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Design Opening in FrameShop

  • 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.

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  • Layer Direction: Bottom Up is the preferred direction.

    • When you Offset an object to create another layer, that new layer will be the Top layer.

  • Layer Direction: Top Down is not recommended.

    • When you Offset an object to create another layer, that new layer will be the Bottom layer, even though it is larger than the original object.

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  • Place a two Layer 4 x 5 #906 Rectangle Key Template on the FrameShop Design Editor

  • Click on Properties.

  • Click on the Key tab.  

  • Change the Key Reveal to .5” (1/2").

    • This reveal will be part of the V-Groove.

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  • Click on the Parameters tab.

  • Change the NPHeight to .75" (3/4").

  • Change the Distance of the Key to 1.25" (1 1/4").

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Place a Guide

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  • Now we will place a Guide that we can use to align our V-Groove.

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  • Click the checkbox for Add at Bottom.

  • Enter half the NPHeight which would be at .375.

    • Since we want the Guide to move upwards into the opening, we would enter a Negative number.

    • Enter -.375 for the Distance From Bottom field and click OK.

  • A Guide is placed at the Bottom of the design positioned from the Bottom Layer.

Place a V-Groove

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  • Now we will place a V-Groove halfway through the Nameplate opening.

  • Make sure that the opening is selected.

  • Click on the Openings tab. 

  • Click the Add V-Groove button.  

  • Enter 1" for the Offset value and click OK.

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  • The V-Groove is placed.

  • Click on the V-Groove to resize it.   

  • Pull down the Bottom Line of the V-Groove and let it snap to the Horizontal Guideline that we placed.

    • Make sure you are dragging the Bottom Line of the V-Groove and not just moving the whole V-Groove.

  • Release the mouse to place it.

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Break Intersection

  • Stay on the Trace and Draw tab and go down to the Edit section.

  • 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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Join Segments

  • Hold down the CTRL key and click on the Top Half of the Nameplate then the Bottom Half of it, then on the Outside V-Groove

  • Click the Join button.

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  • The lines are Joined together to create a single object.

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  • NOTE: V-Grooves do not have to be enclosed objects.

Trace the Design

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  • Because this design contains no Arcs, there is no need to Tangify it or Convert Arcs to Splines

  • 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.

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

  • Click the 45° V-Groove Set button.

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  • The V-Groove is Traced.

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  • The V-Groove is Traced.

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  • The Nameplate opening is now Traced on the Top Layer

  • The design is now traced.

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Save, Cut

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

  • The Nameplate design is completed.

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If the CutArt Flows Off the Mat:

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Comparison

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