Steps to knit and wear Pattern

Setting

Meaning

Design Pattern

k&w pattern programing on the M1plus with the new functions

  • You can create k&w patterns easier
  • new drawing tools
  • newly designed structure modules
  • You can work with Color Arrangements

Technical Pattern

Selection is not possible:

  • You can generate k&w pattern with the M1plus in the Design Mode only.
  • You can open and edit k&w pattern coming from the M1 in the Technical Mode.

Steps to knit and wear Pattern

Steps of pattern programing

 

Generate new pattern:

  • Select a Machine
  • Select a Type of Pattern: k&w Basic Pattern
  • Design Pattern (Design Mode)
    Basic pattern without start

Drawing the Pattern (Basic) in the Design Mode

  • Drawing Tools
  • Yarn or yarn carrier colors
  • Module Arrangements
  • Pattern Parameters
  • Yarn field allocation

Generate shape in the:

  • ShapeSizer
  • Shape editor / ShapeWizard

Save shape with k&w Arrangements as kaw file

MenuShape / Open and Position Shape...

 

Edit the k&w Arrangements

  • Open the Shape View (Preview)
  • Switch Symbol View to Display Pattern Cut-out

  1. Make a selection and get the Color Arrangements calculated
  2. Modify the shape

Cut-out shape

With k&w Options for the cutting out
Shaped Pattern will be saved as

Expand pattern

Expanded pattern will be saved

Start the technical processing

Processed pattern will be saved

Generate MC Program

Sintral

Jacquard

Setup

Run the Sintral Check

Save MC-Program and load data into the machine

You can start the steps of processing , and together as well.
Intermediate states of pattern will not be saved then.