Use this menu option to create sheets of badges or name-plates, each with its own unique details, using only vector artwork to control the shape and layout, a text file (.txtor .csv) containing the data you want to feature on the plates, and vector text to set how and where this data is used. The Multi-Plate Tool panel is displayed.
button on the Vector Creation toolbar is a shortcut for this menu option. The availability of this button and toolbar is license dependent.A multi-plate is made up of one or more sheets of vector artwork representing individual plates. The number of sheets depends on the number of plates created. The number of plates able to fit onto a sheet depends on the size of the vector artwork used for the plate layout, the gaps between each plate along the X and Y-axes, and the boundary along the X and Y-axes.
Each plate is made up of variables. A block of vector text within curly braces specifies each variable on a plate. When creating the multi-plate, ArtCAM replaces the vector text within double curly braces with data from an imported text file. The data assumes the same font, and any formatting, of the original block of vector text. The vector text created depends on which headings within the text file are assigned to the variables.