Digital BW, The Print

Hi David,
We have a both Wizard and a Fletcher 2100 here.. and they both get used .. What your talking about is standard fair with all the computerized mat cutters. I had my 2100 for a few years prior to getting the wizard and what I did was make a set of 3x5 cards that I would use for all my standard and non standard special mat jobs set ups that would repeat. I actually did a work up in Excel that did what I think your talking about but used the cards instead.. With your computer stuff you fill in the blanks and get the numbers not sure if that's any faster then a 3 x 5 card.. Anyway, it does exist but I'm not sure how marketable it is as most of it can be done in your head unless it's complex stuff.. 
In the end if you do a lot of matting having set up info pays off as it saves time especially if the job is odd.
I'm not sure what equipment your using but the 2100 comes with a special pined spacer that you rotate for the various standard off sets. So you don't really need to do much math.. The wizard is a fill in the blank type thing for the initial program then you just save it. Don't have any of this discourage you.. as in the end it's whatever works right? 

jimbo   

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, David Kachel <david@...> wrote:
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> i got tired of using pencil and paper for each and every print/matt combination and spent the last couple of days writing a software program that does all the work for me. All I have to do is input the dimensions of the image area, the offsets I want on each side and the size of the matt board. It spits out the numbers I want in inches and fractional (1/4, 12, etc.) inches.
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> Did I just reinvent the wheel? Is there something else out there that already does this? I ask because I am wondering if I should slap a pretty face on the software and sell it for a small fee.
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