Hi Barry, wow that is amazing, did not know that Blender has that much
features, will have a look now !

Colin, thank you so much for your Christmas gift ;-)

I REALLY appreciate your kind tips, links and files !! It is not so easy
to find information about this specialized topic, so it makes your infos
specially valuable. Downloaded your files and will have a look at them
right now at my working computer.

Hi Tom,

No prob's & glad to hear they'll be useful.
I don't profess to be any kind of expert with regards to pave, I've just accumulated info from those much more knowledgeable on the subject.

If looking for good examples of real jewellery then try searching for old stuff by Cartier & Tiffany as they were "hi-end" Makers.
Genuine old Art Nouveau stuff will have "animal subjects" & any with pave will be ALL done by hand, so that's your better reference.
Same will apply to Art Deco period as it was heavy with pave but being more geometric style, a lot of it's pieces are typically flat & so wont offer the same kind of reference.

Cartier's "Panther" range would be another good reference source.
https://www.cartier.com.au/en-au/maison/cartier-and-the-panther/the-panther-through-time.html

HTH, Colin

Hi Barry,

You wrote : ""I swept circles and used the pipe produced to cut surface.
The cut edge is used to sweep and cut the next edge and so on.""

I wonder what you did with the pipes where the radius of the rail curve
got so narrow that it forced the pipe to buckle ?

Getting a smaller circle for the Sweep wont help as the pipe will buckle
later when moving upward to the top ...

Hi Tom,
in my example I had split you model in two so that didn't happen.
Anyway have just checked and you can get round it.
Create the curves as before and then trim them back with a circle or sphere.
The curves can then be blended and joined.

Barry

Hey dear MOIers,

Currently putting all the input of this thread together I want to thank
everyone who has contributed with his infos, suggestions and ideas.
The MOI community has the same amazing spirit of contribution and
support as the maker of MOI and that is wonderful !