The queue becomes a button
Visualisation and base geometry stop being scheduled scarcities.
Solution guideLive
The idea-to-manufacturable pipeline
Between a jewellery idea and a castable model sits the industry’s scarcest resource: CAD capacity. This guide covers the AI pipeline that compresses it — sketch to design image, design to 3D model, model to STL/STEP with casting checks — and how each role uses it.
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The problem
CAD queues gate everything: custom orders wait days for visualisation, manufacturers ration sampling, designers hand off to operators and lose fidelity in translation. Demand for manufacturable design outstrips the people who can produce it, everywhere.
How Nimora solves it
The pipeline: Design Studio renders the idea (20 credits); refinement converges it; CAD Studio generates 3D geometry with an in-browser viewer and casting-readiness checks (20 credits; neural path 150 for complex organics); STL prints, STEP refines in professional suites. Roles plug in where they need: studios for commissions, manufacturers for sampling, CAD pros for blocking.
Why jewellery businesses choose this
Manufacturing-real outputs
STL/STEP files that print, cast and open in the tools the industry already runs.
Checked before committed
Casting-readiness flags catch unmanufacturable geometry before resin, wax or metal is spent.
How it works
Visualise the idea
Sketch/description to design image.
Converge by refinement
Named changes to approval.
Generate the model
3D geometry, inspected in-browser.
Export to production
STL to print; STEP to refine.
Where it fits
Commission pipelines
Consultation-to-casting in days.
Sampling acceleration
Buyer designs quoted with models same-day.
Professional blocking
CAD pros starting from generated geometry.
Frequently asked questions
What CAD formats are exported?
STL for 3D printing (castable resin/wax) and STEP for professional CAD refinement — both from the same generated model.
What does “casting-ready” certify?
Automated manufacturability checks: watertight geometry and structure that survives investment casting. Your caster’s metal-specific judgement still applies.
Who is this pipeline for?
Custom studios (commission velocity), manufacturers (sampling), designers (expression) and CAD professionals (blocking) — each documented on their own page.
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Start with 150 free credits — enough to try designs, photos and captions on your own pieces. Pay-as-you-go after that; no subscription.
Start free with 150 credits