Setting project properties

You can set overall properties for a packaging project that concern the material, its type and appearance. You can distinguish between the properties of the separate drawings for which you can set specific properties.

To set project properties

  1. After you have created a project, do one of the following

The Project Properties dialog box appears.

File name Displays the location of the file (read-only).

Title The name of the project

Description A field for notes that relate to the project.

Keywords A field for words by which the project can be indexed.

Author A field for the creator of the project.

Created Displays the date on which the project was started (read-only).

Modified Displays when the project was last saved (read-only).

File Legacy Settings

Align sheets and dieboards to all objects in them When the check box is empty (the default state), sheets and dieboards are positioned (centered) by taking into account only objects in production-related styles — for example, Cutting, Creasing, Perforating, Half-Cut, Cut-Crease. When the check box is selected, the positioning takes place by taking into account all objects within the sheet or dieboard regardless of what styles they are in.

Mirror composite style orientations on view-side change

IMPORTANT: Select this check box only when you are working with files created with a version earlier than 6.4.35. The functionality mirrors the orientation of composite style when you switch the view side from front to rear or vice versa.
Selecting the check box suppresses a version 6.4.35-introduced technology for working with composite styles and reverts to the earlier technology. This throwback applies only to the current project.
When you select the check box, Prinect correctly visualizes the composite styles created with versions earlier than 6.4.35. When you load such a file, Prinect selects the check box automatically and notifies you about it with the following message:

  1. (Optional) In the General tab, enter a project title, comments, keywords or author for the project, or combinations of them.

Project material

Base Type Sets the base material type on which the material is based.

Name Sets the material for the project. To select a different material, click the browse button , and then, in the dialog box that appears, select a material.

Opens a dialog box in which you can add the material to the material catalog for future use.

More Opens a dialog box in which you can set additional properties for the material (see Step 4).

Type Displays the subtype on which the material is based.

Thickness Sets thickness for the material.

Grammage Sets how much the material weighs.

Drawings materials

Use project material for all drawings Select this check box to use the selected material in all the drawings of the project. Clear the check box if you want to use individual materials for the drawings in the project.

  1. In the Materials tab, under Project, enter the settings as you want them to be.
  2. (Optional) To set additional properties, click More.

The Drawing Material Properties dialog box appears.

Name Sets the name of the drawing.

Type (Read-only) Displays the source material type that the material is based on.

Thickness Sets the distance between the two surfaces of the sheet.

Grammage Sets a weight, in grams per square meter, for the material.

Producer The name of the producer.

Cost Sets a cost for the material.

Corrections parameter template Sets the parameter template that Prinect will use for calculations with the material.

Diecutting side Indicates the side on which the cutting die falls.

Grain-aware material Indicates the direction of the fiber in the material's texture.

Appearance (In the boxes, to select a different appearance, click the browse button , and then, in the Material Surface Appearances dialog box, select a material.)

Front side Sets a material appearance for the front side.

Rear side Sets a material appearance for the rear side.

Edge Sets a material appearance for the edge.

  1. (Optional) To set specific properties to the project's individual drawings, leave the Use project material for all drawings check box empty.

NOTE: If you choose to have different properties for the individual drawings, you can directly set the material for each drawing: in the Material column double-click the -marked rows, and then select a material from the list that appears.