Gem Cut Studio is a faceting design and ray-tracing program for Windows and macOS. It opens GemCad .asc files directly, and its own design files end in .gcs.
In more detail
It adds tools for tilt performance, light paths and yield. It can also export a design as OBJ or STL.
How we measure it
Our tools read your own .gcs files.
Related terms
- GemCad .asc: GemCad is Robert Strickland's faceting design program for Windows, and .asc is its text design format. An .asc file gives the gear, the refractive index and every facet's angle and index.
- Cutting file: A cutting file is a faceting design: every facet's angle and index, in cutting order, for a faceting machine. It tells a faceter how to cut the stone.
- Measure your own stone: “Measure your own stone” lets three of our tools measure your own cutting file or 3D model. They use the same code and settings as for our cuts.