This "How-to" guide descibes how to edit user defined boundaries on example of appraiser which is included in release Oxygen ....
This is sample of boundaries applying as additional limitation to GIA Facetware:
Parameter name | Minimum Value | Maximum Value |
---|---|---|
Average Table % | 55 | 58 |
Average Crown Angle in degree | 33 | 35 |
Average pavilion angle in degree | 40.6 | 41.0 |
Average star Length % | 45 | 50 |
Average Lower Length % | 75 | 80 |
Average Girdle thickness bezel | 2.8 | 3.8 |
Average Crown Height % | 12.7 | 14.0 |
Girdle Description | THIN | MED |
Culet size | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Average Crown painting/Digging | -2.5 | 2.5 |
Average Pavilion Painting/Digging | -2.5 | 2.5 |
Sum of painting/digging | -3 | 4 |
Appraiser which is corresponds to this table is called My GIA 4/ GIA Facetware.M4.
It includes optimization part My GIA 4 which user can find by starting strings
[Appraiser] Version: 7 |
It includes apprising part GIA Facetware.M4 which user can find by starting strings
[Appraiser] Version: 7 |
These 2 parts are editable inside file MyGIA.txt placed in folder Facetware in root folder of program.
For example, user needs to change interval for Crown Angle for VG group to 30...36. It is necessary to
Open MyGIA.txt in Notepad and find apprising part GIA Facetware.M4:
[Appraiser] Version: 7 [quality] [other] value : t : DC_TableDiameter : stack : Ref1 interval : Restriction_Table : t : : : EX 55 58 VG 10 99 GD 10 99 FR 10 99 : (%) : "Intervals for Table" grading : Restrictions : Restriction_Table Restriction_CrownAngle Restriction_PavilionAngle Restriction_Star Restriction_LowerLength Restriction_GirdleBezel Restriction_CrownHeight Restriction_GirdleValue Restriction_Culet : Bad : reserved : Calculator : "=InitData(GIA Adaptor)" : "DataValues(t,tavg,b,bavg,a,aavg,acp,paint_upp,app,paint_low,sum_ap,paint_sum)" : "Calculate parameters in GIA Adaptor appraiser" externalgrading : Adaptor : "GIA Adaptor" Recommended : : : : : [end] [end] |
Find section with "intervals" - it contains intervals for different parameters for different cut quality groups. Here user can edit intervals for EX, VG and other cut quality groups.
Edit string:
Before:
interval : Restriction_CrownAngle : b : : : EX 33 35 VG 10 90 GD 10 90 FR 10 90 : (°) : "Intervals for Crown Angle" |
After:
interval : Restriction_CrownAngle : b : : : EX 33 35 VG 30 36 GD 10 90 FR 10 90 : (°) : "Intervals for Crown Angle" |
Find optimization part My GIA 4:
[Appraiser] Version: 7 [quality] [other] externalgrading : Adaptor : "GIA Adaptor" RecommendedGrading : : : : : [end] [cut] DiamondStart: /file My4\Brilliant_Start.dmc Parameters: DC_TableDiameter (%) DC_CrownAngle_Table (°) DC_PavilionAngle (°) DC_StarFacets (%) DC_LowerGirdleFacetLength (%) DC_GirdleThickness (%) DC_Culet (%) \ Optimize: \ DC_TableDiameter DC_TableDiameter DC_TableDiameter_CrownAngleStarFacet_Fixed \ Mass: 0.00 100000 \ [end] [fixedcut] [end] |
Before:
Mass: 0.00 100000 \ |
After:
Mass: 0.00 100000 \ |
For example, user needs to add Total Heigth parameter with range 58...62.5 to EX group. It is necessary to
Open MyGIA.txt in Notepad and find apprising part GIA Facetware.M4:
[Appraiser] Version: 7 [quality] [other] value : t : DC_TableDiameter : stack : Ref1 interval : Restriction_Table : t : : : EX 55 58 VG 10 99 GD 10 99 FR 10 99 : (%) : "Intervals for Table" grading : Restrictions : Restriction_Table Restriction_CrownAngle Restriction_PavilionAngle Restriction_Star Restriction_LowerLength Restriction_GirdleBezel Restriction_CrownHeight Restriction_GirdleValue Restriction_Culet : Bad : reserved : Calculator : "=InitData(GIA Adaptor)" : "DataValues(t,tavg,b,bavg,a,aavg,acp,paint_upp,app,paint_low,sum_ap,paint_sum)" : "Calculate parameters in GIA Adaptor appraiser" externalgrading : Adaptor : "GIA Adaptor" Recommended : : : : : [end] [end] |
Find section with "value" and add parameter DC_TotalHeight:
value : t : DC_TableDiameter : stack : Ref1 |
Find section with "intervals" and add interval for EX group 58...62.5 like this:
interval : Restriction_Table : t : : : EX 55 58 VG 10 99 GD 10 99 FR 10 99 : (%) : "Intervals for Table" |
Find section grading : Restrictions and add Restriction_TotalHeight there:
grading : Restrictions : Restriction_Table Restriction_TotalHeight Restriction_CrownAngle Restriction_PavilionAngle Restriction_Star Restriction_LowerLength Restriction_GirdleBezel Restriction_CrownHeight Restriction_GirdleValue Restriction_Culet : Bad : |
That is all. There is no need to add parameter TotalHeight in optimization part My GIA 4 because there are other parameters which form total height of stone and they are optimized.