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Plan rough diamonds with HP Carbon

Cut Evolution Without Absorption Spectrum

Photoreal rendering without an absorption spectrum or with a DZ Lite one, with Shape Normalized and Global Performance, Fire and Brilliance scores.

Needs HP Carbon Smart Recut or Smart AnyCut, with or without DZ Lite

Photos of every plan €0.03 per planned diamond
HQ video of the winner €1.09 per planned diamond
Case study total €7.85 10.86 ct rough, 25 planned diamonds

Uploading a project and the first year of hosting are free, see What is free and Hosting.

Rendering

Charged per planned diamond, that is, per diamond in each solution you render.

Mode Includes Price
Photos photos, Optical Symmetry score €0.03
Fast video in low quality, performance scores €0.10
Standard video in medium quality, performance scores €0.30
HQ video in high quality, performance scores, inclusions plotting, a darkfield photo €1.09

DZ Lite clients pay these prices. A plan rendered with a DZ Lite spectrum, which HP Carbon picks from its library by the color grade the operator sets, costs the same as a plan without a spectrum.

Performance scores are the Shape Normalized and Global Performance, Fire and Brilliance scores.

Other fees

Service Price
Optical Performance Scores of a scanned polished diamond or a design, with a high quality video €2.00 per scan model

The scores fee applies to the scan of a real diamond or a design, uploaded in an HP Carbon project or as a separate 3D model.

Case study

Project Cost Structure

case study

10 January
10 January

Step 1. The operator uploads a new project from HP Carbon

Contains 1 rough scanned model (10.86 ct), 10 solutions (25 diamonds)

Cost:
Upload and create a new HP Carbon project: free
10 January, after a while
10 January, after a while

Automatic photos rendering

25 diamonds with photos

Cost:
Photos mode: 25 × €0.03 = €0.75
11 January
11 January

Several solutions are chosen by photos

The best 4 out of 10 solutions are picked by photo examination

11 January, after a while
11 January, after a while

Step 2. The operator starts Fast mode rendering for the chosen solutions

Fast quality rendering for 4 chosen solutions (11 diamonds)

Cost:
Fast quality video rendering: 11 × €0.10 = €1.10
12 January
12 January

Several solutions are chosen by fast quality video

The best 2 out of 4 solutions are picked by fast quality video examination

12 January, after a while
12 January, after a while

Step 3. The operator starts Standard mode for the chosen solutions

Standard quality rendering for 2 chosen solutions (7 diamonds)

Cost:
Standard quality video rendering: 7 × €0.30 = €2.10
13 January
13 January

One winning solution is chosen

13 January
13 January

Step 4. The operator starts HQ mode for the winning solution

High quality video rendering for 1 final solution (3 diamonds)

Cost:
High quality rendering for the winning solution: 3 × €1.09 = €3.27
Step 4. The operator starts HQ mode for the winning solution
10 January, a year later
10 January, a year later

The free first year of hosting ends

10 January, a year later
10 January, a year later

Step 5. Hosting extends automatically for a year

1 project with 10 solutions (25 diamonds)

Cost:
Hosting for a year: 25 × €0.025 = €0.625
Total amount €7.85

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