Lesson Five: Free-Floating V-Groove

This lesson shows how to make a free-floating unenclosed V-Groove.  

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 three layer 4 x 5 #906 Rectangle Key Template on the FrameShop Design Editor. 

Click on Properties.

Click on Parameters.

Change the Distance to 1.5".

Click on the Key tab.  

Change the second layer's Key Reveal to .5” (1/2").

• This Reveal will be the distance from the Nameplate to the V-Groove.

Click on the Openings tab.

With the opening still selected, click the Add V-Groove button.

Enter 1.25" for the Distance to Offset V-Groove field.

Click OK.

The V-Groove is placed.

Click on the V-Groove to resize it.

Pull down the Bottom of the V-Groove and drag it down to the middle of the Key opening. 

• Make sure you are pulling the V-Groove down and not just moving the V-Groove.

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.

Hold down the CTRL key and click on the Horizontal Line inside the Nameplate, the Outside Lines of the Nameplate, and the Outside Layer of the Opening.

Click the Delete button.

The Lines are deleted.

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

Click the Set Bevels tab. 

Select the Top Layer which is displayed at the Top of the Layer List.

We no longer need this layer as we had deleted the opening from this layer.

We will be tracing the Free-floating V-Groove onto the next layer, which will now be the top layer.

Click the Remove button to delete this unneeded layer.

Any information on this layer will be moved to the next layer.

Remain on the new Top Layer.

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

Click the 45° V-Groove Set button.

The V-Groove is Traced.

NOTE: V-Groove/Pen/Deboss items do not have to be enclosed objects to be Traced.

Save the CutArt.

Load the CutArt.

Cut the CutArt.

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

The free-floating V-Groove design is completed.