What was new in CREATE PLUS V2.4

More Placeholder Colors for Color Arrangements

Placeholder Colors for Color Arrangements in the Symbols for Knitting Elements tool window extended to 32.

• CA Placeholder Colors

Standard Colors of M1plus in the Colors Dialog Box

48 standard colors of the M1plus are available for direct selection

• Change Color Value

Configuration

If the value differs between project and pattern, than this state will get marked by the little button next to the entry.

• The button will appear empty if the value between project and pattern is the same but not inherited from the project due to manual editing.

• Filtering by Pattern

FlexPly Knitting Technique Available

FlexPly is similar to Devoré, simultaneously practicable on both needle beds by one system.

• FlexPly Knitting Technique
• Only ADF machines, EKC type, E 7.2
• System Conversion of both opposing knitting systems is required.
• Specify the desired system in the Configuration dialog box -> Machine Attributes tab -> System Functions section.
  
  System Functions
• The following function appears with FlexPly selected:
  Allow stitch forming by the 'FlexPly' system for all plating colors with YPI.
  Systems with FlexPly conversion are not recommended for stitch forming and disabled by default.
  Activate this function if you want to use the converted system for ordinary stitch forming.
  
• Converted systems do not support other needle actions as transfer, tuck or split.
• The FlexPly front and rear setting is required in the System Function control column.
  System Function

Systems converted for FlexPly cannot drive yarn carriers into clamping position.

Separated Modules for Knitting-in, Knitting-out and the Corresponding Bindings

You can assign the modules for Knitting-in / Knots and Knitting-out / Knots independently from each other in columns of the Color Parameters table.
You can combine the different variants as you wish.

• Intarsia / Knitting-in group of Color Parameters
• Module for Knitting-in
  
• Knot / Binding, Knitting-in
  
• Intarsia / Knitting-out group
  
• Module for Knitting-out
• Knot, Binding, Knitting-out
• Separated directories of the Knit Explorer for Knitting-in, Knitting-out and Knots
  

Due to it, pattern project of version 2.4 cannot be saved for a former version.

Check box for Optimized System Sequence

New function the tool window Multiple System Colors:

O (Optimized System Sequence) column to specify the system sequence in the pattern.

• 
  Optimized System Sequence
• System Sequence for Minimized Time of Production
• The sequence of the used yarn carriers may change.
• 
  Uniform System Sequence
• System sequence with a common order of the yarn carriers

Extract knitting programs with Multiple Processing

You can extract already created knitting programs by the Extract... function of the Multiple Processing ribbon group.

The Extract... dialog box appears.

• Select in it the desired knitting programs.
  
• A green checkmark appears next to each successfully extracted knitting program.
  

Alternative Call-ups of Sintral Check

You can open the Sintral Check as follows:

• For knitting programs of the current pattern project
• Home ribbon -> Sintral (Ribbon Group) ribbon group -> Sintral Check
• The icon is greyed out and disabled if the no knitting program is available for the pattern.
• For knitting programs regardless of the current pattern project
  Recommended for external knitting programs!
• Call up the Sintral Check directly on the Start Page.
  
• - or -
  Call up the Sintral Check by View ribbon.
  
• Load and check any desired knitting program without loading the pattern.
• You can load and check a knitting program of the pattern only if it is already extracted.

Manage settings of the Status Bar of the Lined Shape

You can manage the view settings of lined shapes via the context menu of the status bar.

Following options are available:

• Context menu of the pattern layer

Rolling Picking by the F5 Key

You can pick-up needle actions or modules from the pattern to the cursor in the needle area with the F5 key.
Set the cursor on the desired position and press the F5 key.

Several needle actions can be inserted at one cursor position as stitch, devoré and do not sink e.g.
Therefore, rolling picking is now also possible with the F5 key.

All needle actions together are picked up by the first picking.
By newly, repeated picking, the needle actions will appear one after the other.

1. F5
   
2. F5
   
3. F5
   
4. F5
   

• Pick Attributes

Draw in pattern elements with shape symbols from pending shape.

• Problem:
  A pattern element with shape symbols (from pattern with pending shape) cannot be inserted in a pattern.
• Remedy:
  You can insert the pattern element any way into the pattern by disabling the shape symbols in the cursor attributes.

1. Create pattern element from selection.
2. Click the shape symbol in the cursor attributes and switch it off thereby.
3. Insert a pattern element into the pattern.

You can assign the following module types to a shape marking of the lined shape.

• Structure Modules
• Pattern Elements
• Shape Marking Modules
  Fully Fashion / Shape Markings

Shape markings appear as follows in the raster-shape created from the lined shape:

Variant 1:

• The shape marking consists of a shape marking module.
• The shape marking does not appear in the Shape Markings tool window.
• Therefore, the module of the shape marking cannot be replaced.

Variant 2:

• The shape marking consists of a structure module or of a pattern element.
• The shape marking appears in the Shape Markings tool window.
• Therefore, the module of the shape marking can be changed.

Drag-and-drop Knitting Elements and Yarns

You can copy back and forth knitting elements and yarns of different positions of use and storage by drag-and-drop.

• The following folders enable drag-and-drop:
• Knit Explorer
  Knit Explorer
• Quick Access
  Quick Access
• Tool window of the individual knitting elements
  Module tool window
  CA tool window
  MA tool window
  Pattern elements tool window
  Yarns Tool Window
• Windows File Explorer
• You can drag-and-drop even between different projects.
• You can drag and drop a knitting element or yarn to any desired tool window for knitting elements.
  The knitting element or yarn will be copied to the corresponding tool window or to the corresponding path of the Modules tool window.
• In each dialog box with selection of a knitting element, you can drag and drop it from any desired folder to the selection field.
• To all table cells with selection of a knitting element or yarn, you can drag and drop it from any desired folder.
  In the Knitting Ranges tool window or Color Parameters table e.g

Example 1:

• Drag and drop a pattern element from Knit Explorer to the Modules tool window.
• The pattern element appears in the Pattern Elements tool window.
  

Example 2:

• Drag and drop a narrowing module from the Modules tool window to the Configuration dialog box -> All Shapes tab -> Default Settings section:
  

Sort Pattern-related Rows

You can add pattern related rows into tables of the Pattern Parameters .
The pattern-related rows may become very confusing if the project contains many patterns.

Therefore, you can sort the pattern-related rows now in different way.

• Sort alphabetically (as known):
• Click the column header to the Patterns column.
  The entries are sorted alphabetically according to the pattern names:
  
• Sort by orders:
• If the rows are alphabetically sorted, click Reset Sorting in the context menu of the table header.
• Activate Working with Orders in the Patterns tool window.
• The entries will be sorted according to the Patterns tool window.
  
• Re-sorting the patterns in the Patterns tool window will immediately update the sorting within the table.
• Sort by groups:
• If the rows are alphabetically sorted, click Reset Sorting in the context menu of the table header.
• Activate Working with Groups in the Patterns tool window and deactivate Working with Orders.
• The entries will be sorted according to the Patterns tool window.
  
• Re-sorting the patterns in the Patterns tool window will immediately update the sorting within the table.
• Sorting of rows with pattern-related values

Combining Technical Yarns in the Yarn Carriers Tool Window

Example:
Drag and drop yarn carrier 2R Elastic yarn 1 to yarn carrier 2L Comb thread 1.

Important for machines with a reduced quantity of yarn carriers (e.g. CMS 502)

• Combined technical yarns get a new symbol:
  

Separate Combined Technical Yarns:

1. Right click on symbol of the yarn carrier.
2. Click on Technique Colors.
   The combined yarn carriers appear:
3. Drag the desired yarn carrier from the context menu to any desired position.

• Yarn Carrier Allocation