Kubikly vs jewellery CAD software
Tools such as MatrixGold, RhinoGold and JewelCAD give a trained designer complete control over every surface, with production-grade output and years of workflow around them.
| Professional jewellery CAD | Kubikly | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting point | A blank file and a trained designer | A photo, a sketch or a certificate |
| Editing | Modelling commands and parameters | Talk: “six prongs”, “1.5 ct oval”, “14K rose” |
| Gem report and metal weights | Yes, in the software | Yes: gem report, metal weights for every karat, overall length |
| Price | Separate tools | Built in: spot metal, stone tables, making hours, VAT, natural vs lab-grown |
| Learning curve | Months | Minutes |
| Cost | Licences from about $1,000 a year | First model free; credits after |
| Output | Production surfaces | Parametric geometry, STL / OBJ / GLB exports |
Which to use
A production designer keeps their CAD. A jeweller quoting a customer, a shop showing options, or a buyer who wants to understand a ring gets there faster here, and can hand the STL to the CAD designer for finishing.
Frequently asked
- Can a CAD designer use Kubikly's output?
- Yes. OBJ and STL exports open in Rhino and MatrixGold; the model is watertight parametric geometry.
- Does it do freeform sculpting?
- No. It rebuilds the type of piece you show it with the dimensions you confirm.
- Is the gem report like Matrix's?
- It lists every stone group with cut, mm size, count, carat each and total, plus a metal-weight table; the format was built to match what jewellers already read.