Configurators

Prepare jewelry variants and GLB assets for a product configurator. These tools generate model variations, export geometry and optimize the files for use in your configurator.

Type a command name in Rhino’s command line and press Enter.

Workflow

1. Prepare your design and organize its components into layers.
2. If you need several gem sizes, use Generate Gemset Variants.
3. Choose Export GLB for the standard metal and gem layers, Layers to GLB for separate layer assets, or Folder to GLB for a batch of saved models.
4. Use Optimize GLB Files to create lighter copies of the exported assets.

Generate Gemset Variants

ArtisanConfGemsetGenerator

Creates size variants from the gemset on the current layer. Start with a 1 ct gemset on a layer whose name contains 100. Keep the source gems and supported independent settings together on that layer and unlock them before running the command.

The command creates variants for 0.50, 0.75, 1.25, 1.50, 1.75 and 2.00 ct, replacing 100 in the layer name with the corresponding size code. Existing variant layers are skipped.

Supported linked settings are rebuilt for the resized gems. Group-owned assemblies and unsupported linked elements cannot be used as the source; the command reports them instead of generating those variants.

Export GLB

ArtisanConfExportToGlb

Exports geometry from the document’s Metal 01, Metal 02, Metal 03, Gem 01, Gem 02 and Gem 03 layers, keeping the metal and gem categories in the exported asset.

1. Organize the geometry you want to export into those layers.
2. Run the command and enter a file prefix and SKU.
3. Choose the destination folder and whether existing files may be overwritten.

The GLB is saved in a glb subfolder of the chosen destination. Objects outside the named layers are not included by this command.

Folder to GLB

ArtisanConfFolderToGlb

Choose a folder containing .3dm models. The command also searches its subfolders and writes a .glb beside each source model. Existing GLB files are skipped.

The models are opened separately for conversion, preserving the current document and its unsaved changes. Press Esc to cancel the batch; the command line reports exported, skipped and failed files.

Layers to GLB

ArtisanConfLayerToGlb

Exports each chosen layer as a separate GLB asset.

1. Save the Rhino document.
2. Run the command and select the layers to export.
3. Choose the Metal, PrimaryGems and SecondaryStones categories, then press Enter.

Files are written to a glb folder beside the saved document. The filenames come from the layer names; nested layer separators are replaced with underscores. Rename layers if their names would produce the same filename.

Optimize GLB Files

ArtisanConfCompressGLB

Uses the gltf-transform command-line tool to optimize a folder of GLB files, including its subfolders. Install gltf-transform for macOS first; if RhinoArtisan cannot find it, the command asks you to select its executable.

Choose the folder of exported GLBs. Optimized copies are written under an optimized subfolder, preserving the relative folder structure and leaving the source files in place. Press Esc to cancel.