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Design an Unenclosed V-Groove

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

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Design Opening in FrameShop

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  • 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.

Place 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.

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  • The V-Groove is placed.

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  • Click on the V-Groove to resize it.

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  • 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.

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Bring Design into Trace

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Break Intersection

  • 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.

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

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Delete Object

  • 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.

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  • The lines are deleted.

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Trace the Design

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  • 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. 

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  • The V-Groove is traced.

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

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Save and Cut

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

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Comparison

You can see how much we changed the design when you compare it to the original version.

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