Two Rows Shank

Two Rows

Two Rows builds a knife-edge pavé band: a Classic shank with a gently pointed top, carved by two parallel channels — one on each face of the ridge — each carrying its own row of stones. It is the shank behind two-row pavé and knife-edge wedding and eternity bands, and it can also be driven as a single wide channel holding both rows side by side.

Run it from the ribbon (Shanks) or by typing ArtisanTwoRowsShank. The panel opens on the library of saved styles; pick one, or press Edit to work on the design in the viewport. Accepting bakes a parametric shank — band, stones, prongs and, optionally, drill cutters — and lists it in the Outliner for later re-editing.

Finger Size

Sets the ring size the band is built on.

Top profile

The band itself is a Classic shank, edited here through the Classic profile editor. The top profile is the outer face — the one the two channels are cut into. The asset preview chooses and edits its cross-section; the command starts on a triangular section, which is what gives the knife edge.

• Width: Width of the section, in millimetres.
• Height: Height of the section, in millimetres.
• Type: Solid, Comfort or Thickness — the treatment of the inner face, with its own depth field appearing alongside.
• Rotation: Roll of the section.
• Move in Z: Vertical displacement of the section.

Bottom profile

The inner face of the band.

• Profile: Top Profile mirrors the section used on top; Half-round switches the interior to a half-round section.
• Width, Height, Type, Rotation, Displacement: as above.

Gems

Everything about the rows: where they run, the channel they sit in, the stones, and the prongs.

Layout

Where the pavé runs around the finger.

• Full: All the way round.
• Side: A run on each side, bounded by Start and End angles in degrees.
• Top: A single run centred on the top, bounded by one Angle. Only available on a complete band — selecting an opening under Advanced disables it and falls back to Side.

Channel

• 2 Rails: Two channels, one cut into each face of the ridge — the knife-edge design.
• 1 Rail: One wide channel centred on the apex, with both rows of stones sitting in it. Use it with a flat-topped section.
• Angled / Horizontal (2 Rails only): whether the channels follow the angle of the face or are cut flat, with a radial base.
• Width (2 Rails): How deep each channel sinks into the band.
• Border (1 Rail): The outer metal rim left on each side of the single channel.
• Height: Vertical offset of the channel.
• Wall width (2 Rails): Thickness of the metal wall left between the two rows.
• Row spacing (1 Rail): Gap between the two rows of stones, edge to edge.
• End margin: Gap between each end of the channel and the nearest stone — the metal left at the start and finish of the run.

Gems

• Round / Princess: Shape of the stones.
• Gem size: Diameter of the stones.
• Min. Distance: Minimum gap between neighbouring stones.
• Move in Z: Radial displacement of the stones.

Settings

Two buttons select whether the stones are held by prongs or not. With prongs on:

• Diameter: Diameter of the outer prongs, the columns at the rim of the channel.
• Internal (1 Rail only): Diameter of the inner prongs — the shared centre column between the two rows.
• Height: Height of the prong bead.
• Gem inside: How deep the stone sits into the metal.
• Over girdle: How far the prong rises above the girdle.
• Extension Manufacturing: Extra prong length for the casting stage.
• End prong mode: Single end prong finishes each rail with one centred prong, Double end prongs with one on each side.

Cutters

The drill cutters under the stones, using the same parameters as the standalone Cutter command. Show Cutters turns them on; while it is off, changes here have no effect on the preview and nothing is baked.

• Height Top, Height Crown, Height Girdle, Height Pavilion, Height Drill: The five vertical steps of the cutter profile, from the top face down through the crown, girdle and pavilion to the through-hole.
• Size Top, Size Drill, Size Bottom: Widths at the top, at the drill and at the bottom.
• Gem Inside: How deep the stone sits into the cutter.
• Type: Gemstone Shape, Round, Square or Hexagon.

When you accept with cutters on, one parametric cutter is baked per stone, linked to its stone, and all of them are grouped together.

Advanced: Opening

How the band is finished at the top, in case the shank is meant to receive a head rather than close on itself. Three buttons choose the mode.

Pinch narrows the band toward the top:

• Opening: Width of the pinched area.
• Base X: Lateral position of the base of the pinch.
• Base Y: Depth of the pinch into the material.
• Base Z: Vertical position of the base of the pinch.

Open cuts the band:

• Cut length: Length of the cut edge.
• Cap bumping: Bulge of the cap faces outside the ring.

None leaves the band complete. This is the only mode in which the Top gem layout is available.

Working with the panel

• Save defaults in the header stores the current parameters as the starting point for the next run. Right-click the same button to clear them and return to the factory values.
• Save and Update write the design into your styles library so it appears in the gallery next time.
• Accept bakes the band, its stones, prongs and cutters as one parametric group and lists it in the Outliner. If the preview has not resolved, the panel asks you to preview first.