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[sadron]

Rather than encrusting items randomly with gems by just setting the job at the workshop, is there a way to designate specific items to encrust?

[NightlinerSGS]

Forbidding anything else through the stockpiles screen? I really don't know if there is another way to do that, thats why I have stayed away from encrusting a long long time now.

[Nameless Archon]

Rather than encrusting items randomly with gems by just setting the job at the workshop, is there a way to designate specific items to encrust?

Down to the specific item level (not just any amulet, but THAT amulet): Not without a lot of micromanagement.

Down to the type level (amulets, but not chains): Yes, with some careful use of stockpile 'give' settings, I believe this should be possible.

Basically, set up a stockpile to take from 'wherever' but give to the gem workshop. Then set another to give gems in the same way. Now the workshop will draw its encrusting targets from the chosen stockpile, and its gems from same. It will not, however, work correctly if the stockpiles are empty - the workshop will shut down and not have any input goods. To change what you're permitting to be encrusted, change what the goods input stockpile holds and make sure there are gems in the gems input.

[MadocComadrin]

Couldn't you dump a specific item, designate a 1x1 stockpile that would accept it underneath, then have it give to the specific workshop?

[Nameless Archon]

Couldn't you dump a specific item, designate a 1x1 stockpile that would accept it underneath, then have it give to the specific workshop?

Each. Time. You. Make. An. Item.

The problem is that you end up having to manually feed the stockpile yourself, which is a step beyond micromanagement in standard DF-ese.

[PaleBlueHammer]

Rather than encrusting items randomly with gems by just setting the job at the workshop, is there a way to designate specific items to encrust?

Kinda.  What I do is create two quantum stockpiles near my jeweler shop, one accepts only masterwork and artifact furniture, and the other accepts everything but.  Set the masterwork pile to (g)ive to the jeweler shop (as well as whichever pile you have your rough and finished gems in) and let them go nuts.

Melt or atomsmash the sub-par stuff.

[MadocComadrin]

Couldn't you dump a specific item, designate a 1x1 stockpile that would accept it underneath, then have it give to the specific workshop?

Each. Time. You. Make. An. Item.

The problem is that you end up having to manually feed the stockpile yourself, which is a step beyond micromanagement in standard DF-ese.

Isn't that exactly what he wants? Otherwise, some simple stockpile settings would have done the trick. Either way, it's not as hard or tedious as one may think if you make a bunch of items and designate them with the stocks menu.

[wuphonsreach]

Stockpile "give" are your best bet for decorating items of a specific category and quality level.

[celem]

I make sure my gem shop  is far away from the general stockpiles on the x/y coordinates.  Bear in mind that when picking a valid object for a job the dwarf wants the closest but does not consider z-levels in any way.  By seperating it like this you can put a calibrated stockpile next to it set to only take types/materials/qualities you consider worthy.

If you queue a bunch of jobs up then you will often find the first item is a random piece and the rest will be from the good pile.  The random first is due to the dwarf selecting the closest viable item to his location when he decided to take the job