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

Software for Indian Jewellery Designers — Jadau, Polki, Kundan, Meenakari

Published 13 February 2026 6 min read

TL;DR

Rhino + MatrixGold cover Western CAD workflows but lack Indian vocabulary. Facetra is a workflow layer built specifically for Jadau / Polki / Kundan / Meenakari / Temple / Rajwadi styles, feeding your existing CAD bench cleaner references, faster.

What software do Indian jewellery designers actually use?

The professional Indian jewellery design floor in 2026 runs on a stack: Rhino 8 or MatrixGold 3 for CAD, JewelCAD or Firestorm as legacy fallbacks, Photoshop / Corel for hand-render touchup, and increasingly, Facetra as the AI upstream layer that generates renders, multi-view sheets, BOM and 3D mesh references before the CAD operator opens the file.

Why Western CAD tools miss the Indian vocabulary

Rhino, MatrixGold and JewelCAD are excellent professional CAD suites, but their built-in libraries were developed for Western jewellery: solitaires, halo rings, tennis bracelets, eternity bands. They have no native concept of:

Jadau — the uncut-stone-in-soft-gold technique
Polki — foil-backed unfaceted diamond settings
Kundan — 24kt gold-foil pressure setting
Meenakari — recessed enamel colour work (esp. on the reverse)
Nakashi — hand-embossed relief
Jaali — pierced lattice filigree
Temple / Rajwadi — heavy-gold court-style ornaments

A skilled Indian CAD operator can model any of these in Rhino, but the tool doesn't help them — they're translating the design vocabulary in their head, from paper reference to 3D geometry, every time.

Where Facetra fits

Facetra is a workflow layer that sits above your CAD software, not a replacement. The designer sketches on paper, uploads to Facetra, and receives back a photoreal render + multi-view sheet + BOM + 3D mesh — all using Indian jewellery vocabulary natively. Your CAD operator then opens the CAD kit in Rhino or MatrixGold and retopologizes for casting.

This is the same workflow as before, but the design references are cleaner, faster (same day vs 4–7 days), and speak the correct craft vocabulary out of the box.

Recommended stack for a modern Indian atelier (2026)

Stage	Software	Cost
Sketch reference + AI render	Facetra	Credit-based, ~₹256/piece
Multi-view + BOM + 3D mesh	Facetra (same tool)	Included above
3D CAD modelling for casting	Rhino 8 + MatrixGold 3	~₹1,80,000 up-front
Client-facing PDF lookbooks	Facetra (built-in)	Included
Photograph touchup for e-commerce / Insta	Facetra PhotoRoom	2–5 credits/photo

What about JewelCAD, Firestorm, Vectary?

JewelCAD is still used in older ateliers but its interface is dated; new hires resist it. Firestorm is niche. Vectary is browser-based and lightweight but lacks the professional casting workflow of Rhino/MatrixGold. For a new atelier we'd recommend Rhino 8 + MatrixGold + Facetra.

What about learning curve?

Facetra is browser-based and works like uploading a photo — most designers are productive in 15 minutes. Rhino + MatrixGold takes 3–6 months to reach professional CAD-operator level. That's the split: Facetra for designers, Rhino for CAD bench.

Try Facetra free at facetra.studio/signup. Read the atelier-focused positioning at /for-jewellers.