Module data

Module data toolbar in the M1plus main program
Module data toolbar in the M1plus main program

With the following icon you can specify:

 

Function

Target

Apply Needle Actions

The color within the fabric is retained.

Apply Colors

Only the color from the module is inserted in the fabric.
The needle actions of the fabric are retained.

Apply Stitch Length

Insert stitch length of the module into the fabric.

Free Border
Insert module if selected completely

An imagined rectangle is laid around the existing selection. Starting from the lower left corner of this rectangle, an invisible grid is laid over the rectangle. The fields of the grid are the size of the selected module. The module is only filled in the fields that are located completely within the selection. The fields that are only located partially within the selection remain blank.
: Each disconnected selection is considered independently.

Border covered
Insert module if selected partly

An imagined rectangle is laid around the existing selection. Starting from the lower left corner of this rectangle, an invisible grid is laid over the rectangle. The fields of the grid are the size of the selected module. The module is filled in the fields that are located in the selection. In contrast to edge free, the fields that are only partially found in the selection are also filled.
: Each disconnected selection is considered independently.
Protected areas will not be overwritten.

Exact to Border
Insert module at selected positions only

An imagined rectangle is laid around the existing selection. Starting from the lower left corner of this rectangle, an invisible grid is laid over the rectangle. The fields of the grid are the size of the selected module. The module is filled in the fields that are located completely within the selection. In the fields that are only partially found in the selection, the modules are cut off so that they fit exactly in the selection. Transfer actions with receiving needles outside the selection are not cut off. Cursor functions that have the size of one needle pair are always filled up to the edge.
: All existing selections are considered as a continuous area.

Adopt shape data

Insert shape data of the module into the fabric.

Data transfer in control columns

Data of the current pattern element or modules are transferred into the control columns.
: When activating the symbol, the Module/Pattern element: Data transfer dialog appears . In this dialog box, you can select the data to be copied.

Insert Modules without Adjustment

Activate or deactivate the direct insertion mode.
The modules are inserted without row alignment when the function is active.
: The settings in the Module / Insert Modules (Settings) menu are observed.

Module color

Switch between original color and editable color.

Insert a module with plating yarn

A module with plating yarn is selected.
You can allocate a different plating yarn to this plating yarn.

Further module colors

Open a dialog box with further module colors.

You can combine the settings Apply needle actions, Apply colors and Adopt stitch length ( ) as desired.

Example: Fill the cable module 2x2< in a polygon (selected area):

Cable module 2x2<
Cable module 2x2<
selected area
selected area
Free Border
Free Border
Border covered
Border covered
Exact to Border
Exact to Border

With this toolbar you can specify how the modules are inserted at the edge of the selection in the pattern, which module attributes are adopted to the pattern and under Apply, which settings of the modules are applied during insertion.

If you want to insert a module with a module color other than the existing one into the fabric, then you do not need to change the module color in the module. It is sufficient to select the new color from the Yarn colors toolbar. This color is referred to as the editing color. It is framed in the toolbar with the module color.
 Module color
 Editing color

Select editing color with multicolor modules:

    1
    Click on the editing color in the Yarn colors toolbar.
    2
    Select module.
    3
    Click on the module color to be replaced with the editing color in the module data toolbar.

The editing color is removed again with the Reset all editing colors function in the context menu of the module data toolbar. The context menu appears in which you click on any desired symbol of the toolbar with the right mouse button.
You can copy any desired area from the pattern to the paste buffer as a pattern element. The contents of the paste buffer is visible in the Pattern elements module group in the Module bar. The pattern element is not automatically saved in the module database. During insertion from the Clipboard to the pattern, the contents of the Clipboard is considered a module and you can decide with the module data toolbar whether you want to insert only the needle action(s), only the color(s) or needle action(s) and color(s) in the pattern.