Complete technical guidance, feature guides and practical resources for designing timepieces with precision.
Create your first project, learn the studio layout and understand how DialCraft is organised.
Open guideUnderstand Design, Vector, 3D, Preview, True Size, Print Ready and Production — and when to use each.
Open guideMaster dial geometry, colour, decor, hands, case engineering and engraving tools.
Open guideDraw precise dial geometry with pen, bézier and boolean tools, then check it for manufacture.
Open guideReview materials, proportions and lighting in the live watch workspace.
Open guidePrepare presentation renders, vector artwork, proofs and production-review packages.
Open guideUnderstand Firebase Cloud autosave, account-based access and portable project backups.
Open guideResolve rendering, performance and export issues quickly with practical fixes.
Open guideOne project, viewed seven ways. Every workspace edits the same design — switch freely with the key shown, or use Alt + 1 to 5 for the five main ones.
Follow these six steps to take a new project from an empty case through to a clear production-review package.
Open the studio and either select a professionally configured template or begin from a blank canvas. Templates give you a complete, production-minded design you can adapt; a blank project gives you full creative control from the first millimetre.
Define your case diameter, thickness and the dial size in millimetres. DialCraft works in true physical units, so every measurement you set reflects the real object. The default 28.50 mm dial suits a 40 mm case, but every value remains editable later.
In Dial Atelier, compose the dial from independent layers — base finish, printing, indices, lume, chapter ring and complications. Each surface stays separately editable, so you can refine one element without disturbing the others.
Design the hour, minute and seconds hands with independent geometry, finish, lume and counterweight. Live clearance checking shows how the hands stack and sweep across the dial in real time.
Switch to 3D View to see your design rendered as a physical object. Apply realistic metals, ceramics, sapphire and lume under adjustable studio lighting, then orbit the camera to inspect proportion and finish from every angle.
When the design is ready, open Export to create presentation PNGs, SVG artwork, real-size proofs and a specification package. Confirm final tolerances and manufacturing requirements with your chosen supplier.
Expand any area of the studio to see what it does and how to get the most from it.
Choose Open Studio or Start Designing, sign in with Google, name the project, select a starting case size and configure the dial. Your work autosaves to your Firebase Cloud account as you design.
Most questions resolve in a moment. Here are the ones we hear most often.
Close other GPU-intensive tabs, disable heavy material effects while editing, and switch back to 2D Design mode for detailed layer work. The 3D view is best used to review, not to author.
Confirm you are signed in with the expected Google account and have an internet connection. Open the Project Library to check Firebase Cloud projects. If cloud access is temporarily unavailable, DialCraft may show the browser recovery cache until sync returns.
Guides and helper overlays are excluded from exports by design. Toggle guides off in the editor to preview the true output, and use the presentation variant for a WYSIWYG render.
Upload a transparent PNG or an SVG. A logo saved with a solid background will carry that background onto the dial. Re-export the asset with transparency and re-import it.
Confirm your display DPI and the case and dial dimensions. DialCraft renders in true millimetres, so an incorrect DPI setting is the usual cause of a size mismatch.
Open Hand Architecture and check the live clearance preview. Reduce hand length or adjust the centre-cap and counterweight until the stack sweeps cleanly.
A short reference for the watchmaking terms you will meet throughout the studio.
Explore the full feature set, browse ready-made templates, or reach out and our team will help you bring your design to life.