Modify a Shape in the Symbol View [Basic].

I. Correct a shape in the symbol view [Basic]

    1
    Present the positioned (shv / shp / shr) shape in the Symbol View [Basic].
  1. The icons in the Pattern Presentations toolbar get active.

 

Presentation

Display shape edges.

Display shape symbols.

You can activate these icons to get the desired presentation of the basic pattern.

:
When deactivating this view the Shape Part Color 1 appears and you are working in the ,shape' only.
Shape Part Color 1 is used by the Color Arrangements.

    2
    Activate and in the Symbol View [Basic].
    3
    Call up the Shape Attributes... context menu of the Symbol View [Basic with Shape].
  1. The dialog box will be opened.
    4
    Select the desired shape edge color in the No. column of the Shape Attributes dialog box.
    - or -
    Pick the shape edge color in the Basic Pattern with or the F6 key.
    5
    Select the drawing tool and symbol from Shape Attributes.

Shape attributes toolbar

Function

Meaning

Outside Shape

Editing areas not belonging to the shape.

Shape Part Color (within shape): <No.>

Allocate a shape part color to a shape part
Select a color in the selection list with .

Edge: <No.>

Allocate an edge color to an edge.
Select a color in the selection list with .

Marks: <No.>

Allocate shape marking
Select a color in the selection list with

Goring

Draw-in or change gore areas

Narrow / Widen

Draw-in the symbol Narrow / Widen in the shape edge.

Fading-out

Draw fade-out symbol in the shape edge.

Separation

Edit the automatically generated separation.

Binding-off

Draw binding-off symbol in the shape edge.

Stitch length change

Draw-in the symbol Stitch length change (PTS) in the shape edge.

Aligning within Shape Part to the Left

Enter aligning symbols within a shape.

The area on the right of the symbol will be moved to the left.
: Use with Fair Isle technique.

Aligning within Shape Part to the Right

Enter aligning symbols within a shape.

The area on the left of the symbol will be moved to the right.

: Use with Fair Isle technique.

Align to the left

Enter aligning symbols to the left.

The shape part will be moved to the right.
: Use with Fully Fashion within V-neck

Align to the right

Enter aligning symbols to the right.

The shape part will be moved to the left.
: Use with Fully Fashion within V-neck

Suspending to bottom

Enlarge the area for the suspension with knit and wear shapes downwards

Suspending to top

Enlarge the area for the suspension with knit and wear shapes upwards

Place border marking on the left

Symbol for border marking at the shape edge at the left

: The neckline is knitted continuously, can be cut-out manually

Place border marking on the right

Symbol for border marking at the shape edge at the right

: The neckline is knitted continuously, can be cut-out manually

: The neckline is set to "inside shape".

Multi-step Narrowing
underneath

Draw-in symbol for multi-step narrowing

Narrowing underneath

Multi-step Narrowing
above

Draw-in symbol for multi-step narrowing

Narrowing above

Selection menu

Specification of the racking step (cover width) for multi-step narrowing
Values: 1 - 3

Remove single shape attributes

Delete the shape attribute drawn-in.

Select the shape symbol (e.g. ) and, in addition, .

Remove all shape attributes

Delete all drawn-in shape attributes and edge colors.

    6
    Correct the shape edge with the selected shape attributes.

You can pick shape attributes with the F7 key.

    7
    Activate Display Reference Edges in the context menu.
  1. The red outlines along the shape edges will be displayed.

The reference edges (outlines) are helpful when changing the shape since the deviations from the original shape are displayed.

    8
    Correct the selected shape edge:

Before the correction:

    9
    Call up the Update Reference Edges context menu.
  1. The red outlines will be adjusted to the new outer edge.

After the correction:

II. Creating a new shape edge:

    1
    Display the shape edge colors with and the shape attributes with in the Symbol View [Basic] with the shape loaded.
    2
    Call up the Shape Attributes... context menu of the Symbol View [Basic with Shape].
    - or -
    Open the selection list in the Shape Attributes toolbar with and select New….
  2. The Shape attributes dialog box is opened.
    3
    Press the New Shape Edge / New Marking icon (1) in the Shape Attributes dialog box.
  2. A new shape edge is generated.
    4
    Select the desired settings in the New Shape Edge / New Marking dialog box.

Check box

Meaning

Apply Default Attributes (Shape Editor)

A new edge color is created with Stoll standard attributes.

: The new edge will not be grouped.

Copy attributes from a present entry

A new edge color will be created with the attributes of the selected edge number.

: The new edge will be grouped with the selected edge.

 

Entry

Selection of the edge number as source of attributes.

    5
    Add the new edge color in the table with the Allocate button in the New Shape Edge / New Marking dialog box.

III. Apply the new shape edge:

    1
    Select the new shape edge in the Shape Attributes dialog box.
    -  or  -
    Open the selection list in the Shape Attributes toolbar with and select a shape edge.
    2
    Select the desired shape attribute with the Ctrl key pressed in the Shape Attributes toolbar additionally.
    3
    Draw in the new shape edge with the selected shape attribute into the basic pattern.
    4
    Allocate shape part color 1 to the shape edge color with the Re-determine Shape Parts button.
    5
    Call up the context menu with the right mouse button below the table of edge colors in the Shape Attributes dialog box:
    6
    Click on the button in the Shape Attributes dialog box.
  1. The settings will be saved and the Shape Attributes dialog box will be closed.

Buttons in the Shape Attributes dialog box:

Button

Meaning

Re-determine the shape parts

The shape parts / shape part colors will be re-determined.
The edges and markings will be newly listed.

Apply in shape view

Only the changes in the Shape attributes are applied in the Symbol View (with shape).

Initialize shape view

All entries in Shape attributes are applied in the Symbol View (with shape) and saved.
: Changes drawn in manually are overwritten.

IV. Stitch length on shape edge:

    1
    Select the desired shape edge in the Shape Attributes dialog box.
    2
    Select General tab.
    3
    Make the desired settings in the Stitch length at shape edge section:

 

Index

Value

NP front:

Select NP index

NPEnter value

NP rear:

Select NP index

NPEnter value

Width

Enter the quantity of needles for PTS at the shape edge

: The symbol is displayed in the shape view.

    4
    Carry out the Cut-out shape processing step.
  1. In the Configuration dialog box Different Stitch Lengths on Shape Edge is automatically active.
    5
    Call up the Further Settings tab in the Configuration dialog box.
    6
    Make settings in the Variable stitch length section if necessary:

Variable stitch length on shape edge

NPJ: . =
NPJ: N =

Enter value

: Value for N symbol:
only necessary with MC ST211 – ST811

Carriage speed for NPJ (MSECNPJ)

Machine speed MSEC =1.0

Machine speed MSEC according to specification

When using PTS / NPJ the adjusting and idle times are to be observed.