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Create a Doily Shape

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  • This lesson shows how to create a simple Doily shape.

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  • This also describes how to make an alternative design by adding Layers to it.

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Optional Design

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  • Move the design further into the screen if necessary in order to be able to see the Offset Layer.

  • Select the Doily.

  • Leave the Reveal value at .25".

  • Click the Left < Offset Circuit button.  

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  • The Doily is now offset to create the second Layer.

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titleOffset Rules

Offset Rules:

Enclosed Objects:

  • The Left < button will offset an enclosed object to the outside.

  • The Right > button will offset an enclosed object to the inside.

Arcs and Curves greater than 180 Degrees use the same rules as closed objects. 

Unenclosed Objects:

For unenclosed objects the arrow buttons depend on the direction of travel of the vector segments, starting from the line’s start point. The Left < button offsets Clockwise and Right > button offsets Counter-Clockwise.

If it doesn’t Offset in the expected direction, click Undo and click the other Offset Direction.

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titleOffset Definition

The Offset button creates a displacement copy of the selected object a parallel distance away as specified in the Offset Revealfield.

See: Offset Function in Trace

Offset Rules:

Enclosed Objects:

  • The Left < button will offset an enclosed object to the outside.

  • The Right > button will offset an enclosed object to the inside.

Arcs and Curves greater than 180 Degrees use the same rules as closed objects. 

Unenclosed Objects:

For unenclosed objects the arrow buttons depend on the direction of travel of the vector segments, starting from the line’s start point. The Left < button offsets Clockwise and Right > button offsets Counter-Clockwise.

If it doesn’t Offset in the expected direction, click Undo and click the other Offset Direction.

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titleReveal Definition

In a two-layer design, the Reveal is the amount of the bottom matboard showing under the top mat in Designer and Visualize.

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

See: Designer Reveal Function

Break Intersections

Explode New Layer

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  • The new Offset created

Arcs that
  • an outside layer, but the arcs overlap in the corners.

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want to Break the Intersections in the newly Offset object, rather than all of the Intersections in the design.
  • Hold down the CTRL key and select all of the newly created Arcs

  • Click the Break button to Break the objects where they intersect with each other.

  • The Arcs will break where they Intersect and appear Gray.

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titleOffset Definition
The Offset button creates a displacement copy of the selected object a parallel distance away as specified in the Offset Revealfield.Image Removed

See: Offset Function in Trace

Offset Rules:

Enclosed Objects:

  • The Left < button will offset an enclosed object to the outside.

  • The Right > button will offset an enclosed object to the inside.

Arcs and Curves greater than 180 Degrees use the same rules as closed objects. 

Unenclosed Objects:

For unenclosed objects the arrow buttons depend on the direction of travel of the vector segments, starting from the line’s start point. The Left < button offsets Clockwise and Right > button offsets Counter-Clockwise.

If it doesn’t Offset in the expected direction, click Undo and click the other Offset Direction.

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titleArcs Definition
The Arc tool allows you to draw athree-point mathematically defined arc in the Trace software.

The Arc has three points: Initial Position (called an Anchor), Middle Point (called a Handle) which can be moved to change the shape of the Arc, and Terminating Position (called an Anchor).

The Convert Arc to Splines process will convert the Arcs to Splines which are easier to tangify to make cuts smoother.

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See: Arc Tool in Trace

See: Arc Tool Definition 

See: Splines Definition

See: Convert Arc to Splines Function

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titleBreak Definition

The Break Tool tool is used to Bisect the Selected Segments at the point where they Intersect in the Trace software.

The Break All Intersections function bisects ALL Segments in the design where they intersect in the Trace software.

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See: Break All Intersections Function

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  • will have to Explode this new layer to edit it.

  • Click on the new layer to select it and click Explode.

  • The new layer will be exploded into the individual arcs that created it.

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  • Now click the Auto Join Segments button to join the segments than can be joined.

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  • If you move your cursor, you will see that each arc is now connected, but not connected to the other arcs because they cross each other.

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  • Now we will select each of these Arcs and click Break to break them where they intersect.

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  • If you move your cursor, you will see that each arc is now broken where they cross each other.

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Join Outside Segments

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  • We will now Join all of the segments that will make up the outside Layer of the design.

  • Hold down the CTRL key and click on the each of the Arcs that make up the outside layer of the design.

  • Click the Join button.

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titleJoin Definition

The Join button will connect the Selected Segments together as one object in Trace

The Auto Join Segments button will automatically join All Adjacent Segments together in Trace.

See: Join Tool Function

See: Auto Join Segments Function

  • The segments of the outside Layer are now Joined to create one object.

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titleJoin Definition

The Join button will connect the Selected Segments together as one object in Trace

The Auto Join Segments button will automatically join All Adjacent Segments together in Trace.

See: Join Tool Function

See: Auto Join Segments Function

  • We could repeat these same steps to add a third Layer using a 1/8" reveal by Offsetting the outside object by .125", Breaking the newly Offset object, then Rejoining the outside elements to create the top Layer.

  • Depending upon the Template, the size, the Parameters, etc., you may not need to Breakthe elements before Joining them together if the Offset connects together neatly in the corners.

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titleOffset Definition

The Offset button creates a displacement copy of the selected object a parallel distance away as specified in the Offset Revealfield.

See: Offset Function in Trace

Offset Rules:

Enclosed Objects:

  • The Left < button will offset an enclosed object to the outside.

  • The Right > button will offset an enclosed object to the inside.

Arcs and Curves greater than 180 Degrees use the same rules as closed objects. 

Unenclosed Objects:

For unenclosed objects the arrow buttons depend on the direction of travel of the vector segments, starting from the line’s start point.

The Left < button offsets Clockwise and Right > button offsets Counter-Clockwise.

If it doesn’t Offset in the expected direction, click Undo and click the other Offset Direction.

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titleBreak Definition

The Break Tool tool is used to Bisect the Selected Segments at the point where they Intersect in the Trace software.

The Break All Intersections function bisects ALL Segments in the design where they intersect in the Trace software.

See: Break All Intersections Function

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titleJoin Definition

The Join button will connect the Selected Segments together as one object in Trace

The Auto Join Segments button will automatically join All Adjacent Segments together in Trace.

See: Join Tool Function

See: Auto Join Segments Function

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titleTemplate Definition

Templatesare specialized parametric shape generators created by Wizard.

Many of the templates have additional Properties that can be edited which can change the shape, curves and corners of the design as well as a wide assortment of Parameters.

The Template Library displays the different templates that are available for use.

See: Template Properties

See: Template Library

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titleParameters Definition

The Parameters are set of specified variable characteristics related to the selected object that can be modified through the accompanying fields in Designer.

For example, the Chamfer is the symmetrical angled surface at the corner of the Template.

In Designer, the Template Parameter Map displays a diagram describing each parameter field for the current Template.

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