This page lists the layers that you can create in EngView.
NOTE: In brackets are the layer identifiers that appear in the Name column of the Layers section of the tabular area.
NOTE: You can view production-related layers in the Structural group in the tabular area.
These are layers that carry information about the structure of the design — cutting, creasing, plotting, cut-creasing, perforating objects, and so on. In a design, the structural layer is generated automatically and is an integral component of the design. The default structural layer cannot be deleted. Some designs can have more than one structural layer — for example, for the front and the rear sides, each carrying their own objects.
This layer contains objects that, due to their functions, cannot be attributed to any specific layer. When you add simple text and annotations, they automatically go into this layer.
This layer contains the sheet. When a sheet is added, it goes automatically into this layer.
This layer contains the dieboard. When a sheet is added, it goes automatically into this layer.
NOTE: The process-related layers are stored in the Article group in the tabular area.
Surface processes are visual effects related to the printing (color or monochrome) and finishing processes (varnish, emboss, foil stamping, special ink print, lamination, backing). In designs, they are applied to the surface of materials, either to specific locations or, in the case of lamination or backing, to the entire surface of a design. These processes carry the data about the appearance of the visual effect (for example, its color, opacity, bump height, lighting) in the structure's 3D model.
Surface processes are applied onto objects by means of process layers, which define the appearance of the surface processes.
NOTE: For a surface effect to be applied onto an object and then visualized in 3D model, a process layer has to be defined for the effect; after that the object is assigned to the layer.
EngView supports the following surface processes (in brackets the identifiers are shown that appear in the Name column of the Layers section of the tabular area):
| What is does | A process in which two sheets of paper — backing paper and printing paper — are glued together to ensure that the packaging is solid enough and that the printing is of the required quality. The resultant material combines the properties of its components. Backing is used when packaging is produced that will hold heavier goods. |
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| Applied to | Entire surface |
| Distributed by EngView | Uncoated white liner, Matt coated white liner, Gloss coated white liner, Gold cold foil, Silver cold foil, and Colored cold foil. |
| Create Your Own | New backing effect |
Printing images in colors other than black and white. When images are applied, they go automatically into this layer.
| What it does | Printing of text or images in monochrome. |
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| Applied to | Specific places across panels |
| Distributed by EngView | Gold metallic ink, Silver metallic ink, Yellow neon ink, Pink neon ink, Green neon ink, Orange neon ink, Blue neon ink, and Colored neon ink. |
| Create Your Own | New special ink surface effect |
| What it does | Printing of text or images in a single color. |
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| Applied to | Specific places across panels |
| Distributed by EngView | Blue |
| Create Your Own | New special ink surface effect |
| What it does | The application of colored or metallic substances onto a solid surface (paper) as part of the printing process. |
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| Applied to | Specific Spots |
| Distributed by EngView | Gold foil, Silver foil, Colored foil. |
| Create Your Own | New special ink surface effect |
| What it does | Any method of applying ink on the media that differs from standard spraying of the ink onto a surface. These include, for example, the application of thermochromic, metallic and alcohol-resistant inks, or inks applied on nonporous surfaces. |
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| Applied to | Specific Spots |
| Distributed by EngView | Gold metallic ink, Silver metallic ink, Yellow neon ink, Pink neon ink, Green neon ink, Orange neon ink, Blue neon ink, and Colored neon ink. |
| Create Your Own | New special ink surface effect |
| What it does | The application of film-forming substances onto surfaces for the purposes of protection of the surface or for aesthetic effects. |
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| Applied to | Specific places across panels |
| Distributed by EngView | Matt Varnish, Gloss Varnish, Satin Varnish |
| Create Your Own | New varnishing surface effect |
| What it does | The addition to paper of coating substances that give it extra physical strength and smooth surface. |
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| Applied to | Entire surface |
| Distributed by EngView | Matt Lamination, Gloss Lamination, Satin Lamination |
| Create Your Own | New lamination surface effect |
| What it does | Contains all Braille text placed in the project. When applied, the text goes automatically into this layer. |
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| Applied to | Braille texts |
| Distributed by EngView | n/a |
| Create Your Own | n/a |
| What is does | Creates relief effects on a surface: raised (embossed) or recessed (debossed). |
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| Applied to | Specific spots |
| Distributed by EngView | Emboss, Deboss |
| Create Your Own | New imprint surface effect |