Sugarloaf Cabochon ?!

 From:  bemfarmer
10659.4 In reply to 10659.3 
Hi Tom,

After a lot of searching, I was unable to find a CAD file of a sugarloaf cabochon cut.

The definition is here:
https://emeralds.com/education/all-about-emerald-cabochons/

The cabochon cut is not really a facet cut. It has rounded sides.
The cabochon cut is a very old cut/grind.
The sugarloaf is a "square" rounded pyrimidal cut/grind.
Some lapidarist cut a square facet design, and then grind off to rounded sides.
The work is done by hand, so there are many possible designs.
Your picture shows grooves cut, for the mounting. This is not always done, if another mounting can work.
The bottom can be round or flat, below the "girdle".

It seems easy enough to boolean together some dome shapes in MoI, to make the rounded sides. Plus some fillets.

- Brian

https://www.gemologyonline.com/Forum/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=16088
https://www.gemologyonline.com/Forum/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=21928&hilit=sugarloaf
https://www.gemologyonline.com/Forum/phpBB2/search.php?keywords=sugarloaf&terms=all&author=&sc=1&sf=all&sk=t&sd=d&sr=posts&st=0&ch=300&t=0&submit=Search
https://forum.rocktumblinghobby.com/thread/85775/new-faceting-cad-program?page=1