What was new in STOLL-CPS® V1.3
Release V1.3.4 5/2021
http://software.stoll.com/cps/software_updates
Working in Pattern
- Quick-Info
- By dragging a selection, the size of the selection is shown at the cursor.
- You can toggle the display by Show Coordinates When Drawing in the context menu of the view.
- Border Processing for Jacquard
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Intarsia Jacquard
Opens the Intarsia Jacquard dialog box. -
Block Jacquard
Opens the new Border Processing for Block Jacquard dialog box
More about it in the Fully Fashion section - Insert Selection
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- Jf you selected several rows for the Insert... function of row selection, you got different results by
Duplicate or Drawing Attributes.
This difference is eliminated. - Result in version 1.3.3
The complete selection is duplicated -
- Result in version 1.3.4
Each row is duplicated by its own -
- With it, you can duplicate a colored pattern and keep its motif.
Fully Fashion
- Create New Shape from Raster-Shape / Add Missing Shape Symbols...
- These two functions of the context menu of the Design View are no longer available if the pattern is in 1x1 Technique.
- Switch to the All Needles knitting technique in advance.
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- You can switch the knitting technique by the Pattern Properties dialog box.
Open the dialog box with Properties in the context menu of the pattern in the Patterns tool window. - Create Lined Shape from Image
- In a Dimensioned Shape, you can already load a background image and generate a new fabric piece based on it in the Dimensioned Shape.
Now, in the Lined Shape as well. - Required:
The Lined Shape is not created by the Hand-Knitting (Courses) input format. -
- Image Formats: BMP, PNG or JPG
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Border Processing for Block Jacquard
Fading-out Jacquard - It was not yet possible, to work the border of a shape edge of a float or net Jacquard by a specific knitting technique.
The fade-out width of the shape did not take effect on the Jacquard. - You can modify the border by the Fade-out, Jacquard, Float, Net module and by a specified width now.
- You will find the module in the database at:
- Fully Fashion → Fading-out → Jacquard
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Pattern with Pending Shape
- The fade-out of the shape is separated:
- for structure / Intarsia
- for Jacquards (float / net)
- You will find the default settings in:
- Options for dimensioned and lined shapes
- Configuration / All Shapes in pattern projects
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- You can modify the default settings of each shape line in the Line Properties individually.
- The result is immediately visible as echo on the pattern.
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Pattern without Lined Shape
- You can specify the border processing for pattern without shape or manually shaped by the Border Processing for Block Jacquard dialog box.
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- Open the dialog box by:
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Border Processing for Block Jacquard... of the context menu
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Block Jacquard
of the Drawing ribbon group.
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- You apply the selected knitting technique by the Apply button in the dialog box.
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Note:
If you apply a second time with a reduced width, the knitting technique will be adopted to it but the original motif will not be restored. -
- New Modules for Binding-off
- Two new module are available for the binding-off of the neckline.
- Binding-off, Neck, SJ, 01
- Binding-off, Neck, SJ, 02
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Module Arrangement (MA):
Color adjustment - If there are colored modules and knitting needle actions within a selection of rows, you get now (exceeding V1.2) the possibility of a color adjustment in the Module Arrangement.
- For it, color segments of needle actions appear in the MA.
Example of a Pattern
- MA generated with color segments of needle actions
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BMS: Technical Processing
Up to now, clamping of yarn carriers was done by the S0Y (Move Yarn Carriers to Home Position ) command and could not be specified by the user.
This behavior is changed: - Result in V1.3.3
Clamping always by S0Y
- Result in V1.3.4
Clamping as defined
New Machines
- ADF 330-32 ki BW [BcW], Classification 840
- CMS 503 ki, Classification 842 / 843
- TT med
- ADF330-24 ki BW TT med (844)
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ADF 530-24 ki BW TT med (846)
knitrobotic Preparation - CMS 530 ki TT med (815)
- CMS 530 ki B TT med (815)
- CMS 530 ki Bc TT med (815)
- CMS 530 ki BW TT med (817)
- CMS 530 ki Bc W TT med (817)
New Gauges
- Gauge E 9.2 for
- CMS 530 ki (817)
- ADF 530-32 ki (822)
- ADF 330-32 ki (840)
- Gauge E 10.2 for
- ADF 530 32ki (822)
- ADF 830-24 ki (825)
- CMS 830 ki (828)
You can find the news of the previous releases in the CREATE Help (F1) help.
Available starting with V1.3.3 :
Languages
User Interface now in:
- French
- Korean
- Russian
- Options → General → Language Selection
Drawing Tools
New item in the Drawing ribbon group for functions up to nowa available in the context menu only.
- The buttons opens the following dialog boxes:
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Insert Selection -
Delete Selection -
Border Processing for Intarsia Jacquard
Fully Fashion
The control which was introduced by the previous release fits the handling of the known control now.
- You can move the control with the grasper manually.
- Key combination CTRL + Shift + ←
Position both controls as tile horizontally at the upper left. - Key combination CTRL + Shift + →
Position both controls as tile horizontally at the upper right. - You can get the controls automatically positioned by the context menu.
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- You can find the Remove Shape from Design Pattern function in the context menu of the buttons for shape editing.
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- You can hide the control below by the context menu and toggle it by the button in the needle bar.
Configuration of Machine
More System Functions of the Knitting Machines
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- The functions:
- Divided Stitch Cam
- Holding-deep by Tuck Function
- In:
- Configuration → Machine Attributes
- Select Machine dialog box → System Functions section
- Allocate these new entries to the pattern in the System Function control column.
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BMS
Configuration setting for clamping.
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- Quantity of Rows Until Closing Clamps After the Start edit box in the Comb, Clamping tab
- The value is applied to the Collecting Clamp control column by the technical processing.
Available starting with V1.3.2 :
Fully Fashion
- Editing of pattern with pending shape is optimized.
- The pattern and the lined shape are displaced in individual modes each.
- The
Edit Shape button of the Drawing ribbon group for the previous procedure is eliminated. - You can get the missing shape symbols added for manually created fully fashion patterns (without lined shape).
- Editing of the lined shape on the pattern
- Control with different buttons enables the alternating editing of lined shape and pattern.
- Buttons and their functions clockwise from top left:
- Edit Lined Shape Layer (Y)
The lined shape can be edited. Therefor, the context menus are switched to lined shape editing. The drawing tools for pattern editing are not available. - Fade-out Exceeding Modules
Modules cut-into by the width of fading-out will be removed or kept. - Toggle Lined Shape Layer
The lined shape data (outside shape, fading-out, narrowing, widening) will be toggled.
Editing the lined shape is even with hidden data possible. - Edit Base Layer
The context menus are switched to pattern editing. - Toggle Pattern Layer
The pattern data of the basic pattern will be toggled.
If the display is hidden and if your are drawing on the pattern, the display will be automatically be enabled. - The button to move the lined shape appears below the control on the pattern.
- Remove Shape from Design Pattern
- The function, up to now available in Shapes tool window only, is now part of the context menu of the pattern.
- Add Missing Shape Symbols
- The function is available in the context menu of the pattern.
- The function is not available if a lined shape is positioned on the pattern.
- The function opens the Add Missing Shape Symbols dialog box.
- The function works within a selection of the pattern or within the entire pattern.
Selection
- Two possibilities:
Delete Shape Symbols in Search Area.
Add missing shape symbols. Existing shape symbols will be kept. Delete Shape Symbols in Search Area.
Deletes existing shape symbols at first and creates then all shape symbols according to specification.
Available starting with V1.3.1 :
User Interface
- Knitting Elements Tool Window
- Extra tool windows for Color Arrangement (CA) and Module Arrangement (MA)
- As docked tabs by Default Window Layout.
Control column Separate Knitting from Following Transferring for BMS
- If the S1 system has to knit and the S2 has to transfer, you can shift the transferring to the following carriage stroke by the Separate Knitting from Transferring entry.
Find and Replace / Exchange
- Exchange tab
Start with Start, Repeating and Final Areal
- Up to now:
- No possibility to set the occupancy of the last needle by the start as the module is cut according to the pattern width.
- Example:
With an even numbered pattern width and a 1x1 start, the left border starts by a jersey stitch and the right border ends by a reverse stitch. - New:
- By the extension in the module, you can get a jersey stitch at the left and right of the pattern.
- Module Structure
- As known from technical modules, the starts can contain the following rows:
Searching row 
Repeating row 
Attribute row - The attribute row is displayed to keep it similar to technical modules dispite it has no meaning and is kept empty.
- The module is divided in to the following areas (see picture):
Repetition (columns 2 – 5)
Final areas of different widths (column 6, 7+8, 10 – 12 and 13 – 16)
Excess width at Shape Edge (column 9 and 17). - The start area (not shown in picture) would be at the left of the repetition area.
Neighboring end areas are separated by hatching
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Excess width is required if the width of the end area is a multiple of the width cycle of the start. - Usage within the pattern
- You will find examples of starts in the new Starts / Start Area and Final Area directory of the Knit Explorer.
- If you select a start with the new areas, you have to set whether they should be considered when inserted into the pattern:
Activate With Start, Repeating and End Columns. 
Fully Fashion
New function to create a new lined shape from a fully fashion pattern.
- Create New Shape from Raster-Shape function in the context menu of the design pattern
- The function opens the Create Shape dialog box with the settings of the line properties.
- The created shape appears in the Shapes tool window of the pattern project.
- Note:
- The function is not available if a shape is positioned on the pattern.
- The start currently present in the pattern will be applied to the shape properties.
If desired, remove the start from the pattern before calling up the function.
Replace Start in Pattern... function in the context menu of the design pattern - Markings (marking points and line markings) will not be applied and must be added to the lined shape.
Technical Processing
Clamping and Cutting
Not for BMS!
- Up to now, valid for Knit-in All Yarn Carriers Before the Start function enabled:
- The technical processing applies the Float and Lock module.
- This module contains the command to open all clamps after knitting-in (Y-RALL).
- New, in order to exclude individual yarn carriers from the Y-RALL command:
- Exclude from 'Open Clamp' (Y-RALL( n ))
- Show Yarn Carriers → Yarn Carriers tool window
You can find the news of the previous releases in the CPS help.
Languages
User Interface now in:
- French
- Korean
- Russian
- Options → General → Language Selection
Drawing Tools
New item in the Drawing ribbon group for functions up to nowa available in the context menu only.
- The buttons opens the following dialog boxes:
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Insert Selection
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Delete Selection
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Border Processing for Intarsia Jacquard
Fully Fashion
The control which was introduced by the previous release fits the handling of the known control now.
- You can move the control with the grasper manually.
- Key combination CTRL + Shift + ←
Position both controls as tile horizontally at the upper left. - Key combination CTRL + Shift + →
Position both controls as tile horizontally at the upper right. - You can get the controls automatically positioned by the context menu.
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- You can find the Remove Shape from Design Pattern function in the context menu of the buttons for shape editing.
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- You can hide the control below by the context menu and toggle it by the button in the needle bar.
Configuration of Machine
More System Functions of the Knitting Machines
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- The functions:
- Divided Stitch Cam
- Holding-deep by Tuck Function
- In:
- Configuration → Machine Attributes
- Select Machine dialog box → System Functions section
- Allocate these new entries to the pattern in the System Function control column.
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BMS
Configuration setting for clamping.
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- Quantity of Rows Until Closing Clamps After the Start edit box in the Comb, Clamping tab
- The value is applied to the Collecting Clamp control column by the technical processing.