Facetra for Independent Jewellery Designers

Facetra is the design workflow tool for independent jewellery designers — the person who sketches, presents to clients, and hands off to a CAD bench or manufacturer. This page explains how Facetra fits into a solo designer's day-to-day.

The problem Facetra solves for independent designers

As an independent designer you're the whole studio in one person. Every hour spent rendering, drawing multi-view sheets or calculating BOMs is an hour not spent on client acquisition or new sketches. Outsourcing a render costs ₹2,000–₹5,000 per piece and takes 2–3 days — killing your ability to iterate live with a client.

How independent designers use Facetra

1. Live client presentations

Show up to a client meeting with just your sketchbook and phone. Sketch the piece as you discuss it, snap a photo, and produce a photoreal render before the meeting ends. Iterate on the spot: "emerald instead of ruby", "add polki around the border", "make the meena work green not red".

2. Portfolio building

Every render can be saved to a portfolio lookbook. Export as a PDF to send to prospects, or as an Instagram-ready image set. Build a 100-piece catalogue in a week instead of a year.

3. Manufacturer handoff

Send your karigar or CAD bench the exported Facetra CAD kit — multi-view sheet + BOM + 3D mesh + wall-thickness cheatsheet — instead of a hand-drawn sketch and a paragraph of WhatsApp instructions. Fewer clarification calls, fewer manufacturing errors.

4. Bill of Materials for accurate quotes

Facetra's BOM uses the live 22kt gold rate updated hourly, plus estimated stone weights and karigar hours. Your client quotes reflect today's cost, not last month's.

5. Refine iteratively without redoing the sketch

Lasso the region you want to change, describe the change in one sentence, get a new render in 60 seconds. Traditional workflow: redraw the whole piece by hand.

What you get vs. what you would spend

Typical solo-designer economics per piece:

• Outsourced rendering: ₹2,000–₹5,000 → Facetra: ~₹8 per render
• Multi-view drawings: 3–4 hrs of your own time → Facetra: 4 credits (~₹32) and 2 minutes
• BOM calculation: 30–60 min per piece with a spreadsheet → Facetra: 1 credit (~₹8), auto-generated
• 3D mesh for CAD bench: ₹5,000+ commissioned model or 2 days learning Rhino → Facetra: 25 credits (~₹200) for Standard, 35 (~₹280) for HD

A finished CAD kit that would cost you a full day and ₹8,000–₹15,000 costs ~₹256 and 30 minutes with Facetra.

Which plan do most independent designers pick?

Most solo designers start with the Starter pack (₹499 for 50 credits)to try Facetra on a live client brief. Once they see the ROI, they upgrade to the Studio pack (₹3,999 for 500 credits) which covers ~15 finished CAD kits — enough for a full month of client work.

Frequently asked questions from independent designers

I don't have a CAD operator — can Facetra work for me?

Yes. Many independent designers send the Facetra CAD kit directly to their karigar or to a freelance CAD service, skipping the traditional in-house CAD bench entirely. The 3D mesh + BOM + multi-view sheet gives the manufacturer everything they need.

Can I customise Facetra's rendering style?

Yes — every render is prompt-controlled. Describe the aesthetic (Rajwadi with meena work, modern minimalist gold band, temple motif chandbali) and Facetra follows your lead. The lasso tool lets you refine specific regions after the initial render.

Do I need a graphics tablet or drawing skill?

No. Facetra accepts a phone photograph of a paper sketch. Many designers still prefer drawing on paper — Facetra is designed to complement that, not replace it.

Can I sell the renders as final marketing assets?

Yes. You own every render generated on your Facetra account and can use them however you like — client presentations, Instagram, website, print catalogue. See the terms of service.

How much does it cost to try Facetra?

Free — every new account includes trial credits so you can test Facetra on a real client brief before paying.