Drafting with Weaving Software #2 Enter Data 2. Enter Data Threading, treadling, tie-up, dents, and color. Questions: Insert/ Delete keys will insert/delete ends, picks, treadles. (Yes/No) Blank ends, picks, and treadles are allowed. (Yes/No)
Drafting with Weaving Software #2 Data Entry View by topic: 2. Enter Data View by weaving program Fiberworks Bronze/Silver Patternland pixeloom ProWeave Weave Design WeaveIt Basic/Pro WeaveMaker WeavePoint Illustrations: program version # s
Fiberworks Bronze/Silver 2. Enter Data 2a. Mouse: Click and Drag 2b. Keyboard and Number Pad 2c. Fill 2d. Tieups 2e. Thickness 2f. Color 2g. Weave As Drawn In Insert/Delete OK Blanks OK
Fiberworks Bronze/Silver 2a. Enter Data Mouse: Click and Drag Point Straight Network Choose an icon and click and drag a box to fill with the threading.
Fiberworks Bronze/Silver 2b. Enter Data Keyboard and Number Pad Type shafts/treadles directly from the keyboard. Keyboard layout has an easy visual mnemonic. Or type two digit numbers from the number pad when scroll lock and num lock are both on. (06 for shaft 6, 16 for shaft 16) Tie-ups can also be typed using the + and keys.
Fiberworks Bronze/Silver 2c. Enter Data Fill Warp/Weft Fill
Tie-ups Bonze/Silver Enter first treadle, Tieup Twill Repeat Silver only Enter first quarter, Fiberworks Bronze/Silver 2d. Enter Data Silver Tieup Repeat by Quarters Bronze
Color Fiberworks Bronze/Silver 2e. Enter Data Choose a color from the palette and click or click and drag in the color bar to add color or type color number/letter. From the menus choose warp colors and make choices from the box.
Thickness Fiberworks Bronze/Silver Click or type numbers In the thickness bar. 2f. Enter Data
Fiberworks Bronze/Silver Weave As Drawn In Weft Weave As Drawn In 2g. Enter Data Choose from window
Patternland 2. Enter Data 2a. Smart Cursor/Keyboard 2b. Cursor Keys and Spacebar 2c. Click and Drag 2d. Color 2e. Symbols 2f. Thickness 2g. Copy or Repeat Insert/Delete OK Blanks OK
Patternland 2a. Enter Data Smart Cursor/Keyboard Ctrl s toggles the smart cursor; a cursor key sets the direction of movement, right, left, up, down. Once the smart cursor is on and the direction is set, keyboard input can be used. The visual mnemonic mapping allows entry up to 40. (4 is shaft 4, r is 14, f is 24, v is 34.) Colors are input with Caps Lock on. Symbols are input with Scroll Lock on. The number pad can also be used for Shafts/treadles up to 99.
Patternland 2b. Enter Data Cursor Keys and Spacebar Using the smart cursor (Ctrl s) and the numeric pad corner keys to set diagonal direction, holding down the space bar will enter a straight draw. Diagonal direction can be switched by using Ctrl spacebar.
Click and Drag Patternland 2c. Enter Data Using the mouse to click and drag enters data in the squares the mouse cursor touches. Draws freehand curves.
Patternland 2d. Enter Data Color Color Brush Using the color brush and color bar, click on end/pick to input color in grids or drawdown Format Styles Threading and Tieup: Numeric Treadling: Graphic/Palette Warp/Weft: Graphic/Palette Color Bar
Symbols Symbol Brush Warp Bar Format Styles Threading: Symbol Tieup: Numeric Treadling: Graphic/Palette Warp/Weft: Graphic/Palette Patternland 2e. Enter Data
Thickness Using the warp/weft bars and change the numeric symbols for each thick thread. Turn on Variable Size for the size and shape set. View in Display or Print Preview Patternland 2f. Enter Data
Copy or Repeat Draft Quick Utilities Copy or Repeat Make choices Patternland 2g. Enter Data
2a. Click and Drag 2b. Line and Point Draw 2c. Keyboard 2d. Color 2e. Symbols 2f. Thickness 2g. Tromp as Writ pixeloom 2. Enter Data Insert/Delete OK Blanks OK
Click and Drag pixeloom 2a. Enter Data Choose the pencil tool and drag it over the grid to enter a freehand curve.
Line and Point Draw pixeloom 2b. Enter Data Choose the Line Draw from the toolbar. Using the right and left mouse buttons you can draw lines and reverse directions.
pixeloom 2c. Enter Data Keyboard For shafts 1 to 9 use the number keys or the number pad. For additional shafts use the letter keys in alphabetical order. a=10, b = 11, c=12, etc. User Defined symbols: Enter data Threading User-defined Double click on starting end. Type symbols, letters, numbers
Color Color menu and paint bucket have same options for fill. Left mouse button Right mouse button pixeloom 2d. Enter Data Brush can be used anywhere with right and left mouse clicks to enter color.
Symbols From menus Threading is Alpha pixeloom 2e. Enter Data Tieup is Symbols Treadling is User-defined
Thickness pixeloom 2f. Enter Data Threading/Treadling Thickness
Tromp as Writ Mirror Threading pixeloom 2g. Enter Data
ProWeave 2. Enter Data 2a. Keyboard: Use Notepad or Simple Text 2b. Line Draw 2c. Tieup 2d. Color 2e. Symbolize 2f. Treadle as Drawn In Insert/Delete No Blanks OK
ProWeave 2a. Enter Data Keyboard: Use Notepad or Simple Text Type shaft or treadle numbers. Save each as text. Threading: 1 2 4 3 2 1 4 3 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 Tie-up: 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 1 File Import from text, Select both, CTRL m to make draft Treadling default is as drawn in.
Line Draw ProWeave 2b. Enter Data a. Options Direction Lock Use numbers to determine line direction Press Esc when done. b. Use line draw tool and click and drag for a line between two points.
Tieup Use drawing tools or Use Twill Databank ProWeave 2c. Enter Data
Color Draft Use Colorbars Solid colors: Drag existing color onto new color Multicolor: Use pen tool and palette ProWeave 2d. Enter Data
Symbols ProWeave 2e. Enter Data With draft selected, Draft Symbolize A symbolized draft can not be edited. It can be viewed or printed.
Treadle as Drawn In Draft Treadle as Drawn In Or duplicate and rotate threading and/or color bar ProWeave 2f. Enter Data
WeaveDesign 2. Enter Data 2a. Freehand 2b. Line mode 2c. Color Insert/Delete No Blanks OK
Freehand WeaveDesign 2a. Enter Data Use pen tool to click and drag freehand
Line draw WeaveDesign 2b. Enter Data Use line tool to click and drag a line between two points.
Color WeaveDesign 2c. Enter Data Color tool window where you can pick or modify a color for your draft Palette shows colors in draft
2a. Editors 2b. In View 2c. Keyboard 2d. Draw and Line 2e. Repeats 2f. Tieup 2g, h, i. color 2j. thickness 2k. Treadle As Drawn In WeaveIt Basic/Pro 2. Enter Data Insert/Delete OK* Blanks OK *In select mode *Not in the tie-up
Editors WeaveIt Basic/Pro 2a. Enter Data Two colors are available with right and left mouse clicks as shaft/treadle information is entered. Colors can be changed as desired.
In View Edit draft with one color warp (left click) one color weft (right click), change colors as desired. Draft and color information is added at the same time. WeaveIt Basic/Pro 2b. Enter Data
Keyboard WeaveIt Basic/Pro 2c. Enter Data Shafts/Treadles Keyboard 1 to 10 1 to 9 to 0 row of numbers 11 to 20 Ctrl + 1 to 0 row 21 to 30 Ctrl and Alt + 1 to 0 row 31 to 32 Shift + 1 to 2 Shafts/treadles are added at the end of the draft. Can be used in the individual editors or In View.
Draw and Line Use in Editors or In View Draw produces a freehand curve. Click and drag between two points for a line. WeaveIt Basic/Pro 2d. Enter Data
Repeats WeaveIt Basic/Pro 2e. Enter Data Threading and treadling may be entered as repeats. Screen display will show full draft.
Tieup WeaveIt Basic/Pro 2f. Enter Data From the tieup editor: Create your own, fill with standard tieups, flip, wrap, and enter first treadle. In View: Standard tieups not available. Both: Make a selection and copy/paste/modify only part of the tieup-invert, flip, wrap.
WeaveIt Basic/Pro 2g. Enter Data Color In the editors two colors can be used with right and left mouse clicks. In View editing allows one color warp and one color weft. Colors may be changed at any time.
Color Design Color & Weave Color repeats can be added to the draft. Four pre-defined and a user defined sequence. Choose 4 colors from color palette. WeaveIt Basic/Pro 2h. Enter Data
Color Design Color Sequence Color sequences can be entered by width in threads or inches. Colors are selected from the palette WeaveIt Basic/Pro 2i. Enter Data
Thickness Project Yarn Selection A sett is entered for each yarn. WeaveIt Basic/Pro 2j. Enter Data Example: Gray yarn has a sett of 12 and red yarn has a sett of 6. Display shows thickness
WeaveIt Basic/Pro 2k. Enter Data Treadle As Drawn In Edit Treadle As Drawn in Color sequences can be applied to warp and/or weft. Enter a sett for each yarn if you want thickness to show in draft.
2a. Line/Freehand 2b. Cornucopia 2c. Color 2d. Color Ways 2f. Treadle as Drawn In WeaveMaker 2. Enter Data Insert/Delete No Blanks OK
Line Draw Use pencil tool to click and drag a line between two points Works in threading, tieup and treadling. Freehand Draw Change the pencil under Edit Preferences WeaveMaker 2a. Enter Data
WeaveMaker 2b. Enter Data Library and Cornucopia Fill with preset draft elements. Cornucopia generates design elements.
Color Create Color Palette and add colors to Colorway. WeaveMaker 2c. Enter Data Use pencil tool to place color in the color bar. Or use pencil tool to click on a shaft and change all threads to new color. Here shaft 2 was changed to lime green.
Colorway Use multiple colorways to design different versions of the same draft. WeaveMaker 2d. Enter Data Colorway 1 Colorway 3
2a. Line/Freehand 2b. Keyboard 2c. Numeric 2d. Fill 2e. Color 2f. Treadle as Drawn In WeavePoint 2. Enter Data Insert Yes/Delete with confirm Blanks OK
Line Use line tool to drag a line between two points. WeavePoint 2a. Enter Data Freehand Use pencil tool to drag a freehand curve. Quickly change between tools using the s key.
Keyboard WeavePoint 2b. Enter Data Edit Keyboard Input Type shafts/treadles 1 24 directly from the keyboard. Keyboard layout has an easy visual mnemonic. 2 is shaft 2, w is shaft 12, and s is shaft 22. Popup window shows a quick visual typing check.
Numeric Edit Numeric Input Use numeric for runs and repeats. WeavePoint 2c. Enter Data
WeavePoint 2d. Enter Data Fill Fill Threading, Treadling or Tie-up Straight, pointed, and rosepath threadings/ treadlings. Tieup: twill variations, satin, and plain weave.
Color Use pencil tool, color bar, and color palette to add color to draft. Fill Warp or Weft Colors WeavePoint 2e. Enter Data
Tromp as Writ Utilities Tromp as Writ Many choices for threading/ treadling and colors. WeavePoint 2f. Enter Data
Drafting with Weaving Software Program Version # s Fiberworks Bronze/Silver 4.031.04/4.0.31.15, 4.1.0.4 Patternland V6.07 pixeloom 2.2.5, 3.1.1 ProWeave WeaveIt Basic/Pro 5.01 WeaveMaker 7.99 WeavePoint V 6.0 5.0 Release A