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JETDIELINE / Glossary
Packaging construction terms explained clearly
From artwork PDF to blank: the glossary explains the terms you will meet with dielines, print files and coordination with the printer.
- Artwork PDF
- Outside dimension
- Crash-lock bottom
- Dieline, cutting contour
- Tuck flap
- Approval snapshot
- Manufacturing validation
- Inside dimension
- Glue flap
- Material profile
- Up, imposition
- Production dieline
- Production sheet
- Reference dieline
- Crease allowance
- Crease-to-crease dimension
- Inward crease
- Series, variant
- Dust flap
- Snap-lock bottom
- Trust level
- Blank, flat layout
Outside dimension
The outside dimension describes the external size of the assembled packaging.
Crash-lock bottom
A crash-lock bottom is a pre-glued bottom that closes as the box is erected.
Dieline, cutting contour
A dieline describes the flat structure of packaging.
Tuck flap
A tuck flap is inserted into the box to close it.
Approval snapshot
An approval snapshot records a specific project state.
Manufacturing validation
Manufacturing validation compares a structure with limits from material and machine profiles.
Inside dimension
The inside dimension describes the usable space within the assembled packaging.
Glue flap
The glue flap connects packaging panels through gluing.
Material profile
A material profile collects a material's properties and structure values.
Up, imposition
An up is a single placement of a blank on a production sheet.
Production dieline
The production dieline supplies the structure for die-cutting, cutting and creasing.
Production sheet
The production sheet accompanies an export with information about structure and validation status.
Reference dieline
A reference dieline is an imported structure, for example from a file supplied by your print shop.
Crease allowance
Crease allowance accounts for the space material takes up when folded.
Crease-to-crease dimension
The crease-to-crease dimension is the distance between a panel's crease lines in the flat structure.
Inward crease
A crease prepares the point where board is folded.
Series, variant
A series links several sizes of a packaging type.
Dust flap
Dust flaps sit at the sides of a folding carton's closure and are folded inwards before the main flap.
Snap-lock bottom
In a snap-lock bottom, several bottom flaps interlock.
Trust level
The trust level describes the provenance and validation status of a material profile.
Blank, flat layout
The blank is the unfolded workpiece from which the packaging is made.
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