Selecting chase holes

About chase hole arrangement

The number of chase holes used in a dieboard depends on rules and/or various technical preferences, each of which apply for a specific dieboard. The chase holes which will be used in a dieboard can be set manually (by selecting them with the mouse) or automatically, in accordance with custom rules.

About chase hole shape

Chase holes can be of various shape

IMPORTANT: In a dieboard, chase holes can be selected only if the use of chase holes is enabled for the dieboard. For details about how to enable the use of chase holes, see selecting a dieboard.

For a dieboard, the use of chase holes must be enabled so that they appear and be selected.

Selecting chase holes automatically

When chase holes are selected automatically, you set the minimal distance of the chase holes to the cutting knives and the total number of chase holes that you want the dieboard to have. Then Package Designer makes an arrangement of the chase holes across the dieboard.

To use automatic chase holes selection

After a dieboard has been selected, do one of the following:

On the Layout toolbar, click Chase holes .
On the Diecutting toolbar, click Chase holes .

A grid of template-dependent chase holes appears on the dieboard drawing. Also, a contextual edit bar appears above the graphical area, containing a single button for chase hole arrangement.

A dieboard drawing with chase holes selected by default (in dark color)

On the contextual edit bar that appears above the graphical area, click Arrange Chase Holes .

The Arrange Chase Holes dialog box appears.

In the dialog box, enter values for the minimal distance (in millimeters) of the chase holes to the knives and for the total number of chase holes that will be used in the dieboard.

Notes

To keep the chase holes that have appeared by default (see the image in Step 1), select the Keep visible chase holes check box.
An alternative way to set the chase holes automatically is by right-clicking the edge of the dieboard, and then clicking Arrange Chase Holes on the context menu. The Arrange Chase Holes dialog box appears (see Step 2).

Selecting chase holes manually

NOTE: When chase holes are selected manually, you use the mouse to indicate the chase holes that you want to use.

After a dieboard has been selected, the chase holes are visible in the dieboard drawing.

On the Layout toolbar, click Chase holes .
On the Diecutting toolbar, click Chase holes .

A grid of template-dependent chase holes appears on the dieboard drawing.

To edit the chase holes, use the mouse to select chase holes, or respectively, to deselect the ones selected by default.