Documentation
Houseki Design Studio is a gem cut designer and renderer that runs in your web browser. Open a faceting design, see the stone rendered with its fire, and read its cutting instructions tier by tier. These pages explain each part of the studio, with screenshots and the shortcuts for each control.
New to the studio? Start with Getting started.
Getting started
- Getting startedA tour of the studio's screen, and every mouse and keyboard shortcut in one place.
- Saving the studio to your computerKeep your own copy of the studio that opens without an internet connection.
Rendering
- Deterministic rendererThe fast, noise-free renderer for turning the stone and comparing cuts.
- Monte Carlo rendererThe slower, more realistic renderer, with spectral fire and frosted facets.
Editing
- Editing facets by tierChange a tier's angle, index and depth, and add, delete, hide or frost tiers.
- Saving and exportingOpen and export design files, print a cutting sheet as a PDF, and share designs as links.
- Rotation by indexTurn a whole design around the index gear by a number of teeth, with a slider.
- Girdle resizingMake the girdle thicker or thinner.
- Crown and pavilion flipping In progressSwap a design's crown and pavilion.
- Tangent ratio height scalingMake a stone taller or flatter while its facets keep their shape.
- Manual optimizerCompare the stone at many crown and pavilion heights side by side, and keep the best.
- Tilt performance analyzerGraph how much light a design returns as it tilts away from face-up.
- Size and yield calculator In progressWork out a finished stone's size and weight from the rough.
- Cutting assistantFollow the design tier by tier at the machine.
- Recording rendersDrag the stone once, and save that motion rendered at full quality as an MP4 video.