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First we need to make sure we are designing the layers in the correct order for these instructions.

On the FrameShop Main Page, click Admin and stay on the Defaults tab.

Under Layer Direction select Bottom Up if it is not already set to that.

Click Save and return to the Main Page.

• You can change this back to the original setting later if desired.

Place a one Layer 4 x 5" #506 Star

Template on the FrameShop Design Editor.

Click on the Properties tab.

Click on the Parameters tab.

Change the No. of Points to 6.

Change the Spikiness to 0.

Change the Mode to 2. 

Change the Line Length to 2.85".

Click on the Openings tab.

Click the Add CutArt button.

Select the desired CutArt by either searching for it in the search field or by navigating through the directories.

• This example uses ScrollAN for the CutArt.

Click the Edit button.

The CutArt is placed on the Editor.

Move the CutArt so that it is aligned with the

Top of the

Star Template.

If you accidentally click off of the CutArt and it moves behind the

Star, hit the PgUp/PgDn key to cycle through the

Openings.

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 openings before selecting Convert to CutArt. 

Click the Line button on the Trace and Draw tab.

• The Draw radio button is automatically selected.

Right-

Click on the

Center Point of one of the

Lines of the

Polygon.

Right-

Click on the

Center Point of the opposite

Line of the

Polygon.

Do the same with the other sides of the

Polygon,

Right-

Clicking and

Snapping to the

Center Point then

Snapping to the

Center Point on the opposite

Point.

Click on the Edit radio button.

Hold down the CTRL key and click on both the

Inner and the

Outside of the CutArt.

Click the Mirror button.

Right-

Click on the point where the

Upper Left Line begins.

Right-

Click on the end of the

Line at the

Lower Right side.

Hold down the CTRL key and select the elements of the next CutArt.

Click the Mirror button.

Right-

Click at each end of the

Alignment Line.

The CutArt as been

Mirrored using the

Line we drew as the axis.

Repeat the process.

Select all of the

Objects of the next CutArt, click the Mirror button, then

Snap to each end of the

Alignment Line.

The CutArt has been

Mirrored all the way around the design.

Click Edit > Break all Intersections.

The Intersections are now Broken where the objects crossed over each other.

Hold down the CTRL key and click on the

Left Side of the

Top CutArt.

Click on the

Arcs just outside of the

Polygon.

Click on the

Right Side of the

Top CutArt.

Continue in this manner until you have selected all of the

Elements that make up the outside of the design.

Click the Join button.

Zoom in to the

Center of the design.

If you click on one of the

Inner Openings, you will see that it is not a complete enclosed object since we

Broke the

Intersections where the

Arcs crossed one another.

Click on one of the

Inner Openings and click the Close button.

Do the same with the other

Inner Openings to enclose them one at a time (highlighted here). 

Hold down the CTRL key and click on each inner

Arc of the combined CutArts. 

Click the Join button.

The

Arcs are now

Joined together as one object.

Click Edit > Convert Arcs to Splines.

• The Splines can be

• Tangified with less distortion, which will give a smoother cutting path for the design.

Click on Edit > Tangify all Circuits.

• This makes each

• Arc Tangent to each other for smoother cutting.

Click the Set Bevels tab.  

Hold down the CTRL key and click on each segment that makes up the CutArt.

From the Deboss dropdown control,

select the desired Deboss Cartridge.

Click on the Deboss Set button.

The CutArt is traced as a Deboss.

Rotate Starburst within Trace

Rotate Starburst within the Design Editor