Tips and Tricks from Our CAD Room
January 25, 2021

Tips and Trinks

 

Our CAD team is driven to create every piece of jewelry exactly how you’ve imagined it. With this desire for perfection comes a need for organization. From keeping all information on one email chain to ensuring sample pictures capture every detail, this is a short list of the tips and tricks to help us help you!

 

1. There is no such thing as too much information! Include as much as possible ie. stone count, stone sizes, finger sizes, metal type, store name, store address. Sample pictures are always welcomed! Google images is a great place to find the piece you can’t seem to describe in words. If you have a job# internally, please include it as well.When receiving an estimate or question via email, please reply to the email. Please don’t call or draft a new email, keep all communication in one thread.

2. When receiving an estimate or question via email, please reply to the email. Please don’t call or draft a new email, keep all communication in one thread.

3. When taking a picture of a piece of jewelry to be copied, make sure we get all of the details that will be needed. The clearer the picture, the more accurate we can be. For a ring, we need at least a top and a through finger view (preferably not on a finger).

4. When returning a job to proceed an estimate, have additional work done, or have an issue corrected, please include all info, job bag, label, and paperwork from the original job. This will eliminate confusion and ensure that we know everything that has taken place with the job thus far.

5. Write out instructions all the way, do not use shorthand or assume certain tasks will be done. If proceeding an estimate, but also changing the instructions or size, write “proceed estimate and add sizing” on the job.

6. If sending stones or metal to accompany a job, make sure the job# is referenced properly so the material can be paired with its job quickly and avoid delays.

7. Please don’t email or text from personal phones or email accounts. They are not associated with your store’s account.

I am a goldsmith but do not have all of the tools and time to do my own custom work, so I work directly with Jewel Craft to make it easy for me and perfect for my clients. If I need a shank that is 2.35mm wide and provide my own diamonds, Jewel Craft follows all of my design details and makes the ring 2.35mm wide and sets the diamonds to perfection.
Raime, Raime Weber Jewelry
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