Generate cuts and shapes

I. Programs and Methods for Generating Shapes:

Tool	Methods to generate shapes:
Symbol View [Basic]	Graphical method
Shape editor	Input of values in a table
ShapeSizer	Edit existing shapes in a table and create sizes (grading)
Image Import	Import the picture of a shape:

II. Tools and formats:

tool for creating a shape	Designation	Unit of measure	Presentation	File extension
Symbol View [Basic]	Grid	Stitches	Grid	.shr
Shape editor	Vector	Millimeter / Inch	Lines	.shv
Shape editor	Pixel	Pixel	Stitches / Steps	.shp
ShapeSizer	Vector	Millimeter / Inch	Stitches / Millimeters	.shp

Stoll shape file:

You will find the Stoll shape files under: D:\ Stoll \ M1plus \ <Version Number> \ Shape
Stoll shape files has the .shv format.
Standard attributes are assigned to those shapes.

Shape editor:

Convert shapes of the .shv format by specifying the stitch density into the .shp or back again.
Generate shapes of the .shv or .shp format by editing tables.

Symbol View [Basic]:

When saving a shape, the .shr format results in the Symbol View [Basic].
A shape saved under this format can be converted to the .shp format.

mdv file:

In the .mdv pattern file only the shape is saved with it in the .shr format.
You have to save shapes separately.
A .shr shape can be saved in any desired path via the Shape / Save Shape As… menu.
A .shr shape can be converted into an .shp shape via the Shape / Convert Shape (shr) -> Stitch Based Shape (shp) menu and be saved under any desired path.
Always save the shape!
Shapes in the .shr format are not saved automatically as shape.