Bezel with side cut-out: Primary Level

In this tutorial, the user will learn how to create an S-shaped

cut-out in the side of a bezel. Use primary-level skills to create
the cut-out bezel and the extruded “S” shape. Then, in an
exciting surprise ending, use Boolean Intersection to get the
S-shaped cut-out inside the bezel.

Gem Loader
Create a bezel around a 1.5-CT oval
Steps gem. Draw a trapezoid in the Side Bezel Builder
1-4 View viewport and Extrude it to
Polyline
create a cutter.
Extrude Planar Curves

Bounding Box Join

Steps Draw the S-shape inside the trapezoid Circle Trim

5-12 so that both shapes just barely
overlap. Mid O-Snap Blend

Mirror Offset

Center O-Snap 1-D Scale

Extrude the S-shape to pass through

the bezel on both sides. Job Bag the
Steps head!!! Boolean Intersection the
13-15 bezel and the “S”. Bring back the Boolean Builder
bezel and Boolean Difference the
trapezoid-shaped cutter from it.
1 Click on the Gem Loader builder, found in the Gems fly-out menu, and select the
Diamond cut. Click on the Oval shape in the left-hand column and select a 1.5 CT gem
from the size menu. Click on Load Gem to place the gem at F4.

2 Click on Bezel Builder, found in the Settings menu, and select the oval gem in the
viewports. Click on the Gem/Curve preview window to input the gem into the builder. Click
on the Edge Profile preview window and select the #5 profile from the Library Browser.
It will appear in the Edge Profile preview window.

Then, arrange the IC controls as shown below, using the Advanced Options arrow to
access that portion of the builder screen:

The following bezel will appear:

3 To create the shape for the cut-away, click on the User Green layer

color to make it active and turn on the Grid Snap. Select the Polyline
tool and, in the Side View viewport, draw a trapezoid in the center of the bezel that extends
about 4 mm on either side of the Y axis on top and 3 mm on either side of the Y axis on the
bottom. The top and bottom should be equidistant from the extents of the bezel.

4 With the new curve highlighted, select the Cutting layer color to

make it active and click on Extrude Planar Curves, found in the Solid fly-out menu.
Move the mouse to extend the cutting surface past the bezel in the Through Finger
viewport and click once.

Turn off the Cutting layer color and the Heads layer color, leaving just the curve visible
(the head and the cutter will be used later in the tutorial).

5 To ease the next step in the operation, maximize the Side View viewport by double-clicking
on its title. Select the User Red layer color to make it active. Highlight the trapezoid shape.

Click on Bounding Box, found in the Utilities fly-out menu, and press Enter to create
a rectangle around the curve.
6 With the Grid Snap ON, create a circle on one side of the trapezoid that has the same

diameter as the bounding box (3 mm, or, a radius of 1.5 mm). Click on the Circle tool
and use the grid snaps to find the point 1.5 mm from the top, bottom, and one side of the
bounding box. Click once to create the center of the circle. When the Command line calls
for Radius, type 1.5mm and press Enter. Click once more in the bounding box and the circle
will appear.

7 Turn on the Mid O-Snap and select the circle. Click on Mirror and, when
prompted by the Command line to select the “Start of Mirror Plane”, click once on the
midpoint of one side of the bounding box. Hold down Shift on the keyboard to engage Ortho
and move the cursor to place another circle that perfectly mirrors the first one:

8 With the Center O-Snap turned on, select the Polyline tool and start a polyline in the
center of one of the circles. Hold down Shift to engage Ortho and extend the line straight up
so that it intersects the circle. Click once to end the line and press Enter to end the
command.
 Mirror the line to the other side of the circle so that it intersects the bottom quadrant as
well, using the center point of the circle as the “Start of Mirror Plane” and holding down Shift

to ensure that the line is placed properly. Select and Join both lines.

Finally, select the joined line and Mirror it so that an identical line appears through the other
circle. To do so, highlight the joined line, click on Mirror, and select the Mid O-Snap
Indicator on the bottom of the bounding box as the “Start of Mirror Plane”. Hold down Shift
to ensure that the line is placed properly. Click once to end the operation.

9 Turn off the User Green layer color and delete the bounding box. Right-click the User Red

layer color to highlight all of the remaining curves. Click on Trim and trim away all but
two half-circles opening towards one another. Press Enter to end the command.

10 Next, click on Blend, which is found in the Curve fly-out menu. When the Command
line prompts you to “Select curve to blend”, click on the bottom end of the first curve. Click
on the top end of the second curve to indicate the “Second curve to blend”. A smooth curve
joining the two half-circles will appear, creating the shape of an “S” lying on its side.
 Right-click on the User Red layer color to highlight all three curves and click Join.

11 With the joined S-curve highlighted, click on Offset, which is found in the Curve fly-
out menu. Type “0.5” and press Enter so that the Command line reads “Distance = 0.5”.
Click once to the left (or bottom) of the S-curve and the offset line will appear 0.5 mm away
from the original one.

With the original curve still highlighted, press the space bar to repeat the Offset command.
The Command line should still read “Distance = 0.5”, so click once on the right (or top) of
the original curve and a second offset curve will appear.

Delete the original curve to leave just the 1 mm wide S-curve. Then, click on Blend and click
near the very end of one curve, then the same end of its counterpart, to create rounded
edges.

Finish off the S-shape by right-clicking on the User Red layer color to highlight all the
curves. Click next on Join to join them into one closed curve.

12 Turn on the User Green layer color to see the trapezoid-shaped curve that was used to

make the first cutter. Select the S-shape and click on 1-D Scale from the Transform
fly-out menu. Scale down the S-shape so that it fits in the trapezoid. Select one side of the S
to start the operation and hold down Shift while extending the line past the other side. Click
 once and move the mouse to shrink the S. Repeat on the other side and on the top and
bottom until the S shape fits inside the trapezoid with slight overlap on each of the extents of
the S, as shown in the second illustration, below.

13 Before proceeding, restore the viewports so that all four are visible again. Turn the Heads
layer back on so that the bezel is visible. At this point, it is VERY important that you
job-bag the bezel!!! Click on jut the bezel so that it is highlighted and select an empty job-
bag to place it in. Now, Highlight the S-curve and select Extrude Planar Curves from the
Solid fly-out menu. In the Through Finger viewport, extrude the curve so that it extends
past the bezel on both sides. Click once when it is properly placed.

14 Start the Boolean Builder and select Boolean Intersection. Select the newly-
extruded S-curve to import into one side of the builder and the bezel to import into the other
side. Click GO to see the result.

15 Turn off the User Red layer color so that the new shape is no longer visible. Then, turn ON
the Cutting layer color again and click on the Job Bag containing the bezel to bring it back
into the viewports. Select Boolean Difference in the Boolean Builder menu and insert the
orange surface as the Cutter and the bezel as the Object to be cut.

Once the Boolean Difference is complete, turn back ON the User Red layer color to see
the completed head.