Creating a resizable template

A resizable template is a parametrized drawing that serves as the basis for creating a resizable structure. A template consists of a base (base component) to which you attach single and/or compound components. You save the resizable template as an .evr file.

IMPORTANT: Resizable templates do not change after you have used them as basis for a resizable structure. Templates' structure and parameter values remain as they were created originally, even if you changed them during the creation of the resizable structure.

To create a resizable template

1. Do one of the following:

• Click New project .
• On the File menu, click New.
• Press CTRL+N.

The Material dialog box appears.

2. Click Resizable Template.

3. Under Project Properties, type general information for the project: name of the .evd file; title for the project; general description of what the project is about; relevant keywords; and the name of who created the project.
4. Under Material, in Base type select the base type of the material.

NOTE: The library of base types follows a tree-like structure, and as you browse deeper into it and select a type, in Name the program displays only the types that fall within the selected type group. For example, click the Base type drop-down list, select Folding Carton Cardboard, and then select White Lined Chipboard (WLC). When you later start browsing in Name, you will be browsing only the materials grouped under the WLC base type.

5. In Name select the specific material that you will use for the project. NOTE: After you have selected a material, in Type you see its name.
6. Calc. thickness Sets the thickness value that Prinect uses for its calculations within resizable templates. (In parameter expressions, this is the value represented by the d() function.) By default, the value is inherited from that of the parent material type. To change the inherited value, select the check box, and then type the new value. Clearing the check box restores the value set for the parent type.
7. Real thickness Sets the actual thickness — the one that will be used for producing the structure — and the thickness that Prinect uses to visualize 3D models. By default, the real thickness is inherited from both (1) the value for the parent type and (2) the value in Calc. thickness.

   How to edit Real thickness:

   • To change the value along with that in Calc. thickness, select the left check box. When you change the value in Calc. thickness, the value in Real thickness changes too.
   • To set a value that is different from that in Calc. thickness, select both check boxes, and then type the new value. The value in Calc. thickness is not affected. Clearing the right check box restores the value in Calc. thickness; clearing both check boxes restores the value set for the parent type.
8. In Grammage, type the weight — in grams per square meter — of the material you will be using.
9. In F/G Dir, set the direction of the material flute or grain. NOTE: The default value is set in the program's general options.

A blank drawing appears in which you start designing a resizable design by adding a base, individual and compound components.