Generate Modules from Selection

A module can be generated from any desired area of a pattern. You can specify whether or not any empty rows present in this area and not inserted by the user are also to be applied in the module. The copying of these empty rows is primarily used if following Technical Processing a module, that contain these kind of rows, is to be positioned next to each other. In the default setting these rows are not adopted.

I. Generate a new module from a pattern:

    1
    Select the area in the pattern which is to be saved as a module.

The selection does not need to be rectangular. In this case transparent areas result. If a transfer action in the racking is cut into by the selection, then it will be checked whether the delivering or the receiving needle lies outside the selection. If the receiving lies outside, the needle action is also saved and restored again during insertion. If the delivering lies outside, the needle action will be removed during saving.

    2
    Run the Generate module from selection function in the Module menu.
    -  or  -
    Click on the icon in the Default toolbar.
    -  or  -
    Press the key combination Ctrl + Shift + M.
  1. The picture of the module link appears in the Modules toolbar under .
    It has an L in the upper left corner.
    The module is named # <Serial Number>.
    At the same time the Module Editor with the module is opened.

This is referred to as a local module.
This is saved in the pattern, however not in the database.
The selection from which the module was generated is not automatically replaced by the new module.

    3
    Close the Module Editor.
    4
    Run the Save in Database function in the context menu of the module in the Modules toolbar.
  1. The module is saved to the New Modules module group of the Module Explorer.

If a machine with additional needle beds was used for the pattern ,then the module is automatically switched over to two needle beds during generation when the additional needle beds contain no needle actions and the front needle bed has no racking.

II. Adopt empty rows located in the selected area which have not been inserted by the user in the module:

    1
    Click on the icon next to the icon in the Default toolbar.
  1. The functions Default and with all empty rows appear.
    2
    Click on the with all empty rows function in the list.
  1. The icon changes to .
    Now you can generate the module as described above.

When generating a module from the pattern, no cycle from the pattern is imported to the module.
The color palette from the Yarn color toolbar is not saved with the module, but instead only the color number.