Lesson Four: Name Plate V-Groove

Make a Name Plate V-Groove
This lesson shows how to put a V-Groove around a Name Plate Template, or make a V-Groove follow a different shape. See Trace Keyboard Shortcuts.

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. 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.
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. Templates Definition Templates are specialized parametric shape generators created by Wizard that can be cut or applied with the non-blade cartridges. Full Definition: Templates Definition
Click on the Parameters tab. Change the NPHeight to .75" (3/4"). Change the Distance of the Key to 1.25" (1 1/4"). Parameters The Parameters are set of specified variable characteristics related to the selected object that can be modified through the accompanying fields in the Design Editor. Full Definition: Parameters Definition
Click the Positioning Toggle to position objects from the Bottom Layer. Positioning Toggle Definition The Positioning Toggle dictates whether objects are positioned from the Top or from the Bottom Layer as indicated by the Arrow Direction. Full Definition: Positioning Toggle Definition

Place a Guide
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. Guide A Guide is a Red Line marker which is used as a reference to align and position objects on the design. Full Definition: Guide Definition
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
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. 45 Degree Normal Bevel Closed V-Groove A 45° Normal Bevel Closed V-Groove involves two symmetrical cuts: one in the matboard and a corresponding cut in the fallout, both forming a mirrored arrangement. The matboard is cut halfway through its thickness, revealing the core from the front. The 45° Blade Cartridge does not support Blade Depths above 16. Full Definition: 45 Degree Normal Bevel Closed V-Groove Definition
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.

Bring Design into Trace
Select the Opening and the V-Groove and bring them into Trace via the Right-Click Menu or from the Cut Preview Screen.

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. Break Tool Definition The Break tool is used to bisect the selected segments at the point where they Intersect in Trace. Full Definition: Break Tool Definition
The Intersections are now broken where the Lines crossed over each other.

Delete Object
Click on the Horizontal Line inside the Nameplate V-Groove. Click the Delete button.
The Horizontal Line is deleted.

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. Join Tool Definition The Join button will connect the selected segments together as one object in Trace. Full Definition: Join Tool Definition
The lines are Joined together to create a single object. NOTE: V-Grooves do not have to be enclosed objects.

Trace the Design
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. Traced Tracing the Design provides the Bevel Type and other necessary information to the Vector design in order to either Cut or apply with a Non-Blade Tool on the CMC. The Set Bevels Tab in Trace contains the tools needed to Trace the design.
The V-Groove is Traced.
Click on the Nameplate opening. Click the 45° Bevel Set button.
The Nameplate opening is now Traced on the Top Layer.

Save, Cut
Save the CutArt. Load the CutArt. Cut the CutArt. Optionally, you can also bring the CutArt straight to the Cut Preview from Trace. The Nameplate design is completed. CutArt™ Definition CutArt™ are simple shapes and design elements created by Wizard that can be added to any of your designs. Full Definition: CutArt™ Definition

If the CutArt Flows Off the Mat:

If you Load the CutArt into the Design editor and part of it flows off of the mat even with Dynamic Outsides on, check the Border direction.
Click on one of the Border lines.
Click on the Properties tab to get the Border properties.
Change Apply Borders To: Top Layer.

Dynamic Outsides

The Dynamic Outsides feature adds the Border Size to the Bounding Rectangle of the current Group of Openings, adjusting the Outside Size as necessary in the Design Editor, Trace and Visualize.
- Full Definition: Dynamic Outsides Definition

Click on the Design to readjust it with the Dynamic Outsides on.

Comparison
You can see how much we changed the design when you compare it to the original version.

Default Settings
Layer Direction: Application Default Setting

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Lesson Four: Name Plate V-Groove

Make a Name Plate V-Groove

Design Opening in FrameShop

Place a Guide

Place a V-Groove

Bring Design into Trace

Break Intersection

Delete Object

Join Segments

Trace the Design

Save, Cut

If the CutArt Flows Off the Mat:

Comparison

Default Settings