Q: Can I make Metrix automatically put larger gutters between product instances?

A: Metrix calculates the distance between two neighboring product instances based upon two properties:

1. the bleed on the relevant edges of the products, and
2. the production method's Page To Bleed Gap property.

The "Page To Bleed Gap" property is the default distance between one page's trim and another product's page bleed. For example, pictured below, the product pages all bleed 1/8 inch and the Page To Bleed Gap is 1/8 inch, so the bleeds of all pages butt, creating a total of 1/4 inch between each neighboring instance.

Bleed of 0.125" and a Page To Bleed Gap of 0.125" means bleeds of neighboring products will butt, creating 0.25" gutters.

Close up showing the butting bleeds resulting in 0.25" gutters.

If, for a particular layout, you preferred to have 1/2 inch between all bleeding instances set the Page To Bleed Gap property to 3/8 inch (1/2 - 1/8 = 3/8). After clicking 'Auto Layout' Metrix calculates a new layout based on the new properties.

Bleed of 0.125" and a Page To Bleed Gap of 0.375" creates 0.5" gutters.

Close up of the 0.5" gutters.

The Page To Bleed Gap property of all new project's is determined by the Database Conventions 'Default Page To Bleed Gap' property. To reset the Default Page To Bleed Gap property, open the Database dialog (select Database in the Settings menu) in Administration mode and select Conventions. Select the measurement unit and click Edit. Changes will effect all new projects.

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