45 degree Miter cut

[Gary Puckett]

How would you go about making a 45 degree miter for a picture frame. It looks like the system will only let you miter on the thickness of molding and not on the width.

Gary

[Kerry Fullington]

Gary,

You would have to create a tool to cut the miter in the Shape Manager.

The easiest way to create a picture frame is to take a display cube into the part editor. Cut out the middle and then profile both edges.
Export this to the Display Part Editor and make a Display Object from it so you can Scale the cube.

Kerry

[Gary Puckett]

Thanks Kerry

After giving it some thought , that was the idea I was going to try but then again I don't think the material list picks up a display cube . So if you take it to the display part editor and save it , the system will then let you scale the object.


Gary

[Kerry Fullington]

Gary,

If you want it to show in the material list you will either have to create the frame the way you were originally from a display board, Create it using a display panel or you have to create it the way I suggested and when you create the display object you select cut list part and give this a cost. The cost will not change when you scale the object though.

Kerry