Cycles

With this dialog box you can allocate row or width cycles to the pattern. The settings will be applied to the Cycles table. In the description of the columns of this table you will also find a detailed explanation of the individual elements.

Elements

Meaning

Input field
Name

Entry of the cycle name.
With a new cycle the name New cycle is automatically offered.

List field
RS

Select cycle counter (RS 1 to RS 39) or counter (#1 to #99) for the row cycles. With the ? list entry, the lowest free cycle counter is automatically allocated.
Additional selection possibilities:

  • Gauge
  • =^=
  • Direct

: With Setup1 RS 1 up to RS 19 are possible

Section
Cycle

Select cycle type Row or Column.
: When using width cycles, a size table is generated in the knitting program (Sintral). For this you can specify a cycle counter / counter in the Configuration in the Size table section.
With patterns for machines with a comb, only width cycles can be used when the comb thread is not knitting-in with the modules, but instead with a Sintral function.

Section
Number of repeats

In the Default input field its is specified how often the cycle is to be repeated. The value 1 is specified in the default setting. The Default field is influenced by the Behavior list field and vice versa. With a row cycle the entry Cycle appears in the Behavior list field. With a width cycle the entry Repeatable part appears. The value in the Default field can only be edited for these two entries. With these entries the values in the fields Min and Max have no meaning.
If another entry is selected, negative values appear in the Default field. These cannot be edited. The cycles have a different behavior with these entries. A value range can be specified in the input fields Min and Max. The values 0 and 20 are entered in the default setting.

Behavior

Select switch. The related value is set in the Default input field.

Size Modifications

Comment on column cycles
specify clothing size e.g.
: Only with

Buttons in the dialog box:

Button

Function

OK

Apply the modifications.
The dialog box is closed.

Apply

Apply settings in the cycle table in the Cycles dialog box.

Cancel

Close dialog box without generating a cycle.

Display cycles >>

Display Cycles table.

Allocate a cycle to the pattern:

    1
    Select rows in the pattern to which a cycle is to be allocated.
    2
    Call-up the Pattern Parameters / Cycle... menu.
    -  or  -
    Press the key combination Ctrl + R.
  1. The Cycles dialog box appears.
    2. 3
    Enter a name for the cycle.
    -  or  -
    Default name retained.
    4
    Select the behavior of the cycle in the Behavior list field.
    -  or  -
    Use default behavior.
    5
    Enter values for Min, Max and Default.
    -  or  -
    Default values retained.
    6
    Click the Apply button.
  2. The entries are transferred to the table columns of the same name. The input fields in the dialog box turn gray. It is no longer possible to make changes here.
    The color of the entry is also displayed in the control column.
    3. 7
    Click the OK button.
  1. The dialog box is closed.