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Software for jewellery designing on linux? (feddit.ch)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Like the title says. My dad was trying to get into designing since hiring people for it was getting expensive. we use linux(debian 12) and he has very basic computer knowledge and can't afford the industry grade software(too expensive in our country)

We tried blender with Jewelcraft but it was getting too complicated for him. If you guys have any suggestions please let me know. It will be of great help!

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

As I said, I don't know much about designing jewelry, so I'm probably missing some subtleties. I've had a look at Jewelcraft, and it looks like 90% of what you need to know is standard Blender. Once you start adding components to your asset library it looks like it becomes quicker and easier too. Blender can certainly handle settimg the dimensions on parts, and exports to STL ready for printing. If Rhino feels like a better fit though, they do have a 90 day free trial, so you could see if it works under Wine. It'll have just as much of a learning curve as Blender though, and your likely to find more help for an open source system like Blender.