Working with Shapes

In a Design Project, you can create new dimensioned shapes and lined shapes or open and position existing shapes on the pattern.

How to open, position and edit a shape

How to create a new lined shape

How to create a new dimensioned shape

The different layers:

Editing Layer

If a shape is positioned on the design, you are able to edit the shape as well as the design independently from each other.

Below the display of the drawing attributes, a dialog box appears where you select the layer to edit and where you can make different settings.

Hide or display the entire layer control.

Hide or display the editing options of the different layers.

Edit Finishing Layer

In the Finishing layer, you can make needle-exact adjustments to the positioned shape without having to adjust the shape.

The changes are not transferred to the shape.

Finishing Eraser

Eraser drawing attribute to erase on the finishing layer.

Transparency of Pending Shape

Transparency drawing attribute to mask out data of the shape layer.

Lock Finishing Layer

Toggle the Finishing Layer

Edit Lined Shape Layer (Y)

With Edit Lined Shape Layer enabled, you can modify shape elements via their context menus.

Toggle the Lined Shape Layer

Edit Pattern Layer

Lock the Pattern Layer

Toggle the Pattern Layer

With selecting the lined shape layer, a button appears that allows you to move the shape on the pattern.

The shape is moved by steps of ten with a pressed CTRL key.