Generate limit module

Generate a limit module:

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    Run the New / Module function in the Module menu.
  1. The New Module dialog box appears.
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    Enter a module name.
    -  or  -
    Enter the module name later in the dialog box Properties of: <module-name>.

When you enter the module name in the New module dialog, this name appears in all languages. You can also enter the module name later in the Properties of: <module-name> dialog box, in this case it only appears in the selected language.

Limit modules do not have any binding elements, which can be displayed in the Module Explorer or in the Modules toolbar. An expressive module name simplifies the recognition of modules.

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    Enter the number of rows and columns required for the new module.
    4
    Select the Not module from the list field.

As limit modules only consist of transfer actions, you obtain an empty needle layout in the size you specify.

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    Click on the OK button in the New module dialog box.
  1. The Properties of: <module name> dialog box appears. If no module name has been specified, Properties of noname x appears in the title bar. The x stands for a number which is automatically counted up with each new module. When restarting the program it will restart with 1.
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    Enter the module properties.
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    Click the OK button in the Properties of: <module-name> dialog box.
  1. The Module Editor appears.
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    Draw in the transfer actions.
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    Enter the module parameters and technical row data.

The transfer rows resulting from the needle actions with start conditions are not saved with the module. Therefore, you should not allocate these rows any parameters. The transfer actions will automatically be inserted when inserting the modules in the pattern and thus appear in the pattern.
The color palette from the Pattern colors toolbar will not be saved with the module either, but only the color number. The color at the time of saving is shown in the picture of the module links. During the later edition of the module in the Module Editor, the color from the currently set color palette is used. Therefore it may happen that the color presentation of modules in the Module Editor and the Modules toolbar differ.

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    Group all technical rows to a pattern row.
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    Run the Insert Row for Limit Condition function in the Module menu.
  1. A yellow row is inserted after the last row. This row is referred to as a limit condition line. The control columns are also highlighted in yellow in this row.

If several limit conditions are required for a needle pair, then a new line must be inserted for each of these limit conditions.
If the new limit condition line is to be inserted below an already existing line, this line has to be selected before calling up the Insert Row for Limit Condition function.

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    Draw in the needle occupancy in the yellow row with the symbols from the Needle actions toolbar.
    Specify the needle occupancy for which, when inserting the module with one or more limit conditions in the pattern, the transfer actions present in the pattern are to be drawn in in the limit module. The needle occupancy is not checked for the needles for which no allocation is specified when inserting the module in the pattern. As a result, this has the same meaning as the symbol Do not check needle occupancy.
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    Run the Close File function in the File menu.
    -  or  -
    Click on the button on the right edge of the title bar.
    -  or  -
    A prompt whether the module is to be saved in the database appears.
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    Click on the Yes button.
  1. A message appears saying that the module will be saved in the New modules module group.
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    Click on the OK button.
    If you click the No button, the module disappears without being saved in the database.

Create a separate module group for the modules with limit conditions.
Move the new module with limit conditions from the New modules module group to there.