Every space left over gets one last try. A stone stays only if 3 prongs can hold it.

Where the stones go

  • Front Faces, with an angle to wrap round the sides.

  • Selected faces, inside a curve (drawn over or on the surface), face sets, material, sculpt mask or the whole surface.

  • Paint No Diamonds, with a preview of the exact border.

  • Keep Form Lines, Smooth Skin for sculpts, and Pavé Bed (the field sunk behind a clean wall).

Prongs

  • Shared between stones, sized by stone size, never under your cast minimum.

  • At least 3 per stone, spread round it, with end prongs where a row stops.

  • Prongs grow a little in wide pockets so they grip all three stones, while the beads stay even.

  • Every Pocket or 3 per Stone, plus prong spacing, shrink allowance and seat notches.

  • A stone that can't be held is swapped for a smaller one that can.

Seats and holes

  • Seat options: Full Seat, Undersized, Pilot Hole or Drill Mark.

  • Holes are planned one stone at a time, never deeper than twice their width.

  • Seat cutters never bite into bare metal.

Metal and checks

  • Build Metal makes one watertight mesh and keeps every separate part as its own casting part.

  • Bad geometry is repaired on a copy, so your mesh is never changed.

  • Back Cutter hollows the back.

  • Pass, fail or “not measured” for each check: gaps, borders, prong size and grip, holes, metal between seats, wall thickness.

  • Hollow or thin-shell models are caught.

  • Metal weight in gold (24K to 10K yellow, white, rose), platinum, palladium or silver.

Export

  • Metal STL, stones STL and a report (HTML and JSON) that your caster can match to the file.

  • An optional fused copy for resin printers.

Workflow

  • A five-step panel with safe defaults.

  • Fuse Parts for sculpts in pieces. Hair and eyes stay polished metal.

  • Move or delete single stones by hand, then rebuild the prongs.

  • Mirrored objects work.

Before you buy

DGE Auto Pavé Creator Casting Edition

Blender

5.2 or newer

·

GPL-3.0

$189

$145

one time

Buy this tool

Read the Licenses and Refunds pages before you buy. Questions: hello@dge3d.com.