Your First Interaction With the Co-designer AI

Before exploring all the possibilities of Co-designer, this section will guide you through your first interaction with the AI. You will learn how to bring a model from Boutique, send your first messages, make design changes, request information, and generate reports and production data. These steps will help you understand how natural and intuitive it is to work with the Co-designer AI inside RhinoArtisan.

1. Verify that you are connected to Connect

In the upper-right corner of the RhinoArtisan interface, you should see your profile picture. This indicates that you are successfully connected to RhinoArtisan Connect from within RhinoArtisan. If the profile icon does not appear, we recommend revisiting the “Setting Up Your Environment” section.

2. Open the Co-designer panel

To open Co-designer, simply click File tab > Co-designer icon. A panel will appear on the right side of RhinoArtisan. You can dock or anchor this panel anywhere you prefer. We recommend placing it as shown below, so you always have the AI and the design tools visible while working.

3. Bring a model from Boutique

To begin interacting with the AI, you’ll first need to load a jewelry model. Open Boutique from the RhinoArtisan interface, browse to the Vintage collection, and select the model Vintage 005.

Once the model is loaded in the viewport, you're ready to start sending your first instructions to the Co-designer AI.

4. Say: “Hi, how are you today?”

This step is optional, but it’s a great way to confirm that the AI is connected and responding correctly.

In the Co-designer panel, type: “Hi, how are you today?” and click the Send button.

Co-designer will reply naturally, confirming that communication with the AI is active and working.

The AI understands all 14 languages available in RhinoArtisan, and by default it will reply using the same language you have selected in the RhinoArtisan interface. If you type your message in another language, the AI will automatically adapt.

A quick note about the Co-designer panel

At this point, you are already interacting with the Co-designer panel. This interface includes the message history, input box, action buttons, and several tools you will use throughout your design workflow.

If you want a deeper explanation of every element, you can find a detailed breakdown in the Understanding the Co-designer Interface section of this documentation.

5. Change the main gemstone

Now let’s begin making real modifications to the model using natural language.

In the Co-designer panel, type: “Change the main gemstone to Oval 1.50 cts.” and click Send.

Co-designer will automatically update the center stone, adjusting both the shape and the approximate carat weight. This demonstrates how the AI interprets your request, applies the correct component, and modifies the model instantly without manual modeling.

6. Set the ring size

Now let’s adjust one of the most important parameters in any ring design: the size.

In the Co-designer panel, type: “Set the ring size to British letter H.” and click Send.

Co-designer will automatically resize the ring according to the selected standard, maintaining proportions and updating the geometry where necessary.

Co-designer supports more than 20 ring size systems, so you can use any of them—for example:

• USA 7

• European 16

• British letter H

• Japanese 12, etc.

You can type the size in whichever region you prefer, and the AI will understand it immediately.

7. Change the cluster prongs

Next, let’s adjust the prongs that hold the surrounding gemstones in place. In the Co-designer panel, type: “Change the cluster prongs from 5 to 3.” and click Send.

Co-designer will rebuild the cluster head using the new prong configuration. This allows you to reshape the structure of the setting immediately, without manually editing or rebuilding the geometry. It’s a quick and precise way to explore different aesthetic and structural options.

8. Rotate the cluster gemstones

Now let’s adjust the orientation of the gemstones surrounding the center stone.

In the Co-designer panel, type: “Set the gemstones in the cluster to 15 degrees.” and click Send.

Co-designer will rotate the entire cluster by the specified angle, maintaining symmetry and keeping all stones properly aligned. This is especially useful when refining the look of halo or cluster designs, allowing you to test subtle stylistic variations instantly.

9. Modify the cathedral arms

Next, let’s adjust part of the ring structure to see how Co-designer handles geometric refinements.

In the Co-designer panel, type: “In the cathedral, increase the width of the arms distance by 0.5 mm.” and click Send.

Co-designer will update the cathedral arms by spreading them slightly further apart, while maintaining symmetry and preserving the overall integrity of the design.

This kind of adjustment would normally require precise manual modeling, but the AI performs it automatically and accurately in just a second.

10. Remove the bridge from the cathedral shank

Now let’s simplify the structure of the shank by removing one of its supporting elements.

In the Co-designer panel, type: “Remove the bridge of the cathedral shank.” and click Send.

Co-designer will identify the bridge element in the cathedral shank and remove it cleanly, updating the geometry while preserving stability and visual coherence.

This shows how the AI can modify structural components of a design without requiring manual editing or rebuilding of the model.

11. I don’t like it

Co-designer can also react to natural, subjective feedback — not only technical instructions.

In the Co-designer panel, type: “I don’t like it.” and click Send.

The AI will interpret this as a negative evaluation of the latest change and will offer alternatives, suggestions, or revert options depending on the context. This allows you to explore creative directions quickly, simply by expressing how you feel about the design. You don’t need to be precise or technical — Co-designer understands intent as well as instructions.

12. Ask for gemstone information

Co-designer can analyze the model and give you exact technical data at any moment.

In the Co-designer panel, type: “How many stones does it have?” and click Send.

The AI will scan the model and provide a detailed count of all gemstones, including their types and positions when relevant. This allows you to understand the composition of a piece instantly, without searching manually through components or layers.

It’s especially helpful for pricing, reporting, or explaining the design to a customer.

13. Request the price of the design

Co-designer can estimate the price of the model based on materials, gemstone data, metal weight, and your configured pricing rules.

In the Co-designer panel, type: “Give me the price.” and click Send.

The AI will calculate an estimated price for the design, taking into account:

• Metal weight

• Gemstone count and specifications

• Your pricing configuration in RhinoArtisan

This makes it incredibly easy to give customers a quick and accurate estimate, or to validate internal costs during design reviews.

If you want to understand where this information comes from and how pricing is configured, please visit the Breakdown Settings page in this documentation.

14. Prepare the design for production, add dimensions, and generate a report

Once your design is ready, you can ask Co-designer to prepare all the technical information required for manufacturing.

You can send the instructions one by one, or simply write them all together in a single message and Co-designer will execute them in the correct order.

For example, you can type: “Prepare the design for production, add the dimensions, and make a report using Customer A.” and click Send.

Co-designer will:

1. Prepare the design for production Organize internal data, validate key parameters, and structure all technical information.

2. Add the dimensions Automatically create measurement annotations on the model, positioned cleanly and clearly.

3. Generate the report using Customer A Produce a professional, production-ready document including:

   • Technical specs

   • Dimensions

   • Gemstone list

   • Visual previews

   • Customer information

   • Additional metadata

If you want to learn how to customize or configure the layout and content of this report, take a look at the Report section of this documentation.