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General Defaults

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The Defaults section sets global settings to be used throughout the software.

  • Click Application Defaults in the Admin section of the Main Screen.

  • The Defaults screen will open.

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Mat Defaults

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The Mat Defaults section sets the defaults for the New Openings Screen and the Design Editor (described below).

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Edit Opening Size First

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Select the default position for the Opening Size Field position on the New Openings Screen.

  • Select Edit Opening Size First to display the Opening Size field first.

  • Unselect Edit Opening Size First to display the Outside Size field first.

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Layer Direction

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Select the default layer direction for designing and cutting.

  • Bottom Up

  • Top Down

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Borders Order        

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Select the default Border Fields order on the New Openings Screen.

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titleBorder Definition

The Border is the area of precisely definable width between the outside edge of a

mat

Mat and the edge of the

opening; analogous to the margins on a document page.

Opening(s) in Designer, Nesting, and Visualization.

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See: Border Properties

See: Border Default Settings

  • Bottom Top Sides

  • Top Sides Bottom

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Reveals Defaults

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Set the default Reveal Valuesfor each template layer.

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titleReveal Definition
The

In a two-layer design, the Reveal is the amount of the bottom matboard

to be displayed when one mat window is stacked on top of another. A typical reveal

showing under the top mat in Designer and Visualize.

The standard Reveal between the top and bottom mat is 1/4".

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See: Designer Reveal Function

  • The top layer is labeled Top.

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Screens

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Set the default size of the FrameShop screens.

  • Select Auto Maximize* to maximize the screens to full size.

  • Select Remember Previous Size* to use the previous screen size.

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*Note: Depending on your monitor size and settings, some features may be hidden if the display is not set to display full screen, especially on the Cut Preview Screen.

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Standard Sizes

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Set the default sizes for the openings and outside sizes available from the Sizes button drop-down control.

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titleSizes Button Definition

The Sizes Button displays the

Recent and Standard sizes.

Recent and Standard sizes. 

Recent lists the last ten sizes entered.

Standard lists Standard sizes associated with the current unit of measurement.

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Size Category

  • Select the Sizes category to add/edit:

    • Opening

    • Outer

Standard Sizes Listing

  • The Standard Sizes lists the Sizesfor the Category selected.

  • Insert, Remove or Update the entries on this list. 

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Images

Get Scale on File Load

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Select whether to prompt for the image scale when an image file is loaded in Visualization.

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titleVisualization Definition
The Visualization software will produce a visual representation of a finished mat design, including the artwork, matboard and finished frame.

The Visualize software allows the user to create a digitally finished product using the selected frames, matboards and the artwork.

This makes it easy to present several different variations of the design for the customer to pick from. 

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See: Visualization

  • Select Get Scale on File Load to prompt for image scale.

  • Unselect Get Scale on File Load to only load the image.

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Limit Image Size

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Select whether to limit the size of the image file loaded into Visualization.

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titleVisualization Definition
The Visualization software will produce a visual representation of a finished mat design, including the artwork, matboard and finished frame.

The Visualize software allows the user to create a digitally finished product using the selected frames, matboards and the artwork.

This makes it easy to present several different variations of the design for the customer to pick from. 

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See: Visualization

  • Select Limit Image Size and enter Max Dimension of file size to limit file size.

  • Unselect Limit Image Size to allow any image size to be loaded.

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Large images slow the software down.

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