Modules

I. Generate a new module from a selection:

    1
    Select a pattern area in the Symbol View [Basic].
    2. 2
    Call up the Module / Generate from Selection / Module menu.
    -  or  -
    Click on the icon in the Default toolbar.
  1. The Module Editor appears with the contents of the selection.
    3
    Close the Module Editor with .
  1. The new module will be saved as Local module in the Modules toolbar under Local Modules .

Marking

Meaning

L

Symbol for Local module

II. Save a local module in the data base:

    1
    Select a local module in the Modules toolbar under local modules .
    2
    Call up the context menu with the right mouse button and select Save to database.
  1. The module is saved to the New Modules module group of the Module explorer of database.

Modules saved in the data base are available for further patterns.
The L marking is no longer present.

III. Generate new module.

    1
    Call up the New Module dialog box via the Module / New / Module... menu.
    2. 2
    Enter a name under Module name.
    -  or  -
    Enter the module name in the Properties dialog box in the Description tab.
    3
    Enter the width and the height for the module.
    4
    Select the specification of the needle action for the new module.
    5
    Confirm the entry with OK button.
  1. The Properties of: ... dialog box appears.

Default settings are already given in the Description, Cycles, Gauge and Technique tabs.

    6
    Confirm the dialog box with OK and close it.
  1. The Module Editor is opened.
    7
    Draw the desired knitting sequence with Needle actions in the Module Editor.

Needle actions toolbar

When drawing with Needle actions, no parameters will be entered in the control columns.

    8
    Specify parameters in the module:

Entry

Meaning

Color entry

Allocation of a stitch length

: With , the stitch length from the module will be applied to pattern.

Transparent

= dark grey entry
The stitch length of the pattern will be kept when inserting the module.

Not

= light grey entry
The Not stitch length will be applied together with the module.

: The technical processing will replace the Not by a free stitch length of the stitch length table.

    9
    Group pattern rows if necessary.
    10
    Close the Module Editor with .
  1. The module is saved in the Module Explorer of Database under New Modules.
    11
    Select a module for drawing and activate the following module data if necessary:

IV.IV. Delete modules and module links:

    1
    Select the module in the Modules toolbar under local modules and call up the context menu with the right mouse button.
    2
    Call up the Delete module function.
    -  or  -
    Select the module in the Module Explorer of Database and call up Delete module in the context menu.
  1. The module is deleted from the module group following a safety prompt.

Modules without link (=original) will be deleted once and for all from the data base and from the Modules toolbar.
Only the selected link of modules with several links will be deleted.