Introduction to ArtiosCAD 7

Lesson 19: Basic Layout

This lesson covers:

• Converting to Manufacturing
• Nesting Oneups
• Changing the Sheet Size
• Editing the Gutter Distance
• Nesting Designs with Bleed Outlines
• Manually Editing the Layout
• Creating a Mixed Layout
• Embedded Designs

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Exercise 1: Convert to Manufacturing

There are several ways to get to Manufacturing:

• Open a design and choose Convert to Manufacturing from the File

menu.
• Open a design and click on the Convert to Manufacturing button
on the View bar.
• Choose New Manufacturing from the File menu. Choose the Add
Oneup tool in the Manual Layout toolbar.

1. Open the file LO1.ARD.

2. Select Convert to Manufacturing.
3. Select “Corrugated - Metric - Manufacturing parameters” and select
“Example die press - Metric” & “No Printing”. Click OK.

4. The choices made are saved with the oneup. Next time it is used in a
layout the Use design parameter set, and Use design press checkboxes will be
checked.

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5. The Manufacturing workspace will be displayed.

Note: Sheet Size, Board Size, Stripping choices, etc. are all deter-
mined by the parameter set and presses chosen in the Layout Settings
Dialog box. The values and settings can be changed in Options >
Defaults > Die Press Parameter sets or Manufacturing Parameter sets.

Note: If you accidently delete a design from a sheet, you can re-add
the oneup by using the Oneups dialog tool. Select the oneup from
the list, click on the Put on Sheet button and click OK.

6. Save the file as LO1.mfg.

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Exercise 2: Nesting Oneups

The Nesting Tools are used to create a multiple-up of the oneup design
on the sheet. The nesting tools consist of the Straight nest (no rotation),
Reverse second row nest, Reverse second row align nest, Reverse
second column nest and Reverse second column align nest. The end
result is a basic nesting pattern that may or may not need to be modified.

1. Continue with the file LO1.mfg to create a layout.

2. If the oneup has become deselected, use the Select Oneups tool to
select it again.
3. Select the Straight nest tool from the Manufacturing > Edit Layout
menu or from the Edit Layout tool bar. Drag to create the ghost
image of the oneups.

4. You control how many oneups get added to the sheet. The ghost
image changes as you move away or towards the original oneup.

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5. Drag the mouse to create a ghost image over the edge.

6. Drag back to fit the designs within the sheet and click the mouse
Note:
button to accept the array.
The first mouse click will
position the nest and leave it
selected.
The second mouse click will
deselect the oneups.

7. The status bar displays the number of designs in the X and Y

direction. It also reports the blank size in the X1 and Y1 directions.
You can fill the sheet by entering values here instead of dragging.
Change the X1 and Y1 values to add gutters between the designs on
the fly (for example, to get a 5 mm gutter in the X direction enter
461 mm in the X1 field).

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8. The fields displayed will change based on the selected nesting tool.
For example, the Reverse 2nd row tool has a secondary value(Y2) for
the Y direction. It would allow you to change the gutter for every
other row in the nest. The primary value (Y1) would define the gutter
for the first row and every odd row in the nest.

Add the amount of the gutter to the blank size value showing in Y2.
Enter 451.14 mm for a 5 mm gutter.

9. Before you click the mouse to accept the multiple-up, you can switch
to any of the other nesting tools and the layout will adjust accordingly.
10. If you created a layout and wish to redo it, select all oneups except the
one in the lower left corner and choose the Delete oneups tool to
remove them from the sheet.
11. Save the MFG file.

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Exercise 3: Changing the Sheet Size

Use the previous layout to change Sheet size settings.

1. Select the Change Sheet Size tool from the Manual Layout tool bar
to open the Change Sheet Size dialog box.

2. Clicking on the Standard sheet size button will display a window of

customized sheets sizes (presses).

Note:
A list of Standard sheet sizes
can be created in Options >
Defaults > Sheet Utilization.

3. Click Cancel in the Standard Sheets window.

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Note:
The margin values are set in the
Defaults for the presses,
however, you can edit these
values manually for this
particular layout.
4. Click on Shrink horizontal and Shrink vertical and the sheet will
shrink to fit the designs.
5. To edit margin values or manually adjust the sheet size, click on a
justification arrow (typically the lower left) to activate the data entry
fields. Remember, when you edit the margin values, you have to
shrink the sheet again, to see the results of these changes.
6. As you test different values, click Apply to view the changes and keep
the window open. When you are through making adjustments click
OK.
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7. If you need to change a layout after you have shrunk the sheet, you
can return the sheet to maximum size, by clicking on the lower left
justification arrow, and then click on the button labeled Maximum.

Fix minimum sizing the sheet to the minimum size that has been
setup in defaults.

8. Save the design as LO1.mfg and close it.

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Exercise 4: Editing the Gutter Distance

For this example, adjust the gutter distance for the layout. This is the dis-
tance between the nested designs.

1. Create a new layout using file LO1.ard.

2. Select File > Convert to Manufacturing or press the Convert to
Manufacturing button. One design appears on the sheet. The sheet
size from the previous example is remembered from the last
manufacturing session.

3. Choose the Change gutter distance tool. Check the Y: checkbox.

Use 5 mm for Gutter X: and 10 mm for Gutter Y:. Click OK.

Note:
The gutter must be adjusted
before the nesting is done in
order for the distance to be
applied as the auto nesting is
done.

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4. Select the Reverse 2nd column nest tool and create the multiple-up
shown below.

5. If the designs overlap the sheet on the left, select the Change Sheet
Size tool and shrink the sheet in both the X and Y directions.
Note:
If you have already shrunk the
sheet, setting a new gutter
distance may cause the designs
to go over the edge. Use Change
Sheet size to shrink the sheet.
It will actually “grow” to fit the
layout.

6. Save the layout as LO2.mfg. Close all open workspaces.

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Exercise 5: Nesting Designs with Bleed Outlines

1. Open the design LO3.ARD. It has a bleed outline.

2. Select Convert to Manufacturing.

3. Select the Folding Carton parameter set and default presses.
4. Select the Change gutter distance tool and check Touch Bleed
Outlines. Click OK.

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5. Select the Straight nest tool and drag out the multiple-ups. It will use
the bleed for the gap between oneups.

6. Click to set the 6 multiple-ups.

7. Save the file as LO3.mfg. Close the LO3.mfg and the LO3.ard
workspaces.

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Exercise 6: Manually Editing the layout

This exercise will demonstrate how to make some manual adjustments to

a layout.

1. Open the file LO4.ard. Select Convert to Manufacturing.

2. Choose Folding Carton Metric, Example die press Metric and
No Printing.
3. Use the Reverse 2nd row nest tool to create a 6-up layout. See
Figure below.

4. Save the layout as LO4.mfg.

5. The nest is too close together in some of the areas. Use the tools from
the Edit Layout toolbar to manually modify the layout so that the
scrap is equal on both sides of the tab.

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6. Using the Conline division/Midpoint tool from the Conline

toolbar, divide the entire distance between the minor flaps in half
from point A to B and divide crease line C, as shown below.

7. Select the two one-ups in the second row from the bottom using the
Select oneups tool.
8. Select the Move oneups tool in the Edit Layout Toolbar, and move
the designs from the “Pick up point” to the “Put down point” shown
below. This will center the second row of oneups with the full gap.

Next, create a manual gutter in the Y direction between the 2nd and 3rd
row up from the bottom.

9. Select the Change gutter distance tool, check the Y: checkbox and
set the gutter distance to 6 mm.
10. Select the top 2 oneups using the select oneups tool and then select
the Move oneups tool.

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Note: 11. Select the part of the line that is on the bottom edge of the design dust
When using the Move tool, if flap as the pickup point. DO NOT select a point.
you select a point when it asks
for the pickup point, that is
where your moving it from, but if
you select a line (center of the
line) then it automatically adds
the distance that is set for the
gutter to that side.

12. The pickup point that it snapped to is referencing the center of that
line and the cursor is 6 mm from the line.

13. Drag up and set the Angle to zero(0).

14. Instead of typing the Y: offset value, snap to the end point of the flap
Note: in the second row. This will move the top row up the distance of the
You can also do the same gutter setting.
thing with the Move tool,
setting the angle to 0 and the
Y offset to 6 mm.

15. Select the Change sheet size tool and shrink the sheet horizontally
and vertically. Click OK.
16. Save the layout design as LO4.mfg and close it and the one-up.

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Exercise 7: Creating a Mixed Layout

This topics demonstrates how to add other designs to your layout.

1. Select New Manufacturing from the File menu.

2. Select the Folding carton Parameter set, Example Press & No
printing.
3. Select the Add oneup tool to open the oneup LO5.ard.
4. Select the Change gutter distance tool and set the Primary X: to be
0 and the Y: to be 6 mm. Click OK.

Note:
The Secondary checkbox
allows you to set an X2 and
Y2 value for a different
gutter in every other row or
column.

5. Select the oneup on the sheet and create a three-column multiple-up

with the Reverse 2nd row nest tool. This will give you an 18-up of
this design.

6. Select the Add Oneup tool again and open the file LO6.ARD. It will
be positioned on the sheet next to the existing oneups.

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7. An ArtiosCAD message dialog box appears. It notifies you that this

design has a different board. It is just a warning. Click OK.

8. Using the same gutter distance, select the Straight nest tool and drag
to fit one column of three oneups.

9. Use the Oneups Dialog tool to verify an 18 to 3 ratio.

10. Shrink the sheet using the Change Sheet size tool.
11. Save the layout as LO56.mfg.

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Exercise 8: Embedded Designs
Note:
In the file menu in single
design, below Return to
Manufacturing, is Save
Design. Use this command to
save the changed oneup as an
ARD file by overwriting the
original file, or creating a new
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Each one-up design in a layout is an embedded design. You can manip-
ulate the embedded design workspace in the layout. The changes made to
the “embedded” design will not alter the original oneup. Likewise,
changes made to the original oneup will not alter the layout.
Also, you have the option of saving the changes made to the embedded
file by overwriting the original file, saving it with a new name, or saving
the layout file without saving the changes made to the design. The latter
will keep the original.ARD file unchanged, while saving the changes made
within the .MFG file.
1. Open LO56.mfg.
2. Select one of the set of three oneups, using the Select oneups tool
from the Edit layout toolbar.
3. Select the Open embedded design tool from the Edit layout toolbar.
4. Add a cutout to the oneup, using the Circle Radius tool (make a
circle in the main panel).
5. Go to the File menu and select Return to Manufacturing. Notice that the
circle now appears in all three designs.
6. Repeat steps 2 and 3 and continue with step 7.
7. Now select the two horizontal creases in the design, press ALT/
Enter to bring up the Properties window and change them to Perfs.
Choose File > Return to Manufacturing. Note the changes, and save the
file as LO7.mfg.
8. When you modify a design embedded in a layout, the design will be
listed in the Embedded design Browser.
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9. The modified embedded design will be listed in the Browser even

though it is not saved as a separate file.

10. Highlight the modified embedded one-up and click on the Find
original design file to view the one-up design it is linked to.

11. The linked file will be displayed.

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