02.09.2010 |
Helium Polish 5
New version of Helium Polish is released.
- New advantages for analyzing girdle asymmetry and removing girdle asymmetry
- Defining Girdle Types for Cushion as Red, Yellow, Green and Blue
- New algorithm of autocalibrating of Helium Polish scanner
- New algorithm with additional contours for general improvement of model construction
- Algorithms Princess and New Princess are improved
- Rough and Polish Polyhedron algorithms are improved
- Improved constructions of some cushions
- Removed superfluous facets of some semipolished model
- Line thickness of reports pictures can be modified via INI file
- New girdle thickness line is added in the plot Girdle thickness
- Type of facets in fancy cuts are defined better
- Added new picture into reports - Diamond side view without dimensions lines and parameters values
- Fixed bugs
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25.08.2010 |
Oxygen Viewer Free Version 1.6
New program is available for download.
What is new in the Oxygen Viewer Free Version:
- Indication of solution ID
- Solution layers are visible in the Solutions mode
- Updated diamond clarity estimation algorithm
- Appraisers and dll cuttings are updated
- Fixed bug
More details>>
Download Oxygen Viewer Free Version 1.6 |
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02.04.2010 |
Announcement! Inclusions with textures
3D models of diamonds with textured inclusions will be available in the next version of DiamCalc.
See example of Demo-movie
3D models with inclusions can be created in Oxygen since version 3.0. The new Oxygen software allows to make export of allocated polished diamond with its inclusions and textures and Helium Polish scanned models into DiamCalc file. |
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19.03.2010 |
Oxygen Microscope and Oxygen Inclusion 3
New versions of Oxygen software are available for download.
What is new in the Oxygen:
- New optimization algorithms are included
- Reports are available in the Oxygen software
- Oxygen Customer report
- Oxygen Polish reports
- Extra options for inclusion visualization
- Export of allocated diamonds with inclusions and Helium Polish scanned models into DiamCalc files
- Improved camera access
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05.08.2009 |
Rough and Polish diamonds movies
Rough and Polish diamond movies are available for viewing and download:
- Rough stereo movies. This set of films for rough diamonds can be viewing in stereo mode
- Lightbox and movies for cut comparison. The set of pairs of films in different lighting conditions for the same stones
- Round + Cushion movies. Round and cushion diamonds are moved together in one film
All films are available in FLM and Quick Time formats.
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28.07.2009 |
Inconsistencies in "The French Blue and the Hope"
Letters Gem & Gemology Summer 2009
In their article presenting a new model of the French Blue (Spring G&G, pp. 4-19), Farges et al. used a newly discovered lead cast to confirm the possibility of the Hope diamond being cut from the French Blue. During their research, they created a three-dimensional model of the cast based on the shadow projections obtained by an Octonus Helium Rough 1:4 scanner operated by Matrix Diamond Technology. The dimensions of the model are 30.37 x 25.50 x 12.87 mm, which match those of the lead cast within 20 microns accuracy. (This model is available at www.octonus.com/oct/projects/frenchblue.phtml.)
From my analysis of the 3D model, I disagree with some of the statements made in the article...
Read Inconsistencies in "The French Blue and the Hope" from Gem & Gemology |
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22.07.2009 |
Oxygen Microscope and Oxygen Inclusion 2.5
New versions of Oxygen software are available for download.
What is new in the Oxygen:
- New context based interface for creating inclusions
- Example of working with new context based interface. Creating a new inclusion
- Tools for creating inclusions contours are available in Scene
- Inclusion selection tool
- Small interface improvements
- Inclusion numbering for every type of inclusions
- Different names for different types of cracks, flat and curved
- Changing status for several inclusions and deleting several
inclusions are available in the inclusion list
- Search inclusions panel for cracks
- Adding precise contour into deep points without switching between Microscope camera an Photo view mode
- Creating a Deep point or its precise contour by mouse click in
Scene in place where you want to create it
- Changing photo sets of HR photos without changing number of photos
- Effects
- Auto Exposure
- New type of inclusions Cloud
- Creating hole by photos from Helium Rough
- New Blind method for creating Cracks
- HDR photorealistic diamond and inclusions visualization
- Autosave file option
More details >>
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01.07.2009 |
Diamond Calculator 3.2 demo version
You may have tried to explain the benefits of DiamCalc to friends and associates. There is a powerful free demo version. It is available for download here.
The demo version contains three examples:
- Marquise - parametric cut demo
- Cushion - vivid color demo
- Crack - inclusions demo
The Demo enables all HDR rendering features for the limited included examples.
Please read the detail descriptions of new possiblities and restrictions in the DiamCalc 3.2 Demo version.
Restriction of Demo version: files can not be saved and loaded, but the marquise proportions can be adjusted to see how DiamCalc can benefit colour enhancement by controlling the cut. The brilliant that demonstrates the Inclusion viewer however does not enable proportions to be changed. |
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26.06.2009 |
Helium Rough & Pacor Client 4.55
Helium Rough and Pacor Client 4.55 are available for download.
What is new in the software:
- New batch laser marking mode
- New safety laser marking option
- Checking shift of stone position during scanning and marking
- Optimization algorithms are improved
- Inclusions textures on photorealistic images
- Export set of burning lines into separate file *.bdl from Pacor Client and mark it on Helium Rough
The detail descriptions of new features of Helium Rough and Pacor Client
Download Helium Rough
Download Pacor Client
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10.06.2009 |
Helium Polish 4.51
What is new in the program:
- New parameters: Radius, Crown height at Bone and Pavilion depth at Bone
- Girdle sides and Internal angles output into reports for straight ages fancies
- Extra facets for girdle, crown and pavilion
- Illustrated report for step cuts
- Small improvements in marquise construction
The detail descriptions and examples of new reports |
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28.04.2009 |
Dear Partners & Customers,
Our phone in Moscow Office + 7 (495) 545 5719 is changed.
Please use the new phone number + 7 (495) 639 9384 |
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24.03.2009 |
Helium Polish 4.49
New features of the program:
- New cuts Cushion, Radiant and Square Radiant are constructed by Helium Polish
- Girdle sides and girdle internal angles are available for princesses, step cuts, radiants, square radiants and others
- New Algorithm for Automatic control of holder height
- Accuracy of defining the directions of minimum and maximum diameters is increased
The detail descriptions and examples of new reports
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3.02.2009 |
GemAdviser free version 2.0
What is new in the program:
- High Dynamic Range images and movies
- Two new lighting presets (HDR):
- HDR Default Lighting
- HDR Disco II
- Support for new external cuts (dll modules)
More details >>
Download GemAdviser |
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13.01.2009 |
3DBook free
Diamond 3DBook free full version is available on our web-site.
Diamond 3DBook is a computer interactive tutorial
that involves extensive information on working with diamonds: from
the physical background determining the unique properties of these
stones to the modern worldwide system of diamond trade.
3DBook is designed for training diamond specialists and raising the level of
their skills. The capability of interactive diamond modeling and the
availability of extensive reference data make Diamond 3D Book a useful
tool in everyday work of gemologists, appraisers, Certification Centers,
gemstone cutters, gemological labs and institutes, manufacturers and
sellers of diamonds and jewelry made of these. |
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15.12.2008 |
Helium Rough & Pacor Client 4.37
Helium Rough and Pacor Client 4.37 are released.
New features of the programs:
- New parameters for recognition
- Rough models resembling
- New interface for Marking-out panel
- Scroll-bar for cutting list
- Differently colored inclusions output into pictures of rough reports
- Optimization algorithms are improved. New algorithms 08.Single and 08.Single.Flex are available
- Laser marking control of hardware is improved
- Laser marking offset for girdle form marking
- Angle & azimuth info of allocated diamonds with respect to its table
- Custom cuttings in Rough Classification panel are saved in mmd file
- New option for Optimization task list
- New optimization methods are added into the Small stone process
- Fixed bug
The detail descriptions of new features of Helium Rough and Pacor Client |
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28.10.2008 |
Oxygen XRay 2.3
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03.10.2008 |
Synthetic Appeal
Many diamantaires believe that synthetic diamonds pose a risk to consumer confidence - because "fakes" might be passed off unethically as natural diamonds - and that high-end consumers will never choose a synthetic diamond anyway. But what if man-made diamonds created their own new markets by developing a niche in exclusive luxury goods?
Read Letter to the Editor from Rapaport Diamond Report. |
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12.09.2008 |
Helium Rough & Pacor Client 4.33
Helium Rough and Pacor Client 4.33 are released.
New features of the programs:
- Optimization algorithms are improved
- New version 1.2 of DLL cuttings is developed for more fast optimization
- Four diamonds in solution are displayed in Marking Out panel
- Records of inclusion quantity in the TXT report
- Short shape`s names in Marking Out and full name in the Parameter panels
- New recognition
- Bound Swim for All layers
- Open mmd files with duplicated cuttings without using CopyCutting command
- New Helium Polish AnyCut report is available for optimized cuts. It can be used for all supported cuts: internal, ASCII, DLL, unknown cuts etc
The detail descriptions of new features of Helium Rough and Pacor Client
Download DLL cuttings |
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28.08.2008 |
Oxygen Viewer 1.5
New version of Oxygen Viewer is available for download.
What is new in the Oxygen Viewer Free Version:
- The clarity mini-report is improved in the Inclusions in polished mode
- Full parameters list panel with the Cut grade, Clarity and Color is available
- JPEG format is supported
- Projects with huge amount of inclusions opens faster in new version
- Correct displaying of diamonds allocated with CopyCutting command
More details...
Download Oxygen Viewer Free Version 1.5
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07.07.2008 |
Oxygen Microscope and Oxygen Inclusion 2.3
New versions of Oxygen software are available for download.
What is new in the Oxygen:
- Creating Curved cracks
- Creating 3D Inclusions
- Constructing of Point inclusions is improved
- Auto focus
- Automatic shot for the new inclusion contour
- Crosshair & Pear button
- Inclusion contour selection windows updates
- Focus movement control is improved for MBox with OctoNus motor
More details... |
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02.07.2008 |
Helium Polish 4.29
Helium Polish 4.29 is released.
New updates of the program:
- Constructing of some round fancy model created by asc sample is improved
- Triangle door pointer is available on pictures in the report
- New estimations of Width and Length in the Heart report
- Ratio L/W and Girdle ratio
- Crown main and corner angles, Pavilion main and corner angles are available for Radiant
- Parameters Corner width / length in the report for StepCut
- New behavior of stone weight input in the scanning process
The detail descriptions and examples of new reports
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30.04.2008 |
Helium Polish 4.23
Girdle asymmetry (left picture) and
Recommendation for removing (right picture)
Helium Polish 4.23 is released.
Features of the new version:
- New universal report for unknown and any cuts is available (if you create a cutting by asc sample use Unknown Report type)
- Facets angles, azimuths and other are displayed on Scene
- Girdle symmetry picture and diagram are improved
- Girdle facets angles and azimuths are available for brilliants and rounded fancies
- HTML report for Step Cut
- Autosave STL option
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14.04.2008 |
Oxygen XRay
New Oxygen XRay software is released.
The Oxygen XRay is a software developed to work with 3D models created by CTan program, SkyScan system. The CTan program uses X-Ray data and creates STL 3D model of rough and its inclusions manually or automatically. Oxygen XRay software loads 3D models, allows to analyze inclusions, allocates diamonds and evaluates prices of solutions.
Main features of the program:
- Import CTan STL 3D models and inclusions
- Reduce STL model complexity and convert to Oxygen files
- Check and remove incorrect inclusions
- Define any type of inclusions
- Allocate diamonds
- Explore diamond cutting solutions
- Evaluate prices of the different possible solutions and quality of the polished diamonds
Oxygen XRay Step by Step Instruction (PDF)
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14.02.2008 |
Oxygen Microscope and Oxygen Inclusion 2.2
New Oxygen software is available for download.
What is new in the programs:
- Improved image managing, jpg format supported
- Using Logitech MX Revolution mouse to work with MBox
- Creation nonconvex holes is supported
- Support for new types of MBoxes Z6 Apoa and Z16 Apoa
- Fixed bug
More details..
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08.02.2008 |
Helium Rough & Pacor Client 4.21
Helium Rough and Pacor Client 4.21 are released.
New features of the programs:
- Scanned photos are saved and loaded in Jpeg format
- New parameters for ASC diamonds
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detail descriptions and example of new report |
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17.01.2008 |
Commoditization of Diamonds
Why are diamonds - the ultimate luxury product - losing out so badly to other luxury goods? Is it because other luxury industries (expensive cars, high fashion, yachts, etc,) are innovative with smart branding and customization?
Diamonds are evolving into a traditional business with little innovation.
Since the 1940's "A Diamond is Forever" established diamonds as necessities. But now "diamond the luxury" has become "diamond the commodity". We need to change this perception and make diamonds individual and unique again ...
Read Letter to the Editor from Rapaport Diamond Report. |
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16.01.2008 |
Helium Polish 4.19
Helium Polish 4.19 is released.
New updates of the program:
- Girdle asymmetry estimation for rounded fancies
- Girdle angles and azimuths are available for triangles,emeralds and radiants
- Automatic detection of star facets for semipolished round brilliant is included
- Facets marking for rounded fancies is improved
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detail descriptions and examples of new reports |
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16.01.2008 |
2nd International Diamond Cut Conference
We are glad to announce that the 2nd International Diamond Cut Conference (IDCC-2) will take place in Switzerland in spring 2009.
Please visit IDCC-2 page at http://idcc2.octonus.com for more information. |
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03.12.2007 |
Helium Polish
Helium Polish 4.17 is released.
New updates of the program:
- New parameters for Step Cut / Triangle
- Parameters of curve, head, point and wing facets and illustrations are available in reports for polished rounded fancies
- Facets marking algorithm is improved
- Colour of pictures in reports and export data is defined in INI files
- The same names of reports used in a title of report, template file name and in the Helium program
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detail descriptions and examples of new reports |
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30.11.2007 |
New Oxygen releases
Oxygen Microscope 2.1, Oxygen Inclusion 2.1 and Oxygen Viewer 1.4 are available for download.
New features of Oxygen Microscope / Inclusion:
- New tool Locate Inclusion
- Blind method for creating Point inclusions
- Automatic focus on Point Inclusion
- Cross bar is displayed in the Inclusion contour selection panel
- Real deviation of an inclusion localization is displayed
More details..
New features of Oxygen Viewer:
- Oxygen Viewer does not require a registration now. Just download, install and run the program
- Photoreal mode is available
- Inclusions are displayed on the surface of diamonds in the new Inclusion in polished mode
More details.. |
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27.11.2007 |
Computer modeling of gemstones
for improvement of their color appearance
There are many cases when a better cut can reveal a better color of a gemstone, and many cases when a gemstone's appearance has some flaws because of its cut. Unlike diamond, colored gemstones cutting allows for a lot more freedom. A cutter can choose among many shapes, facet patterns and proportion sets. The primary goal for a cutter is to achieve the best possible color and to reveal the potential of every piece of rough material. Because of the complicated nature of interaction between light and gemstone facets, every facet matters. Cutting mistakes can become evident only after the last facet is polished. Today many commercially available colored stones have various optical flaws in their appearance. That is why cutters are looking for a way to predict the optimal appearance of future gemstone's
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Read new article Computer modeling of gemstones
for improvement of their color appearance
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10.09.2007 |
Trade-in old technology rough diamond scanners
for new clarity planning scanners
Rapid technological change has caught Indian cutters sitting on old technology rough diamond scanners. OctoNus clarity planning scanners, M-Box™ and Helium™, have made old technology scanners redundant. However manufacturers cannot justify throwing their earlier investments on the scrap heap. But they face losing money to competitors who upgraded to the OctoNus technology that optimizes included rough. Those competitors can pay more for the rough, and with African beneficiation schemes, there is a shortage of bigger rough in the market...
Lexus and OctoNus are offering Indian manufacturers a 50% rebate on today's current sale value for Sarin rough laser scanners based on a seven year depreciation schedule. This generous offer holds until the end of October 2007.
More details
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22.08.2007 |
Visible adsorption spectra and
DiamCalc-files of colored gem materials are available for download.
Spectral data was obtained with SF-56A spectrophotometer in the 370 - 770 nm range, 1 nm step in Moscow State University Gemological Center. Spectra were recorded through two opposite parallel windows of the sample in room temperature.
Corresponding absorption spectra used for modeling are available in the Microsoft Excel format.
DiamCalc-files of colored gem materials allow to create in DiamCalc your own colour gemstones of corundum, topaz, zirconium, color fancy diamonds and etc. |
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04.08.2007 |
Helium Polish 4.0 is released.
The new updates:
- Parameters of curve, head, point and wing facets are available in the semipolished report
- Fixed bug. Not correct culet center in Emerald cutting
More details and
example of new report |
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03.08.2007 |
New DiamCalc 3.0 is released.
What is new in the program:
- High Dynamic Range movies and images created with High Dynamic Range panoramas and real observers
- Bloom effect
- Lighting panorama with high dynamic range (HDR)
- Lighting with generated panorama (zones and light sources)
- Paper sheet environment
- Observer model
- ETAS images
- Cut Designer builds variable models
- Added Natural Diamond and Cubic Zirconia to the list of materials for setting refraction in Gem properties
- Added the GIA PCT 2006 appraiser for Brilliant cut
Press Release. DiamCalc 3.0 and DiamCalc 3.0 Pro launched by OctoNus
Download Documentation |
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06.07.2007 |
Helium Rough and Pacor Client 3.101 are released.
New updates of the programs:
- Polish reports for optimized diamonds are available
- Export all parameters data from panel "Brilliant: Full"
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28.05.2007 |
Helium Rough & Pacor Client version 3.99 are
released.
New features of the programs:
- Solved problem in Bound Marking Option. Now every Bound object
is "one-side" restriction
- New features for encoding diamond price with special
PL-series keys
- Import solutions is available from *.oxg files
- Solutions ID are available in the Optimization task list
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detailed description
Download Helium Rough
Download Pacor Client |
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23.05.2007 |
Oxygen Microscope Server and Oxygen Inclusion version
2.0 are available for download.
Oxygen Microscope is a software developed to work with M-Box (microscope).
Main features of the system M-box / Oxygen Microscope:
- Special algorithms for Pin Point inclusion, Flat
cracks and 3D inclusion
- 5 axes control for multi axes manually moving of
rough. Inclusions can be picked and placed from any
window located at any place (except the place where
the stone is glued)
- Different lighting options for transparent and opaque
inclusions
- User friendly GUI and ergonomically designed control
board
- Inclusion from VVS to I3 can be mapped. Magnification
up to 60x / 115x
- Pin hole cavities can be scanned and mapped
- Automatic focusing on surface (Optional)
- LAN configurable. Can be networked with Helium Rough
and other Oxygen/Pacor terminals
- Quick inclusion placement and very quick pay back
time
Oxygen Inclusion software contains all new algorithm and features without
instruments for working with hardware (microscope).
GIA PCTG StarCul and AGS 2005 appraisers are available
in Oxygen.
Download Oxygen Microscope Server
Download Oxygen Inclusion
Oxygen Microscope Documentation (PDF) |
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28.04.2007 |
Helium Rough & Pacor Client version 3.97 are
released.
New features of the Helium Rough:
- Increase length of Culet marking Line
- New parameters Tilting data, Part weight, Distance
to Holder are included into rough reports
- Pictures with Crown (Table) facing up and Pavilion
bottom are available in the reports
- Working with Oxygen`s inclusions by Tool option
- Bound Marking Option
- Fixed bug: Laser Marking for Girdle Form from Pavilion
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detailed descriptions and example of new report
New features of the Pacor Client:
- New parameters Tilting data, Part weight, Distance
to Holder are included into rough reports
- Pictures with Crown (Table) facing up and Pavilion
bottom are available in the reports
- Working with Oxygen`s inclusions by Tool option
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19.03.2007 |
Helium Rough 3.95 / Pacor Client 3.95 are released.
What is new in the Helium Rough:
- Marking line adjustment algorithm
- Draw "girdle profile" instead of "girdle curve"
- Enumeration of solutions
- Change status of yellow inclusions for Swim, Bound
swim, Recut and etc algorithms in Tools
- Export mmd file name into Roughvalues.txt
- "Rough report" button on the scene
- Option "Set layer by handle" in Tools menu
- New laser drawing mode (by default "Laser Drawing Mode"
= 3)
- Improvement Z-sort marking mode
- Output path stores permanently for auto sequence process
The detailed descriptions
What is new in the Pacor Client:
- Enumeration of solutions
- Change status of yellow inclusions for Swim, Bound
swim, Recut and etc algorithms in Tools
- Export mmd file name into Roughvalues.txt
- "Rough report" button on the scene
- Option "Set layer by handle" in Tools menu
The detailed descriptions |
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23.02.2007 |
Oxygen Inclusion 1.52 is released.
The new features:
- Edit appraiser utility
- Double sandwich
- The sandwich feature allows SI3/I1/I2 layers
- When sandwich is created the "ex-parts"
are automatically assigned with the desired clarity (clarity that
user selected in the "make sandwich" window)
- In the "Clarity" window the program check the status
of the inclusion. In appropriate cases program advices to leave
the clarity intact (in these cases user should not change clarity
according to size-based clarity but should leave the value that
was specified in the "Make sandwich" window)
The detailed descriptions
Download Oxygen Inclusion |
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23.02.2007 |
Helium Polish 3.93 is published.
The features of new release:
- New parameters for StepCut / Trapezium:
Girdle side width, Girdle side length, Girdle side width-based
length
Culet length, Girdle facets slope & azimuth angles
- Automatic control of holder height
- The new GIA cut grade estimations
are available in the illustrated report for brilliant
- Fixed bug. Crown corner angles were missed in the Helium Polish
MS Word report for Princess. It is fixed in
this version.
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18.01.2007 |
New updates of Oxygen Inclusion 1.5.1 and Oxygen
Viewer 1.3.2 are available.
Fixed bug in the Oxygen Inclusion: on some stones the program
failed to create inclusion contour. This behavior is
fixed.
New Oxygen Viewer support "ASCII-cut" (allocated diamonds
based on ASCII cut now is correctly displayed). The
previous versions displayed this kind of files incorrectly.
Download Oxygen Inclusion
Download Oxygen Viewer |
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15.01.2007 |
New releases Helium Polish, Helium Rough & Pacor
Client are available.
The features of new Helium Polish 3.91:
- Recut report with new parameters
- Export smart recut model into DiamCalc
- Parameters of full report for brilliant are available for semipolished
round diamonds with polished crown and semipolished
pavilion or semipolished crown and polished pavilion
- Autosave *.mmd, *.dmc, *.gem
into target directories after building model
The
detail descriptions and examples of new reports
The features of Helium Rough 3.91 and Pacor Client
3.91:
- HASP HL Pro versions of software includes Helium
Rough 1:1, 1:2, 1:4
- Load Parameter Appraiser and Price List from the
pop-up menu
- Option of automated search
of intervals to create interval (Boundaries) appraiser associated
with new "point" appraisers (GIA PCTG StarCul / AGS 2005)
- Fixed bugs
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13.01.2007 |
New GIA PCTG StarCul Appraiser for Helium & Pacor
programs is available for download.
PCT - PAVILION-CROWN-TABLE appraiser table
G - estimation grade of Girdle in Girdle Min
(valley), estimation grade of Girdle in Girdle Max (bezel)
StarCul - estimation grade of Star facets & Culet
without optimization
Download
GIA PCTG StarCul Appraiser |
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29.12.2006 |
DiamCalc 3.0 announcement.
DiamCalc 3.0 will be able to generate movies based on
High Dynamic Range images.
There
are examples of Demo Movies
Happy New Year!
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08.12.2006 |
Dear Partners & Customers,
Our e-mail addresses @next.msu.ru are not available anymore.
To contact with us please send
message from our web-site.
We apologize for any inconvenience. |
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25.11.2006 |
New releases Helium Polish 1:1
version 3.87 (build 91) and Helium Polish 1:2 version
3.87 (build 92) are available.
The features of new release:
- New parameters Width-wise culet shift ratio / Length-wise
culet shift ratio are included for all cuttings with offset estimation
- Corner angle width/length parameters are included for Step Cuts
- Round report section Painting is renamed as Paint / Dug
- Text descriptions of parameter Painting are renamed
- Calculation of Princess and Any Cut cuttings are improved
Saving a model into free GemAdviser format *.GEM (With out creating
HTML report)
- New GIA_PCT_2006 appraiser of cut quality is included in to
the program.
- Internal symmetry appraiser is updated
- Added symmetry estimations for all parameters with deviations
from average (for RBC reports)
- The ranges of estimations are modified
- External symmetry appraiser
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11.09.2006 |
The DiamCalc 2.8.0 (build 375) is released.
The new features:
- Added the possibility to generate same RTF and HTML
reports for scanned polished diamonds as in the OctoNus
Helium software. Users may customize report templates
to fit their needs. Such reports may be generated
using files with 3D model of the stone obtained by
OctoNus scanners as well as using any other imported
3D model. There are examples of new DiamCalc reports for Helium and Sarin scanned polished brilliants.
- Support for external cuts from DLL was added. All
DLLs implementing such cuts should be placed in the
"Cuttings" subfolder of DiamCalc. The content
of this folder is analyzed at the start of the program
and all found cuts are appended to the list of available
cuts. If you save DMC file with external cut and pass
it to another user of DiamCalc or GemAdviser, make
sure that the recipient also has the corresponding
DLL.
- The Cut Quality estimation has new index: Dark zone
mono. Calculation of Contrast is disabled.
- Added "Lower facets length" parameter
to Brilliant cut to measure lower
girdle facets according to GIA and Sarin.
Please read more details
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30.08.2006 |
Oxygen Inclusion 1.5 and Oxygen Taste 1.5 are updated.
The new features of Oxygen Inclusion:
- Small spherical inclusions are available. These
inclusions can be adjusted manually with no contours.
- Improvements in the "move panel" including manual distance, angle and zoom steps.
- New tool allows to "draw" small contours in the
Inclusion selection plug-in.
The detailed descriptions |
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14.08.2006 |
The new version Oxygen Inclusion 1.4 and Oxygen Taste
1.4 are available for download.
The new updates of Oxygen Inclusion:
- 06 complex & 06 single algorithms
- Construction of flat inclusions
- New type "shell" of inclusion sandwich
- Improved contour selection tool
The detailed descriptions |
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04.08.2006 |
New releases Helium Rough 1:1, Helium Rough 1:2
and Helium Rough 1:4 version 3.80 are available.
New features of Helium Rough:
- Construction of cavities on laser mapping model utilizes all
available processors in the system, thus increasing the speed
of calculations.
- Calculation of laser mapping model is improved.
- Rotation of motor by mouse on the scene is included.
- Laser marking velocity is increased.
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14.07.2006 |
New releases Helium Polish 1:1 version 3.80 (build 74) and
Helium Polish 1:2 version 3.80 (build 75) are available.
The Helium Polish system has the following new features:
- The Girdle Type parameters were substituted by new parameters:
Crown Painting and Pavilion Painting. They estimate crown and
pavilion independently. New parameters are added to the reports
for round brilliants.
- Improved building of fancy cutting and its semipolished.
- The mode of construction any cutting by ASCII is
included.
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20.05.2006 |
New releases Helium Polish 1:1 version 3.70 (build 473) and
Helium Polish 1:2 version 3.70 (build 474) are available.
New features of Helium Polish system:
- Improvement in building of rounded fancy cuttings
(Marquise, Pear, Oval).
- Improvement in building of Round Semi-polished diamonds
and new reports for semi-polished round diamonds.
- Picture "profile view of diamond model" is updated.
Now user has option to change scale, size and other
parameters of the picture.
The
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12.05.2006 |
The full current version of the Oxygen Inclusion
software with limited time of operation is available
for just US $99
Please read more details
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24.04.2006 |
Description of laser mapping and dual laser mapping technology is
available. There are examples of models obtained by
different types of scanning, the diagrams and demonstrations. |
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07.04.2006 |
The information about patent is published. The patent
protects OctoNus technology "Locating inclusions
in a diamond".
Read more details |
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04.04.2006 |
The new version Oxygen Inclusion 1.3.4 is available
for download.
The new updates of Oxygen Inclusion:
- Rotation photos as a movie by mouse
- Creating virtual «windows» on the model
- New algorithm for fast automatic creation of inclusion contour
- Switching pricelists
- Fixed bug
The video demonstrations and detailed descriptions of
new features for Oxygen
Inclusion 1.3.4 |
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03.04.2006 |
Helium Polish 1:1 version 3.60 (build 1017) and Helium Polish
1:2 version 3.60 (build 1016) are available.
New features of Helium Polish system:
- HTML reports
- Internal formatted text reports
- Default settings for reports
HTML report is developed for users who like publishing reports
into web. Text report is developed for Labs because users
get option to work with report in program in Scene without
exit and save report in database.
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01.03.2006 |
The OctoNus clients receive the possibility to use original parametric cuts created by themselves in the Pacor software.
This allows:
- to use the possibilities of the cut most flexibly and most completely.
- to create independently and protect your competitive advantage either during the work with new cuts or during the extended work with existing cuts. The cut libraries created by you will be available only to your operators.
You can extend the list of cuts with your original cut(s) using external cut module.
External cut module is a dynamic link library (DLL) that holds the geometry structure of one or several cuts and contains necessary geometrical calculations.
External cut DLL's should be placed in the "cuttings" folder. They may also be loaded within specific commands in configuration files.
If you want to create your own external cut DLL please download the ExtCutSample.zip package.
This package contains the detailed specifications and requirements to external cut dll along with the Pear cut sample.
Download External cut (ExtCutSample.zip, 25 Kb).
The detailed descriptions of External cut modules |
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15.02.2006 |
The new version Oxygen Inclusion 1.3.3 is available
for download.
The new updates of Oxygen Inclusion:
- Set colour and clarity for any diamond
- Move model option
- Indication angle between the contours
- Four Scenes switch button
- Fixed problem with algorithm Adaptive.
- Some inclusions of complex structure might lead to program error while loading .oxg file. This bug is fixed in this version.
The detailed descriptions of new updates for Oxygen Inclusion 1.3.3 |
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26.01.2006 |
The Pacor Software has been testing on the computers
with different CPU performance. Now we recommend to
use AMD Atlon64-X2. Please see the CPU performance comparison
table for details. |
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15.12.2005 |
The new versions Oxygen Inclusion 1.3 and Oxygen
Viewer 1.3 are available for download.
The Oxygen Inclusion has the following new features:
- Manual control of the Sandwich structure
- Disable/enable specific contours of inclusion
- 3D-inclusions are saved now with source contours
and extended data
- Oxygen 1.3 uses "05" series of allocation methods now
- Updated appraisers. Switching the current (active) appraiser in oxygen
- Photorealistic image mode (DiamCalc style of image)
The Oxygen Inclusion and Oxygen Viewer have minor updates and fixes:
- Oxygen shows the "complex" model by default
- Fixed problem with new round cut brilliants allocated with Pacor/Helium
- Previous version of Oxygen could give an error while loading specific 3d-inclusions. This problem is solved in the version 1.3
The detailed descriptions of new features for Oxygen
Inclusion 1.3 and Oxygen
Viewer 1.3. |
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06.12.2005 |
New versions
of Helium Polish 1:1 version 3.50 (build 4969) and Helium
Polish 1:2 version 3.50 (build 4970) are available.
Report of StepCut was added. Report of Princess cut has been improved.
There are new templates for Helium Polish for Polished StepCut, SemiPolished StepCut and Princess. Old templates have been improved and bags fixed. |
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30.09.2005 |
The DiamCalc 2.4.0 (build 337) beta version is released.
This is a nonscheduled beta version devoted to the new AGS_2005 appraiser. The goal of the version is to help the gem cutters to
determine the final grade of the cut. This version is not a final release, but only a beta, because the rules of the new AGS 2005 appraiser may still be corrected.
The DiamCalc 2.4 has the following new features:
- The Brilliant cut has new parameters: Culet offset and azimuth, Upper and lower facets azimuth.
- The new AGS_2005 appraiser for Brilliant and Prince cuts is added.
- AGS Spread parameter is available.
- AGS Angular Spectrum Evaluation Tool lighting (ASET) is added.
- The possibility to choose the RGB primaries for color correction is available.
Please read the detailed description |
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06.09.2005 |
The new version GemAdviser
1.4 is released.
The GemAdviser has the following updates:
- Transformation of coordinates XYZ to coordinates sRGB is realized
at an output the image to the screen of the monitor. It has improved
a colour rendition.
- New button with photo camera allows saving the picture in JPEG
and BMP file.
- Several lighting modes have been added:
- ASET 30 Black
- Hearts & Artrows
- Al Gilbertson + White
- Leakage
- Fish-eye evaluation
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23.08.2005 |
The new release of Helium Polish software Helium
Polish 1:1 version 3.50 (build 3458) and Helium Polish
1:2 version 3.50 (build 3459) are available.
The features of new release Helium Polish:
- Improvement of quality of building of Princess and Step cuts
- Improved full reports for Princess cut with new parameters
Please
read the description of new release Helium Polish and
its new features
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19.08.2005 |
The new versions Oxygen Inclusion 1.2 and Oxygen
Viewer 1.2 are available for download.
There are the descriptions of new features in Oxygen
Inclusion 1.2 and Oxygen
Viewer 1.2. |
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13.05.2005 |
Helium Rough systems will be released for sale on May 27, 2005 in Surat.
New innovative techniques incorporated in this system:
- LaserMapping with 2 lasers from different directions
increases the number and accuracy of scanned concavities
compared to single laser technologies;
- Localization of 3D-Inclusions and automatic accounting
of their position and clarity group, and then optimizing
allocation for value, not just size.
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13.04.2005 |
The Oxygen Viewer Free Version is released.
The Oxygen Viewer is software developed to view projects created by Oxygen. It allows multiple users to explore diamond cutting solutions obtained from Oxygen Software:
- to see the model of a rough diamond, its inclusions and the models of proposed polished diamonds;
- to evaluate prices of various solutions and qualities of potential polished diamonds.
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12.01.2005 |
Helium system is updated. New features of Helium system are available:
- Image of parameters in the scene.
- Automatic diagnostics of diamond shift during scanning process.
- Automatic diagnostics of hit of the vertex of Table facet of scanned diamond to the holder hole.
- Reports for semipolished diamonds and for arbitrary cuts.
- Improved reports for Polished Brilliant, Marquise,
Pear, Oval cuts, which are considered the specificity of these cuts.
- Greatly better building of fancy cuts such as Marquise, Pear, Oval.
- Time
of scanning is decreased significantly. The overall improvement (scanning and building of model) in the speed is about 25%.
- Modes of scanning were changed and improved. Method
"Optimum" was changed and now it takes about 23 sec
and at the same time accuracy of this method only
1,5 times less than "Accuracy" mode which takes about 45 sec.
Detailed description of updates and possibilities for new pre-release program Helium.exe. |
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16.12.2004 |
We updated AGA system for DiamCalc instead
of previous cut grade system of 1999 year. Now we use
information of 2004 year from www.gemappraisers.com.
Grade systems for fancy cuts like Princess, Marquise, Emerald are renewed.
For using the new AGA cut grade system please follow the instruction:
- Download the new file Appraise.txt.
- Replace the file Appraise.txt in folder where you installed
DiamCalc with new one which you download (default folder:
C:\Program Files\OctoNus Software\Diamond Calculator 2.3.1).
- Restart DiamCalc.exe.
Detailed description
of DiamCalc appraisers.
How to modify appraiser data. |
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08.2004 |
Welcome to the exhibition stand of MSU Gemological Center on the Moscow international exhibition "Jeweller - 2004".
We are going to present education programs, latest updates in the Diamond Cut Study project and more information about diamonds and other gemstones. There are our products Helium at the exhibition stand.
The exhibition will be in KVC "Sokolniki" 31 august - 7 september. The pavilion ¹11a, block 21, stand ¹46. Here is the map of the exhibition. |
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06.2004 |
The manufacture of Helium systems was started in India by Lexus company. Visit Helium page on www.lexus-com.com. |
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13.05.2004 |
New updates of the 3DCalc family products released: DiamCalc 2.3.1 and GemCalc 1.3.1. |
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20.04.2004 |
New versions of the 3DCalc family products released: DiamCalc 2.3, GemCalc 1.3 and GemAdviser 1.3.
Please see the DiamCalc, GemCalc and GemAdviser pages for details. |
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19.12.2002 |
Now you can see a new collection of movies created with the recent version of the DiamCalc
software. The movies from this collection visually explains several cut
characteristics like light return, leakage etc. |
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06.11.2002 |
Octonus brilliance beauty research: test with real diamonds. Several diamond sets:
"ideal cut", table tilted and with symmetry deviations in research
of the leading US and international experts and the diamond scanner results.
As discussed at the diamond forum. More... |
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GemCalc2 |
Ladies and Gentlemen ! We are delighted to announce
that a new software GemCalc will be launched in February
2001, extending the expertise of DiamCalc into the world
of color gemstones. A detailed description of the unique
software tool GemCalc for the most effective cut and maximum
beauty of color is available now at GemCalc page. |
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Diamond Calculator |
OctoNus Software has designed a new software product DiamCalc
- "Diamond Calculator", which enables precise calculation
of the diamond weight and determination of the proportions.
Diamond Calculator - is a system to model polished
gemstones, which enables precise calculation of the
weight and determination of the cut proportions. The
real (photorealistic) image of a polished diamond created
by the system makes it possible to determine the cut
parameters that cannot be measured directly and to select
the optimal combination of the parameters to obtain
the best perception (luster, brilliance, fire) of the
stone. Necessary cut parameters can be obtained by comparison
of the real diamond to a computer image.
Look here to learn
more, get a free demo or purchase DiamCalc online |
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