Swarovski Components

Rhino command: JewelElements

There was an enhancement in V20069

This command will display the Swarovski Components panel. The panel can be attached to the border like the layer or properties panel. The Swarovski Components panel is used to insert new jewels into 3D. All components are grouped into one or more hierarchical levels.

Bread Crumbs: The top line of the panel is a bread crumbs tool which is used to go back to any level needed. With the click on “Top” you can go always to the top level.

Thumbnails: The thumbnails are buttons to enter a hierarchical level until you reach the availability chart where you can select finally a specific cut / size / color combination (SKU)
Filter:
Clicking on the filter cone will show or hide the filter panel. the icon will change appearance if a filter is active or not, indicated by an filled or empty cone. By default, some filters are active. (For more details see below)
Struct View / Flat View:
With this button you can switch between to representation modes of the component library. With the struct view the components are sorted into categories like “Round Stones” or “Pendants”. With the flat view you get a complete sorted list of all available components.
Blue Bubbles: If a filter is active, the blue bubble in the left upper corner of the component image indicates how many categories/components will be available at the next level due to the filter.


Availability Chart: The last level in each hierarchical tree ends in the availability chart which shows in a cross chart which color is available in which size. This is shown by a black, green, yellow, blue and red square. An explanation for the different colors of the squares can be found at the bottom of the dialog. Depending on the use case there a several methods to select a SKU.

• Simple selection: with a simple mouse click on a square in the grid a specific SKU is selected and will be shown at the top of the chart.
• Drag and Drop: with drag and drop you can add/replace a SKU in the 3D by moving it from the grid into 3D either on another component (replace), on a geometrie (add on surface) or in an empty space (add without surface)
• Add to Crystalset: In some dialogs you can create crystal sets to work with (e.g. automatic pavé). To add new SKU's you can double click a square in the grid while the dialog is open.

Color Filter: By clicking on the colored squares, you can can filter which colors should be visible. If two or more colores are selected, the results are joined together.
State: With this filter you can choose which types of states should be shown in the component library. Every state is represented by a different colored square.
Stone Size: Here the stone sizen can be filtered. All sizes like “pp”, “ss” and so on are translated into a diameter size an then categorized. With asymmetrical stones, the biggest diameter is selected as filter criteria.
Category: Here the stones can be filtered by the categories that are available in the structured view of the component library.
Default Filter: By default, the “Standard” and “New” state filter is active.