I am looking for a tutorial on how to model a daimond. I am using Hexagon 2.5  or know of a model I can purchase or better for free?

Attached Link: http://free.daz3d.com/free_weekly/detail.php?free_id=23

I know DAZ has a free one here ( you have to be signed in to reach their archive).   

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More shapes than you could ever use at the link.

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Thanks bagginsbill - I've been trying to remember that link for a couple of years :)

Yes alot of shapes I want to model my own to use in my own products but that gives me a starting point

Here's a tut on modeling a diamond in Maya.
The steps should be similar in most modeling software.....
http://www.lemiere.com/tutorials/tutorials_diamondmodel.htm

.....and another using Cinema 4D
http://www.jag4d.com/diamond_modeling.html

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3D Lapidary also has some pages on making the models:
http://www.3dlapidary.com/HTML/Intro3D.htm
about half-way down, shows how I did it before I fully understood how to interpret genuine cutting instructions. 
If you have cutting instructions to follow then look here:
http://www.3dlapidary.com/HTML/Facets.htm
The only difficulty with the latter method, is that the Boolean operations put the normals to the inside, (something I wasn't aware of at the time I wrote the page), so you will have to fix your normals at the end.

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I would suggest going here to if you are willing to buy some.

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/bcs/index.php?vendor=2498

Mertext's set is really inexpensive, turns out some nice looking gems, can be used I think to create your own jewlrey etc....and mertext has some great free mats for them too at his site.

Hope thats of some help to you. If not let me know and I'll wip one up for you for free artposer.

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