"use the picture frame command ..then scale ,trim ....anything you can do to a srf will work ...I like to trim away the execess before tracing with my crvs..."

"Hello Ken,   i`ve been following your post on the import of a jpeg. I`ve been struggeling on this myself for quite some time now. I used to do so with the background bitmap since I cold pre define the size of the image when imported.…"

"Thank you, that is what I did !"

"then make your own prongs-bezel- or gallery from curve extrusions...or you can make everything using a oval gemstone then delete the gem and replace it with your 'custom' cabochon"

"Thank you. Now I know what you meant! that's what I did."

"make an oval the size you need then a profile curve and do a rail revolve...or make an elipsoid  (from the solids menu) the size you need width and length..then wire cut the bottom half away...results a cabochon"

"Sorry what do you mean with "basic commands" ? "

"you may have to make it with curves and the basic commands"

"I drew my cabochon as an ellipsoid, and I want to draw the head and prongs around it. Is there a way with RhinoGold ? I cannot find the solution."

"You need to activate your milling machine cam software in rhinogold: at the top left click on TDM button from the menu click on User Profile in the open window in the Paths section click on the last folder last option Cam Appl, to…"

"  Thanks for your answer tariq! I tried create one.  For that I used the video tutorial called "export cam". I followed the instruction but when I want to cklick on cam export it doesn't work. but i can not find out what the…"

"For sure it is possible"

"Hi George.   You can make your cabachon simply making an Ellipsoid and triming it, after that apply the material that you want. Here you are an example: I hope I help you, but if you have any doubt please let me know and I help you as soon as…"

"Are wanting to know how to draw a cabachon shape?"

"Hello Deborah   At the moment it is not possible, but I'll talk to developers to be find out if we can Include this feature in a next version of RhinoGold. Thank you for your suggestion, and if you have any doubt or problem don't…"