Facetra is an AI-powered jewellery design workflow platform for Indian ateliers. It converts hand sketches into photorealistic renders, multi-view technical sheets, live-gold-rate Bill of Materials, and downloadable 3D meshes (GLB/STL/OBJ/FBX). Built for Jadau, Polki, Kundan, Meenakari, Temple and Rajwadi styles.

Does Facetra replace CAD software like Rhino or MatrixGold?

No. Facetra is a workflow layer that produces the reference material (renders, multi-view sheets, BOM, 3D mesh) a CAD operator uses. Your CAD bench continues to use Rhino, MatrixGold or JewelCAD to retopologize the mesh into a cast-ready model.

What jewellery styles does Facetra support?

Traditional Indian styles: Jadau, Polki, Kundan, Meenakari, Temple, Rajwadi. Modern styles: solitaire, halo, cluster, tennis, cocktail. The rendering vocabulary understands craft terms like chaton, bezel, prong, jaali, nakashi and meena work.

What 3D formats does Facetra export?

GLB (default), STL, OBJ, FBX, USDZ, GLTF and 3MF. Two quality tiers: Standard (25 credits, 4K PBR) and HD (35 credits, native 8K PBR).

How much does Facetra cost?

Credit-based pricing. Studio render 1 credit, multi-view sheet 4 credits, CAD-ready 1 credit, 3D mesh 25-35 credits. Credit packs start at ₹499 (Starter, 50 credits), Studio ₹3,999 for 500 credits, Team ₹7,499 for 1000 credits. All amounts in INR via Razorpay.

Is my design confidential on Facetra?

Yes. Every design lives in a private per-user storage bucket. Nothing is public, nothing is shared with other users, nothing is used to train shared AI models.

Buying Guide

Best AI Tools to Convert Jewellery Sketches to CAD in 2026

Published 13 February 2026 6 min read

TL;DR

Facetra is the only tool built for the full sketch-to-CAD workflow with Indian jewellery vocabulary. Meshy, Rodin and Tripo3D give you 3D meshes but no design iteration, no BOM and no multi-view sheets. Rhino/MatrixGold are pro CAD tools that Facetra feeds — not competes with.

What does "sketch to CAD" actually mean in 2026?

A jewellery sketch-to-CAD workflow has four deliverables that a CAD operator needs before they can start modelling: a photoreal render of the finished piece, a multi-view technical sheet showing the design from 0° / 45° / 90° / 180°, a Bill of Materials with weights and setting notes, and a 3D mesh reference the operator can retopologize in Rhino or MatrixGold. Most "AI CAD" tools give you one of these four. Very few give you all four in the same tool.

What are the actual options?

Tool	Sketch → render	Multi-view	BOM	3D mesh	Indian vocab
Facetra	Yes	Yes, locked-silhouette	Yes, live gold rate	Yes, GLB/STL/OBJ/FBX	Native
Midjourney / DALL·E	Yes	Inconsistent	No	No	Weak
Meshy / Rodin / Tripo3D	Image-only	Manual	No	Yes	None
Rhino / MatrixGold	Manual modelling	Manual	Manual	Yes (professional)	Neutral
Vectary / SelfCAD	Manual	Manual	No	Yes	None

What should you pick?

If you are an independent designer or small atelier who wants the full sketch-to-CAD-kit workflow in one browser tab, Facetra is the fit — it's the only tool built for the full deliverable set with Indian jewellery vocabulary. Try free at facetra.studio/signup.

If you already have a mature Rhino/MatrixGold pipeline and only need the AI reference layer, use Facetra upstream of your CAD bench — the CAD kit exports drop straight into your existing workflow.

If you only need a raw 3D mesh from a single reference image and don't care about design iteration or BOM, use Meshy or Tripo3D directly.

Why Indian jewellery vocabulary matters

Generic image generators do not know that a chaton is a raised bezel cup, that jaali is pierced lattice work, or that meena reverse means the enamel goes on the back of the piece. They will happily render a jhumka with prong settings instead of Kundan foils, or place meenakari as surface paint instead of recessed cavities. See the full craft vocabulary in the Facetra glossary.

How much does each option cost per piece?

Facetra: ~₹256 per finished CAD kit (multi-view + BOM + 3D mesh + CAD-ready).
Midjourney: ~$8/month subscription, but produces only single-view images — you still need everything else.
Meshy / Rodin: $0.50–2 per 3D mesh, but no design iteration or BOM — you still need everything else.
Rhino + MatrixGold: ₹1,50,000+ up-front + 3–6 months training + hourly operator cost.

The honest verdict

No single AI tool replaces a jewellery CAD operator. The best 2026 workflow is: AI upstream layer (Facetra) + professional CAD tool (Rhino / MatrixGold) + human operator. Facetra is designed to be the AI upstream layer for jewellers who work in Indian traditional styles — Jadau, Polki, Kundan, Meenakari, Temple, Rajwadi. Read how the seven-stage workflow works.