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Lesson Five: Free-Floating V-Groove

Owned by dani.simmonds
Last updated: Nov 06, 2024
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Design an Unenclosed V-Groove

Design an Unenclosed V-Groove

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

The Finished Free-Floating V-Groove

Design Opening in FrameShop

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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Make Sure the Layer Direction is Set to Bottom Up
Templates Definition
Parameters

Place V-Groove

Place V-Groove

45 Degree Normal Bevel Closed V-Groove

Bring Design into Trace

Bring Design into Trace

Break Intersection

Break Intersection

Break Tool Definition

Delete Object

Delete Object

Trace the Design

Trace the Design

Traced

Save and Cut

Save and Cut

CutArt™ Definition

Comparison

Comparison

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

Default Settings

Default Settings