Creating Pavé gem settings

Use the Pavé Wizard to create Pavé gem settings. A Pavé gem setting is made up of beads and gems in a grid format. ArtCAM creates the vector artwork needed to add the gems and build the beads in the Pavé setting design.

You can control the layout, the number of gems and beads and their respective dimensions, and the overall area of the Pavé setting.

To create a Pavé gem setting:

1. On the Gem Tools toolbar, click the Pave Wizard button. The Pave Wizard panel is displayed.
2. In the Pave Type area, select:
   • Linear to create a linear block pattern of gems.
   • Honeycomb to create a honeycomb matrix pattern of gems.
3. In the Spacing area, set the dimensions of the gems and beads:
   1. In the Stone Diameter box, enter the diameter of each gem.
   2. Set the size of the beads using one of the following methods:

      Select Bead Diameter, and then enter their diameter in the adjacent box; or

      Select Gap Between Stones, and then enter the distance that you want to set between each gem in the adjacent box.

4. In the Pave Area area, specify the overall size of your Pavé setting.

   To create gems using a closed vector:

   1. Select the vector you want to use.
   2. Select Selected Vector.
   3. Click Create. The vector artwork representing the Pavé setting is created on the selected vector layer.
   4. Click Trim to delete the vector artwork outside of the selected vector.

   To specify an exact number of gems:

   1. Select Number of rows.
   2. Specify the number of rows and columns of gems in the boxes.
   3. Click Create. The vector artwork representing the Pavé setting is created on the selected vector layer.
5. To delete the Pavé setting, click Delete.
6. In the Select Vectors area, you can control which of the vectors that make up the Pavé setting artwork are selected. To select:
   • the circular vectors representing each gem, click Stones.
   • the circular vectors representing each bead, click Beads.
   • the vectors in the Pavé setting, click All.

   At this stage, you might want to transform the shape of the vectors representing the gems to match that of a custom gem.

   You might also want to apply a specific shape to the vectors representing the beads and then combine them with a specific relief layer.

7. In the Gem Colour area, you can control the colour of the gems in the Pavé setting. To set the colour, click the list, followed by the colour that you want to use. Amethyst is applied by default.
8. Click Accept to create the Pavé gem setting.

   The circular vectors representing each gem are red. You are now able to create gems from these vectors.

Note: The availability of this feature is license dependent.

See also

• Transforming vectors