Standard Frame Templates

Frame templates are always positioned in the position of frames. Optionally, templates may be set a certain distance from the short edges (butts) of plate provided they are positioned in frame planes.

The advantage of this type of template is that they are located at frames (which are normally marked on the plate anyhow) and do not require any additional positioning information.

Disadvantages are:

• They are poor for controlling the shape of the plate when the angle becomes narrow between the template (frame) plane and the plate surface.

• Separate and individual tilting information must be supplied (and kept record of) for each individual template.

• They are not spread over the surface of the plate in an optimal way. Some of the templates may have to be sorted away.