Additional settings tab

Racking per Stroke section

Equalize stroke racking type (UN, U#, N#, U#N)

Allow grouping of technical rows with different racking type to a stroke.

Don't equalize stroke racking type

Exclude grouping of technical rows with different racking type to a stroke.

Apply intermediate racking

Use intermediate racking where it is possible.
Consecutive transfer rows with different racking are grouped to form one stroke.
: If the distance between the both knitting areas is wider than nine inch, then the intermediate racking will be done consecutively by two knitting systems.
With a distance between 1 and 9 inch one system will be skipped. If this is not possible, then the intermediate racking will be done consecutively by two knitting systems.
With a distance less than one inch the system tries to get a stroke optimization by skipping knitting systems.

Equalize stroke racking type for single-bed knitting

Reduce the running time of the fabric (e.g. Pointelle) on the machine if possible.

Stroke optimization section

Optimizing with technical processing

Distributing of transfer rows or cast-off rows to several systems
Optimizing occurs with technical processing

Optimizing with technical processing 2 pieces

Distributing of transfer rows or cast-off rows to several systems
Optimizing occurs with Technical processing 2 pieces .

Separate rows with separate pattern areas section

Standard Method

The right pattern area is initially knitted from right to left and then back again. Then the left pattern area is worked from left to right and then back again. With this method it must be ensured that with a narrowing present between the pattern areas, narrowing is always carried out after an even number of rows. In this case the yarn carriers are always outside the transfer area during narrowing.
If a carriage direction is specified in the pattern area, it is possible to select during technical processing whether this is ignored or whether the standard method is to be canceled and continued with the intarsia method. The condition for the selection is that you have selected the Always apply solution with pause and prompting option during technical processing.

Intarsia Method

With this method, two neighboring intarsia areas are processed accordingly. At first the left pattern area is knit from right to left and then the right pattern area. Then the right pattern area is at first knit from left to right, and then the left pattern area.

List field
Group yarn fields with a distance up to (rows):

Enter the distance in rows up to which the yarn fields will be combined.
(Range 0 to 9999)

Switch off fabric sensors when releasing fabric take-down

With the checkbox activated, the command WS0 is entered in the knitting program.

System Allocations section

Knit all technical rows containing the 'tuck' needle action by a system with the 'not sunken tuck' system function.

All technical rows with Tuck needle actions will be knit by a knitting system for which Not sunken tuck is set.
System functions tab

You activate the function for individual rows by the System Function control column.
System Function
: Need to modify the cam box!

Variable stitch length section

Different stitch lengths per technical row

With the checkbox activated, different stitch lengths in a single technical row are worked with.

If this checkbox is deactivated, the stitch length used most frequently is used for all other stitches during technical processing.
: If you have not activated the Different stitch length per technical row checkbox and you want to retain the different stitch lengths, you can click on the Make no adjustment button in the Adjustment of stitch length dialog box. For the dialog box to appear, the Apply solution as specified option field must be selected in the Technical assistant.

Different stitch lengths on shape edge

If a NP value () of your own is present in a shape edge of a shape pattern, then this checkbox is activated so that the different stitch length will be applied at the shape border during a stitch length adjustment.
: The NP value for a shape edge is entered:

• In the General tab in the Shape editor when creating a rasterized shape from a line shape.
• In the Shape attributes dialog box when entering the NP value afterwards.
• Here in the input field NPJ: .=

NPJ: .=

Enter NP value for shape edge.
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N=

Enter NP value for outside needles.
N symbol

Carriage speed with NPJ (MSECNPJ)

Specify the carriage speed with MSECNPJ.

Fabric take-down in empty rows section

W0

With an empty row the command W0 is entered in the knitting program (Sintral). This deactivates the fabric take-down.

Values from previous stroke

With an empty row the values from the Fabric take-down table from the Standard S0 entry, are applied in the knitting program.

Values from the following stroke

With an empty row the values from the Fabric take-down table from the Standard S0 entry of the following knitting row are applied to the knitting program.

Combine yarn carriers section

Combine yarn carriers

: This option only is available for Global pattern parameters!
The technical processing combines, if possible, several yarn carriers in one system (e.g. with intarsia).
For the single yarn carriers you adjust this in the Yarn field allocation dialog box.

Default

Allocation of the yarn carriers for optimized productivity

Secure yarn insertion at color widening

Allocation of the yarn carriers for the secure yarn insertion at widenings of intarsia color fields.
: This option may prevent combining of yarn carriers.

List field
Additional yarn carrier distance for corrections on the machine:

Adjust the safety distance, in order to achieve narrower yarn carrier distances specially in the case of coarser gauges.
Range 0-20 1/16 inch (NIC)
Standard setting: 0
: This distance may prevent combining of yarn carriers.

Section Presets for New Plating Colors

Stoll-ikat plating (not separated )

New plating colors automatically receive the ikat type ID when being created.
With the ikat type ID, the color sequence is changed in a common system.

: Has also effect in rows with CA!
Rows of knitting-out will be separated if the color change is positioned less than 2 inch from the fabric selvedge.

Inverse Plating ( separated to several systems )

New plating colors are created without the ikat type identifier.
The color sequence of the two plating colors is changed between separate systems.
The color change is carried out needle-precisely.
: Has no effect in rows with CA!

Settings for Stoll-ikat plating® section

Max. quantity of needles with separating

Rows with Stoll-ikat plating will be separated for several systems with a lower quantity of needles.

: The value may not fall below default
Default = 2“ x needles per inch

YD yarn carrier distance from the fabric selvedge section

Optimize YD per row (YDopt)

: Only with OKC ≧ V 2.5

The technical processing determines optimized stopping positions at the fabric selvedge. Briefly not used yarn carriers are positioned as close as possible to the fabric selvedge.

List field
1/16“ distance of the first yarn carrier

Adjust the distance between parked yarn carriers and the fabric selvedge.
Range 0-20 1/16 inch (NIC)
Standard setting: 4

List field
1/16 inch distance within the staggering

Adjust the distance between the stopped yarn carriers.
Value range 1-20 1/16 inch (NIC)
Standard setting: 6

Section Border fixation

Only under Global Pattern Parameters!
With these settings you control the pre-allocation in the Yarn Field Allocation dialog box.

Activate Border Fixation

Tie in vertical floats at the fabric selvedge.

Prevent certain rows from border fixation in the Border Fixation control column. Border Fixation

Control the border fixation of the whole pattern or individual yarn fields in the Yarn Field Allocation dialog box Border Fixation

Left Side

Select the module for the left fabric selvedge.
Available modules:
Technique/Border fixation/Left side

Right Side

Select the module for the right fabric selvedge.
Available modules:
Technique/Border fixation/Right side

Distance

Determine the number of rows after which the float is to be fixed.

Weft Yarn at Color Field Border section

Effective only for enclosing weft yarn by transfer!

Enclose the weft yarn at the last needle

The weft yarn will in any case be enclosed at the border of the color field.
The weft yarn cannot be withdrawn from the color field border when inserting the weft yarn next time in the opposite direction.

A distance without enclosure may remain without this option.

The first two rows are grouped to form a stroke.

No rows are grouped to form a stroke. After the transfer row an empty row is required, as the yarn carrier is located on the other side.