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This lesson shows how to make a free-floating unenclosed V-Groove.  

• Place a three layer 4 x 5 #906 Rectangle Key template on the FrameShop Design Editor. 

• Click on Properties.

• Click on Parameters.

• Change the Distance to 1.5".

• Click on the Key tab.  

• Change the second layer's Key Reveal to .5” (1/2"). This reveal will be the distance from the name plate to the V-Groove.

• Click on the Openings tab.

• With the opening still selected, click the Add V-Groovebutton.

• Enter 1.25" for the Distance to offset V-Groove field.

• Click OK.

• The V-Groove is placed.

• Click on the V-Groove to resize it.

• Pull down the bottom end of the V-Groove and drag it down to the middle of the key opening. Make sure you are pulling the V-Groove down and not just moving the V-Groove.

• Release the mouse to place it.

• Bring the design into Trace via the Right-Click Menu* or from the Cut Preview Screen.

• *If you use the right-click method, hold down the CTRL key and select both the opening and the V-Groove before selecting Convert to CutArt. 

• Stay on the Trace and Draw tab.

• Hold down the CTRL key and click on the V-Groove and the outside line of the nameplate.

• Click the Break button.

• The intersections are now broken where the lines crossed over each other.

• Hold down the CTRL key and click on the horizontal line inside the nameplate, the outside lines of the nameplate, and the outside layer of the opening.

• Click the Delete button.

• The lines are deleted.

• Because this design contains no arcs, there is no need to tangify it or convert into arcs. 

• Click the Set Bevels tab. 

• Select the top layer which is displayed at the top of the layer list regardless of the actual layer number.

• We're converting the opening that was on this layer into a V-Groove, so we no longer need this layer. Click the Remove button. 

• Remain on the new top layer.

• Click on the new V-Groove object to select it.

• Click the 45° V-Groove Set button.

• The V-Groove is traced.

NOTE: V-Groove/Pen/Deboss items do not have to be enclosed objects to be traced.

• Save the CutArt.

• Load the CutArt.

• Cut the CutArt.

• Optionally, you can also bring the CutArt straight to the Cut Preview from Trace.

• The free-floating V-Groove design is completed.