Rules for Stamping-out

Select the right shape part colors when loading the shape elements:

    1
    Open left sleeve with Shape Part Color 2 selected
    2
    Open Front with Shape Part Color 1 selected
    3
    Open Back with Shape Part Color 1 selected
    4
    Open Right Sleeve with Shape Part Color 3 selected
    5
    Open Collar with Shape Part Color 4 selected

Change basic color #23 (yarn color) of the individual shape elements into the corresponding yarn carrier color:

  1. Left sleeve: Draw in yarn carrier color #82 up to the sleeve-body connection inclusively.
  2. Body, sleeve after the sleeve-body connection and collar: Draw in yarn carrier color #79.
  3. Right sleeve: Draw in yarn carrier color #75 up to the sleeve-body connection inclusively.

Edit shape edges:

    1
    Draw in the shape edge colors continuously.
    No shape edge without shape edge color.
    Result:
  1. The widening will be automatically corrected the right way.
  2. The information on narrowing and widening of the shape will correctly be read and edited.
    3. 2
    Delete unnecessary shape edge colors from the table of the Shape Attributes.
    E.g. with gore elements, base edges etc.
    3
    Group the shape edge colors having the same attributes.

Use the Separation icon:

    1
    Separate shape parts e.g. waistcoats, cardigans.
    2
    Separate existing color fields within a shape part, e.g. within gore element.

You can achieve this results by drawing in different colors.

Use yarn color #10 in gore elements:

    1
    Draw in yarn color #10 in addition to to get overview.

Yarn color #10 will not be performed by the Color Arrangement.

Example: Neck gore element

Combine yarn fields:

    1
    If possible, combine all yarn fields to one yarn field in the Yarn Field Allocation dialog box.

Define in the Color Arrangement:

    1
    Do not set a search color of the search area to transparent .
  1. Result: areas clearly allocated to the pattern
    2. 2
    Group all settings of the same reference row to one pattern row.
  2. Result: correct yarn fields without unnecessary knitting in and out.

Define a new pattern row for each knitting instruction If the reference rows can not be grouped.

    1
    Do not specify carriage directions for transferring rows.

The carriage direction will be removed with expanding.

    1
    Set the stitch length of reference rows to transparent.
    2
    Define the stitch lengths of additional rows.
    3
    Insert only necessary (simple) narrowing instructions .
  1. Result: plain CA.