Ring Extrude

Extrude Ring

Extrude Ring builds a band from two silhouettes instead of from a swept section. You give it the shape the ring shows from the front — its outline, the flare of the shoulders, the sweep down to the bottom — and the shape it shows from the side, and the command extrudes one against the other into a solid ring at the finger size you set.

That makes it the tool for bands whose character is in the outline rather than in the section: sculpted and organic shanks, wide bands that swell and narrow around the finger, tapered and pinched profiles that a fixed section cannot describe. Both silhouettes come from the asset libraries and can be redrawn in the curve editor, so the shape is yours rather than a preset.

The command opens straight on its parameters — there is no style gallery to pick from.

Size

The finger size drives the diameter of the ring, as everywhere else in Artisan. Set it before you fine-tune the lengths and thicknesses, because they are all measured from it.

Parameters

The two silhouettes live behind two tabs.

Frontal

The outline of the ring seen face on, taken from the external ring profile library.

• Top Length: the width of the band at the top of the ring, in millimetres.
• Side Length: the width at the sides.
• Bottom Length: the width at the bottom.

Setting the three apart is what gives the band its taper: a broad top running down to a narrow bottom, or the reverse.

Lateral

The ring seen from the side, taken from the ring side curve library — this is the curve that decides how the band’s thickness changes around the finger.

• Top Thickness: how thick the band is at the top, in millimetres.
• Bottom Thickness: how thick it is at the bottom.

Advanced

• Hollow: hollows the band out instead of leaving it solid, so the piece casts lighter.
• Symmetric / Asymmetric: how the remaining wall is described. Symmetric uses one figure all the way round; asymmetric splits it into a top and a lateral value, which is what you want when the top of the band has to stay heavy while the sides are thinned.
• Linear Thickness: the wall left behind, in millimetres. Shown in symmetric mode.
• Top Thickness and Lateral Thickness: the wall left at the top and at the sides. Shown in asymmetric mode.
• Angle: rotates the hollowing around the ring, so the thinned region can be aimed where the design allows it.

Working with the panel

• Refresh in the header recomputes the preview; the panel keeps computing in the background while you carry on adjusting.
• Save defaults stores the current silhouettes and values as the starting point for the next run. Right-click the same button to clear them and go back to the factory values.
• Accept adds the extruded ring to the document with the document metal applied.