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Why Rhino users render here

Rhino is superb at precise NURBS modelling, and many jewellers also render inside it or with a plugin. That works, but it ties rendering to the CAD workstation and to the person who knows the setup. RenderMyJewels separates the two. Designers keep modelling in Rhino, while anyone on the team can open the uploaded file in a browser and produce consistent product images with jewelry presets for metal, stones, lighting and backgrounds.

There is nothing to install in Rhino, and nothing to export unless you want to. Upload the 3DM file directly.

Set up layers once, save time forever

The studio reads your layer names. Layers whose names contain Diamond, Gem, Stone, Crystal, Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, Center stone, Side stone, Pavé or Halo start with gem materials, and all other layers start as metal. A simple layer template for every new design pays off on every render:

Two-tone pieces benefit from separate metal layers, so you can give the head white gold and the band yellow gold in the studio.

Render meshes and smoothness

Rhino stores render meshes inside the 3DM file, and the studio displays those meshes. Two habits keep renders clean:

1. Shade before saving. Switch a viewport to Shaded or Rendered mode so every object has a render mesh, then save normally. Avoid Save Small, which strips the meshes.
2. Use smooth mesh settings. In Document Properties, Mesh, choose Smooth and slower. Round shanks and bezels then stay round in close-ups instead of showing flat facets.

Upload 3DM or export GLB?

Upload the 3DM file in most cases. It keeps layers and needs no extra step. Export GLB when the 3DM file is over the 200 MB limit, or when you want to send only a selection of objects. Recent Rhino versions export GLB from the export menu, and a GLB of the same model is usually much smaller. See the 3DM format page and the GLB format page.

From Rhino to product images

1. Finish the model and put stones on clearly named layers.
2. Shade a viewport, save the file and upload it to your library. A preview is created automatically.
3. Open the model in the studio. Check that the stones picked up gem materials.
4. Choose a metal, such as polished yellow gold or platinum, and a stone, such as a D colourless diamond.
5. Pick lighting for the metal and for the stones, then a background and a ground.
6. Choose a pose and export stills up to 8K, or a 360° video.

Our Rhino to render workflow guide turns this into a printable checklist.

Rendering inside Rhino compared with RenderMyJewels

Rendering inside Rhino gives you full control and keeps everything in one program, which suits specialists who enjoy setting up scenes. RenderMyJewels trades some of that open-ended control for speed and consistency. Jewelry materials, lighting environments, backgrounds, grounds and poses are ready to use, and the same setup can be reused across a whole catalogue by people who do not use Rhino at all. Many studios use both, Rhino for design reviews and RenderMyJewels for sales images, videos and AI photoshoots.

Grasshopper and parametric designs

If you generate variations with Grasshopper, bake each version to geometry, put the stones on named layers and save one 3DM file per version. Each file becomes its own model in your library, with its own preview, so a whole parametric family can be uploaded as a folder and found later by name or SKU.

Tips from Rhino users

• Purge unused layers, blocks and materials before uploading to keep files light.
• Keep construction curves on their own layers and switch those layers off before saving. Curves on visible layers can show up as thin lines in the studio, and tidy files are easier to work with.
• Name files with the SKU first, for example RG-1042_Solitaire.3dm, so the SKU is read automatically on upload.