# Refine the Prong

### **Edge Selection Mode**

Refine the tip:

Switch to **Edge Selection Mode**.

![](https://www.rhinoartisan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/EdgeSelect-1.png)

Double-click the last horizontal edge of the prong. Use the **Gumball** to rotate the edge.

![](https://www.rhinoartisan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Edge_rotation.png)

In this case, since the tip is very small, it looks a bit odd. So, we will reselect the rotated edges and scale them by holding **Shift** to smooth the mesh.

![](https://www.rhinoartisan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Edge_escalar.png)

Change to object mode in the SubD tab

![](https://www.rhinoartisan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/SubD-desactivar-Seleccion-1.png)

### Pose the prong 

Use the **Top** view:

First we will create a reference line to rotate the prong correctly. Go to the **Curve** tab (1) and select the **Line** command (2).

![](https://www.rhinoartisan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/LineCommand.png)

Then, enable **Osnap** and select the leftmost point of the gem.

![](https://www.rhinoartisan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/OSnap.png)

From the **Top** view, create a line going downward.

![](https://www.rhinoartisan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-2024-11-20T123934.437-1024x992.png)

Show the Prong again, use "Show" in the command prompt.

Select the prong, and then, in the **Transform** tab, use the **Rotate** command.

![](https://www.rhinoartisan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Rotate.png)

Set **0**, in the command prompt, as the pivot point for rotation.

Select any point now to rotate the prong.

Keep in mind that when assembling the four prongs, they cannot be perfectly positioned along the circle of the gem, as they would touch the prong of the adjacent stone. For this reason, we will place each prong slightly further inward to avoid this issue.

Rotate it so that it does not extend beyond the reference line.

![](https://www.rhinoartisan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/RefLine.png)

### **Video Lesson**

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### **Next Step**

Mirror the prong to create symmetry.