Working with the stitch length table

I. Call up the stitch length table and change the entry:

  1. Pattern is loaded into the Basic Pattern state of pattern.
    1
    Place the cursor on the control column for the front or rear stitch length in the Symbol View and press the right mouse button.
    - or -
    Open the Stitch Length context menu with next to or in the Needle Actions - Stitch Lengths toolbar.
  1. The Stitch Lengths context menu with the stitch lengths in use and the favorites appears.
    2
    Place the cursor on the changed entry and press the right mouse button.
    3
    Click Edit entry in the context menu.
    - or -
    Click Additional Values... in the stitch length context menu.
  1. The Stitch length table appears.

You can call up the Stitch length table via Pattern Parameters / Stitch Lengths… as well.

Designations in the stitch length table

Column

Display

No.

Consecutive numbering of the entries

Color

Color of the entry in the control columns

NP

Display of the index for the indirect / direct stitch length allocation

PTS

Specification for NPJ or PTS (Power Tension Setting).

Stitch tension value for gauge E

List of stitch length values depending on the gauges of the selected machine

Description

Comments for the entry

Status columns

Display the status of the entry

The status columns

Column

Designation

Use

Grp

Group

Combine stitch length values to form a group

P

Protect

Protect stitch length values

F

Favorites

The selected entries will be displayed in the selection dialog of the control column.

U

Used (Used)

The entries marked with an x are used in the pattern.

M

Modified

The entries marked with an x have been changed in relation to the global pattern data. Entries newly added or set to favorites will also be marked with an X. This can be reset with the Reset modified status function in the context menu of the table.

S

Sintral

A x appears here if the value has been copied from the Sintral function.

Setup2

The entries marked with an x will be applied to the file (.setx).

Example:
Generating a sequence in which only one setup2 file is used for all the sequence elements.

E

Global

An x appears here when the value has been applied from the global stitch length table.

You can configure the display of the table columns via the context menu.
Therefore click the right mouse button in the table header and select the desired columns in the dialog box.

II. Specify favorites in the stitch length table:

    1
    Call up the Stitch length table.
    2
    Click the desired entry in the status column F.
    3
    Close the table with .
  1. The selected entry will be displayed in the selection menu and can be inserted in the pattern.

In the process, the entry is automatically set to Modified.
The status can be reset in the context menu of the Stitch length table with Reset modified status.

III. Add a new entry in the stitch length table:

    1
    Call up the Stitch length table.
    2
    Open the context menu.
    3
    Select Insert new entry in the context menu.
  1. A new entry will be added at the end of the table.
    4
    Define specifications in the columns of the new entry.
    5
    Close the table with .
  1. The changes will be saved in the table.

The changes will be saved in the mdv file when saving the pattern.

IV. Apply entry from stitch length table in pattern:

  1. Pattern is loaded into the Basic Pattern state of pattern.
    1
    Call up the Stitch length table.
    2
    Select an entry in the table via the column number or the color.
    3
    Click on the corresponding control column and row of the Symbol view [Basic].
  1. The stitch length will be entered in the control column.

Change of stitch length in a local module

You can change the stitch length of a local module.
In case of a following data transfer into the pattern, then there will be different stitch lengths in one pattern row.

V. Combine stitch length values to form a group:

Combining different stitch length values into a group is helpful if you want to change the stitch length values on the machine jointly.
Therefore, the stitch length values of a group should have similarities, which are used in different areas of a pattern.

  1. The Grp status column appears in the stitch length table.
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    Allocate the same index to all used stitch length values of the Grp status column which you want to form a group.
  1. With it, these stitch length values will form a NPGK group and can be modified (corrected) in common.

Example:

    2
    Complete the pattern.
    3
    Open Setup2 Editor.
    By the Pattern Parameters / Setup-Data… menu
    - or -
    By the MC-Program / Display MC Program / MC-Setup menu
    4
    Select Stitch Length.
    5
    Show the NP tab.
  1. Two groups are created:
    NPGK 1 and NPGK 2
    3. 6
    Make a note under Comment if necessary.
    7
    Show the NPGK tab.
  3. Both groups with the corresponding NP indexes are displayed.
    5. 8
    You can enter a negative or positive value into the Value column of the upper area.
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    Press the Apply key.
  5. The value entered will be applied to the NPGK column of the lower area and will be added or subtracted from the stitch length value Value column.

You can protect individual table entries via the Protect column.
With it, the entries under the NPK and NPGKn groups in the upper area will not be applied to the lower area.

    10
    Close the Setup2 Editor.