FAQ's

Designing jewelry with computer is a new and innovative method of jewelry design that has been trending in the past few years. In 3D modeling, a jewelry piece is designed with a software. Then a 3D printer is used to produce a prototype and finally the process of mass production is started. In Traditional jewelry design or hand drawing the process starts from a concept. After the concept is decided, the designer transfers their idea onto a paper with precise measurements and hands it over to a jeweler so they could crave it out of a piece of wax or wood into a physical model. This used to be the traditional process of jewelry making before there were computers. Today jewelry design with computer is the most popular way of modeling jewelry.

You can pay your tuition and fees by wire transfer, cash, PayPal and credit card. We accept Master Cards and Visa cards.

Yes. We collect all tuitions in full prior to the first session of the course.

Yes. We have a cancelation and refund policy for our courses. You can check for the details at https://mda.ac/en/rules-and-regulations/

All courses are presented in English and Turkish only.

For Jewelry CAD design courses you need a computer (desktop or laptop) and a basic understanding of the Windows operating system. For the Concept Design courses we offer a list of items which contains a pencil, eraser, paper and paper stump, etc. We present this list in detail prior to the course. 

You can schedule as many sessions in a week as you want, as long as you find enough time during the week to practice the content, but typically we recommend to have maximum 3 sessions per week.

You can set your one-on-one classes any time during the day as long as it is scheduled inside our working hours which is 8:00am to 9:00pm +3:30 GMT. You can also set your classes on any day of the week as long as it does not meet any local holidays.

Technically the more you practice, the more you will become experienced, but we recommend to spend at least 2 hours a day for reviewing the presented material.

Yes. For those who use the Rhino software, they can start learning jewelry design with Rhino, however the Matrix software is developed specifically for jewelry design.

No. Jewelry making is the process of crafting a jewelry piece and producing it with hand. Jewelry design with computer is the process of designing a 3D model of a jewelry piece with a software.

Of course you can! What’s necessary for learning jewelry design with computer is being able to do general tasks with a computer like working with the Windows operating system and internet at an intermediate level; and having an elementary understanding of English. It’s beyond obvious that if you have experience in jewelry making, gem setting or your field of study is industrial design, fashion design, art, architecture, abstract arts, painting, sculpting, handicrafts and computer you won’t have a hard time learning this profession.

You can purchase the Matrix and Matrix Gold software from gemvision.com and the Rhinoceros software from rhino3d.com.

Rhino is a common 3D design software that one can use in order to create 3D models such as product design, interior/exterior design, automobile design, jewelry design and other industrial objects. Gemvision has developed a specific software for jewelry design that’s called Matrix which offers more specific tools than Rhino and helps the user to design jewelry pieces more precisely. Eventually, designing and modeling jewelry is much faster and precise in Matrix than Rhino.

No. The students are required to pass the primary semester of every course we offer in order to participate in the advance semester of that course.

The Matrix software is specifically developed for the Windows platform. To operate it on a Mac OS system you would be required to install Windows on your Mac.

Yes. We offer the recorded video of each course for purchase. You can send us a request by email for purchasing the videos of any course.

All of our courses are 12 sessions each, so if you have 2 sessions per week it will take 6 weeks to finish. If you have 1 session per week, it will take 3 months. In our one-on-one classes it depends on the student’s selection of classes per week. However, our group classes are prescheduled and held once a week.

Yes. You can reschedule your one-on-one sessions up to 3 times, 24 hours before your class stars. However, all public class schedules are final and are not subject to any change by request of the student.

To be well-qualified for a jewelry design job we suggest you pass both semesters for each course we offer. However, passing just the first semester would help you to learn much of the software tools and commands, but if you look forward to work for a professional jewelry design company or manufacturer, we suggest you pass both semesters of our courses, especially in computer-based design courses.

To enroll in one of our courses, you can choose your desired course from the menu tab at the top of our website page. After being directed to the related page of that course, click on “Buy This Course” at the top of the page. You will be directed to the reservation page in which you fill the course registration request form. After submitting the form we will get back to you as soon as possible with the payment method and course details.

To login to your class we will send you a URL address to your class plus your username and password to login to that class.

Yes. All students; whether in one-on-one or group classes, will be awarded a certificate of completion after completing their course.

Yes. If you’re not sure if a course is right for you, you can watch the preview video of that course presented on our website in the related page of that course. MDA also holds live course intros every once in a while in which the details of that course and jewelry design in general will be explained and you will have a chance to ask any questions from the instructor of that course. The time schedule of the introduction sessions will be announced before hand on our website or Instagram page at mda.ac.

There will be some sort of project at the end of each course that will evaluate your understandings of the entire course.