Quick Start: Interactive Slicer

This quick start focuses on learning the Interactive Slicer by walking through the first pavilion tier, girdle, crown, and table. Keep the studio open in another tab so you can follow along.

Tip: The studio autosaves in your browser. Close the tab and come back later—your last design reopens automatically.

1. Open the studio and click New

Launching the studio drops you into the 3D stage with the editor below. Hit New to load the blank template:

You might need to zoom (scroll wheel or pinch) to see the entire cube. This is the starting stock we’ll carve away.

2. Set up the first pavilion tier

Open the Interactive Slicer panel:

1. Choose Down for the side (we normally begin on the pavilion).
2. Set Symmetry to 8.
3. Enter Angle 42.00° and Base Index 0.
4. Pick Center Point (cp) as the target.

The slicing plane animates into view. Hovering over Preview shows a preview of the cut.

3. Commit the cut

Press Commit to apply the tier. The editor now contains the first line of FSL and the viewer redraws:

Rotate the viewer and you’ll see the pavilion facets meeting at the center. More steps will follow, but getting comfortable with this rhythm—choose parameters, preview, commit—is the foundation for building complete stones.

4. Establish the girdle depth

Next, set up the girdle ring:

1. Keep Side on Down, but change the Angle to 90.00°.
2. Switch the target to Depth and enter 1.00 for the value.
3. Leave symmetry at 8 and base index at 0, then click Commit again.

You now have the pavilion facets and the girdle defined—a solid foundation before working through additional tiers.

5. Cut the first crown tier

Now flip to the crown side:

1. Change Side to Up.
2. Set Angle 25.00°, Symmetry 8, and keep Base Index 0.
3. Pick Proper Meetpoint as the target. The slicer will highlight multiple nodes—click the meetpoint where the girdle and pavilion facets touch.
4. Check Girdle Offset so the cut keeps the girdle at the right thickness.
5. Hit Commit to apply the crown tier.

At this point the pavilion, girdle, and first crown tier are in place.

6. Add the table

Finish the crown by cutting the table:

1. Keep Side on Up but change the Angle to 0.00°.
2. Select Depth as the target and drag the slider (or type) to your preferred table height.
3. Press Commit to flatten the top.

You now have a basic pavilion, girdle, crown, and table—enough to explore the diagram (printable instructions) or continue refining each tier.

What’s next?

• Open the Diagrams panel to generate printable SVGs once you finish a few tiers.
• Explore the Interactive Slicer guide in Tooling → Interactive Slicer for advanced targets and meetpoints.