Design Opening in FrameShop

Place a two layer #906 Rectangle Key on the FrameShop 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.

Click on the Parameters tab.

Change the NPHeight to .75" (3/4").

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

Click the Positioning Toggle to position objects from the bottom layer.

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

Right-click on the opening and select New Guide From Other.

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.

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.

The V-Groove is placed.

Click on the V-Groove to resize it.   

Pull down the bottom end of the V-Groove and let it snap to the horizontal guideline that we placed.

Release the mouse to place it.

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 the opening and the V-Groove before selecting Convert to CutArt. 

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.

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

Click on the horizontal line inside the nameplate V-Groove.

Click the Delete button.

The horizontal line is deleted.