Silver 41 Manual

Using Fiberworks PCW4.1 Silver Weaving Software That Thinks Like Weavers Do

A variety of twills from 8 to 32 shafts designed by Ingrid Boesel. These are included with PCW Silver 4.1

Manual written by Ingrid Boesel and Bob Keates 20050401S4104

Software License for Fiberworks PCW4.1Fiberworks PCW

27 Suffolk St W Guelph, ON, N1H 2H9 Canada phone: 519-822-5988 fax: 519-822-3095 email: [email protected] website: http://www.fiberworks-pcw.com

© 2005 Fiberworks

Software is copyright protected. Making copies of this software is forbidden. You maynot sell, give, or assign this software without our written permission. You may use thissoftware on any of your personal computers, one at a time. We license the user, not thecomputer.

Please abide by the spirit of good craftsmanship and do not copy this program. Wework very hard to give you the best software we can.

You may freely distribute any DEMO copies of Fiberworks PCW. That is what they arefor. If you need brochures or advertising material for your friends or weaving students,we will be happy to send them to you.

Bob Keates and Ingrid Boesel, Fiberworks

The terms Microsoft, Windows, and Windows XP are trademarks or registeredtrademarks of Microsoft Corporation, wherever referred to in this manual.

Note: This program runs on Windows® 95, 98, Millenium Edition (ME), XP home edition as well as Windows® NT4, 2000 Pro, XP Pro © Fiberworks 2005

Manual creation date: 2005/04/01, Updated: 2005/05/05

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Table of Contents

19 New Drawdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19File Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .II-iSection II: Menu Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 Printing order of multiple pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Printing from Preview and Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Printing with Print Direct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17Quick Guide to Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 Adding colors by keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 Picking a new color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 Adding color by mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15Basic Color Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 Drawing by Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 Drawing with Draw Tools by Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12Basic Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 Summary: To save a design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11Summary of File > Save . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 Summary: To open a design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10Quick Guide to Design Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9Mouse Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9Keyboard Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 File > Open Drawdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Other parts of PCW4.1 window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 PCW4.1 Program Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Description of the parts of PCW4.1 window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5Getting to Know Fiberworks PCW4.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4Navigating the Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Validation of PCW 4.1 Silver, getting your password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Upgrading PCW4.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Creating a Shortcut on Your Desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Installation of PCW4.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Installing Fiberworks PCW 4.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

I-iSection I: Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

© 2005, Fiberworks Section I: Getting Started

Using Fiberworks PCW 4.1 Silver

36 Select: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 Draw Mode: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 Transform: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 Paste as overlay: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 Interleaf Paste: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32 Transparent Mode: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32 Paste: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 Copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 Cut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 Undo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31Edit Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 Exploring Print Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 Design Page Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 Page Setup and Print Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 Preview and Print Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 Preview and Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 Print Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24How to Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Save/Save As WIF files: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 Weaving file icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 File Types Used with PCW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 Good file naming practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 Delete, Move or Rename a Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21Managing Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 Recent Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 Weave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 Print Direct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 Preview and Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 Save and Save As . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 Close . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 Open Sketchpad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 New Sketchpad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 Open Drawdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .



50 Warp Fill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50Warp Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49 Color Count . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48 Heddle Count . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47 Notes: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47 Notes and Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46 Modify Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46 Colors by Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45 Changing the Color Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45 Select Color Palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45 Warp Drawdown / Weft Drawdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45 Double Weave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 Weft Faced / Boundweave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 Rep / Warp Faced . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 Interlacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 Normal Cloth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44Cloth Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 Misc. Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 Initial Print Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 New Design Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42 Status Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 Compact / Expand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 Grid in Cloth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 Front / Back View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 Color View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 Magnification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40View Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 Link > Unlink: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 Delete: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 Insert: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38 Copy Image: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38 Color Picker or Pick up Color Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 Select All: (Keyboard: Ctrl + A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .



67 Export to Sketchpad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66 Shaft Shuffler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66 Name Draft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65 Fold double . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64 Edit Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63 Substitution Preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62 Block Substitution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62 Float search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62Tools Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61 Redraw on Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60 Add Tabby, Remove Tabby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60 Weave as Drawn In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60 Reverse Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60 Make Symmetrical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59 Weft Repeat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58 Weft Thickness Fill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58 Weft Color Fill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57 Weft Fill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57Weft Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56 Shafts and Treadles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56 Liftplan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56 Tieup and Treadling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55 Allow Multipedal Treadling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55 Sinking Shed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55 Turn Drafts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55 Change Face . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54 Repeat by Quarters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54 Twill Repeat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54Tieup Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52 Redraw on network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52 Reverse Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52 Make Symmetrical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51 Warp Repeat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51 Warp Thickness Fill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50 Warp Color Fill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .



86Designing an Advancing Twill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85 Tieup with Transform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84 Tieups with Repeat by Quarters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84Designing with Tieups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83 Descending repeat: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83 Advancing repeat: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83 Drop repeat: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82 Rotated repeat: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82 Mirror repeat: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82 Direct repeat: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82Designing with Repeats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80Designing with Drag and Drop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79 Combining colors from two designs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79 Entering complex color orders by Copy/Paste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79 New colors by changing the palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78 Modifying the colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78 Adding a simple color order by menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77 Adding colors quickly - use keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77 Adding more than two colors to a design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77Designing with Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

III- iSection III: How to Design ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74 Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73 Sketchpad Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73 Sketchpad > Manual Color Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72 Sketchpad > Automatic color Reduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71 Sketchpad > Regrid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71 Sketchpad > Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71 Sketchpad > Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71 Sketchpad > View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70 Sketchpad > Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69Sketchpad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68 About PCW... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68 Help Topics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68Help menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68Windows menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .



111Appendix 7: Name Draft Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110Appendix 6: Structures in Block Substitution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109 Cloth Popup Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108 Popup Menu for Selection in the Tieup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108 Extend Selection Popup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107 Unlink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107 Insert extra threads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107 Delete, close gap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107 Blank out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107 Selection Popups to Select Threading or Treadling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107Appendix 5: Popup Short Cuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106 Transform of Tieup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105 Transform in Color or Thickness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104 Transform in Threading or Treadling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104Appendix 4: Transform Dialogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102Appendix 3: Using Number Keys in PCW4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101 View Mode Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100 Navigation keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100Appendix 2: Using the Keyboard in PCW4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98 Table 2, Image Manipulation Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97 Table 1, Windows Standard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97Appendix 1: Mouse Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

IV-iSection IV: Appendices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95 Design a Liftplan: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94 Fabric Analysis: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93 Draw Motif: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93Designing with Sketchpad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92Designing Shadow Weave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91 Overshot with Networks Drafting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89 Overshot by Block Substitution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89Designing Overshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87Designing a Network Draft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86 Treadling Draft with Weave as Drawn In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86 Tieup with Twill Repeat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86 Threading Draft with Warp Repeats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .



118 Text Box or Edit Control Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118 Slider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118 Drop Down Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118 Check Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118 Undo Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118 Toggle Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117 Spin Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117 Radio Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117 OK Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117 Close Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117 Cancel Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117 Apply Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117 Accept Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117 Buttons and Tool buttons (Icons) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116 Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116 Popup Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116 Flyout Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116 Drop Down Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116 Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116 Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116 Drag and drop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115 Right Click . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115 Moving the Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114 Scroll Bars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114 Resize handle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114 Resize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114 Close Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114 Full Screen or Window button (Maximize) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114 Minimize button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113 Title Bar and Active Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113 Finding Folders and Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113 The names and functions of parts of Windows® 98 to XP . . . . . . . . . . . .113Appendix 8: Some Windows Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112 References for Name Drafts: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111 Name Draft Codes by Fiberworks ©1997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .



125Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124 Problem: Screen colors do not match the printer colors. . . . . . . . . . . . . .124 Problem: How do I make plain graph paper? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123 Problem: How do I make graph paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123 Problem: Areas of empty space in the final print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123 Problem: Document’s Format is Invalid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123 Problem: I can’t open a weaving file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121 Problem: I cannot find the PCW.exe program file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121Appendix 10: FAQs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120 Software used for this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120 Great Books for PCW Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119 Weaving Organizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119 Designs on Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119 Designs on Web Sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118 Tabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .



Section I : Getting Started



18 Printing order of multiple pages 17 Printing from Preview and Print17 Printing with Print Direct17Quick Guide to Printing16 Adding colors by keyboard 15 Picking a new color15 Adding color by mouse 15Basic Color Use14 Drawing by Keyboard12 Drawing with Draw Tools by Mouse12Basic Drawing 11 Summary: To save a design 11Summary of File > Save10 Summary: To open a design10Quick Guide to Design Basics9Mouse Actions9Keyboard Actions8 File > Open Drawdown 8 Other parts of PCW4.1 window7 PCW4.1 Program Window6 Description of the parts of PCW4.1 window5Getting to Know Fiberworks PCW4.14Navigating the Manual 3Validation of PCW 4.1 Silver2 Upgrading PCW4.12 Creating a Shortcut on Your Desktop1 Installation of PCW4.1 1Installing Fiberworks PCW 4.1

Installing Fiberworks PCW 4.1

Note: Links to other parts of the manual are turquoise, bold, italic and underlined.If you click on one, it will move you to that section of the manual. If you are usingthe hard copy manual, we have tried to include page numbers.

Note: Windows offers two modes to Choose (or Select) or Open an item.Single click mode: Point and rest the cursor on an item to choose it; Windowsacknowledges by highlighting the item. Click once with left mouse button to Openit. (This mode is often the default setting in Windows XP)Classic Windows mode: Left click once to highlight and choose the item. Doubleleft click to Open it. (A more positive way of using the mouse)

Various versions of Windows may have slightly different wording, but one of theseprocedures will work. This manual will try to use Highlight and Open or Choose asoften as we can. Use the method you are comfortable with to Choose or Open.

Note: If you are upgrading your program from a previous version of PCW, pleasego to Upgrading to PCW4.1 on pg 2 .

Installation of PCW4.1

1a. Insert Fiberworks CD into your drive. The CD should start in about 10seconds. You may see the icon at the left when viewing the contents ofthe CD drive.

1b. If starting from a copy of the program downloaded from the web, navigateto and open it. This is a Self Extracting Zip file.

2. A dialog opens giving you instructions. Read them. Click OK. . 3. The WinZip Self Extractor appears. Find the Unzip to folder field and note as

to the location of the folder listed. It should be called C:\Fiberworks. If this issatisfactory, choose Unzip (1). The next dialog will tell you that 30 files will be

unzipped. Press OK(2). Press Close (3).

If you want the program in adifferent folder or even adifferent drive, change theUnzip to Folder before usingUnzip. It is not a great ideato move the program fromone file or drive to another.Associations may get lost.

This dialog shows 41 filesare unzipped. This is anarbitrary number, as thischanges from time to time

© 2005, Fiberworks 1 Section I: Getting Started


Creating a Shortcut on Your DesktopYou can create a shortcut either on your desktop or in a folder of your choice.If you put the shortcut icon on your desktop, it’s always easily accessible. Lookfor the small white arrow in the lower left corner, the mark of a shortcut.

4. Open My Computer and then open Local Disc (C:), open the folderFiberworks. The icon of a folder is shown at left.

5. Highlight the PCW icon. at left and right click. 6. Go to File > Send to > Desktop as a Shortcut.

7. The shortcut will now appear on your desktop called Shortcut to PCW. Rename it to something like PCW4.1S or PCW Silver if you want.

If you look at the contents of the CD, you will notice that there are severalitems. One item is the Self Extracting Zip file, pcw41Silver.exe. The icon isat the left. This is not the program, it is the installation package.The readme.txt file is another item. If you have any questions about installationthey may be answered there. The icon is shown at left. The other items areutilities needed to open and identify the CD.

If you do not see file extension, eg. pcw.exe, then the file extensions are hidden. Youcan turn them on, it makes life much easier. See Problems: I cannot Find thePCW.exe program file, pg. 121

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Upgrading PCW4.1Note: If you are upgrading a previous version of PCW4, it resides in a different folder,and the new version will not automatically overwrite the old version, If you have anexisting desktop shortcut, it will point to the old, not the new version.

Return to Installation of PCW4.1 pg.1 to install the new program and desktop icon

If you are installing PCW for the first time, it is important that you run the PCW programbefore attempting to open designs. This action identifies the design files so Windowswill know that they belong to PCW. If you attempt to open design files directly from thefolder before the PCW program has ever been used, Windows won't know whatprogram to associate them with and may associate them with inappropriate programs.

To run the PCW program click the desktop icon you have created (recommended), oropen the Fiberworks folder and click the PCW icon in the folder. Then open a file.



Validation of PCW 4.1 Silver

When you open PCW4.1 for thefirst time, you will be see a dialogthat gives you Your program ID. Copy this number carefully.Open an email message andpaste the program ID into thebody of the message. Be sure toinclude your name andRegistration number. Send it toFiberworks [email protected].

If this is a first time purchase, oran upgrade from a previousversion, be sure to contact us topurchase your copy of theprogram. No password will besent until payment has beenreceived.

If you want to use the program withoutvalidation, just close the Validation dialog.The message on the left appears. Allfeatures of the program except Print andSave functions can be used without apassword.

When you receive your password, carefully enter the codeinto the respective boxes to validate your program. Thedialog at the left will appear when this has been donesuccessfully, and you will now have full use of theprogram.

If you want to use the program on more than one computer, install PCW4.1 Silver onthe other computers and send the program ID codes as well as your name andregistration number to us. We will provide you with a new password. Each computerwill have its own program ID, and requires a new password.

If your computer crashes, or you need to replace your computer with a new one, againwe will need your registration number, name and Program ID to issue you with a newpassword.



Navigating the Manual

Section 1: The basics: Draw, Save, Open, Print.Section 2: The menu and submenus, and short descriptions of their useSection 3: How To: more details in using some advanced features, such as How to

Design with Colors, How to Design with Repeats, and more.Section 4: Appendixes on Name draft codes, blocks in Block Substitution, various

dialogs and popups, using the mouse, windows functions, FAQs.References and Resources. Books, links and software useful for PCWusers.

Navigating the manual by links. Links are Bold Turquoise, italic and underlined. Ifclicked, they will take you to the section named. We try to put the page number near thelink so that users of the printed manual can also navigate it.

Detailed Table of Contents allows you to click and move to that item. This is displayedon the side pane in Adobe Acrobat

Chapters start with a blue bar with the title of the chapter. Headings in the chapter are bold bluish green lettering larger than the paragraph. Subheading are black andbold. Paragraphs contain bold words that are usually functions or items on the menu.

A note is something we want you to pay attention to. It is usually slightly indented andheaded by bold red word such as Note, Hint or Tip.

Menu commands are indicated by the following format: File > Open Drawdown. This means open the File menu from the menu bar, and choose Open Drawdown.



Getting to Know Fiberworks PCW4.1

Open Fiberworks and choose File > Open Drawdown to open an existing design andexamine the various components of the window on your desktop. If you work full screenyou will see more of your design, the tool bar and the color palette.

Note: Some menu items may be greyed out if there is no data to act on.



Description of the parts of PCW4.1 window1. Title bar for PCW4.12. Main Menu bar3. Undo icon 4. Icons controlling the draw modes. 5. Select, Cut, Copy and Paste icons6. Transparent Paste mode7. Color Picker icon8. Insert and Delete icons9. Link / Unlink icon10. View of cloth, front / back, structure / color and interlacement11. Adding grid to cloth12. Magnification icons (also on status bar)13. Icons for expanding and compressing the drafts14. New, Open, Save icons15. Print icon16. Status bar showing (L to R) shafts and treadles, number of ends and picks indesign, magnification, display mode, insertion point, and key pad entry mode.17. Text messages that relate to position of mouse or current state. Important stuff isshown here. Keep an eye on it. 18. Magnification slider will pop up on mouse over.19. View Selector will pop up on mouse over.20. Title bar of active Window: three types are possible. Drawdown or design window(shown in the graphic), Sketchpad and Weaving (loom programs only). The title bar willalso show the name of the design that is open. 21. Active color patches: Main color on top left, and Alternate color to right and below.22. Palette with 82 colors, showing 2 active colors popped up and 22 colors accessibleby keyboard. Colors 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 are used in the design shown in the active drawdownwindow. The colors at the top of the palette are now White and Black, by popular demand.23. Position of insertion point. When the window is active the insertion point blinks andtwo small red arrows mark its position. Two small numbers are also displayed over thetieup. These also mark the insertion point. Unfortunately the blinking insertion point hasdisappeared when the image was captured. The position of the cursor is shown on the right side of the status line, next to the viewchoosier. With the narrow window in this graphic, the last two items are not shown.

Note: This screen is presented as tall and narrow to make it convenient to print inthis document. When expanded, additional info can be seen in the status bar.



PCW 4.1 Drawdown WindowFiberworks PCW4.1 willopen designs in awindow by default. TheTitle Bar of the activeprogram window showsthe Program name andthe name of the activedesign is at right.

The contents of the drawdown window shows the draftconsisting of the threading, tieup and treadling as well asthe cloth.

1) Threading draft on shafts 1-8, showing 11 ends.Read right to left

2) Warp colors, immediately above threading draft.(default white)

3) Warp thread thickness, immediately above color bar,small toothed comb pointing up. (default 4 units wide)

4) Current insertion point in numbers (end 9, shaft 1).Shown as a blinking grey square, marked with tinyred arrows under end 9 and beside shaft 1. Keyboardentries will be inserted here.

5) Tieup for 8 shafts and 8 treadles6) Weft thread thickness (another comb) immediately to the right of the weft color

bar, showing thread thickness of 4. 7) Weft colors to the right of the treadling area (default bright blue)8) Treadling draft showing 16 picks, immediately below the tieup.9) Drawdown or cloth area. The cloth is shown in Structure view with a Grid.

May be shown in 6 other views. 10) Cursor, not shown. It can be a pencil, an arrow pointer, a pair of scissors, a

page with hand and several other symbols. Many functions have their ownshape of cursor. The blinking end at shaft 1 end 9 is the insertion point.Keyboard entries will be inserted here.

Threading, treadling, color bars, thread thickness bars, tieup and drawdown are all liveediting areas. The cloth drawdown area can be edited if a threading is present.

Drawdown windows in Fiberworks, seen in the diagram above, use standard Microsoftfunctions. The title bar shows the name of the design and what kind of design it is.PCW4.1 Bronze has a Drawdown Window. PCW4.1 Silver, has two types of Windows;a Drawdown Window and a Sketchpad Window. PCW4.1 Silver Plus also has aWeaving Window showing which loom is attached. Drawdown Windows have their own



minimize, maximize and close buttons, scroll bars and resize spots, which all function ina normal Windows manner. Detailed descriptions start on Windows Conventions, page 114.You may open as many design windows as you like and each can be individually sized,and contain different designs (or the same ones). Each drawdown window can bechanged independently of the others: Views, colors, thicknesses or magnifications ofthe designs may all be different.

Design Windows each consume working memory and slow your system slightly. If youhave too many open design windows, you may want to close the ones no longer needed to free up your computer's resources.

Look at the Help > About PCW... pg. 68 menu to check the resources in use on yoursystem before you open tons of weaving designs. Then open a large number (50-100)of designs to see how your system is affected. Check again after. If the amount ofmemory in use has not changed much, you are OK. If memory in use is close to 100%,close unused programs like word processors, browsers and email programs and/oropen fewer drawdown windows for normal use.

Other parts of PCW4.1 windowThe Menu Bar lies across the top of the screen just under the blue bar indicating anactive window. The menu items have their own sections, in the manual: File, pg 19Edit, pg 31 View, pg 40 Cloth, pg 44 Warp, pg 50 Tieup, pg 54 Weft, pg 57 Tools, pg62 Windows pg 68 and Help pg 68, are all found on the menu bar. Click on eachmenu item and explore it. Click on the links above to go to the individual sections for fulldescriptions. In the printed manual, consult the Contents at the front of the manual.

When this manual refers to using individual menu items, we use the conventionalrepresentation:

File > Open Drawdown This indicates to open the File menu, then choose Open Drawdown from within it.

The Tool Bar or Tool Box can be found on the left or across the top of the window. Itcan also be moved around the window. Click in an empty space on the tool bar anddrag it with the mouse to the top or bottom border of the medium grey area of theprogram window. The bar will jump into place seamlessly if placed carefully. If notquite so carefully, the bar will become a floating tool bar. Floating tool bars can bedragged and resized to show 2, 3, 4, 5 rows of icons. Next time you open Fiberworks,the Tools Bar will be back in the default position, on the left or top of the screen.Placing the tool bar at the left side allows more picks can be displayed, and is thedefault if your monitor resolution allows it (1024 x 768 pixels or better).Otherwise the tool bar will appear across the top. If you can’t see the print iconat the bottom of the tools, enlarge your window or go to full screen. SeeAppendix 8, for Windows Conventions pg. 113.



Keyboard Actions

Any part of the design screen is accessible from the keyboard. Keyboard entries act ona point called the insertion point, marked as a small blinking square (see DrawdownWindow, pg. 6). Numeric sequences representing threading etc. can be typed in.

The arrow keys allow you to move the insertion point within a designregion such as a threading draft, a tieup or a warp color bar. Single taps on the arrowkeys move the insertion point one at a time, but holding the key down to move rapidly.

To move the insertion point from one region of the drawdown to another, useCtrl+arrow key. The arrow symbol on the key indicates the direction that the insertionpoint moves. For instance Ctrl + moves the insertion point from threading draft towarp color bar and then to thread thickness bar.

Note: If a command needs one (or more) modifying key to be pressed at thesame time as another key, it is written as two (or more) symbols joined by + signs.The first key is pressed and held, then the second key is pressed briefly and thenreleased. The most common modifying keys for program use are Ctrl (Control),and Shift. Alt is generally reserved for use by functions of Windows itself. To move between two different open programs in Windows®, press and hold Altand tap the Tab key and then release the Alt key. This is shown as Alt+Tab.

Mouse Actions

Any part of the design screen is accessible by mouse.

There are two modes of mouse behaviour, because there are three actions and onlytwo buttons. The actions are:

draw - make a mark in threading, treadling and tieup or apply a colorundraw or erase - clear a mark in threading, treadling and tieuppopup menu - causes a context sensitive menu to appear at the point clicked

The default Windows behaviour uses left single click to draw, left double click to undrawand right click to popup a menu. This method is familiar to previous users of Fiberworks,as well as users of text-based or word processing programs. This method is set as thedefault. The manual will discuss the various topics and use the Windows mousebehaviour in descriptions.

The alternative method of data entry, the single left click draws as above, and singleright click undraws or erases. To show the popup menus and dialogs use the doubleright click or Shift + right click. Those who are used to drawing and painting programsmay be more familiar with this method.

If you would like to change from one method of data entry to the other go to View >Preferences > Misc and change the check mark to the alternative method.

For a more complete description see Appendix: 1 Mouse Actions pg 97.



Summary of File > Open To get started with Fiberworks PCW, you will want a quick introduction to opening and

saving designs and the basics of drawing and printing

Summary: To open a designChoose the menu item File > Open Drawdown

A dialog will appear allowing you to select a file to open:

1) Make sure that the Look in: text box shows the correct folder location foryour file. Use the down pointing arrow on right to change the location

2) Make sure that the Files of type show the correct file type. Use the downpointing arrow on right to change the file type.

3) Click on the file to highlight it. Then click on Open. Or double-click directly onthe file that you would like to open.



Summary of File > Save

Summary: To save a design If an existing file is to be resaved without changing the file name, file type and location,choose the menu item File > Save. Saving happens immediately with no further actionneeded on your part.If the file is to be saved with a new name or in a new location or you are saving a newunnamed design for the first time, choose the menu item on File > Save asA dialog appears allowing you to type in the name and change the file type or location:

1) Type the new name in the File name field.2) If the file is to be saved in a new location, click on Save in field and navigate

to the new location.3) If the file is to be saved as a new file type, click in the Save as type field and

choose the desired file type: *.dtx files are used by only PCW, and *.wif filescan be exchanged with other weaving programs. If you are weaving on acomputer assisted loom, note that *.wif does not save weaving attributes suchas last pick woven.

4) When ready, click the Save button.



Basic Drawing

There are several ways to enter data into the draft, or Drawing a draft.

To enter a threading, a tieup or a treadling you may use single clicks of the mouse, onesquare at a time. This is a good way to fix a design or to enter a new design where youhave to make many small changes.

You may use the numbers on the keypad or on the keyboard to enter the threading,tieup, treadling, warp and weft colors and warp or weft thread thickness.

See Using the Keyboard pg. 100, Using the Mouse pg. 97.

The third way to draw uses the mouse with the drawing tools.

Drawing with Draw Tools by MouseThe most common way to enter drafts into a design is by using the drawing tools. Theyare on the Tool Bar and in the Edit menu. The tool buttons are shown below.

straight draw,

point draw,

line draw,

freehand draw,

network draw.

Choose a draw mode, click at the start of your drawing area, keep the left mousebutton depressed and drag to make the desired rectangle. (Click and drag.)

Each section below shows the use of a different tool. The red dots show the path of thecursor. In straight draw, the cursor is dragged from the first end on the first shaft to thelast end on the last shaft giving one or more lines. With point draw, the action is thesame but a point is produced. Again in line draw, the cursor moves the same way, butonly 1 straight line is produced, no matter how wide the rectangle is.

The freehand tool and the network tool work in a different manner than the others.When the curved line is drawn, the size of the red drawing box does not affect theshape of the curve. The freehand draw gives a smooth curved line and the networkdraw gives segments of twill that fit a curved line.

Experiment by trying each of the draw tools in turn, dragging the draw area from top tobottom, or bottom to top and left to right as well as right to left. Make the rectanglesdifferent sizes and start them on different shafts. Any of the five draw tools can be usedin threading, tieup or treadling. This allows a mix of different drafts in the samethreading or treadling. It is fast and easy. And fun too!



This figure shows anarea being filled witha threading draft. Theright part of thethreading draft waspreviously filled with12 ends of 4 shaftstraight draw.

Note: In draw mode the cursor looks like a pencil. The pointy end is the activepart of the cursor. If you see an arrow pointer, you are using the selection Tool,not a drawing tool.

(1) Points to the start of the drawing action. The cursor was clicked at shaft 8, end 13,using the point draw tool.

(2) While holding the mouse button down, the cursor was dragged diagonally to end 32,shaft 1. This creates the red box, which fills itself with point draw threading. It is notnecessary to trace the line of black squares with the cursor, which can follow the mostdirect path from point (1) to point (2). As long as the left mouse button is held down,you can change the drawing. As soon as it is released, the drawing is set into place.And the red box disappears.

The grey blinking square is the insertion point. The insertion point always moves tothe last point at which the mouse button was released.

(3) shows a pair of numbers indicating current location of the insertion point. Thenumbers over the tieup will not change until the location of the insertion point ischanged.

After drawing, you may still make changes with undo, insert, delete, or by drawing over.

To delete one or more ends, place the cursor on the first end to be deleted and click theDelete tool or Delete key on the keyboard until the unwanted entries are gone. This willdelete the ends to the left of the cursor and close the gap. Backspace key can also beused. It deletes to the right of the cursor. There is no Backspace tool for the mouse.

To undraw, or erase entries in the draft, double click on the entry. Double click anddrag a red rectangle; this will erase an area within the red rectangle, leaving an emptyarea. The gap is not closed as when using Delete. The double click and drag can beused a lot, once you master it.

You may insert one or more blank ends. Click and drag to form a rectangle where youwant the insertion, then use the Insert tool or Insert key on the keyboard. A gap opensby pushing the existing threading to the left, or treadling downwards, so no existingends or picks are lost. Inserting with cut, copy, paste is a rather more laboriousprocess and usually reserved for larger insertions.



Drawing by KeyboardAnother easy way of drawing is to use the keys on the main keyboard or on the keypad.Typing a number for each warp thread can be very efficient, especially if it is not twillbased weave. It’s great for lace weaves and especially tied weaves like Summer andWinter. Try entering S&W by single clicks, then try typing the numbers 1, 3, 2, 3, 1, 4,2, 4.

The insertion point progresses automatically as you type (just like a word processor).

In the threading, progress is from right to left, and in treadling, from top to bottom.

A third way of entering the drafts canbe shown with the M’s and W’sthreading below. This is a keyboardshortcut. If you type a number thena period and a second number, the

program fills in the intervening numbers. For instance if you type 1.8.5.8.1 8.1.4.1.8 you will get the draft above. (Draft reads right to left.)

All operations for warp can be used for weft.

Some other drawing methods are explained later in the Edit > Draw menu pg. 36 and inthe Help files. For further description of drawing with the keyboard, see Appendix 2:Using the Keyboard pg 100.



Basic Color Use

There are three main ways to add colors: Mouse, Keyboard or Menu. Each is suitedto particular tasks. When first beginning to work with colors, zoom in, so that the colorbar is large enough to show each end clearly. (Until you get used to it.)

Adding color by mouse Using the mouse to add color is very simple. Before starting ensure that any one of thedraw mode tools is selected (pencil cursor visible).

Paint by clicking or clicking and dragging with thepencil cursor positioned in the color bar. Click theleft mouse button once to paint with the main coloror double click1 to paint with the alternate color.These two colors are shown in the active colorpatches. The colors of the threads are entered intothe color bar as you work. As you drag, the area

surrounded by the red rectangle is filled with the chosen color. As long as the button isnot released, you can drag it forward or back to fill the desired area.

Note: The pointy end of the pencil cursor is the active part. To draw withthe cursor, place the tip over the color bar and click.

Active color patches. Single click paints with color from the main or upper leftpatch, and double click paints with the alternate or lower right color patch.

The two active colors also appear in the palette bar as raised patches andseem to pop up, e.g. color 3 in this example is the main color patch.

Picking a new colorTo use a color that does not appear in the active color patches, click on any other colorin the palette. The chosen color now become the new main color. Double click in thepalette to select a new alternate color. If you don’t find a suitable color in the currentpalette, change the color by Modifying the Colors, pg. 46 or choosing a new palettepg. 45.

Tip: When using one dominant color, choose it with the double click. Thendouble click and drag the color into the color bar. Choose another color with asingle click and place it everywhere that you need it, choose another, again with asingle click, and so forth. By leaving the background color in the alternate activecolor patch, and changing the main color, you can easily correct mistakes as theyoccur.



1If you do not like using double clicks, Shift + left click does the same thing. Holddown the shift key while clicking the left mouse button. Or you can change the View >Preferences > Misc to allow right click to erase. Or if you have a three button mouse,try programming and using the third button. See Appendix x page y

When you release the mouse button, the color just painted into the warp bar will thenappear in the cloth if Color view has been chosen.

To view the color in the cloth choose the color view tool icon. This view can beset as the default view. See View > Preferences, pg 43.

To see the cloth as a colored thread by thread interlacement, click on theinterlacement view tool icon. See Cloth > Interlacement, pg 44.

Adding colors by keyboard The first 20 colors in the color palette are linked to the keyboard, indicated bythe numbers and letters next to the color patches. To use the keyboard, firstplace the insertion point in the warp or weft color bar (a mouse click will dothis). Then type the numbers and letters corresponding to the colors you wishto use. The insertion point automatically advances left as you type in the warpcolor bar, or down the weft color bar. This is useful when entering complexcolor sequences where you would constantly have select new active colorswith the mouse.

To change the colors associated with the keyboard keys, see Cloth > Change Color Group, pg 45.

To work with a color not present in the palette, see Cloth > Modify Color pg46



Quick Guide to Printing

For a another look at various print functions see How to Print. pg 24

Printing with Print Direct1. Choose File > Print Setup (Optional)

a. Choose printer, resolution, color mode

b. Choose paper size

c. Choose orientation Click OK

2. Choose File > Print Direct(the design will fit to page, with 1” margins and there will only be one page)

3. This opens the Print dialog

a. Only All will be available, i.e. one page.

b. Choose number of copies

Printing from Preview and Print1. Choose File > Print Setup (these settings usually do not need to be changed)

a. Choose printer, resolution, color mode

b. Choose paper size

c. Choose orientation

Click OK

2. Choose File > Preview and Print

a. Format the design in the Page Setup and Options dialog

b. Click on Apply

c. Click on Print in the preview window

3. This opens the Print dialog

a. Choose which pages to print

b. Choose number of copies

c. Choose collation style

Click OK to print now.



Ingrid

Cross-Out

You may change the printer in step 3. If you choose Properties at step 3 and changethe paper size or orientation, formatting will not be what you expected. We suggest youdo not do this in step 3, but at step 1.

Printing order of multiple pages For two pages across and two pages down, page 1 willcontain the tieup and will be at the upper right. Thediagram at left represents the order that the pages areprinted.

For more details go to How To Print pg 24



Section II: Menu Descriptions

31 Copy

31 Cut

31 Undo

31Edit Menu

30 Exploring Print Functions

29 Printing

26 Design Page Setup

26 Page Setup and Print Options

25 Preview and Print Window

25 Preview and Print

24 Print Setup

24How to Print

23 Save/Save As WIF files:

22 Weaving file icons

22 File Types Used with PCW

21 Good file naming practices

21 Delete, Move or Rename a Design

21Managing Files

20 Exit

20 Recent Files

20 Weave

20 Print Direct

19 Preview and Print

19 Save and Save As

19 Close

19 Open Sketchpad

19 New Sketchpad

19 Open Drawdown

19 New Drawdown

19File Menu

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45 Double Weave

44 Weft Faced / Boundweave

44 Rep / Warp Faced

44 Interlacement

44 Normal Cloth

44Cloth Menu

43 Misc. Settings

43 Initial Print Settings

43 New Design Settings

43 Preferences

42 Status Bar

41 Toolbar

41 Compact / Expand

40 Grid in Cloth

40 Front / Back View

40 Color View

40 Magnification

40View Menu

39 Link > Unlink:

39 Delete:

39 Insert:

38 Copy Image:

38 Color Picker or Pick up Color Tool

37 Select All: (Keyboard: Ctrl + A)

36 Select:

36 Draw Mode:

35 Transform:

34 Paste as Overlay:

33 Interleaf Paste:

32 Transparent Mode:

32 Paste:



58 Weft Thickness Fill

58 Weft Color Fill

57 Weft Fill

57Weft Menu

56 Shafts and Treadles

56 Liftplan

56 Tieup and Treadling

55 Allow Multipedal Treadling

55 Sinking Shed

55 Turn Drafts

55 Change Face

54 Repeat by Quarters

54 Twill Repeat

54Tieup Menu

52 Redraw on network

52 Reverse Sequence

52 Make Symmetrical

51 Warp Repeat

51 Warp Thickness Fill

50 Warp Color Fill

50 Warp Fill

50Warp Menu

49 Color Count

48 Heddle Count

47 Notes:

47 Notes and Records

46 Modify Colors

46 Colors by Keyboard

45 Changing the Color Group

45 Select Color Palette

45 Warp Drawdown / Weft Drawdown



74 Analysis

73 Sketchpad Tools

73 Sketchpad > Manual Color Replacement

72 Sketchpad > Automatic color Reduction

71 Sketchpad > Regrid

71 Sketchpad > Size

71 Sketchpad > Image

71 Sketchpad > View

70 Sketchpad > Edit

69Sketchpad

68 About PCW...

68 Help Topics

68Help menu

68Windows menu

67 Export to Sketchpad

66 Shaft Shuffler

66 Name Draft

65 Fold double

64 Edit Blocks

63 Substitution Preview

62 Block Substitution

62 Float search

62Tools Menu

61 Redraw on Network

60 Add Tabby, Remove Tabby

60 Weave as Drawn In

60 Reverse Sequence

60 Make Symmetrical

59 Weft Repeat



File Menu

New Drawdown Opens a new blank design with the default settings.(Keyboard: Ctrl + N) When designs are startedwith New, they get the title Pcw1, Pcw2, etc. Thesemay be changed with Save As.

Open DrawdownFiberworks PCW4 is able to open 3 differentformats. (Keyboard: Ctrl + O ). For details,

see Open Files pg 10, Open DTX files pg 22,Open DES files pg 22 and Open WIF files pg 22.

New Sketchpad Opens a blank grid which allows you to drawdirectly into the gridded area using a variety oftools. The sketch may be analyzed at any time andconverted to a drawdown. See Sketchpad and Fabric Analysis pg 69-74.

Open SketchpadOpens an existing BMP file which was derived from an external image like a photo or ascan, or a previous design saved in Sketchpad.

CloseUse this menu item to close a design or sketchpad. Standard Windows® function. Ifyou try to close a design that has not been saved since the last modification, you will beprompted to Save As.

Save and Save As Standard Windows® function. (Keyboard: Ctrl + S for Save) See Save > Save aspg. 11 and Save > Save As DTX files pg 22 and Save > Save as WIF files pg 23

below.

Preview and Print Opens the Preview and Print dialog. For descriptions of the Print Menus, go toSummary of Printing pg 17 and How to Print pg 24.

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Print DirectThe active design will be printed, all of it. The defaults are fit to page and 1” margins.If you have a design with 2000 ends and picks, and you have zoomed in and adjustedyour window to show only 40 threads and 60 picks, Print Direct will print the entiredesign on one page at 233 epi. It may not look very good, but it will do it. This is thequick and dirty, no think, way of printing. To get the print you want, with all theadjustments, you should use Preview and Print.

Note: No adjustments can be made from Print Direct, other than paper size andpage orientation in your print set up dialog.Weave

If your program has a loom driver, the next item on the menu is Weave. Consult yourLoom Driver e-manual. Only programs that have loom drivers will see Weave on thefile menu, others do not.

Recent Files In the example on previous page, 5 recent designs are listed at the bottom of the FileMenu. Any one of these may be opened by double clicking on it. If you move, renameor delete a design, the design file will not be found when you try to open it. To changethe number of recent files that are shown in the File Menu, go to View > Preferencespg 43.

ExitExit will close all designs and the program,with a prompt asking to save all unsaveddesigns. You may click on Yes, which saves the designwith the current name and location.No closes the design without saving.Cancel lets you change your mind and allows

you to use Save as to give new name or new location for the unsaved designs.If you click on Exit button (x) at the top right, it will beep if there is anything to save.



Managing Files

Delete, Move or Rename a DesignFirst Select File > Open Drawdown to open the target folder. Select but don't open thefile you wish to manipulate. Right click to popup a menu which contains the delete,rename, cut and copy options. To move a file from one folder to another, you must cutit, then navigate to the destination folder, and then right click and paste the file back in.

Note: It's not generally recommended to delete, move or rename files from withinFiberworks PCW. Windows prefers you to carry out these housekeeping taskswithin Windows using My Computer or Windows Explorer. The main advantage isthat you can have two or more folders open simultaneously which allows you todrag files from one folder to another.

Delete a Design File: Using My Computer or Explorer, navigate to the design folder.Highlight the file to be deleted. Either drag and drop to the Recycle Bin, or useFile/Delete.

Move a Design File: Using My Computer or Explorer, navigate to the design folder.Highlight the file to be moved. Either drag and drop the design to the new location, oruse Edit/Copy to make a copy of the design, then navigate to the new location and useEdit/Paste. This will make a copy of the file in the new location.

You may also use Edit/Cut and then Edit/Paste to move the file, without leaving a copyin the original location.

Rename a Design File: Using My Computer or Explorer, navigate to the designfolder. Highlight the file to be renamed. Use File/Rename and type the new name intothe name text line. You can also use 2 single left clicks (slower than double click) toaccess the name text line, but be very careful here to type the exact name and fileextension needed. If the file is described as pcw document, append .dtx to the filename. If it's described as a WIF file, append .wif to its filename. If you run intodifficulties, it may be safer to use File > Save As to save a copy of the file under a newname.

Good file naming practicesWhen designs are started with New, they get the title Pcw1, Pcw2, etc. If you Save, thedesign will get the file name Pcw1.dtx, the next will be Pcw2.dtx. Each session beginsnumbering with Pcw1.dtx. You can see that this might cause a problem with the mostrecent design writing over the older one that you created in your last session. Choosenames that are meaningful to you. File names will be used to identify your design whenprinting.



File Types used with PCWThere are three types of files associated with Fiberworks. DTX files are the native files.They can be opened or saved. WIF files can also be opened or saved. DES files areassociated with PCW2 or 3. PCW4 cannot save DES files, however you can openDES files with PCW4. The first time you open a new file type, you should open it fromwithin PCW. This sets up the association between the file and the program. Use themenus as outlined below.

After the first time that a .DTX or .WIF file has been opened, the file type is registered inthe Windows® registry. The registry entry will allow you, in the future, to open .DTX fileswith drag and drop or by double clicking on the file in any open folder. The sameprocedure should be used to open WIF files. However, WIF files can becomeassociated with other programs (that's their function) so a double click on a WIF file inWindows Explorer folder may direct it to the wrong program.

Weaving file iconsDTX files: DTX is the native file format used by PCW4 and comesup automatically as the default. Icons have several forms: a whitebox with a vertical or horizontal line like a tiny draft, a larger version

with representation of a draft (at left), the two turquoise skeins and the letters DTX. Ifyou have Silver Plus rather than Bronze or Silver, the icon shows a slanted shuttle witha pink bobbin. The large icon versions are shown at the left. . Windows XP sometimesuses a page with a tiny Fiberworks icon on it.

DES files: The icon looks like a tiny page with a representation of a window andseveral colored dots. DES files were used in Fiberworks PCW2 and PCW3.When you double click on the DES file, a dialog will come up listing the different

designs within the DES file. Each entry contains as many as 63 designs. Highlight andOpen one design at a time.

Note: Support for DES files will be discontinued with the next release. If there areDES files still on your computer, we advise that you open each one and then saveeach design found as a DTX.

WIF files: (Weaving Interchange Format) The icon usually looks like a tinylandscape on a page.

The WIF file was developed by a group of software developers including Fiberworks tomake it possible to exchange files among weavers with different programs. WIF filesare just about the only way to interchange designs with other weavers who are notusing the same software as you are. Weavers using Macs and PC can now talk to eachother without having to copy long drafts by hand even if they have different programs.

There are limitations however: Some weaving programs do not support WIF files,usually because they are too old and no longer under active development. The originalproposed format was v1.0 and some programs still use this format. v1.0 does notsupport all the features incorporated into the later version. The final standardized WIFformat is v1.1. and that is what PCW 4.1 uses.



Not all weaving programs have the same features. For instance PCW4 has variablethread thickness. Some weaving programs do not. If you save a design with thick andthin threads as a WIF file, when your friend opens it with a different program that doesnot support variable threads, it will show all threads as the same width.

PCW4 is able to save WIF files with liftplans. Some of the other programs cannot openthe design as a liftplan, only as a tie up and treadling. Some do not accept multi pedaltreadling. In both these cases, the design will not properly load into the other program.In that case, you may have to convert your design into a tieup and treading plan. Insome cases this is not possible. Try converting to a direct single tieup with multi pedaltreadling and use the liftplan as a treadling plan.

WIF files save different things than DTX files. They are not capable of savinginformation about weaving status. If you have a computer assisted loom, you need thisinformation. If you stop part way though a 93 pick repeat, you want it to save thelocation of the last pick woven, and that it was using an auto insert Tabby, and that thenext one coming up is a B tabby. A WIF file is not designed to save that information.

Note: Make sure that a weaving file for your computer assisted loom is saved as aDTX file.

Save/Save As WIF files:The Title bar of a designwill indicate if the designis a PCW4 (*.dtx) file orWIF (*.wif) file. A PCW4design (*.dtx) may beconverted to a WIF filewith Save As. Click onFile > Save As andchoose WIF (*.wif).Similarly a WIF file maybe saved as a DTX file.

The Save As dialog boxappears. In the dropdown text box Files oftype will show PCW 4Files (*.dtx). Press the

small down pointing arrow at the right and the WIF file option appears. Move the cursordown to highlight this file type. Give your WIF file a name and click on the Save button.

Hint: Never use special characters in the names of files;

period ( . ) asterisk ( * ) question mark ( ? ) colon ( : ) semicolon ( ; ) comma ( , ) slash ( \ ) back slash ( / ) double quote ( “ ) or quote ( ‘ ).Personally I would not use any characters that were above the numbers, anyof the brackets nor the < >. With 26 letters and 10 numbers there should beenough characters.



How to Print

There are two methods of printing your designs. Preview and Print allows the size,placement and number of pages to be specified. Print Direct fits the contents of theactive design onto one page with no adjustments. The settings in File > Preferences >Print Settings will be used in Print Direct. These settings can be changed anytimeand will take effect for each new design opened.

Printing is What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG). The view on the active designscreen will determine what is printed. To print a color view of boundweave, the designscreen must show color and boundweave before going to any print function.

Print SetupGo to File > PrintSetup to choose papersize and orientationbefore Preview andPrint or Print Direct.

The Print Setup dialoghas three areas.

Name: allows you tochoose a printer and itsProperties (seebelow).

Paper lets you choosepaper size and wherethe paper comes from.

The last section isOrientation and allows

you to choose between Portrait and Landscape.

Properties lets you adjust such functions as contrast, brightness, dithering, resolutionand print quality depending on your printer. This step is best done before you go toPreview and Print or Print Direct. Changing these functions may affect printing in anyWindows® programs. Some printer drivers are polite and reset to default conditionswhen you close the program. Some are not. This is inconvenient because you arecontinually resetting the conditions for each program that you use.

Note: Printer driver dialogs will vary with Windows version and with the type andmake of the printer. They will generally look something like the dialog above. Theprinter shown in the above dialog, does not imply endorsement of this or any otherprinter.



Preview and Print If you need to have the printout of a specific size or particular placement on the page,you should use Preview and Print. This takes you to the layout of the design as it willappear on your printed page(s). The Design Page Setup and Print Options dialogsappear, on the right one on top of the other. Move them apart if desired. Settings can

be adjusted. Print Tool: Shortcut to take you to Preview and Print. (Keyboard:Ctrl + P )

Note: To print a specific part of a design, adjust the design before openingPreview and Print. Magnify the design so that the section you want to print fitsthe window approximately. Use the scroll bars to place the parts of the draft to beprinted into the window. Drag the border of the window to show only the part of thedraft you want to print. Adjust view. Go to Preview and Print.

Preview and Print Window

The Preview Window has a number of tools that let you examine the pages as they willbe printed. Again, the view on the design screen will determine what is printed. Youwill also see the Page Setup dialog and Print Options dialog, discussed below. Youcannot adjust front/back, structure/color or specific views from Preview and Print.This can only be done in the drawdown window

Print will print the page with the settings chosen in dialogs.

Next Page, Previous Page and Two Pages lets you examine the various pages thatwill be printed and what they will look like with the current settings. If you see it, it willprint. But at better resolution than on your screen!

Zoom In and Zoom Out lets you view the pages at different magnifications. Since thescreen view has much lower resolution than the printer, the visual quality of the screenview is never as good as on the printer.

Note: Zoom in and Zoom out does not change the size of the design on the page,but allows you to view the page at different magnifications.Note: The Preview shows an approximation of your page. It will show the layout ofthe page quite well, and attempt to show the colors and the resolution as best as itcan. Use Zoom In to get a better idea of the details. Screen resolution is 72 to 96dots per inch (dpi) and printer resolution is between 300 and 3000 depending on yourprinter. So what you see in the preview is an approximation. So don’t panic if yourdesign suddenly turns purple when you had a soft shade of lavender. Grids maypreview as solid black areas at 60 epi and higher. They will however print as grids ifpossible.

Close returns you to the active drawdown window without printing.



Page Setup and Print OptionsThese are floating dialogs and will not close until PrintPreview window is closed. Click once on the title bar ofthe Print Options dialog underneath to bring it to the top.Then drag to move the dialog to an empty space (e.g. if itobscures the print button). You can also move the DesignPage Setup dialog, instead.

Design Page SetupThis dialog allows you to set up the appearance of thedesign on the page by adjusting size and the placement.

Apologies to our metric customers. All measurements are ininches at the present time. A metric check box will be addedto Print Preferences in the next upgrade.

The first two items (the radio buttons) lets you choosebetween screen view (the contents of the active drawdownwindow) or whole design (including the portions of thedesign that are currently scrolled out of view). Click in eitherone so that a small dot appears in the one you want to use.Print the whole design is the default.

Set Scale: This is the default setting controlling the size ofthe printout. Set Scale lets you adjust the design to printwith a specific sett, in ends per inch. You may use the spinbutton (arrow keys on the right of the box), type a number oruse the keyboard arrows to make adjustments. Defaultsetting is 12 epi. If your design screen shows a balanceddesign, then the picks per inch will be the same. If yourdesign contains varied thread thickness, epi is the averageends per inch of the whole warp.

Fit to Page: If you would like your design to print on one page and not worry about thesett, use Fit to Page. This will not let you choose a specific sett, rather the sett will beautomatically adjusted to fit the page. Fit Width or Fit Height work the same way.

Margins: Set margins with the spin buttons on the right of each box, the arrow keys onthe cursor pad, or type a number into the box. Top margin and Left margin areadjustable in all modes. Default settings are 1”. Right margin and Lower margin arealso adjustable in the fit to settings. With Set to scale, changing the margins maycause the design to overflow onto more pages if margins are set too wide.



Height and Width: These are shown in boxes beside the margin boxes. They showthe size of the design. You cannot set a specific size directly, instead adjust themargins or the scale settings to obtain the desired height or width. They are informationboxes only.

Pages Across and Pages Down: Again these boxes are not directly adjustable, butshow the pages needed with the current settings. Change epi or margins to change thenumber of pages. If a margin is too wide or the warp sett to large, extra pages may beprinted.

The boxes are displayed in different colors as the number of pages increases, goingfrom grey, to pale green (2-3 pages) to caution yellow (4-5 pages) and bright red (6pages and over). This is a warning device so that you don’t accidentally print yourdesign on 80 pages. Total pages is the number of pages across multiplied by thenumber of pages down. 1 page down and 1 page across will print 1 page in total.However 2 pages down and 3 pages across will print 6 pages in total.

Note: Page 1 will be the upper right hand corner containing the tieup, threading,treadling, color bars, and thickness bars.

Apply: Click this button to make these settings take effect, both in the preview screenand in the actual printout.

Note: The Auto Apply box is checked by default. If you have a fast system, leaveit checked and settings will take effect automatically. If the screen redraw is tooslow, uncheck the Auto Apply box and click the Apply button at the bottom aftermaking a series of changes. If you do not use either the Auto Apply or the Apply,the settings will not take effect, and your printout will be formatted with theprevious settings. You only need this to happen once with 40 pages of printout!

This dialog initially lies behind the Design Page Setupdialog. Click on the blue title bar of the Print Options tobring the dialog to the front. Or use drag and drop to movethe dialogs so that they do not overlap.

Print Options allows the title, notes, heddle count and colorcounts to be printed. It also controls which parts of thedesign are printed.

The default settings will be to Include Design Title at thehead of the page, and Include Design / Full Drawdown,Numeric if Possible and Fill page if possible. Thesesettings may be changed by clicking in the check box or thetext box.

The Design Title is the file name. Title may be printed at thehead or the foot of the page, or omitted.



To choose the drawdown options, press the arrow at the right of thedrawdown box and choose one of the items. The default setting isFull Drawdown.

Threading only will print horizontal strips of the threading on thepage. If Fill page if possible is checked then as many strips aspossible will be printed on one page. The size of the strips can beadjusted with the set scale option in the Design Page Setup.Threading + Tieup will also print as a horizontal strip with the tieup

at the right.

If Landscape is set in Print Setup, the threading will print horizontal strips on the lengthof the page. Do this before going to Preview and Print.

Similarly Treadling Only and Treadling + Tieup will print vertical strips on the page.Tieup can be printed on a page without anything else. Or the Cloth Only may beprinted.

Numeric if Possible will allow you to print the threading draft, treadling draft, tieup orliftplan with number rather than symbols. The sett should be 15 epi or less on mostprinters. This is pretty small and you will probably be more comfortable with 12 epi. Aliftplan with numbers may be printed if Treadling Only, Numeric if Possible, and Fillpage if Possible are all checked.

Hint: If there are thick and thin threads in the design, do not use Numeric ifPossible. The numbers will be printed as the average set, often with linesoverlapping numbers. This gets very confusing.

The check boxes allow you to choose more than one option. You can print title, notes,heddle count, and color count on the same page as the drawdown options if the pagesetup options are adjusted to allow all the information to fit on one page.

Items in this dialog will be applied as they are checked, and are visible on the previewscreen. When all the settings are to your liking, click the Print button on Preview andPrint menu bar.



PrintingWhen you choosePrint Direct or thePrint button from thePreview and Printmenu, the Print dialogappears. Do notconfuse this with thePrint Setup dialog.

The Printer selectionallows you to choosewhich printer to use.

Properties or Optionsallows you to adjustsuch functions ascontrast, brightness,

dithering, resolution, print quality and several other functions, depending on your printer.Some printer drivers give you the choice of error diffusion or dithering. Errordiffusion will usually give better results. Some older printer drivers require these optionto be reset each time you go to print. Very annoying. If the color areas of your designcome out blank, check that the printer driver is not set for none, no dithering or LineArt in the Properties or Options of the Print dialog.

Print Range allows you to choose which pages are printed. You may choose all,current or specific pages, such as page 2 to 4. The last section, Copies, controls thenumber of copies and how they are collated. This has no effect on the format of thepage. This can be done safely after preview, since the page formatting will not bechanged.

Printers are all different and will have different Print dialogs. Polite printers will generallyadhere to a similar format. Printer functions are beyond the control of Fiberworks. If youset the DPI to 300 in the Properties dialog and you want to print your draft at 100 epi,you will not get a very good print. It may be fine to print it at 15 epi. So experiment withvarious settings.

Hint: If changing the Properties settings in the Print dialog, make note of allsettings before you make any changes.

Note: We advise against changing paper size and orientation after Preview andPrint adjustments have been made, since the image will reformat to fit the newpage settings. This may be done by choosing File > Printer Setup before goingto Preview and Print.



Your printer may print quite slowly. Remember these are graphics and not text. Textprints quickly, since most of the page is white. Graphics print much more slowly.Weaving is one of the most complex graphics forms. A design of 100 ends by 100 pickshas 10,000 intersections! Each intersection takes a lot of computing power!

Fiberworks sends its information to Windows® quitequickly. The PCW dialog, to the left, describes the printjob: the name of the design, the printer and port beingused, as well as the page number it is currently workingon. It often appears only as a flash on newer computers.

Once the PCW dialog disappears, Fiberworks hasfinished sending information. The rest is up to theWindows® printer driver.

If your designs print too slowly, try using fewer ends andpicks, perhaps only two repeats instead of 5. You can

use larger magnifications and still fill the page. It is the number of intersections in thedesign that determines the speed, not the area of the page filled. However large areaconsume more ink, and cartridges cost a lot.

If it is still too slow, go to Help > About and look at the Resources on your system.Fiberworks will report the amount of free space and % RAM in use. (RAM isinexpensive to add and as the saying goes, you can never have too much RAM.)

Exploring Print FunctionsUsing one design of about 60 to 100 ends and picks, print it in various formats.

Use Preview and Print, change the Design Page Setup settings. Try severalvariations of Set to Scale and Fit to Page. Resize the active drawdown window.Check the Preview screen, and try various options.

Go back to the draft and change from structure to color. Try color with and without thegrid. Try it with interlacement view. Choose back of cloth. Make thick and thin threads.

Note: The view on the screen will determine what is printed. You can not adjustfront / back, structure / color or specific views from Preview and Print. Do this inthe design screen before you go to Preview and Print or Print Direct.

Try Print Direct with the same design. Save it and then make your design larger byrepeating the threading 2 times. Print Direct again. Now make the treadling 3 timeslarger than it was and Print Direct yet again. Try a really really large design.

Using your best results, change the properties of your printer, by changing resolution orquality, dithering or color pattern if available, change contrast or brightness if yourprinter can control this. (Note the original setting so you can change them back.)

Compare everything carefully. Write settings on each print and file for future use. Usethe Title and Notes to do this.

For more details see Quick Guide to Printing. pg 17



Edit Menu

Many of these items are also on the tool bar.

UndoUndo: You can Undo the last 31actions taken on the design to

allow you to go back and correct amistake. (Keyboard: Ctrl + z ) Undocounts Zoom as an action, and therebymay reduce the number of undo steps.

CutCut tool: Once the selected areais outlined, it can be cut by clicking

on the Cut tool (or Edit > Cut or Ctrl +X). Only the selected area will be cut,leaving it blank. Any ends on shaftsabove or below the selection will be leftin their original location. The gap in thedesign is not closed. The delete toolor delete key or backspace key maybe used to close the gap if needed.

Note: Selections may be made in the color bar and the thickness bar as well asthreading, treadling and tieup and then cut. selected areas may be copied andpasted into other designs within Fiberworks. You may select an area in onedesign, copy it and paste to another design. You can only paste between draftsthat share properties: you can paste a threading into a treadling, but you can'tpaste a color sequence into a tieup.

Cut will place the contents of the selected area into the clipboard and leave a gap in thedraft where the selection was. Only one clipboard object exists at a time, and isreplaced when the next cut or copy is made. The current clipboard object may bepasted to a new location, either in the same or another open design.

CopyCopy Tool: Once the selected area is outlined, it can be copied by clicking on theCopy tool (or Edit > Copy or Ctrl + C). Only the contents of the selected area will

be copied. Any ends on shafts above or below the selection will not be copied. Thearea that was copied retains the original data, and is not cleared.

Copy will also place the contents of the selected area into the clipboard, but will leavethe original unchanged. It may be pasted immediately or later. Be careful. It is easy tocopy a second area before pasting the first selection, and then lose it. Subsequentchanges to the original do not affect the copy in the clipboard or any pasted copies.



Paste:Paste Tool: (Keyboard: Ctrl + V) Click on the spot that you want the copy tobegin, the insertion point will blink, click on the Paste icon and the copy will be

pasted starting at the insertion point. You may move the cursor to a new area andrepeat. If your selection contains an empty area, it will be copied and pasted as well.

You can paste as many times as you want and you can move the insertion point to anyplace. A copy of the selected area is pasted into the new area and the blinking insertionpoint appears one end past the new copy. If you move the cursor one shaft higher thanthe original, the copy begins one shaft higher than the original.

When pasting from treadling to tieup, warp order ends 1, 2, 3 becomes treadle order 1,2, 3 resulting in a left to right flip or 180o. When pasting from threading to treadling,warp order becomes weft order so that the copied image is turned 90o.

If the pasted rectangle is smaller than the total number of shafts or treadles, the areasoutside the pasted area may or may not be affected. Since there may be only one endper column in the threading draft, all original ends will be overdrawn, except where ablank space was copied in the original selection. In a liftplan draft, everything within thepasted area will be overdrawn, but lifts outside will remain. If you want to overwrite allthe lifts, then the original selection should be as wide as the number of treadles, or anarea in the destination may be selected and then cut to clean it out first. Simpletreadling will be overwritten.

Crossover from warp to weft or weft to warp is allowed, but you can’t paste threadthickness order into a color bar. If you cut colors from one design and paste to anotherdesign with a different color palette, the program creates a new palette that combinessource and destination colors.

Transparent Mode:This menu item will work in the liftplan and the sketchpad. If using Tieup andtreadling, transparent paste can be used in the Tieup. If using Liftplan, the

Transparent paste can be used to combine two liftplans. The two do not have to be thesame length or the same number of shafts. When active, transparent paste modifies

the normal pastebehaviour so thedestination patternremains visible underthe white squaresbeing pasted

Select and copy anarea of one liftplan(A), for instance thecircles on an emptyground. Go to asecond liftplan suchas a fancy twill (B).



Activate the transparent mode, click at the start of the area you want merged in thiscase liftplan A. Paste A into B. This was not just slap dash, but had to be well planned,so that the two liftplans were compatible.

If the two circles are not spaced correctly, each couldfall on different picks of the twill and look deformed.The repeats here were exact, in that the circlesrepeated in 16 picks as did the twill.

To make sure that the two drafts line up, use thesame size in each design.

Interleaf Paste:This tool allows two drafts to be mergedtogether, so that one or more ends (or picks) from draft A are interleaved with one or moreends (or picks) from draft B. The number andorder of ends or picks, the order, as well as theposition can be chosen from the dialog.

There are 10 different ratios of interleaving draftA and draft B, so for example one thread of Amay be interleaved between 3 of B. However1/1 ratio is the most frequently used.

The two drafts can be repeated so that they match in length. For instance if draft A is 20ends long and draft B is 30 ends, the first 10 ends of draft A will repeat to make 30 endsand the Interleaved draft will be 60 ends long.

The sequence of interleaving can be started on A or B if the sequencebox is checked or not.

The placement of the two drafts relative to each other is quite important.There are 5 different ways.

A overlaps B: Both drafts use the same set ofshafts. If both start on shaft 1 then some shaftswill have doubled threads. Usually it requires thatone draft starts on a different shaft than the otherdraft. The total number of shafts is the same asthe draft with the most shafts. Usually the draftsuse the same number of shafts and the totalnumber of shafts is not increased.



A below B: Draft A is placed on the lower shafts and draft B is placed on the uppershafts, which have been added to the first set. The total number of shafts will be thesum of A and B.

A above B: Draft B is placed on the lower shafts and draft A is placed on the uppershafts, which have been added to the first set. The total number of shafts will be thesum of A and B.

Interpolate AB: Draft A is placed on the odd shafts and draft B on the even shafts. Bothdrafts should be on the same number of shafts. This doubles the total number of shafts.

Interpolate BA: Draft A is placed on the even shafts and draft B on the odd shafts. Bothdrafts should be on the same number of shafts. This doubles the total number of shafts.

If interleaving the weft, the same rationale is used with the liftplan or tieup and treadlingas for the warp. You can use one method for the warp and a different method for theweft.

Paste as Overlay:The overlay functionworks with liftplans only(also called peg plans) .The two liftplan can beoverlaid in 8 styles.

The most common stylesare Black dominant andWhite dominant. Theother ones are mostlyused for making masksfor Network Drafting.

The Apply and Undo buttons within the dialog allow you to try out various combinations.The help files in PCW are very useful here. Press F1 when the Paste as Overlaydialog is open, to go directly to Overlay help.

Below are two drafts in liftplan mode that have been combined with Overlay mode: ABside by side in the third draft below.



The entire liftplan A was selected and copied. The cursor was placed in the liftplan Bat the origin. Edit > Paste as Overlay was chosen. The dialog popped up and AB sideby side was chosen from the drop down dialog. The Shift A relative to B was notneeded as both liftplans were well aligned. The Repeat shorter pattern to fit waschecked but again was not needed. Apply was clicked. This gives the third draft whichcombines the two starting drafts.

Transform: Place your selection rectangle and outline the area you want to transform. Choose theTransform item from the Edit menu. Transform may also be chosen by opening apopup menu with right click into the selection rectangle. Transform is not on the toolmenu.

Figure 1 shows the threading or treadling transform menu. Figure 2 is for tieup andliftplan. Figure 3 allows you to transform color order in the color bars or Thickness inthread thickness bars. Figure 4 is active when the selection is made in the Sketchpad.

Reverse, shift and cycle are in all the dialogs. Reverse will change the entries in eacharea so that the first entry is placed last and the last entry is placed first. In threadingthe ends are turned left to right, whereas in the treadling they are turned up to down.Shift moves the selected object and its selection rectangle in the direction indicated bythe radio buttons. Cycle moves the contents of the selection box in the direction of theradio buttons, while the rectangle remains fixed.

Rotate 180o and Invert appear on all Transform popups except the color and thickness. Change Face, Turn left and Turn right are on the Tieup and Sketchpad popups.Smear and Echo is unique to the Sketchpad popup.



Draw Mode:See Basic Drawing pg. 12 section for other details on drawing. Clicking and draggingwill make a red rectangle, which is filled with one of the five draw choices shown. Therectangle can be any shape covering any number of shafts, treadles, ends or picks. Itworks in threading, treadling and tie-up. These drawing modes also allow you to clickon single squares, you do not have to click and drag to use the tools.

Note: Straight draw, point draw are used in the weaving sense. Straight draw isregular straight twill threading and point draw is regular point or reversing twill.Draw comes from drawing in, a mill term.

Straight Draw: This icon allows you to draw diagonal lines to fill the rectangle inthe threading, tieup or treadling areas.

Point Draw: This icon allows you to draw points to fill the rectangle in threading,tieup or treadling areas.

Line Draw: This icon allows you to draw a straight lines at any angle betweenthe start and end of the cursor path in the threading, tieup or treadling areas.(Used primarily for profile drafts)

Freehand Draw: This icon allows you to draw lines that follow the curved path ofthe mouse in the threading, tieup or treadling areas. (Used primarily for profiledrafts)

Network Drafting: allows you to make 1:3 network drafts easily by drawing acurve in either the warp or the weft. Simply drag the mouse in a curved path andthe network draft appears automatically. If you lift the cursor and begin inanother place, the new segment continues on the network. It works only for the1:3 twill network with the initial from lower left to upper right.

Note: You may enter threading one square at a time by clicking the left mousebutton.

To draw in the threading, treadling, tieup, color bars or thickness bars, one of the drawmodes must be active. This will give a pencil cursor and dragging will create a redrectangle. If the mouse cursor is the standard Windows® pointer, and you get a bluerectangle when dragging, you are using the selection tool. Change to the appropriatedraw tool.

Select:Select, Cut, Copy and Paste operations can be used to copy or move part of the draftsuch as the threading and then paste to another part of the threading, and into anotherdesign altogether, e.g. to make repeats. Drag and drop may be used to move aselected area to another area in the same design, either leaving a blank behind orleaving the original unchanged.

Selection tool: (blue rectangle on a white ground) may be accessed from tool baror the menu: Edit > Select. To use Cut, Copy, Paste or Transform, an areamust first be Selected.



Click one corner of the area you want to select, and drag the blue rectangle until itcompletely outlines the area to be manipulated. When you reach the opposite corner ofthe block, release the mouse button. Select any number of ends and shafts. TheSelect cursor is a standard Windows® arrow pointer. The point of the arrow is theactive part. When you see the arrow cursor, drawing tools are not active.

For instance, selecting 48 ends on the first 4 shafts of a 12 shaft design will only selectthe ends on the four shafts marked, with blanks where the ends were on other shafts.

You must create the blue rectangle in one operation, you can’t shrink it after releasingthe mouse button, but it’s easy to cancel and restart if you change your mind. Tocancel, click anywhere outside the blue selection rectangle. To expand a blue selectionbox, hold down the Control key and click at where you want the rectangle to grow to.The blue rectangle expands to include the square where you clicked.

With the threading area selected and outlined in blue, move the cursor inside theselection; it turns into a pair of scissors. You may now Cut, Copy, Paste, Drag andDrop, or Transform the selection. If you cut, the rectangle is left blank, but its contentshave gone to the clipboard. If you copy, it is placed into the clipboard to use again,without affecting the original area. You may also drag and drop the selection to a newplace, leaving a blank behind, or Ctrl + drag to leave the original while dragging a copy.

The Select tool also allows you to insert or delete threads. With the Select tool active,click into the draft where you want the insert or delete to take place. Insert tool willopen a gap to the left or below an end or pick selected. Delete tool will remove the endor pick at the cursor and close the gap. These are useful when a block of severalthreads must be inserted or deleted.

Note: Cloth cannot be selected. Areas in the color bar, thickness bar as well asthreading, treadling and tieup may be selected. selected areas may be cut, copied,pasted, or transformed. An area may be selected in one design, copied andpasted into another design.

Tip: To make a long selection in liftplan, activate the selection tool, click into thetop left corner of the area you wish to select, go (not drag and drop) to the bottomof the area to be selected and CTRL + click in the bottom right corner. This willselect all ends or picks between start and end. Fast and easy! Especially usefulwhen the area to be selected is larger than the view.

Select All: (Keyboard: Ctrl + A)

This menu item allows you to choose oneto 8 items in a design. You can Copy orDelete any or all of these items. Invertwill reverse all choices; if you click 2 items,Invert, 6 are chosen instead.

With this menu, you can Copy and Pasteparts of one design into another design.



Copy and Delete are inactive (greyed out) if no selection has been made. The Selectbutton in the dialog is always inactive. (Don’t ask!)

Color Picker or Pick up Color ToolPlace the tip of the eye dropper cursor on the color that you want to use. Click theleft mouse button and the selected color now appears in the main active color

patch. Choose the alternate active color with a double click. Since the draw cursor willbe restored when the action is complete, you must click on the Color Picker again tochoose another color. It is a one time tool.

Copy Image:To paste an image of your designs into other programs, use Copy Image. (Keyboard:Ctrl+M)

Set up the drawdown window as you want the image to appear in the destinationapplication. Set view to normal, color or interlacement. Rep weave, weft faced,bound weave or double weave can also be used. Change the magnification to suit thefinal required size.

Hint: Weaving designs do not take kindy to being resized in thedestination application. Detail may be lost, especially lines in the draft.Adjust the original image by using the magnification in PCW. Or adjustthe size of the image to 100% in your destination application.

Adjust the size of the window to show only the part of the design you wish to copy.See Windows® Conventions / Resize pg. 114The number showing shafts and treadles in the upper right will be captured, as well asthe tiny red pointers which show the location of the insertion point.

Go to Edit > Copy Image, and your image will be placed into the Windows® clipboard.You will hear a beep, nothing else seems to happen, but it is done. Open yourdestination application and go to Edit > Paste. The image will now appear. Yourdestination application may make changes to size, color, placement and proportions.

If size or resolution are wrong, These must be adjusted within PCW first, then in yourimaging program and lastly in the destination application.

We have tested a number of different applications. MS NotePad® is unable to acceptany images ever. On our Windows® XP system, Eudora Pro® 6 and Corel Draw® 10and 11 either do not accept the image, or accept it with degradation. This may be colordepth specific or resolution specific. Other programs are better at accepting the image.All the other programs that we have tried do accept the image without problem.

Note: If your destination application will not accept the image from theclipboard without degradation, Paste it into a graphics or paint program, saveand then Select All > Copy from the paint program, open the desiredapplication and Paste. Every program has a different way of handling bitmapsfrom the clipboard and they are not all compatible with each other.



You may use Print Screen, or Alt + Print Screen, or a screen capture programinstead of Copy Image if you want to copy something other than just the design in theactive Window. The screen capture program that we used to make the graphics suchas the menus and icons in this manual is Jasc Paint Shop Pro, which makes the wholething a snap.

Note: The Fiberworks weaving design may also be saved as a WIF file. This file isdesigned to be opened in other weaving software. If you want to send a weavingfile to a friend, use WIF or DTX files, rather than graphic files from the CopyImage function. WIF and DTX files are small, and designed to be sent by email,and to be opened in weaving software. See File Menu > Save As WIF pg. 23.

Insert:Insert: Click on the draft and a blinking insertion point will be created. Click on theInsert tool and one thread will be inserted, click again and another will be

inserted. The thread will be inserted at the insertion point and move the rest of thethreading draft leftward, opening up a gap. If a blue selection rectangle is present, it willinsert as many blank threads as are in the entire selection. In tieup, the gap opens atthe insertion point and treadles on the right are moved further to the right, even off thescreen. In treadling, the gap opens at the insertion point and all picks below the cursormove down.

Delete:Delete: Click on the draft and an insertion point will be created. Click on theDelete tool and one thread will be deleted, click again and another thread will be

deleted. The thread will be deleted at the insertion point and move the rest of thethreading draft rightward, closing the gap. If a blue selection rectangle is present, it willdeleted the entire selection.

In tieup, a treadle at the insertion point will be deleted, closing the gap. In treadling, thepick at the insertion point will be deleted, moving the rest of the treadling draft upwardand closing the gap.

Link > Unlink: Link is the default setting. If the threading, color order and thickness are linked,insert or delete will affect all three as a unit. If however Unlink is active

(depressed), insert or delete affects only the area being worked on. For instance, youwant to delete one end, but the complex color order should remain the same, Unlinkthe design, delete the selected end with the Delete tool. (Keyboard: Choose Link >Unlink from menu and choose end, press Del key)

Note: As soon as you finish with the Unlink action, push Link again, oryou will be sure to perform more actions with Unlink on, even though youdo not mean to.



View Menu

All these items are on the tool bar except Preferences, Tool Bar and Status Bar.

MagnificationZoom In: Clicking on this icon enlarges the designin the active window. Keep clicking to further

enlarge the design. If nothing happens, you are at thelargest size (16). Check the status bar at lower right formagnification. There are 16 steps. (Keyboard: Alt +)

Zoom Out: Clicking on this icon reduces the designin the active window. Keep clicking to further

reduces the design. If nothing happens, you are at thesmallest size (1). Check the status bar at lower right formagnification. There are 16 steps. (Keyboard: Alt - orStatus bar Slider)

Note: Do not try to drag the magnifier to the active window, just click on the toolicon until the draft is the correct size.

Note: The threading, treadling and tieup are visible at all magnifications, but thegrid disappears at the smaller magnifications, but will print at most print settings.

Color ViewWhen the icon is up, the view is structure, i.e. black warp and white weft. In thestructure view, black represents warp ends showing on the surface.

If the icon is depressed, then the color view will be shown in the active window. Defaultcolors are white warp and bright blue weft. Very traditional. (Keyboard: \ )

Front / Back ViewWhen the icon is up the view is the front of the cloth, or that side facing up as it iswoven with this tieup. With the icon down, you see the back of the cloth.(Keyboard: /.)

It is not the same as Tieup > Change Face. The view does not change the tieup norreverse the cloth, as it would if you turned a real cloth over; it just looks at the other sideof the cloth. The various views are also accessible from the popup on the status bar.

Grid in ClothThis icon controls the grid in the drawdown or cloth area. Not available at allmagnifications, nor in interlacement, boundweave, weft faced weaves, repweaveview, warp faced weaves and double weave.

To print plain grids go to, How do I make graph paper pg 123.



Compact / ExpandIf you want to see a bit more of your design at the current magnification, use theCompact tool (Arrow pointing toward tieup) to shrink the threading, treadling andtieup area. Useful for multishaft designs. To restore normal view press theCompact tool again. These views work only at some magnifications.

Sometimes a design is too small to allow you to work comfortably in the drafts ortieup, but you want to see a whole lot of the cloth, then you can use the Expandtools to adjust this. To restore normal view press the Expand tool again.

The Expand tool is used to makedrafts easier to work on whenmagnification and eyesight don’tmatch up <G>. These two screenshots show how this is done.

The first draft shows a normal viewat a high zoom factor. Very hard tosee to do any work.

The second draft shows theexpanded view. The tieupbecomes large enough to workwith. Notice that the cloth areahas not changed. Play with boththe Expand and Compact tools tosee where they are useful to you.

Toolbar By default this is checked and active. If unchecked, the Toolbar will not be shown, andyou have to use the tools from the menus. More working area will be available forworking with large designs on small screens. See Getting to Know PCW4.1, pg. 5



Status Bar By default this is checked and active. If unchecked, the Status Bar will not be shown. Itis at the bottom of the PCW Window. This may be turned off to see more of the screen,however much valuable information is found here.

At the left of the Status bar, Shafts, Treadles and total Ends, Picks in the design areshown in the drawdown window, if the active cursor is in the draft. Otherwise it showsFor Help, press F1. If you press F1 the Help Window opens up to show explanationsof the function you are working with.

Magnification: If you click on the magnification box of the status bar, it willshow Mag= numbers from 1 to 16. The magnification slider can be moved bydragging it up or down to increase or decrease the magnification with 1 beingthe tiniest and 16 the largest. As you move the slider up and down the displayin the drawdown window changes. You can also click on the groove. For finecontrol and moving up or down one notch, the magnifying tool may be better.

Cloth view: The next section of the Status bar is the Viewpopup. In the example on the status bar above it showsInterlacement. Any of the views may be chosen allowing quickchanges among the various views. The views are Normal,Interlacement, Rep/Warp faced, Weft Faced, Boundweave,Double Weave and Warp Drawdown, and Weft Drawdown.

Changing between Interlacement and Double Weave view is avery useful one and it can’t be done as easily by menu. Onlynormal/color view and Interlacement are available on the toolbar. Cloth View popup has the same views as the Cloth menu.

The next box on the Status bar shows the location of the cursor, or the size of theselection made by the selection rectangle. The 1,1 means that the cursor is at end 1,shaft 1 in the threading; in the tieup at shaft 1, treadle 1; in treadling at pick 1 treadle 1.

The next box shows the number of ends in the threading and picks in the treadling thatare in the drawdown window. This changes with magnification and scrolling.

The last box will show a single # or a ##. # shows that the NumLock key has beenturned ON for single digit entry by keypad on the right of the keyboard. No enter keyneeds to be pressed between numbers. This can only be used for entries between 1and 10 (0 =10).

If two ## are showing, then both NumLock and ScrollLock are turned ON for double digitentry by keypad. Each entry requires 2 digits. No enter key needs to be pressedbetween numbers. Two numbers must be pressed for each digit. For instance, shaft 3is 03 and shaft 13 is 13. Same for weft.



PreferencesThis dialog allows you to set functions to customize loompreferences, the keyboardlayout, print preferences andnew files. Changes apply toall designs openedsubsequently.

New Design SettingsThis tab lets you set thedefaults so that each newdesign comes up with theviews that you use mostfrequently, the palette that youwant, and the configuration tomatch your loom.

Initial Print SettingsThe print options can be setso that they reflect the mostfrequently used settings.

Misc. SettingsThe last option allows you toset the Keyboard layout fordifferent languages. Menusare all in English.

Setting the Numbers ofRecent Files will show thelast designs that were saved.Checking the Reopen box willstart your next session withthe last file used. This can bequite important when usingcomputer assisted looms.

Mouse Action allows you tochoose which way you wantthe mouse to act. The firstchoice is outlined in table 1and the second in table 2 onpage 9-10. The manual iswritten assuming Left doubleClick



Cloth Menu

Various tools to view the cloth are found here

Normal ClothThe normal view of the cloth can be eitherstructure or color. Structure and color can be

viewed with or without grid. Structure view andInterlacement, Rep / Warp Faced view, WeftFaced/Boundweave view or Doubleweave view arenot compatible. (Keyboard: Alt + N ) See View Menupg 40 as well.

Interlacement

Interlacement view shows the cloth as interlacedthreads. It will automatically change the view fromstructure, or any other view to a color representation

of separate threads, interlacing as a real cloth does. At larger magnifications, thethreads are shaded to give a three dimensional effect. A favorite with many weavers,so it gets its own button. Interlacement view is shown when the double weave display isnot able to show double cloth due to many areas of integrated cloth. (Keyboard: Alt +I).

Rep / Warp FacedRep and Warp faced view shows the cloth emphasizing warp threads. To get a moreaccurate view, leave the warp thickness at the default setting of 4 and set the weftthickness alternately to 10 and 2 for thick and thin weft as needed. This will allow theRep view to compress the warp threads to cover the thick and thin threads. Anywherethat the interlacement does not allow threads to be well packed, irregularities in the repweave view appear as black marks.

Weft Faced / BoundweaveThese two items show the cloth with the weft closely packed to cover the warp.Boundweave is more closely packed than Weft Faced weave. The longer surfacefloats hide the short one thread floats.

Set Warp thickness to 8 to simulate spaced warp ends. Then set the weft thicknessto 2. This will show a warp covered by the weft if the structure allows Boundweave.Anywhere that the interlacement does not allow threads to be well packed, irregularitiesin the Boundweave view appear as black marks.

Note: If you have a solid colored warp, you will not see a pattern in Rep / WarpFaced. If you have a solid colored weft, you will not see a pattern in Boundweaveor Weft Faced.



Double WeaveDouble Weave view shows the face of the cloth as it appears if woven as doubleweave. It displays any balanced double weave (i.e. equal numbers of alternating topand bottom threads in units of 4 or 8 threads) such as can be created by the BlockSubstitution tool or the Fold Double tool. It will not display Double Weave if derivedfrom Double Two tie weave or Networks.

To view the back, press the back tool icon, or go to View > Back of Cloth.

The double layer analysis can be thrown off by deletions or insertion of extra threads.This may cause the display to go a bit peculiar while editing the drafts. If this isbothersome, switch to interlacement view while editing, and then switch back todouble weave view when finished. Minor editing such as color changes which do notadd or subtract threads from the middle of the draft should not cause problems.

If the double layer analysis fails, the cloth will be displayed in interlacement view.

Warp Drawdown / Weft DrawdownThe Warp Drawdown uses the convention that a black mark on the draft is a lifted warpthread. Most of the world and industry use this convention. Weft Drawdowns areuseful for designing supplementary weft weaves, such as Overshot. Both of theseviews show the structure, not the color. However a more appropriate way is to usecolor view with default white warp and dark weft.

Select Color PaletteThis dialog lets you choose one of five paletteseach with 80 colors plus white and bright blue.These palettes are each quite different. Choosingone of these palettes changes the palette bar onthe right and all the colors in the current activedesign. You can’t add a custom palette to the list.To save your own palette, or some other ideas,see Combining Two Palettes pg. 78.

Changing the Color GroupIf you are using a low resolution monitor, fewer than the 80 colors may be displayed.The rest are there, but cut off at the lower end of the screen. To see more of them, usethe Ctrl + G to move the colors clockwise, in sets of 20, allowing you access to all ofthem. In addition to the 80 palette colors, you get initial warp color (white) and initialweft color (bright blue).



Colors by Keyboard Beside each of the first 20 colors are numbers and letters. They allow you to enter thecolors by keyboard. If the color you want is in a different part of the palette, the Ctrl + Gkeys let you move the colors so the ones you want are next to the letters and numbers.See Adding Colors Quickly, pg. 77

Modify Colors The dialog at left allows you to change any color on the activepalette bar. Right click any color on the palette bar or the currentlyactive color or use color picker. The Modify Colors dialog appears.

The top right of the dialog shows the color you picked to be modified.The top left shows any changes you make to that color. In thisillustration, no changes have been made yet. The colors will beupdated as you work. All changes will be shown in the draft as youwork. If you have a slow system, the update will flicker. In that caseuncheck Auto apply box and your design will only be updated whenyou click the Apply button. Revert allows you to undo all thechanges made to the current color.

In the Modify Color dialog, the top color bar allows you to choosethe Hue, i.e. one of the pure colors found in the color wheel. Thereare 360 steps available.

The middle bar, Sat or saturation, controls the amount of white usedto dilute a color or lighten it. There are 100 steps.

The lowest bar, Bright, is Brightness or Value, controls the amountof black added to a color or darken it. There are 100 steps.

To change the settings on the color bars, point and click on anyportion of the Hue, Sat or Bright bar, or click and drag the slider tomove it. Or click on the text boxes and change by typing a new

value. You may make fine adjustments with spin buttons on the right of the edit boxes.

The numeric values that can be used in Hue are 0 to 360, Saturation and Brightness are0 to 100.

At the very bottom are the RGB values. You may use the RGB numbers if you arefamiliar with that system. These are useful if making colors that are browser safe. RGBscales are 0 to 255. Browser safe colors are those which if presented on a web pagewill be displayed as clear colors, not dithered or dotted. Browser safe colors havevalues of 0, 51,102, 153, 204 or 255 in R, G or B.

If Auto apply is checked, the draft will be automatically updated. The dialog does notneed to be closed for colors to be applied, or a color to be adjusted.

Keyboard Navigation: is possible by Tab and arrow keys on cursor pad and thentyping the Hue, Saturation and Brightness numbers into the text boxes.



Notes and Records This dialog allows you to give the design a descriptive title, write notes for the project,find the number of heddles on each shaft and the number of ends or picks of each color.There are three tabs to access each of the different functions.

Notes: The first tab opens the Notes page. The title is the file name and changes as youchange the file name of he design. You may type a descriptive title into the main textbox.

The font and size can be chosen from the drop down boxes. .Font and Size can bechanged, but prints much better at the default settings. There may be alignmentproblems with larger fonts.

Insert notes template gives you a set of skeleton notes that you can fill in with therelevant data. You may type anything into the Notes window and use your own format.

. Note: Since Windows® reserves the Tab key for moving around a dialog, youmust type Ctrl + I (upper case i) to insert a tab in the body of the text.



Heddle Count Heddle count will give you the number of heddles that are needed on each shaft. If youhave more than 8 shafts, shafts 9 - 16 are listed in the next 2 lines, and so forth. Thisarea cannot be edited, but may be copied and pasted elsewhere.

Note: If you have a design on the screen with 3 repeats, this is the number ofends used to calculate the numbers of heddles required. If the cloth on your loomwill have 15 repeats, obviously you will have to make adjustments to the numbers.Either enter the entire design, or multiply the figures by an appropriate factor. Thedialog can’t know what you intend to do with the design, but only what you told itwas there.



Color Count The colors in the design are displayed as they appear on the design screen. A shortdescriptive name is assigned to each color (you may not like it, but we had to choosesomething.) Also given are the color codes. Each color can be displayed in threedifferent systems. Hue, Saturation and Brightness is probably the easiest tounderstand. Please see Cloth > Modify Color, pg. 46 for explanation of color codes.

You may use the color names to define a commercial name of a color. If you highlightand copy the names, paste into notes and then add the color names of your yarns.

Warps and wefts are each listed in separate columns showing the number of ends orpicks of each color needed for the design in the active drawdown window.

Note: The same warning given in Heddle count applies here. The dialog willcalculate totals from the number of ends in the design in the active drawdownwindow. It can’t know how many ends will be on your loom.



Warp Menu

This menu controls the various functions for the warp,including advanced Network drafting.

Warp FillWarp Fill allows you to fill the threadingdraft with 4 different threading options;straight draw, reversed straight draw, pointdraw and rosepath. You can choose thenumber of repeats or the number of threadsto fill. You can Add to end of an existingthreading draft, or Replace all.

Straight draw in the warp implies using each shaft in order, from 1 to 4 or 1 to 8 andstarting over again, depending on the number of shafts being used.

Straight reversed uses the shafts from 4 to 1 or 8 to 1, over and over again, dependingon the number of shafts being used.

Point draw uses the shafts from 1 to 4 to 1 or 1 to 8 and back to 1, depending on thenumber of shafts being used.

Rosepath uses the shafts in order, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1 , 4 , 3, 2, 1 or 1 to 8, 1 and then 8 to 1,depending on the number of shafts being used. In effect a slightly larger point.

Warp Color FillWarp Color Fill allows you to fill athreading draft with one or twoselected colors in a number ofdifferent ways. The most useful areprobably A-B and A-B-B-A. Theseare good for many color and weaveeffects.

Click on the arrow at the right end of the drop downbox and highlight the sequence you want to use.There are 7 color sequences. A-A-A-B is shown.

The sequence and colors of the warp ends are shown in the square at the right.



Note: Use the scroll bars to choose your colors. The raised squares in the centershows the active color(s). You may also click and drag any visible color into thecentral square. Thread B will be grey if All threads are chosen, since there isonly one color.

Warp Thickness Fill This allows you to fill a draft with one or twothread thicknesses in a number of differentways. The most useful are probably A-Band A-B-A. These are good for many thickand thin weaves that are so popular now.

The dropdown box displays the thickness order of A-A-B-B. The default thickness is 4units. This is arbitrary and has nothing to do with an actual thread size. Your mainthread will be represented by 4, anything fatter will have a larger number and anythingthinner will have a smaller number. Use the spin buttons to increase or decrease thenumbers. Or type in a number into the thread boxes.

Note: Thread B will be grey if All threads are chosen, since only one thickness isneeded.Note: Normal thread thickness is 4. That means a thread appears as a square inthe threading or treadling draft. e.g. 1 = quarter normal width, 2 = half normalwidth, 4 = normal, 8 = double normal width etc. You may type any number from 1 to 64 into the text boxes. .

Warp Repeat

Any threading draft or selected area may be repeated in 7 different ways. This appliesto the whole warp or a selection. The kind of repeats are shown in the dropdown box.

The choices are: Direct repeat, Mirror repeat, Rotated repeat, Inverted repeat,Drop repeat, Advancing repeat, Descending repeat, Advancing and Descending.Repeats can be stepped by one or more steps and repeated any number of times.



The default setting of No. of Repeats = 2 means the original and one additional copy.A selection or entire draft can be repeated more than once by increasing the number ofrepeats. Final number of Threads are shown in grey. This is for information only.

The check box for Repeat selected block, allows the operations on an area that is thearea surrounded by a blue rectangle. If the box is unchecked, the entire warp will berepeated. Other check boxes allow repeats of Draft, Colors and Thickness. One ormore may be checked. See Designing with Repeats, pg. 82. for more details.

Make Symmetrical This is essentially the same operation as Repeat >Mirror repeat above. It allows you quick access to oneof the most common repeat operations. The sequence1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 becomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Thiscan apply to Draft, Colors and Thickness. Check asmany boxes as needed.

Note: Warp > Make Symmetrical will copy the entire threading, not selectedareas.

Reverse SequenceThis operation reverses the existing draft, rather thanmaking a mirror image. In other words, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 ischanged to 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. This can apply to Draft,Colors and Thickness. Check as many boxes asneeded.

Note: Warp > Reverse Sequence will copy the entire threading, not selected areas.

Redraw on networkNetwork drafting is a method ofconverting a curve in the warp a seriesof small twills that repeat to follow theoriginal curve. The design will be largerand have fuzzy edges. The dialog letsyou choose the type and style of thenetwork. The original curve may havemore shafts than your loom.

For in depth study of network draftingconsult Schlein, Alice. NetworkDrafting. Or Weaver’s, Issue 6, 7, 8,10 and 11.

Method of reduction of the curve can be by No Reduction, Digitize or Telescope withor without rollover. Rollover will be active only when needed. See page 23 for anillustration of the methods of reduction



No Reduction: allows you to leave the number of shafts the same as the curve whenthe button is depressed. If the button is not pressed Telescope or Digitize can be usedand a lower number of shafts may be are chosen..

No Rollover: It is not available when No Reduction or Telescope is used, only whenDigitize is chosen.

Telescope: To reduce the curve by from 16 shafts to 8 by telescoping; shaft 1 remains1, 2=2, 3=3, 4=4, 5=5, 6=6, 7=7, and 8=8. But when you get to 9 you start over again,so 9=1, 10=2, 11=3 and so forth. The curve is now turned into 2 nested curves. Thisgives echo lines. Try them out, see what the differences are.

Digitize: reduces the curve by squishing it. If the curve is on 16 shafts, it can bedigitized by renaming shaft 1 and 2 on the original curve as shaft 1 on the new curve.Similarly old shafts 3 and 4 go on new shaft 2, 5 and 6 onto 3 etc. When the conversionis finished, the curve is a flatter version of the original, but the same kind of curve.

Set initial height and style: allows you to choose different sizes and different kinds ofinitials. The most frequent initials are 4 and 8 shaft straight twills. The left and rightrefers to straight twills.

The curve has been converted to 4 different network threadings below. Compare them.All used a 4 shaft straight initial.

The curve is drawn on 12 shafts with the curvedraw tool.

Below, are the 4 different ways that the 4 end leftinitial can be applied.

Explore the other options such as different initials, and various combinations of shaftreduction and use of roll over.



Tieup Menu

This menu controls the various functions for the tieup.

Twill Repeat This option will repeat one treadle (or more) onto allthe treadles in the tieup, moving it either up or down byone or two steps. A group of 2 or more treadles mayalso be repeated to give steep or flat twills.

Adjust number of treadles to be used with Tieup >Shafts and Treadles in the dialog shown below. Goto tieup and enter the first treadle into the tieup by

clicking into individual ties, typing a number or using + and - keys. Go to the Tieup >Twill Repeat menu and choose Step up or Step Down. This will determine thedirection of the twill. One Step will give a straight twill. Two Step will give you a flattwill. Play with this function. Instant results!

Try tying up treadle 1 and 2 to two very different twills, choose One Step, Step Up andsee what you get. Now, increase the number of treadles to 16 and repeat. You now geta 16 treadle twill. Undo. Choose Two Step, Step Down, see what you get. Just playwith this for a while.

Repeat by QuartersFill one quarter of the tieup with a twill or a motif.The various choices when clicked will repeat thequarter in a variety of ways.

Design a twill in the lower left quarter. Simple will fillthe other 3 quarters with the same twill in the sameorientation.

The set up in this dialog allows the same orientation for all 4 quadrants, with a changeof face of two quadrants. Left-right flip will turn all quadrants in the specific direction.Invert will also perform an up-down flip. The Change face has a very strong effect. Youcan turn 1,2, or 3 quadrant. Lots of variable to explore.



Change FaceThis function switches the faces or the cloth, by changing the tieup. The only changethat is made is in the tieup. With a rising shed loom, the shafts that were tied to thetreadles to raise the shafts are now not tied and the shafts will remain at rest. Thosethat were not tied, now are tied up and will rise. If you weave with this tieup, you will beweaving the back side on the face of the cloth.

Turn DraftsThis tool takes a threading draft and converts it to a treadling draft, and converts thetreadling draft into a threading draft. The tieup is also turned 90o and the tieup willchange face. This will work only if you are using a tieup and treadling draft, not a liftplanor multi-pedal draft.

The number of shafts and treadles may change. Very useful in developing one shuttleweaves from supplementary weft structures, such as overshot and Summer and Winter.Threading, warp colors and warp thicknesses becomes treadling, weft colors and weftthicknesses. And visa versa. The tieup changes face as well as being rotated a quarterturn, so that the same face on the cloth is up.

For instance, in overshot there are 4 shafts and 6 treadles used. When turned, thereare 6 shafts and 4 treadles. It turns supplementary weft into supplementary warp.

Note: If a treadling uses more than one treadle per pick, it cannot be turned.Liftplans. Multi-pedal (skeleton tieups) treadlings must be converted to standardtieup with Tieup > Tieup and treadling.... below.

Sinking Shed Sinking shed option can be used when designing for counter balanced looms, orcounter marche looms. When the Sinking Shed option is active, there will be a checkmark next to it in the menu.

Allow Multipedal TreadlingThis option allows you to push two or more pedals at a time. When the AllowMultipedal treadling option is active, there will be a check mark next to it in the menu.Useful for skeleton tieup too. It requires that a tieup be entered. It is not a Liftplan. Donot use Multipedal treadling with Interleaf weft or overlay.

Skeleton tieup and multipedal treadling are somewhat different. The multipedaltreadling just indicated that 2 or more treadles are pressed on some or all picks. Thisincludes such weaves as twills and double weaves.

A skeleton tieup usually means that some treadles are used in one part of the structure,like tabbies or binders and other set of treadles develop the pattern. This usuallyrequires only 2 treadles to be pressed at once.

In a traditional tieup for 8 shaft summer and winter, you would have two binders and 6pattern shafts. To tieup for a simple 6 block pattern, you need 2 tabby treadles and atleast 12 pattern + binder treadles, two for each block to give at least 14 treadles.



If you designed a skeleton tieup, then you would need 2 tabby treadles, 2 bindertreadles and 6 pattern treadles, easily accommodated by an 8 shaft 10 treadle loom.This requires only 10 treadles and two feet.

Tieup and TreadlingThis option allows you to set the draft to Tieup and Treadling. When the Tieup andTreadling is active, there is a check mark before the item.

LiftplanThis option allows you to set the draft to Liftplan. When Liftplan is active, there is acheck mark before the item.

Liftplan, peg plan, and chain or lag chain are different names for displaying the sameinformation. Liftplan is derived from the action in direct tieup looms such as tablelooms, where each lever or treadle is tied to a single shaft and more than one lever ortreadle is used.

Peg plan, lag chain and chain is the name used with mechanical dobbies, where thelifting of shafts is controlled by pegs in a series of lags fastened together to form achain. No specific name has been developed for the shafts lifted with each pick on acomputer assisted dobby. They are usually called a liftplan or peg plan.

We represent the liftplan, peg plan and lag chain as a column of lifts to the right of thecloth, below the tieup area. There is however no actual tieup here. A direct tieup goingfrom lower left to upper right is assumed. This format is also what is used to sendinformation to the computer controlled dobbies.

Shafts and Treadles If the pattern has a tieup, the dialog forShafts and Treadles shows two sliders,each independently controlling the numbersof shafts or treadles. (directly at left) If thedrawdown is set to Liftplan, only one slideris seen, since the number of shafts is equalto the number of possible lifts per pick.(below, left)

Click on the slider and drag it to choose thenumber of shafts from 2 to 64. The spinbuttons may also be used to increase ordecrease the number of shafts (or treadles).The slider is fast, but sometimes the spinbuttons is the better tool to change thenumber by one or two. You may also type anumber into the text box. Treadles can beany number from 2 to the 64.



Weft Menu

This controls the various functions for the weft including AddTabby and Remove Tabby, as well as advanced Networkdrafting.

Weft Fill Weft Fill allows you to fill the treadling draftwith 4 different threading options, straightdraw, reversed straight draw, point drawand rosepath. You can choose the numberof repeats or the number of picks to fill. Youcan Add to end of an existing treadlingdraft, or to Replace all.

Straight draw in the weft implies using each treadle in order, from 1 to 8 or 1 to 16 andstarting over again, depending on the number of shafts being used.

Straight reversed used the treadles from 8 to 1 or 16 to 1, over and over again ,depending on the number of shafts being used.

Point draw uses the treadles from 1 to 4 to 1 or 1 to 16 and back to 1 , depending onthe number of shafts being used.

Rosepath uses the treadles in order, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1 , 4 , 3, 2, 1 or 1 to 8, 1 and then 8 to 1,depending on the number of shafts being used. In effect a slightly larger point.



Weft Color Fill Weft Color Fills allows you to fill atreadling draft with one or twoselected colors in a number ofdifferent ways. The most useful areprobably A-B and A-B-B-A. Theseare good for many color and weaveeffects.

The sequence and colors of the ends are shown in the drop down box at the right of themenu. Click on the arrow at the right end of the drop down box and highlight thesequence you want to use. There are 7 options. A-A-A-B is shown, with A as greenand B as dark magenta.

Note: Use the scroll bars to choose your colors. The raised squares in the centershows the active color(s). Don’t click on the individual color patches to choosethem. Thread B column will be greyed out if All threads are chosen, since thereis only one color in use.

Weft Thickness Fill Weft Color Fill allows you to fill athreading draft with one or two selectedthread thicknesses in 7 differentsequences. The most useful are probablyA-B and A-B-B-A.

Click on the arrow at the right end of thedrop down box and highlight the sequenceyou want to use. All threads is shown. All

the sequence of thickness of the warp ends are shown in the drop down box at the right.

Note: Thread B box will be greyed out if All threads are chosen, since only onethickness is needed, as shown above.Note: Normal thread thickness is 4. That means a thread appears as a square inthe threading or treadling draft. e.g. 1 = quarter normal width, 2 = half normalwidth, 4 = normal, 8 = double normal width etc. You may type any number up to64 into the text boxes.



Weft RepeatAny treadlingdraft or selectedarea may berepeated in 7different ways.This applies tothe wholetreadling or aselection.

The choices are shown in the drop down box above.

Direct repeat, Mirror repeat, Rotated repeat, Inverted repeat, Drop repeat,Advancing repeat, Descending repeat. Advancing and Descending repeat can bestepped by one or more steps and repeated any number of times.

The choices are shown diagramaticly below: The arrow on right represents theoriginal motif, the one on the left, the new manipulated and repeated motif. To relatethe arrows to the weft, please turn page counterclockwise. It was hard enough todesign this page without having the arrows turned too.

Original Direct repeat: Mirror repeat: The motif is made symmetrical on the vertical axis. Rotated repeat:

Inverted repeat: Drop repeat: The motif can be dropped half the height of the motif. Advancing repeat: each new repeat starts one or more treadles to the right ofthe previous repeat.Descending repeat: each new repeat starts one or more treadles to the left of theprevious repeat.

The default setting of No. of Repeats = 2 means the original and one additional copy.A selection or an entire draft can be repeated more than once by increasing the numberof repeats. Final number of Threads are shown but cannot be edited; it is forinformation only.

A check box allows the operations on the selected area only, that is the areasurrounded by a blue rectangle. If the box is unchecked, the entire warp will berepeated. Other check boxes allow repeats of draft, colors and thickness. One or allmay be checked. Play with an asymmetrical motif and see what happens. Any of thesecan be repeated more than once by increasing the number of repeats. Final number ofthreads are shown.

See Designing with Repeats, pg. 82 for more details.



Make Symmetrical This is essentially the same operation as Repeat >Mirror repeat above. It allows you quick access to oneof the most common repeat operations. The sequence1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 becomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.This can apply to Draft, Colors and Thickness. Checkas many boxes as needed.

Note: Weft > Make Symmetrical will copy the entire threading, not selectedareas.

Reverse Sequence This operation reverses the existing draft, rather thanmaking a mirror image. In other words, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 ischanged to 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. This can apply to Draft,Colors and Thickness. Check as many boxes asneeded.

Note: Weft > Reverse Order will copy the entire threading, not selected areas.

Weave as Drawn In Exactly As Drawn is thread by thread. Every time anend is on shaft 1, treadle 1 is used. This is great forweaving twill based drafts such as crackle.

Overshot Styleanalyses the draftand every time 1,2, 1, 2 threading

block is found, treadle 1 is used 3 times for thetreadling block. The tieup may have to be adjustedto star or rose tieup.

Overshot style does not adjust the turning points toeven number of picks. This must still be done byhand. It can be made much easier if you turn onthe grid tool. Or use a profile draft and BlockSubstitution. Final draft using Overshot style onthe right.

Add Tabby, Remove TabbyAdd tabby may be used to add two tabby treadles either on the left or the right.

It is a smart tabby, in that the program analyses the structure and inserts the best tabby,or the tabby usually associated with the structure.

Remove tabby will analyze the structure and remove the two treadles and the tabbyfrom the draft.



Redraw on NetworkDraw a line (to left) using the Freehand tool. It can be on any number of shaftsor treadles up to 64. This is not the number of shafts you want to use in the final

weaving, but rather it is the depth of the curve.

You may also use Weft/Weave as drawn in/Exactly asdrawn in to use the original threading curve as shown at farleft, to make a treadling curve. This gives you a chance to usea different network in the threading and treadling.

Once the curve is finished, just click on Redraw on Networkto choose the variables to develop different kinds of networkdesigns.See Designing a network draft, pg. 87 for more details.

The dialog lets you choose the method of reduction of thecurve either by Digitizing or Telescoping, with or withoutrollover, the number of shafts or treadles that will be used, theheight and style of the initial. The small window within thedialog shows the style of the initial.

To convert your curve to a network, choose any and all options, click on Apply to seethe curve converted to a network, Undo to restore the curve and allow you to try otheroptions, and Done to return to the drawdown window. This curve was converted byTelescope, no reduction, no roll over, 4 shaft initial, left.

Note: See Network Drafting by Alice Schlein for a complete treatment of networkdrafting.



Tools Menu

Tools contains some very interesting and useful functions.Float Search is very important tool for designing stablefabrics. Block Substitution and Shaft Shuffler add greatversatility to the design process. Fold Double andNamedraft are both really fun to use. Export toSketchpad allows you to edit your design in both thedrawdown window and the sketchpad

Float search This tool allows you to search and change longfloats, in the warp, weft, front or back. A turquoise highlight surrounds the longest float in the cloth.You can either left click to make a mark, or double

click to remove a mark. It is MUCH easier to work in the structure (normal) with a gridor interlacement mode. To switch from front to back, just click on the front / back toolicon. The dialog will not close until Close is clicked. The dialog must be closed beforeopening another file to examine the floats, or it will report on the last design. The lengthof the float is reported at the bottom left end of the Status bar which is at the bottom ofthe program window. See Status bar, pg.42

Note: A Windows® quirk may keep the cyan marker visible after the Float Searchis closed. It will disappear when the screen is redrawn, after any other action istaken. (Usually only affects systems with 16 or 24 bit color)

BlockSubstitution

To use BlockSubstitution, a draftmust be present in thedrawdown area.

Any draft can act like aProfile draft or Blockdiagram.

Block Substitution will be greyed out if no draft is present.

To turn a block design into a weavable draft, enter threading and liftplan or threading,tieup and treadling into a drawdown area. colors may also be used.

On the left hand side of the dialog, a list of weave structures is shown. They are dividedinto categories. Click onto the small + sign to expand the category to show the varioustypes of drafts under the headings. Use the scroll bar to see more categories and typesof structures. A list of all the structures available in Block Substitution can be found inAppendix 6, pg 110



The illustration shows the expanded Twill weaves which contains Broken twill, DiamondTwill, 3-thread turned twill, and 4-thread turned twill.

To the right of the list of structures are various buttons that lets you control what youwould like to see.

One or more of Threading, Treadling and Use colors can be checked. On the right,one of Normal Tieup, Skeleton Tieup, Liftplan or No Tieup can be clicked. Only oneat a time can be used. You will no be able to use Skeleton tieup, if the draft can’t use it.

At the top of the dialog, the number of shafts and treadles needed for that structure willbe shown. It changes as required. If too many shafts are required, try a differentstructure or click on cancel, reduce the number of shafts used in the original structure.The number of shafts and treadles required are not editable, but for information only.The button for Edit blocks will be discussed later on Pg 64.

If there are too many treadles try using the liftplan option, or skeleton tie option if it isavailable. This works for table looms, direct tieup looms, dobby looms or computerassisted loom. Also for pickup. If your draft ends up with more than 64 shafts ortreadles, a popup will appear warning you of the fact that some detail will be lost.Rework the profile, or choose another block structure. When satisfied that you have thecorrect setup, click on OK. A new dialog will popup.

Substitution PreviewThis dialog allows you to look at the structure of theblocks as well as the cloth. You can view them incolor or structure, front or back, and at differentmagnifications. The Taqueté check box is greyedout because it cannot be woven with the chosenstructure. This check box could also show Samitum,again depending on the structure. These options are available for certain tied weaves only.

A spin box allows you to set the number of treadling repeats for some structures. Thedrop down box allows you to set the tabby order. The tabby orders vary with thestructure chosen. In this case, the tabby order AxBx is chosen where A and B are thetwo different tabbies, and x represents the pattern threads. Structures, such as DoubleWeave, Taqueté and Samitum, some laces and most twills, do not require tabby to bewoven and the Tabby Order box will be greyed out.

The next line shows check boxes to change the face of the original profile or of thesubstituted cloth. Try your profile with Lace weaves > Atwater Bronson Lace, to seethe effects of these functions clearly. Some structures show dramatic differences whenone or the other check box is active, others have little effect.

An information line showing the number of ends and picks in the final design is shownbut cannot be edited.

When everything is set up as required, choose OK. If you want to try a differentstructure, click on Try Another. To abandon this substitution, click on Cancel.



Edit BlocksIn the Block Substitution dialog there is an Edit Blocks button just above the OK button.When this is pressed, the dialog below appears. A bit formidable, but easy to use. Eachgrey line in the threading or treadling draft shows the Block Key for one unit of theweave structure. The blocks can be changed by clicking in the block keys, both inthreading and treadling. The upper right corner shows the Tieup that is used in thesubstituted weave. The design of blocks can be changed by working in the tieup, butthe actual structure can be changed if the tiedowns or binders, or tabbies are changed.

Separate controls for Threading Blocks and Treadling Blocks give a lot of flexibility. Youcan set the maximum shafts and treadles, the number of ties (where applicable) andground structure. The advance from block to block can be varied from the standard. Youcan add or subtract Ends or Picks per unit. Both Threading Blocks and TreadlingBlocks have Apply and Revert. These are pretty obvious. The last button is Double theUnit. This may act the same as the Ends per unit spin box. Double the unit is fast andeasy, but if you start with 4 ends, then double unit will give you 8 ends. But you maywant 6 or 10 ends in the unit. That can only be done with ends per unit. Similarfunctions are available for Treadling blocks.



The third panel allows you to change the magnification of the Block Keys so that youcan work more easily or see more.

Common threads, Incidentals and balanced controls can be activated by clicking in theboxes. Overshot type of structures have common threads between blocks, crackle hasIncidentals. Shadow weaves and some tied structures may need to use Balanced tomake the block transition run smoothly often from odd to even.

The last buttons are OK and Cancel.

Fold doubleAny pattern up to 32 shafts can be folded on itself to FoldDouble, Tubular or Separate layers. This is a quick easy wayof making that wide afghan on the narrow loom.

Fold Double is double wide, open on the right, with one shuttleusing the following order: top left, bottom right, bottom left, topright. For the opening on the other side, switch the entry pointfor the weft from the right to the left. If there is a different colorstripe at the right edge, switching the shuttle only will put the

stripe in the middle. To keep the stripe at the edge, go to Warp > Reverse sequenceafter Fold Double has been completed. Then thread the loom. This will keep the colororder the same.

Tubular is closed both sides with one shuttle used in the following order: top left,bottom right, top left, bottom right.

Separate layer is just that, and needs two shuttles, with shuttles used in the followingorder: top - shuttle 1, bottom - shuttle 2, top - shuttle 1, bottom - shuttle 2. You canenter them both from the same sides, or opposite sides. The cloths are independent.

If your draft has 99 ends, then there will be 49 ends in one layer and 50 in the other.Odd numbers are preferable in double wide fabrics. This prevents a doubled end on thefold. The other two may have even numbers in each layer.



Name DraftThis is a very popular tool! It allows you tocreate a overshot pattern that represents a nameor phrase of importance to you. You may usecharacters, numbers, spaces and punctuation inyour phrase, up to 40 characters. Avoid longstrings of the same characters, because theyend up on the same shafts and give long floats.

Start with a blank design screen, open Tools > Namedraft and type a name into a textbox, 8 to 40 characters. Then choose one of the 6 codes by pushing the button A to F.Choose the star or rose tieup. This gives you 12 different possible designs. Lastly youmay choose from 8 symmetry operations in the drop down dialog, to further refine thedesign. And use the zoom tools to change the view while working.

A name draft of Fiberworks PCW with the abovesettings, but the back is shown here. Easy andfun to do.

The codes can be found in Appendix 7: pg 111.

Shaft ShufflerShaft Shuffler allows you to move shafts up and down. The ties on the treadles willmove with the shafts. You can also move the treadles left or right. This allows you tomake a threading that is easier to thread and the easiest possible tieup to treadle. Theother useful thing is to rearrange shafts so that you don’t have to move as manyheddles. Sometimes it is easier to see how the design can be modified if the treadlesare rearranged.

To move the shafts, go to Tools > Shaft Shuffler. This activates the ShaftShuffler. When the cursor is placed in the draft, the pencil changes to adouble headed arrow as shown at left with a red line extending along theshaft. Place the cursor over the shaft to be moved, click and drag it to thenew location. You will see that the ties on the treadles also move. Release

the mouse button and go to the next shaft to be moved. The treadles may be moved inthe same manner.



If the magnification is set too small, it will be much harder to place and move the cursoraccurately.

To stop shuffling shafts, click in one of the draw tools. To undo, use the undo tool. Alldrag and drop maneuvers will be undone at once, back to the start of the shuffling.

Any draft can be shown in four different ways. The original draft can have a rearrangedthreading draft, a rearranged treadling draft and both parts rearranged. In each case thetieup will be different, but the cloth will remain constant.

Export to SketchpadThis function exports the cloth from the Drawdown window into the Sketchpad. Youcan then work on the design in the sketchpad. The tools in Sketchpad are suited tofreeform designs and defined shapes, making some designing much easier.

When your modifications are finished, go toAnalyze > Make Drawdown. A dialog pops upallowing you to Make New Drawdown, UpdateDrawdown or Cancel. There are a number of ways that you can ask theinformation in the sketchpad to be displayed in thedrawdown window. Pegplan may be checked or

unchecked. If unchecked, it will try to show a tieup and treadling if there are 64 or fewertreadles. Use colors will only transfer colors from the Sketchpad to the drawdown. Anycolors present in the original drawdown will be lost.

If you want to keep the original drawdown, then use Make New Drawdown.

When you want to export the design again, anew dialog pops up. If you choose Open newsketchpad it will give you a history ofchanges to the drawdown each step on adifferent sketchpad. If you choose Update

existing sketchpad, you will use fewer resources on your computer.



Windows menu

Windows menu allows you to see which designs areopen and switch among them.

Tile and Cascade arranges open designs on yourwindow, to Windows® preferences. Tile arrangeswindows side by side. Cascade arranges the windowsto stack one on top of the next in a diagonal from upperleft to lower right. Clicking in the title bar brings awindow to the surface.

Arrange Icons will order the minimized designs at the bottom of the program window. Itdoes not actually arrange them, it just moves the minimized designs to a more compactarrangement.

Help menu

Help Topics Help Topics give descriptions of the most common operations. Youcan use it the same way as Help in other Windows programs. Itshows tabs labeled Contents, Index and Find tab. Contents takesyou through a cascading arrangement if the topics. Index is a list oftopic. A typed word will take you to the place in the list where the

word is. Find is searchable database of words in the Help Files. Try it and see if whatyou want is easy to find. Between Help and this manual, you should find that most ofyour questions are answered.

About PCW...This dialog shows the name of the program,and, our URL: http://www.fiberworks-pcw.com as well as the version number.

If you have a problem, it would be helpful tohave the information in this dialog handywhen you contact us.

The Resources box lists free physicalmemory (RAM) and free disc space on yourhard drive, as well as showing thepercentage of RAM in use. With this you

can see if you should be closing other programs before running a complex print job, ornot opening a lot of different design pages.




Sketchpad

To open a sketchpad, go to the File menu and choose the New Sketchpad to open ablank page or choose Open Sketchpad to open an existing file. When a new sketchpadis opened, it opens with a grid of 80 x 80 squares, set by the Preferences dialog. Thesize of the sketchpad window can be changed with the resize handle, pg 114 at thelower right of the frame. The size of the grid can be changed with the magnificationtools.

Note: Only BMP files can be opened with Sketchpad! Drawdowns can beexported to the Sketchpad.

When the sketchpad is opened a new menu bar appears, as well as a new toolbar.

A, B, C, D. Open new Sketchpad, Open a saved image, Save an image andprint an image.

E. Undo last 32 steps.

F, G, H. Cut, Copy, Paste.

I. Transparent Paste mode.

J. Selection tool.

K. Pick up color tool.

L. Freehand Draw tool.

M. Eraser tool.

N. Local fill.

O. Global fill.

P. Draw lines tool.

Q. Draw Arc tool.

R. Draw Rectangle tool.

S. Draw Rounded Rectangle tool.

T. Draw diamond tool

U. Ellipse or circle tool.

V, W. Magnification tools.

X, Regrid tool.

Y. Reduce colors tool.

Z. Count shafts and treadles tool.§. Make drawdown tool.



Sketchpad > EditThe Edit menu contains items likedraw tools and various copy and pastetools.

Cut and Copy work in the samemanner as the Cut and Copy in the restof PCW. The copies are placed intothe Fiberworks clipboard and areusable only by Fiberworks. You maypaste into the Sketchpad, or you canpaste into the liftplan of the tieup of aweaving design. Cut, Copy, and Pasteall work the same way as the drawdown window. Transparent modeallows the new selection to add to theold, but does not overwrite it.

The image on the Sketchpadrepresents the Cloth. If you paste thecontents of the sketchpad into theliftplan, the cloth will appear with thetop line of the sketchpad image as the

first pick. If you paste the image into the tieup, you may be asked to increase thenumber of shafts. The image them appears upright in the tieup, giving a reclining motifin the cloth. See How to Design in Sketchpad, pg. 93.

Drawing mode tools are on a flyout menu. These are also on the sketchpad tool bar.

Delete unselected allows you to keep an area of interest but clears the rest of theSketchpad in a fast and easy erase. You may also right click into the sketchpad to choose Delete Unselect.

Transform allows you to Reverse, Invert, Rotate, Change face, Turn left, Turn rightand Cycle inside the selection. It also allows you to Echo the image, and Smear theimage.

Selection rectangle allows you to select part of the sketchpad using the blue selectionrectangle.

Select all selects all of the Sketchpad.

Pick up color is also on the tool bar as an eye dropper. It is a one time use tool. Itplaces the chosen color in the main or alternate color patch above the palette bar. Itworks in the same manner as in the drawdown window.

Copy Image allows you to copy the visible contents of the Sketchpad. Adjustmagnification and size of drawing window to control the image. The image is put into theWindows clipboard and may be pasted into your paint program. It works in the samemanner as in the drawdown window. It can’t paste anything into the drawdown.



Sketchpad > View The View menu contains the Zoom tools which are also onthe status bar and the tool bar.

The Toolbar and the Status bar will be visible when thecheck mark appears beside them as shown. The Status Barcontains a lot of information for each function. Keep an eyeon it.

Preferences is the same menu item as in the drawdown window. If you change it here,it will also change the preferences in the Drawdown portion of the program

Sketchpad > ImageThis menu controls the Sketchpad Size, Regrid... (therelationship of the image to the grid), auto and manualcolor reduction.

Sketchpad > SizeResizing allows you to set thenumber of squares in the sketchpadwith the slider. The spin buttonsmay also be used for fineadjustment. The default can be setto your preferences.

The Aspect ratio can be set to 25different settings. This allows tallskinny stitches and wide thinstitches. The first number is width ofa stitch and the second is the height.

When setting the size of the Sketchpad, it can be chosen to be the default size, so thateach new Sketchpad starts with this size.

Sketchpad Regrid Use Image > Regrid can be used to reduce animage to fit the warp width that you have.Default value in the Scaling % is 100. Movingthe slider or using the spin button to the left willreduce the number of stitches in the image. TheFinal Image size is reported in the informationbox. Aspect ratio is the same as the one foundin the Sketchpad Dimensions dialog. This setsthe parameters for this design only.



Use Align grid to move the image relative to the grid to give a better image.Sometimes one click on the set of alignment arrows can make a lot of difference.

The final image size box is information only. You cannot change it here.

For Analysis, you must reduce the image to 2 active colors. If you want to use theimage as a cartoon, reduce the colors to the appropriate number. A colored sketch canbe used for drawloom diagrams, tapestry cartoons, bead loom weaving diagrams,knitting, cross stitch and needlepoint charts. Remember ratio of stitch size can beadjusted to suit the diagram to the use.

Sketchpad Automatic ColorReduction

There are 4 sliders: each slider combines colorsin different ways. The sliders can be moved bydragging or by clicking in the vertical line. Theactive colors are reported in the top right corner.This is an information only box, and cannot bechanged directly.

Near black: causes dark colors to merge. The further the slider is dragged, the morecolors turn black, beginning with the darkest. Moving the slider all the way down makesthe entire image black.

Near white: causes light colors to merge. The further the slider is dragged, the morecolor turn white beginning with the lightest. Moving the slider all the way down makesthe entire image white.

Similar colors: colors that are very close to each other are merged to one color, nomatter how large a proportions. Similar means similar in hue, value and brightness. Thefurther down the slider is moved, the more colors are merged.

Least used colors: Dragging the slider down causes the least used colors to mergewith similar colors.

Since editing is live, you can watch what is happening, both in the graphic and theinformation box. To use these sliders more effectively, begin with the Least usedcolors. This eliminates most of the small spots.

As a second step, use Near black and Near white to make some gross changes, thengo to Similar colors. Repeat these steps until there are only black and white areas andthe image is the best you can get. It is usually better to reduce the colors beforeregridding.



Sketchpad Manual Color ReplacementThis dialog box shows the number ofcolors that are active. Each active color isshown on a recessed patch. Black andwhite will always be present.

The active colors are reported in the topright corner. This is an information onlybox, and cannot be changed directly.

Undo erases all changes since the lastOK.

Click on a color that you want to remain in the image and drag it to cover one that is tobe eliminated. The patch will then be divided in half. The top half shows the originalcolor that will be replaced. The bottom half shows the new replacement color. Repeatwith as many colors as you want, then click on OK. Check the state of the graphic andthen proceed with more reduction as needed.

Sketchpad ToolsThe sketchpad at the leftshows examples of whateach of the tools can do.

1. A curved shape usingthe Freehand draw tool.

2. Straight line tool. Clickanywhere and drag the lineto any other part of thesketchpad. The angle of theline is determined by thestart and end.

3. Arc tool. With the arctool active, draw a line. Clickand drag the central area ofthe line away from theoriginal line in any direction.The further it is dragged themore curved the line will be.If the left button is released,the tool is turned off, andthe curve is fixed. Fun!

4. Echo and Smear tool. Echo is shown in 4, a curved line that has been echoed.Draw a freehand line, select with the blue selection tool, right click inside to gettransform dialog. Click on the direction that you want the echo to go, and then click theEcho button. Echo gives individual lines that are duplicates of the original and one



space away. Smear makes the original line wider in the direction set in the dialog. (Noillustration shown).

5. Rectangle. This tools allows you to draw a rectangle or a square. Click where youwant one corner to be and drag the mouse to the opposite corner. A rectangle appearwith a one square border and unfilled inside.

6. Rounded Rectangle. With this tool the corners are rounded. The larger therectangle, the more the corners are rounded. It is used exactly as the simple rectangletool is used.

7. Diamond. The diamond can be long and thin, or broad and short. To draw the figure,click at one corner, not the points. Drag the cursor to the opposite corner. If youimagine a square that fits between the original and final location, the diamond will fitinside it.

8. Ellipse. Again click in the corner of an imagined square surrounding the ellipse anddrag the mouse to the opposite corner. If you are good, you can make a circle. If you donot drag exactly on the diagonal, then you get an oval. Practice makes perfect.

Hint: Choose a color other than black or white. Draw a line at a 45 degree anglewith the straight line tool. Using black, click into one end of the colored line anddrag the cursor to the opposite end of the line. Presto! A circle. It has a coloredline going through it, which can changed to white with global fill, or by erase. Ifyou redraw it as a white line it will still be an object; it is still a line. If you erase it, itis a blank. This makes a difference when doing Analysis.

9. Local fill. Draw several shapes inside each other. Fill each area with a color.

10. Transparent paste. A circle is made, selected, then copied. The Transparentpaste tool is turned on, and the circle is pasted into the center of the sketchpad. It canbe moved without affecting anything underneath the selection rectangle, as long as theselection rectangle is active. Drag and drop the circle back onto the original circleslightly overlapping. Then color the various shapes made. color the outside of thecircle, either by global fill, or manually.

AnalysisIf you analyze an actual piece of cloth, the analysis should give you a final drawdownwith a weavable structure. You may also use the sketchpad for free-form design ofsmall images to weave. (If you don’t have gazillions of shafts, keep the sketch small!).Analysis will handle both of these, and export it to the drawdown window.

Fabric analysis involves examining an actual piece of cloth with a magnifier andrecording each thread whether warp goes over or under weft. The best way to do this isto enlist a friend and work together, one calling out the overs and unders while the otherworks the mouse in the grid. The analysis assumes that each black square is a warpcrossing over a weft. Each white square is a weft over warp.



You must analyze a complete rectangular block - if you enter results for five completewefts and then part of a sixth row, the program will assume that the rest of weft 6 is ahuge float. You don’t need to fill the whole grid from edge to edge, so long as you fill ina complete rectangle. The rectangle may be anywhere on the sketchpad grid.

If a small sketch or doodle is analysed, it is unlikely to result in a weavable structurestraight off. However once you have analysed the sketch, the threading, treadling andtie-up will appear in the drawdown window and you may treat these as profile drafts.Use the Tools/Block substitution to change the analyzed sketchpad image to aweavable structure.

Analysis > Count shafts and treadles counts the numbers needed to weave thecurrent drawing. The information appears on the status bar at the bottom left of thescreen. Click to depress the icon to get the latest report. While the icon is active, eachchange you make in the design will update the number of shafts and treadles neededfor that particular sketch, and be shown on the Status Bar.

Analysis > Make drawdown generates the actual threading, treadling and tie-up, andimports it into the drawdown frame in a second window. The sketchpad and drawdownframe remain linked, so you can continue to edit the sketchpad. Click Make drawdownagain each time you wish to transfer the results to the drawdown frame.



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95 Design a Liftplan:94 Fabric Analysis:93 Draw Motif:93Designing with Sketchpad92Designing Shadow Weave91 Overshot with Networks Drafting89 Overshot by Block Substitution89Designing Overshot 87Designing a Network Draft86 Treadling Draft with Weave as Drawn In86 Tieup with Twill Repeat 86 Threading Draft with Warp Repeats86Designing an Advancing Twill85 Tieup with Transform84 Tieups with Repeat by Quarters84Designing with Tieups83 Descending repeat: 83 Advancing repeat: 83 Drop repeat: 82 Inverted Repeat 82 Rotated repeat: 82 Mirror repeat: 82 Direct repeat: 82Designing with Repeats 80Designing with Drag and Drop 79 Combining colors from two designs79 Entering complex color orders by Copy/Paste 79 New colors by changing the palette78 Modifying the colors 78 Adding a simple color order by menu77 Adding colors quickly - use keyboard77 Adding more than two colors to a design 77Designing with Color

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Designing with Color

Adding more than two colors to a design There are only 2 active color patches, however you can design with any color in thecolor palette. You can add more colors in any of the methods described above. Youcan use as many as you like, up to 82.

Choose a color x with single click. This places the chosen color into the main activecolor patch. The same may be done with a double click and color y. Color y willplaced in the alternate active color patch. This allows you to quickly and easily enterany two colors in any order, by mouse or keyboard.

Adding colors quickly - use keyboardNote: When using the keyboard, the small grey blinking square is the insertionpoint. Any keyboard entry will be made at this location, and the insertion point willadvance one square.

The main keyboard can be one of the most efficient ways to add color to a design.Keys 1 to 0 and q to p are used. The letters q -p lie directly below the numbers and areused to represent the number 11 - 20. The palette bar shows these characters next totheir associated colors. You may use the number pad on the right of the keyboard.NumLock must be on for numeric entry from the keypad, or the number pad acts ascursor keys.

Beside each of the first 20 colors in the palette are tiny numbers and letters. If thecolors that you want are in a different part of the palette bar, press Ctrl + G to choose anew Group of colors for keyboard use. In addition, the - key is the default warp color(white) and the + key is black.

Or choose a different color palette (see Cloth > Select Palette, pg. 45), or modifycolors to your liking (see Cloth > Modify Colors, pg. 46).

It is easy to make the colors that you need on the keys that you want to use. Forinstance, use 1 and 2. Since they happen to be two very similar blues, modify one orboth of these colors. Or choose a different palette where they are quite different. Makethe entry into the color bar and modify the colors once all the entries are complete.When you are done, and want to save this palette, give the drawdown a name like blueand green palette and save it in a Palette folder.

To correct a color, draw over it, delete it.

Caution: If you delete a color, it will delete a thread in the draft, its color and itsthickness setting as well. See Edit > Link > Unlink, pg. 39, to delete or insertcolor, thickness and draft separately. Remember to turn off the Link / Unlink toolafter use. Lots of problems arise from leaving it open.

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Adding a simple color order by menuThe Warp > Color fill or Weft > Colorfill dialogs add one or two colors in 6 ofthe most common color sequences, aswell as all threads. Although not asversatile as the mouse or keyboardentry, it is most useful for color andweave work, double weave, shadowweave and other color ordered weaves.

Very easy and very fast.See Warp > Color Fill, pg. 50 and Weft > Color Fill,pg. 58 , for details.

Pattern is a drop down field that allows you to choose thecolor order that you want to use. There are 7 availableorders are shown at left.

Modifying the colors To change a color on the existing palette, shown at right,choose it using the Color Picker tool below. Then go toCloth > Modify Colors or simply right click on the color inthe palette bar.

Color Picker: To choose a color in the design, clickon the Color Picker tool, and place eye dropper

cursor over the desired color in warp or weft color bar or inthe cloth. Single or double click on it. Single click will placethe desired color into the main color patch. A double clickwill place it into the alternate color patch. It will also place itinto the Modify Color dialog so that it can be changed.(Menu: Edit > Pick up Color, pg. 38)

Note: Color Picker tool is active for one operation only.It has to be activated each time another color is to bechosen.

The Modify Color dialog pops up. If you use the menu item,it will modify the color currently chosen in the main or activecolor patch. To change to a different color simply choose acolor patch from the color palette. It automatically becomesthe new mail color patch. Using the modify dialog changesall instances of that color in the active design, no matterwhere it occurs. See Cloth > Modifying Colors, pg 46.



New colors by changing the palette

If there are no colors to your liking in the current palette, you may chose a new paletteby going to Cloth > Select Color Palette. A dialog with a drop down box will appear.Click on the down arrow and choose another palette of the 5 sets in Fiberworkspalettes. Use undo to go back to the previous palette, including all the custom changes.

Note: All colors in the active design will be changed to new colors from the newpalette. They will be on the same square on the palette.

Entering complex color orders by Copy/Paste To enter color x into the design, click with the left mouse button into the color bar abovethe threading draft area. To use color y, double click in the color bar. Now add thosetwo colors to your color bar in any order that you like. Make a small repeat of a colororder. Choose the Selection tool, and make a selection by pointing at the start of thecolor repeat, dragging the blue selection rectangle to the end of the repeat an thenclicking on Copy.

Paste to other areas of the warp color bar, or to the weft color bar or to another design.See Transform Dialogs pg. 104 for using Select, Cut, Copy and Paste. Warp andWeft menus have other repeats that you may find useful.

Select, Copy and Paste will work from warp color to weft color or visa versa.

Combining colors from two designsIf you would like to use colors from two different palettes in the same design, there is aslightly devious way of doing it. Open design 1 with palette 1. If you want to move 20colors, just click on those colors and enter them in order into the warp color bar indesign 1 or use the keyboard entry. Using the Selection tool, select the colors in thecolor bar, and Copy them. Open design 2 with palette 2. Paste the warp colors into ablank area of the warp or weft color bar of the second design. The new colors willreplace unused colors in the second palette.

All operations for warp can be used for weft.

Since there are 80 colors allowed in a palette, the combination of colors from the twodesigns must be 80 or less. If there are more than 80 colors, nearest color matchingand frequency of use will be used to reduce the number to 80 colors.



Designing with Drag and Drop

Drag and Drop achieves the same as Cut, Copy and Paste with fewer clicks. Data ismanipulated directly and does not go through the clipboard.

To move a selected area, choosethe Selection tool, click and dragthe blue rectangle until the areato be moved is completelyenclosed. To drag and drop thecontents of the blue rectangleplace the cursor into the blueselection rectangle, where thecursor will change to a pair ofscissors. The selection is nowready to be moved.

Click and drag to move theselected rectangle to a newplace. No copy will be left behindwith this method. The cursor willchange to a hand holding a page.

To drop the selection to the newlocation, release the mousebutton. If it is not in the rightplace, repeat. You may do thisas long as the blue selectionrectangle is visible. If itdisappears, just reselect it.

The rectangle can be shifted upor down as well as left or right.

When it is shifted up or down thedraft will roll over. This is shownin the two figures at left and

below. Notice that the blue rectangle is shifted down 4 shafts, by choice.

When the selection is dropped it is not permanent. Just click outside the blue rectangleand the selection becomes fixed in place and the cursor should become a standardarrow pointer. Moving via Drag and Drop is equivalent to using the cut and paste tools.

Note: After Move, the original location is left empty and the drawdown is unwoven.



To copy with drag and drop,choose the area to be copied andmoved. Press the Ctrl key andhold. Move the cursor into theselection rectangle. The cursorwill change into two overlappedpages containing a + sign. TheCtrl key may also be pressedafter the cursor is inside therectangle, but before the move isstarted. The mouse may have tobe slightly nudged before thecopy cursor appears. No matterwhich way you do it, the Ctrl keymust be pressed before the leftmouse button is first pressed.The Ctrl key may be releasedafter the move begins.

The contents of the blue selection rectangle can then be moved by dragging the mouse,and this time the original remains in place as the copy is moved.

To drop the selection to the new place, release the mouse cursor. If it is not in thecorrect place, it’s easy to move. You can do this as long as the mouse is not clickedoutside the blue selection rectangle. For each new click within the selection rectangle,the block may be moved again; if you hold down the Ctrl key before you click, a copy ofthe block is left behind; if you don’t press Ctrl, the block can moved without disturbingthe surrounding contents, but a gap is left.

Drag and Drop can be repeated any number of times, since the blue selectionrectangle is left in place each step. To terminate the Drag and Drop process, clickanywhere outside the blue selection rectangle, or choose one of the drawing tools (thetools with the red rectangles).



Designing with Repeats

Warp Repeat copies selected areas or the entire drafts using 7 different choices. Anynumber of repeats, up to 9996 ends or picks, can be made. If you start off with a smallasymmetric motif, you can experiment with these different repeat functions. Study themcarefully to see how they differ. Look at Appendix 4: Transform dialogs pg. 104. andcompare that process. To make duplicates, you must select, copy and paste. Repeattakes one area, duplicates it, then manipulates the duplicate in one operation. And asmany copies as you want may be made in one operation. Repeats do not have a cycleoperation but there is a step operation.

The arrows on the right represent the original motif, the ones on the left, the newmanipulated and repeated motifs.

Original: shows a small twill “hook” that is 14ends wide and 8 shafts high.

Direct repeat:

The repeat is stamped to the left of the original in thesame orientation and on the same shafts. Totalends = 28. Mirror repeat: The repeat is symmetrical on the vertical axis. Thelast end of the original becomes the first end of therepeat by overlap. Total ends = 27.

Rotated repeat:

The repeat is made symmetrical on both the verticaland horizontal axis. That is, the motif is turned endfor end and top to bottom. Notice the first end of theoriginal on shaft 1 has become the last end of therepeat on shaft 8. Total ends = 28.Inverted repeat:

The repeat is made symmetrical on the horizontalaxis. That is, the motif is turned top to bottom.Notice the first end of the original on shaft 1 hasbecome the first end of the repeat on shaft 8. Totalends = 28.



Drop repeat: The repeat is stamped to the left of the original inthe same orientation, but starting on shaft 5 insteadof 1. The start of the new repeat is always downhalf the number of total shafts. Total ends = 28

Advancing repeat: Each repeat is stamped to the left of the original inthe same orientation and one or more shaft abovethe previous repeat. In this case, one step up hasbeen chosen. Notice the repeat starts on shaft 2.Total ends = 28.

Descending repeat: Each repeat is stamped to the left of the original inthe same orientation and one or more shaft belowthe previous repeat. In this case one step down hasbeen chosen. Notice the repeat starts on shaft 2.Total ends = 28.

Any of these can be repeated more than once by increasing the number of repeats.Final number of threads are shown in a non-editable text box.

Repeats apply to Draft, Colors and Thickness. Check as many of the boxes as youneed. Obviously some repeat types, like rotated, inverted, drop, advancing ordescending do not work in color or thickness.



Designing with Tieups

Tieups with Repeat by QuartersSome interesting designs can be made when all four quarters of the tieup are repeatedafter transforming them. This can be seen in Transform in the tieup. The tieup menuhas a very useful item. Turned twill tieups can be made easily by filling in one quarter ifthe tieup and using the dialog to designs a variety of different tieups.

Below right is a 8x8 square where the lower left is filled with a 3/1 twill running to theupper left. This is the original module of the tieup. If we use the settings shown in thedialog below we get the tieup shown in the draft below right.

The new tieup shows the lower right quadrant, and upper left have changed face as wellas turned 90 degrees. The upper right quadrant repeats the lower left.

Note that the original quadrant does not change its orientation, but can change face ifdesired.

Another example shows the same original quadrant. The dialog is set to change theface of the original quadrant and its opposite. All quadrants have the same orientation.

The Flip and the Invert check boxes can add more tieups.

Explore these. The possibilities get greater with larger number of shafts!. This tool isideal for Designing Turned Twills or twill blocks.



Tieup with TransformPlay with this 8x8 square using Transform. Each diagram shows a single transformoperation done on the original tieup.

Using thevariousTransformfunctions todevelop a 8x8design.

Combine the tieup variations invarious ways and make a 16 x 16tieup. Final design is shown atright.

Try doing a similar thing with Tieup > Repeat by Quarters, pg54. You can get similar designswith fewer steps.



Designing an Advancing Twill

You can make lots of different Advancing twills using these simple tools. Study theexample below. The process outlined below uses only the repeat menu tools on 5 endsentered into the threading. Enter threads on shaft 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 as shown in Original.

Threading Draft with Warp Repeats

Go Warp > Repeat and choose Advancing Repeat, 9 repeats, and 1 step. Thethreading draft was completed by Warp > Repeat > Inverted 2x.

Tieup with Twill Repeat Go to Shafts & Treadles and choose 8 shafts and 8 treadles. Enter the ties into thefirst treadle, then go to Tieup > Twill Repeat and choose up or down, one step.Repeat Up is shown above. This ideal to use for advancing twills.

Treadling Draftwith Weave asDrawn In

Complete the draft byusing Weft > Weave asDrawn In > Exactly AsDrawn. To see howinteresting this draft is,repeat 3x in bothdirections. Then you get toadd colors too! And maybeeven weave it.



Designing a Network Draft

Network Drafting allows you to enlarge your designs without elongating the floats, orusing larger yarns or wider sets, or larger blocks. The designs usually have fuzzy edgesrather than sharp delineation between pattern and ground areas. See Network Draftingby Alice Schlein for a complete treatment on this method of designing.

Draw a line using the Freehand tool. It can beon any number of shafts up to 64. This is notthe number of shafts you may want to use in thefinal weaving, but rather it is the depth of the

curve. This curve is on 12 shafts drawn with the Freehand Tool.

See Edit > Draw mode > Freehand, pg. 36.

Once the curve is finished, click onWarp > Redraw on Network to choosethe variables to develop different kindsof network designs.

The dialog lets you choose the methodof reduction of the curve either by NoReduction, Digitize or Telescope withor without rollover.

Digitize and Telescope are twomethods of reducing a curve on manyshafts to fewer shafts. Rollover will beactive only when needed.

No Reduction: allows you to leave the number of shafts the same as the curve whenthe button is depressed. If the button is not pressed Telescope or Digitize can be usedand a lower number of shafts may be are chosen. This allows you to choose the finalnumber of shafts in the networked curve.

No Rollover: It is not available when No Reduction or Telescope is used, only whenDigitize is chosen.

Telescope: To reduce the curve by from 16 shafts to 8 by telescoping; shaft 1 remains1, 2=2, 3=3, 4=4, 5=5, 6=6, 7=7, and 8=8. But when you get to 9 you start over again,so 9=1, 10=2, 11=3 and so forth. The curve is now turned into 2 nested curves. Thisgives echo lines. Try them out, see what the differences are.

Digitize: reduces the curve by squishing it. If the curve is on 16 shafts, it can bedigitized by renaming shaft 1 and 2 on the original curve as shaft 1 on the new curve.Similarly old shafts 3 and 4 go on new shaft 2, 5 and 6 onto 3 etc. When the conversionis finished, the curve is a flatter version of the original, but the same kind of curve.



Set initial height and style: allows you to choose different sizes and different kinds ofinitials. The most frequent initials are 4 and 8 shaft straight twills. The left and rightrefers to straight twills.

Initial: is the structure that you are building the network on. Often twills, but not always.

The curve has been converted to a network threading using 4 shaft straight left initial,using telescope and no reduction. It therefore remains at 12 shafts. The rollover checkbox was not chosen.

Once the curve has been converted, click on Apply to see the curve converted to anetwork, Undo to restore the curve and allow you to try other options, and Done toreturn to the drawdown window.

To the left is a network draft derived from thedesign curve above. The draft is a telescopedcurve, no reduction, on 12 shafts, using astraight draw 4 shaft initial. (the first networkthreading draft above)

The tieup is done by typing in the first treadleand using Tieup > Twill repeat, Down.

To make the treadling plan, go to Weft >Weave As Drawn in > Exactly as drawn.Many other variations can be designed formthe basic curve. This is lots of fun and easy toweave (only 12 treadles for 12 shafts and oneshuttle.)

Different tieups also give very different design, even one as simple as using the tieupthat is as simple as above. Play around with twill tieups going in the opposite directionas well.

For further reading on Network drafting, consult Alice Schlein’s Network Drafting book.A wonderful book!



Designing Overshot

Overshot by Block SubstitutionOne method of designing 4 shaft overshot is by Block Substitution. Using the samecurve is a bit more complicated, but gives a draft with 4 ends per block. This isconsidered by many people as the “traditional” overshot. There is nothing wrong,however with this simple method

Using the curve from Network drafting (shownat left), select all shafts from 5 to the top, in thiscase 12. Do not select any extra ends on eitherside. Right click into the blue selectionrectangle and shift the selection down by 4shafts until the selection rectangle sits on shaft1 to 8, as shown at left and nests between thefirst 6 ends and the last 4 ends.

Repeat this with the next four shafts selectingthe original shafts 9 to 12 and moving themdown to shafts 1 to 4. Again those last endsfrom shafts This last move will now give a 4shaft draft.

Go to Tieup > Shafts and treadles and reducethe profile draft to 4 shafts and 4 treadles. Tocomplete the Profile, go to Weft > Weave asDrawn In > Exactly as drawn. The finishedprofile is at left.

There is no special profile mode. Any designcan be used as a profile for block substitution.You may use a threading, treadling and tieup,or threading and liftplan. If your profile is inliftplan, then the final design will be in liftplan. Ifyour profile is in Multipedal Treadling, BlockSubstitution will convert the final design toliftplan.

Now proceed to Block Substitution.

See Appendix 6, pg 110. for the complete list of blocks.



In the Block Substitution dialog, choose 4 Shaft weaves > Overshot. You willprobably have to scroll down to see this option.

Click on Threading,Treadling, and NormalTieup. Use Colors isoptional here. Near thetop of the dialog, thenumber of shafts andtreadles need for thedesign is shown. Youcannot change thesenumbers, they are forinformation only. Clickon OK.

Substitution Preview allows you to see the draft incolor / structure, at different magnifications andthe back / face view. It allows you to add theappropriate tabby in a number of different orders. Notabby was chosen here. It is up to you. OK to accept.

The last options show Change face of profile or ofcloth. In some structures this make little difference. Inothers this is dramatic. Options that are not available

in this structure are greyed out.

This draft is 180 ends long, haslonger floats and lots of halftones. The original curve has 51blocks in the profile.

Compare this with the networkderived draft on next page.



Overshot with Networks DraftingWarp/Redraw as Network can be used toconvert a warp curve to Overshot, on 4 shafts.The curve on the left is a 12 shaft curve usedfor the Network draft above. The threadingdraft below is derived from the 12 shaft curveby setting the Redraw on Network toTelescope, (digitizing will result in longer floats)4 shafts and an initial of 2 and choose left.

Note that the threading has the same number of ends as the profile, giving simple andsmall motifs. Each block in the profile is represented by 2 ends but Overshot hasoverlapping blocks which results in a draft that is the same length as the original curve.

To complete the weft draft, go to Weft > Weave asDrawn In > Overshot Style. Add the tieup forstandard overshot. Remember to add tabby whileweaving. You can also go to Weft > Add tabby andit will show the tabby picks in the draft.

Eight shaft overshot can also be designed with thisfeature. The tieup of course will be classic 8 shaftovershot tieup.

Note that this draft is very small in comparison withthe more traditional overshot, derived by locksubstitution. This draft would be very good forminiatures, where patterns are required to be

reduced to keep the coverlets to scale. Very handy feature.



Designing Shadow Weave

Diagram 1 at left below is a common way of writing shadow weave drafts. Some mayfind this draft easy to thread, but very hard to treadle.

Diagram 2 shows the threading being rearranged to make a different threading draft.The tieup has changed but not the cloth. The treadling draft is unchanged. Note the redline and double headed arrow. This is done with the shaft shuffler. It grabs a shaft andallows you to drag it to a new location.

Note: In diagram 2, above right, the red line with the double headed arrow, marking theshaft that is being moved.

Tip: To make the rearrangement easier, click the lowest shaft to be moved and drag itto the top of the draft. Repeat with the next lowest and drag to top. This works reallywell in a lot of situations.

Diagram 3 (left) shows that the threading andtreadling draft has been completely rearranged.Again the tieup is changed, but the cloth has not.

Any of these can be threaded and treadled.Some are easier to treadle for some people,other for other people. I like the threading andtreadling in diagram 3. The tieup is also easy tounderstand. To make the pin stripes run in the other direction,go to Tieup > Change Face.



Designing with Sketchpad

Draw Motif:Open the Sketchpad from File > New Sketchpad. The screen displays a grid that is 80x 80 squares. This allows you to experiment in the grid.

Click on the Pencil draw tool. Doodle around until you get something you like. Usea small area of the sketchpad.

Click on Count shafts and treadles. A dialog pops up and shows the shafts andtreadles. If the number of shafts is too high, look for columns that are nearly the

same and make them duplicates. If the number of treadles is too high, look for rows thatare near duplicates and make them the same. Count shafts and treadles again.Repeat until the shafts and treadles match the loom.

Or switch to a loom with more shafts and treadles such as a table loom where you canuse liftplan. Or keep reducing the motif until it is small enough. This is much cheaperthan buying a new loom, but not s much fun.

To design a motif in the sketchpad that can be woven on your loom is not as easy as itseems.

If you want to make the motif as an overall design, then the weave structure must beconsidered, and the loom that it will be woven on.

If you have a 12 shaft loom and want a profile design for it, you will need at least 2shafts for tiedowns. This leaves 10 shafts for the profile design. If that same loom has14 treadles, two must be preserved for the tabby and 2 for the skeleton tieup. Thatleaves 10 treadles.

If the design is to be simple repeat rather than a mirror repeat you will probably needone shaft reserved for the spacer. For mirrored designs, you can use 10 treadles, andyour motif will be a total of 18 blocks wide. Just some thoughts to keep in mind.

The graphic at the left is from a Corel Draw 3 file of clip art. It was reducedin size from 500 x 800 pixels to 82 x 133 pixels in a paint program. It wasthen saved as a BMP file. The penguin looks fairly simple but wouldrequire at least 88 shafts to weave.

The Sketchpad makes it much easier to keep making the image smallerand simpler.

Open the penguin image in the sketchpad and goto Image > Regrid. Move the slider to about 60%and OK. Fix the image a bit by filling in someareas and erasing other areas. Continue doingthis until the image still looks like a penguin but issimpler and fits the loom and structure.



When the image in the Sketchpad looks right, go to Analyse > Make drawdown. Theimage in the Sketchpad appears in the cloth with threading and liftplan analysed to fiton the fewest shafts and treadles. If you want to switch to treadle, go to Tieup > Shaftsand treadles. Unfortunately, it will take 22 treadles just for the image. For the Summerand Winter version with a skeleton tieup, 16 shafts and 26 treadles are needed. Beloware the profile drafts. On the left is the draft with a liftplan and on the right, with tieupand treadles. To get a weavable structure use Block Substitution and choosesomething like Summer and Winter and a loom with more treadles or one with a directtieup, or a dobby loom.

Fabric Analysis:To analyse a fabric, there are two strategies, destructive and Aunt Lydia’s couch.

In both methods, mark the start of the repeat, both in the warp and weft direction. Thismay be done by pulling a thread out of the fabric at the start of the repeat or bastingwith a smooth colored thread. Obviously Aunt Lydia will not let you unravel theupholstery, so stick to the basting (as long as she does not catch you at it).

Determine which direction is warp and which is weft. If the selvedge shows, it is easy. Ifnot, there are a few hints. More fragile thread is usually the weft. The face of the fabricis the usually the fancier one with more of the decorative thread showing. In acommercial fabric the fancy thread is usually in the weft. In handweaving it may be inthe warp or the weft.

Begin in the upper left hand corner of the sketchpad. Follow one weft thread from thebeginning of the repeat to the end. Continue on for about ½ of another repeat. Forevery warp end on the surface make a black mark. Leave a white space for every wefton the surface. If you use two colors, it may make it easier to keep track.

With destructive analysis, pull the thread out. This makes following he next threadeasier. Repeat making black marks for every warp over. When you have done morethan one repeat in warp and weft, go to Analyse > Count Shafts and Treadles. If thenumber looks fine, and the pattern of warps on the face looks regular, then go toAnalyse > Make drawdown.

The Drawdown Window appears with threading, treadling and tieup, or with liftplan.



Hint: It is much easier if two persons work on this together, one calling out: up,up, down. up. down, down etc. and the other clicking in the sketchpad black markfor warp up and white for warp down..

Design a Liftplan:Designing a liftplan or a profile in liftplan form is different than designing a cloth. Thedrawing tools in sketchpad make designing a complex liftplan much easier.

One strategy is to change the size of the sketchpad to the size of the number of shafts x number of lifts. For instance, you might want 16 shafts by 100 lifts. Go to Image >Sketchpad size. This will give you an area the same as the area to be filled in theliftplan.

You can then use the tools that you need, such as draw arc, circle and other shapes,add diamonds and freehand lines or straight twill lines. Or draw a diamond and echo it.Draw another diamond, smaller and smear it. And so on. Use copy, paste andtransform to flip a shape and then move it to a new location.

Alternately, you can use a larger Sketchpad and draw figures into it to use as templates.Then mark off an area the size of the liftplan with a colored line. Draw, copy and pasteshapes into the liftplan areas. Copy and Paste and transform the original into a largerfigure, or a fatter, or one that is laying down. You can also use Paste with theTransparent mode turned on. This allows two shapes to be nested closely withoutblocking out a part of the first image. When you have enough shapes. Copy them intothe liftplan area.

When you have an interesting design, select the area of the liftplan and paste it into aliftplan of a design in the weaving window. Fill in threading. You now have a completedesign or profile.

Clear the Sketchpad of any doodles or drawings you made that are not part of thedesign. When you analyze the design, all the marks in the sketchpad will part of thecloth. Erase all marks that are extraneous.

For more details see page 69 File Menu > Sketchpad



Section IV: Appendices

114 Resize handle114 Resize 114 Close Button114 Full Screen or Window button (Maximize)113 Minimize button113 Title Bar and Active Window113 Finding Folders and Files113 The names and functions of parts of Windows® 98 to XP112Appendix 8: Some Windows Conventions111 References for Name Drafts:111 Name Draft Codes by Fiberworks ©1997110Appendix 7: Name Draft Codes109Appendix 6: Structures in Block Substitution108 Cloth Popup Menu108 Popup Menu for Selection in the Tieup107 Extend Selection Popup107 Unlink107 Insert extra threads107 Delete, close gap107 Blank out 107 Selection Popups to Select Threading or Treadling 107Appendix 5: Popup Short Cuts106 Transform of Tieup or Liftplan 105 Transform in Color or Thickness 104 Transform in Threading or Treadling 104Appendix 4: Transform Dialogs102Appendix 3: Using Number Keys in PCW4101 View Mode Keys100 Navigation keys100Appendix 2: Using the Keyboard in PCW498 Table 2, Image Manipulation Mode97 Table 1, Windows Standard97Appendix 1: Mouse Actions

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125Technical Support124 Problem: Screen colors do not match the printer colors.124 Problem: How do I make plain graph paper?123 Problem: How To Make Graph Paper 123 Problem: Areas of empty space in the final print 123 Problem: Document’s Format is Invalid123 Problem: I can’t open a weaving file121 Problem: I cannot find the PCW.exe program file121Appendix 10: FAQs 120 Software used for this manual120 Great Books for PCW Owners119 Weaving Organizations119 Designs on Disc119 Designs on Web Sites119Resources116 Terminology116 Drag and drop115 Right Click 115 Moving the Window114 Scroll Bars

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Appendix 1: Mouse Actions

There are two modes of operating the mouse. Change from one mode to the other bygoing to Cloth> Preferences> Misc tab.Table 1 shows the method we have been using in PCW4.0. Many people commentedthat it would be much easier to design on PCW if the left button drew marks in the draftand the right button erased marks. This makes sense if you are used to imagingprograms. Windows system is geared to use the left click to do a positive action, likeinsert. To delete text or an entry in a database, you use the left double click and allpopup menus are accessed by using the right mouse button

In a word processing program the most common action, using regular menus andinserting mouse cursor into a text is done by a left click. The next most common actionis manipulating text by accessing popup menus and dialogs. Microsoft chooses to usethe right click as a secondary key and the art world chooses to use the right key for erasing. Both are sensible in context. Se we leave it to you to choose which way youwant to use the mouse.

Table 1, Windows Standard

No assigned actionNo assigned actionDouble right click

No assigned actionCreates drawing rectangle(red) and Selectionrectangle (blue) inthreading, treadling, tieup,color bars and thicknessbars.

Click and drag (Click onthe start of the object, andwithout releasing the button,drag the mouse to the endof the object, and thenrelease the button.)

Calls up Color Modifydialog for color chipSelected

Calls up context sensitivepopup menus.

Single right click (Rightmouse button, clickedonce.)

Chooses alternate colorMakes a white mark in draft.Paints alternate color inwarp or weft color bar.Halves a thread thickness.

Double left click (Left buttonon the mouse clicked twicein close succession.)

Chooses main colorMakes a black mark in draft.Paints main color in warp orweft color bar.Doubles a thread thickness.

Single left click (Left buttonon the mouse clicked once.)

In the Color PaletteIn the drawdown windowMouse Action

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Table 2, Image Manipulation Mode

No assigned actionNo assigned actionDouble left click

No assigned actionCreates drawing rectangle(red) and Selectionrectangle (blue) inthreading, treadling, tieup,color bars and thickness.

Click and drag (Click onstart of the object, withoutreleasing the button, dragthe mouse to the end ofobject, and release button.)

Chooses alternate color.Erases. Makes a white mark in draft.Paints alternate color inwarp or weft color bar.Halved thread thickness.

Single right click (Rightbutton on the mouse,clicked once.)

Calls up Color Modifydialog for color chipselected.

Calls up context sensitivepopup menus.

Double right click orShift+right click. (Rightbutton on the mouse clickedtwice in close succession.)

Chooses main colorEnters.Makes a black mark in draft.Paints main color in warp orweft color bar.Doubles a thread thickness.

Single left click (Left buttonon the mouse clicked once.)

In the Color PaletteIn the drawdown windowMouse Action

If you have a three button mouse, and the center button is active, but not programmedfor a special function, the center button may be used to substitute for a double click.See quick review at Mouse Actions, pg. 9.

Point: Place the active cursor (usually the point of the pencil or tip of thearrow) over the target.

Click: Push and release the left mouse button while pointing at the target.Most common action. Takes a positive action.

Left Click: Same as Click above.

Right Click: Push and release the right mouse button while pointing at the target. Acontext sensitive popup menu will appear. Also opens Modify Colordialog.

Double Click: Erases the entry in threading drafts, treadling drafts, in tieup and cloth,and changes color and thickness entries. Can be used in Windows®

functions, such as opening files.



Click and Drag: Place cursor over the target, click on the left mouse button and withoutreleasing it, move the cursor, so that the point is in the new target area.This is used to control the colored rectangles in draw modes andselect mode.

Click and drag is used to make the rectangles so that you can usedraw, cut, copy paste, transform etc. Also used in highlighting text inNotes and Records. Can be used in most other Windows® programs.

Drag and Drop: Move or copy a selected zone by clicking and dragging; the contents ofthe selection moves with the mouse cursor until the left mouse buttonis released. It is also used to move an open drawdown window so thatit reveals what is underneath. Point to the blue Title Bar on an activewindow and drag it to its new place.

Drag and drop is used for moving any selection, such as moving aselected rectangle within a design, moving design or programwindows and moving a selected file in Windows® from one folder toanother, or opening a file by using drag and drop to move the file intoan open compatible program, such as a .DTX file into PCW4.

Scrolling: Many mice have a wheel between the left and right mouse button thatallows you to scroll without the scroll bars. Scrolling works in the maindrawdown window to scroll up and down but not side to side. It worksin a lot of other dialogs, like Warp Color Fill. It also works in ModifyColor dialog in a very different way. When you click into one of thecolor bars, or the text boxes, the color will change. Interesting.

Control Selection technique: To select an area that is partially off the screen, usingthe selection tool, click on the lower right hand corner of the threadingdraft that you want copied. Scroll to the end of the area you wantselected. Press and hold the CTRL key and click with the mouse intothe upper left corner of the end of the selection. Release the CTRLkey and a selection rectangle will now surround the entire portion ofthe draft. to be manipulated.

The same thing can be done with the treadling draft.



Appendix 2: Using the Keyboard in PCW4

Many functions in Fiberworks PCW 4.1 may be controlled by the keyboard, rather thanthe mouse.

Note: The Ctrl, Alt and Shift keys are used in combination with other keys.For instance if using Ctrl + X, depress the first key (Ctrl) and hold down, thenpress the second key (X) briefly. Release the second key before the first key.The - symbol in Ctrl + X indicates that this is a combination: do not type the +key.

Navigation keysCursor keys: Left, right, up and down arrow keys control the cursor placement or

insertion point on the screen. Used for navigation within a draft. Theseare the 4 arrows on the upside down T between the main keyboard andthe numberpad.

Ctrl + arrows: Using the Control and any of the four arrows on the cursor key padmoves cursor from one draft zone to another, e.g. Ctrl + Right arrow tomove from threading to tie-up. Ctrl + Down arrow and then Ctrl + Rightarrow (2 times) moves to the color bar and then the thread thickness bar.

Home: Jumps one screen right.End: Jumps one screen left.PgUp: Jumps one screen up.PgDn: Jumps one screen downArrow Keys: Move the cursor one thread at a time in any area of the design.Ctrl + Home: Moves the insertion point to beginning of threading draft.Ctrl + End: Moves the insertion point to end of threading.Ctrl + PgUp: Moves the insertion point to the beginning of the treadling draft.Ctrl + PgDn: Moves the insertion point to the end of the treadling draft.Ctrl + PgDn: Shifts the colors in the palette bar so that a different group of 20 colors is

adjacent to the key labels.Important Editing KeysTab: Moves the insertion point from one area to another, threading to warp

color to warp thickness to tieup, to weft thickness to weft color totreadling to cloth and back to the start,

Ins: Adds an empty gap at the insertion point.Del: Deletes at the insertion point and closes the gap.Backspace: Deletes entry prior to the insertion point, backs up one space and closes

the gap.+ (Plus): Makes a black square at the insertion point. Use for tieup.- (Minus): Makes a white square at the insertion point. Use for tieup.



Ctrl + O: Open design

Ctrl + S: Save

Ctrl + P: Preview and Print

Ctrl + Z: UndoCtrl + X: CutCtrl + C: CopyCtrl + V: PasteCtrl + A: Select All

Note: Selection for cut, copy, paste must still be done with the mouse.

Ctrl + L: Unlink / Link threads, colors and thickness for independent editingCtrl + G: Move color group in palette

View Mode Keys\ : Slash key switches between structure and color view.

/ : Backslash key switches between front and back of cloth.

Alt + N: Switches between regular view and other views.

Alt + I: Switches between interlacement view and other views.

Alt - : Zoom Out

Alt + : Zoom In



Appendix 3: Using Number Keys in PCW4

Number keys are used for entry of threading, treadling, tieup, colors and thickness.(Great for threading; try entering Summer & Winter with a mouse!)

Keyboard: numeric keys across the top or on the number pad may be used. (NumLock ON to use the numeric pad.) Entry takes place at the “insertion point", whichappears as a blinking gray square in the draft to allow thread entry, tieup entry, colorentry and thickness entry. (Laptops use a Function key to activate the number pad. It iseasier to use the numbers at the top of the main keyboard.)

Main Keyboard: This way entries can be made with a single keystroke. For numbersgreater than 10, use the row below the numbers:

I.e. 1 - 0 is 1 to 10

q - p is 11 - 20.

a - ; is 21 - 30.

z - n is 31 - 36. (Higher numbers are rarely used)

Use View > Preferences > Misc to adjust for non-USA/UK keyboard layouts.

Number Pad: May be used for single digit entries (Num Lock ON, Scroll Lock OFF) forentries 1 to 0 (which equals 10) only. No enter key is required. Status line will show #at lower right when the Num Lock is on.

Double digit entries (Num Lock ON, Scroll Lock ON) for entries 1 to 99 may be madewithout the use of the enter key between entries. E.g. with Scroll Lock ON, using thenumber pad. Right end of Status line shows ## when Num Lock and Scroll Lock areon.

Type 1 6 for 16

Type 0 6 for 6

The . (period) key: when typed between two numeric keys, causes the all theintervening numbers to be generated. The period key only works in threading ortreadling draft. Main keyboard number keys and Number Pad can be used.

e.g. With Num Lock On, type 1 . 8 . 1 in the threading, you get a point draw 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

Or

With Num Lock On, Scroll Lock ON, type 01 . 16 to get straight draw 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16

Note: The bottom right of the Status bar will show the state of numeric entry. One# (Num Lock On) means that the number pad may be used for numeric entry form1 to 0. When two ## (Num Lock On, Scroll Lock On) appear, then two numeralscan be used for each entry. Type 02 for an end on shaft 2 and 12 for an end onshaft 12. No need to press the Enter key between each end.



Color Entry: Type any number 1 - 0 or q - p (see the palette bar on the right of theprogram window to see which colors is associated with each key) to insert colors in thecolor bar. Insertion point advances with each entry. Change the section in the currentcolor palette by using the Ctrl + G. See How to Design with Color.

Thread thickness: Type in numeric values to control thickness on a thread by threadbasis. The “normal” thread has a value 4; so 1 gives a ¼ width thread, 2 gives ½ width,8 gives double width, etc. Insertion advances with each entry.

From threading, type Ctrl + to move the insertion point into the warp color bar; asecond time moves it to the warp thickness bar.

From treadling, type Ctrl + to move the insertion point into the weft color bar; asecond time moves it to the weft thickness bar.

Note: Some Windows systems font sizes are set for comfortable viewing, butmay cause alignment problems with the numbers next to the color palette. Eitheradjust the font size or count and match the keys.



Appendix 4: Transform Dialogs

There are different context sensitive transform dialogs for each different function. Onefor threading and treadling, one for color and thickness and the last for tieup and lift planare the most commonly used. The cloth area cannot be selected, nor transformed.Sketchpad also has its own Transform dialog with two extra items on it unique to theSketchpad.

To use Transform, a selection must be made first. A blue selection rectangle must bevisible in order for Transform to work. This selection should be at least three endswide or three picks high. One thread would be hard to transform and two are easier bysimple clicking.

Transform in Threading or Treadling This dialog has five options to change the selected area. Underneaththis are 4 radio buttons that control the direction. Only one can beactive at a time. The threading will be used to illustrate theTransform functions. Similar functions are available for treadling.

To explore these options, begin with a simple design. An asymmetricdraft was made. It is a 11 thread by 7 shaft area suitable for an 8shaft design. A selection of the entire asymmetric draft was made.Note that the blue selection box has a height of 7 shafts not 8.

Different transformations are made using the originaldraft. Compare the diagrams below with the original.Each gives a different result. Compare carefully.Clicking some of these buttons a second time givesthe original again.

Reverse, rotate and invert are fairly clear but the others need some study. Carefullycompare Shift Up 3 and Cycle Up 3. They are different.

Shift moves the selection rectangle either up, down, left or right, depending on whichradio button is checked. It moves the entire rectangle and displaces the unselectedthreads around it. Clicking the button again repeats the action, so that the box is movedfurther. Click Undo until you return to original.



Cycle moves the contents of the selection within the rectangle either up, down, left orright, depending on which radio button is checked. The Selection Rectangle does notmove, only the contents. Clicking the button again repeats the action, so that thecontents of the rectangle are moved further. Click Cycle until you return to original. Oruse Undo.

Similar options are available for treadling but turned 90o, that is Reverse applies to warpor weft thread order, and Invert applies to shaft or treadle placement. If multipedaltreadling is checked in Tieup > Shafts and Treadles, the Threading > Treadlingdialog will appear, not the Tieup dialog.

Transform in Color or Thickness The area of the draft to be manipulated must be selected and the blue rectangle muststill be visible. The dialog has 3 options.

Reverse will switch the first color and the last and so forth with allcolors changing places.

Shift will move the selected colors. In the threading, left or rightshould be used to move the selection in the indicated direction.

Type 1,1,2,2,3,3,4,4,5,5,6,6,7,7,8,8,9,9,0,0 into the warp color barand select the first ten threads - 1,1,2,2,3,3,4,4,5,5.

Using the Left radio button, press Shift 10 times. The selected areawill have moved so that it is now to the left of the unselected colors. The bar will nowshow 6,6,7,7,8,8,9,9,0,0,1,1,2,2,3,3,4,4,5,5. Pressing the Shift button some more willmove the selection past the colors entered. It can move all the way to the end of thedraft area (9996 ends). Right will move the selection to the right, but only till it reachesthread 1.

Cycle will do other interesting things. Using the same selection and the Left radiobutton, press Cycle four times. The selected area will remain in the same location butthe contents of the selection will move within the selected area. The selected area willshow 4,4,5,5,1,1,2,2,3,3. Right will move the colors within the selection to the right.

Up or down may have weird but interesting effects since colors are shifted or cycledaround the available color palette. Experiment with it until you get something that youlike. Using the same selection, with the Up radio button checked, press Shift 5 times.The colors showing in the selection will be 6,6,7,7,8,8,9,9,0,0 without affecting the areaoutside the selection. Cycle with the same conditions will do the same thing.

You can make a selection, center the colors and the structure easily using both Shift,Cycle and the radio buttons.

Similar operations are possible in the treadling color and thickness bar. Up, down, leftand right apply as you see them.



Transform of Tieup or Liftplan The area of the draft to be manipulated must be selectedand the blue rectangle must still be visible.

Make a selection, then go to Edit > Transform and therelevant dialog pops up.

The dialog has 8 options. The first 5 are the same as thosein the threading and treadling dialog discussed above.Change Face is obvious. Turn left and Turn right work onlywith square selections.

Each of the options available can be used in various ways.Some give similar results, but one way may be easier for aparticular manipulation.

Transform in the Tieup In the 12 shaft, 12 treadle tieup shown below blocks of 3/1 and 1/3 twill are repeated invarious ways. The tieup below can easily be made with Copy and Paste or Drag andDrop Copy or with Transform. The 16 shaft tieup on the next page would be difficult todo without the Transform function. Also see the Designing by Quadrants for additionaltricks.

. 1. First the 4 x 4 rectangle in the lowerleft is selected and copied (Upper leftfigure) and pasted three times. (Upperright figure)

2. select the second rectangle asshown below left. Open the Transformmenu, then Turn Left, or Rotate 180o.Then press Change Face. All the blackmarks turn white and visa versa. Closethe Transform menu. (Lower left figure)

3. Then use the selection tool again toselect the new area. Copy and Pastefive more times to fill the tieup. (Lowerright figure)

4. Any of the 4 x 4 areas may bereselected and manipulated to changeorientation

If used with a straight twill threading andtreadling a simple 12 shaft twill block

design will result. Fancier designs may be made with more complex threadings andtreadlings.



Appendix 5: Popup Short Cuts

Popup menus are context sensitive menus that contain an appropriate collection of toolsalso found in the main menus. The only novel items are those relating to extending theselection area, which is not available in edit menu or tools. The popup menu thatappears is context sensitive and depends on which drafting area your insertion point isin and whether a selection exists or not.

Selection Popups to Select Threading orTreadling

Make a selection of more than 3 threads in the threading,treadling, liftplan, color bar or thickness bar. Right click outsidethe selection, and the menu at the left will pop up.

Warning: If you right click within the selection, the menu willprobably pop up where you click and cover the selection.

Popup menus allows quick access to drawing tools and cut,copy, paste and transform and extend selection.

Blank out The selected area is cut, the gap remains, but the clipboard is not affected. This allowsyou to erase a section of threading or treadling without changing the contents of theclipboard, unlike the Cut tool.

Delete, close gapDeletes the selected area of the draft, but this time no empty area remains. This is thesame as the Delete tool, which can delete selected blocks and closes the gap. TheDelete from the popup menu requires a selection, whereas the Delete tool can alsodelete a single end with no selection and close the gap.

Insert extra threadsAllows you to insert a blank space as large as the selection rectangle. This is the sameas the Insert tool, which can insert a space as large as the selected block. Howeverthe Insert tool can also be used to insert a single thread without a selection beingmade.

UnlinkAllows you to separately delete thread, color or thickness. Draft, color and thicknessare linked by default, i.e. deletion deletes the threading only, not the color or thicknesssequence unless in unlinked mode.



Extend Selection PopupThis dialog will enlarge the selection rectangle to the limit of thedirection chosen.

If the selected area is seven ends on shaft 4, from ends 13to 17. Right click Extend Selection in the popup dialog.Click the right arrow to extend the selection. This extendsthe selection to the right edge of the screen, but restricted toshaft 4. (draft below left)

If you want all the shafts selected, then push the Up (center draft) and the Down arrows(draft at right), Now all the shafts from the beginning of the screen to end 19 areselected. Now do your manipulations.

To select to the right or left of the visible threading draft, click the right or left arrows. Toselect the all the way to the start or end of the draft, even if it is not visible, click therelevant arrow twice.

To make similar selections in the treadling, use the up or down arrows once (for visibletreadling draft) or twice (to start or end of treadling draft).

Popup Menu for Selection in the TieupThe menu on the left appears when you make the selection in thetieup. It is similar to the one above, but the Unlink and theExtend Selection are gone. Also insert has changed to theInsert extra treadles.

All the menus above appeared when three or more ends, picksor treadles are selected.



If the Selection tool is active but no selection has been made, aright click into the threading, treadling, color and thickness bar,pops up the menu at the left. The new items that appear here arethe selection modes that allow all or part of the draft to beselected. With the selection tool active and clicked in thethreading, Select start to cursor will select all threads on allshafts from the cursor to the start, including the cursor. Likewise,Select cursor to end will select all ends from the cursor to theend, including the cursor. Select all threads is obvious.

If the single selection was made in the tieup, then the menu onthe left appears. Pickup color and unlink are gone as well asthe three select modes. Instead there are menu items forChange Face, Turn Draft and the dialog to allow Shafts andTreadles to be changed. The Insert and Delete are changed toInsert one treadle or Delete one treadle.

Cloth Popup MenuRight click in the cloth pops up the menu on the left. It containsvarious view tools. It will come up if the select tool is on or off.See Status bar for a more popups.

Note: You may ask why these popup menus are necessary.They are intended to be handy but not essential. Everythingthat pops up is in the main menu bar in some form (exceptExtend Selection). It also allows you to hide the tool box orbar and still have full access to most tools easily and quickly.



Appendix 6: Structures in Block Substitution

Classic Weaves:Crackle, block form; Crackle as Summer and Winter; Crackle, twill form; M's andO's; Overshot; Overshot, multishaft; Overshot, multishaft, balanced; Overshot, alltabby ground; Overshot, tabby ground, balanced; Overshot, tabby halftone; Overshot, tabby halftone, balanced; Overshot, single unit tied; Overshot, paired unittied.

Damask Weaves:4 shaft damask; 5 shaft damask; 6 shaft damask; 8 shaft damask.

Double Weaves:Double weaves; Double weave, paired threads; Beiderwand; Beiderwand, halfblocks; 1:4 Lampas, stitched; 1:4 Lampas, stitched, half blocks; 1:2 Lampas, twillorder; 1:2 Lampas, stitched; 1:2 Lampas, broken order; 1:2 Lampas, stitched,broken.

Lace Weaves:Atwater Bronson; Bronson spot; Huck blocks, lace effect; Huck blocks, spots; Huck lace effect; Huck lace effect variant; Huck spot; Swedish lace

2-Tied Weaves:Double two-tie; Double two-tie, reversing; Summer and Winter, alternating; Summer and Winter, birdseye; Summer and Winter, X-style; Summer and Winter,Dukagang; 1:2 Extended Summer & Winter; 1:3 Extended Summer & Winter; 1:4Extended Summer & Winter; 1:2 Extended S&W Dukagang style; 1:3 ExtendedS&W Dukagang style; 1:4 Extended S&W Dukagang style; 4:2 paired-tie straight; 6:2 paired-tie straight; 4:2 paired-tie alternating; 6:2 paired-tie alternating.

3 - and 4 - Tied Weaves:Bergman; Bergman, half blocks; Quigley, diamond; Quigley, points; Quigley, halfblocks; Single 3-tie, straight; Single 3-tie, rosepath; Single 4-tie; Single 4-tie, halfblocks.

Twill Weaves:Broken twill; Diamond twill; 3-thread turned twill; 4-thread turned twill.

Bateman Weaves:Park weave on opposites draft 90; Park weave, draft 49 style; Park weave, draft 71style; Boulevard on opposites draft 56; Boulevard, draft 72 style.

4 - Shaft Weaves:Crackle, polychrome; M's and O's (4 shaft); Overshot (4shaft); Overshot asSummer and Winter; Overshot 2 block polychrome; Overshot 4 block polychrome; 4 block Summer & Winter, alternating; 4 block Summer & Winter, birdseye; 4 blockSummer & Winter, X-style; 4 block Summer & Winter, Dukagang; Swedish lace(4shaft).



Appendix 7: Name Draft Codes

In all codes: Spaces are counted as characters. Incidentals between two entries on thesame shaft, insert the next highest one. Between two odd or two even entries inset themissing one.

1-1=2, 2-2=3, 3-3=4, 4-4=1

1-3=2, 2-4=3, 3-1=4, 4-2=1

The following are represented by the special codes (however the codes themselves arespecial characters when used in the names

^ space, - hyphen, ' apostrophe, * all other weird characters,

dhlpswzcgknrvx^-'*bfjmqtdjovwy*Code Fdjovwy*bfkuz^'aginprx-cehlmqstCode Ebhirsz*aegluv^'cfkmpwy-djnoqtxCode Ddhlptxyzcgkosw^-'*bfjnrvaeimquCode Cstuvwxyz-*mnopqr^'ghijklabcdefCode Bstuvwx^-mnopqryz'*ghijklabcdefCode AShaft 4Shaft 3Shaft 2Shaft 1

Name Draft Codes by Fiberworks ©1997

Code A is derived from (but not exactly like) that given by Norma Smyada in her articlesin 1983 and 1992.

The rules for incidentals was developed by Ena Marsden, published in SS&D 1981.

The different codes were developed to also work names from different languages, sincemost published codes work best with letter distributions in the English language.

These codes are copyright and you must quote our name (Fiberworks) when youdistribute them, either on the sample sheets, in teaching handouts or demonstrationmaterials.



REFERENCES FOR NAME DRAFTS:

BLIVEN Jeannette and Norma SMAYDA. Merry Christmas. Handwoven S/O 83 pg 74.

FUCHS, Rudolph. Hanging based on HGA name draft to decorate the new offices.SS&D Fall 74 Issue 20 pg 14.

MARSDEN, Ena. A New HGA Name Draft. SS&D Su 81 Issue 47 pg 12-13.

MITCHELL, Peter. ABCDraft. Unicorn, 1992, 1993 2nd ed.

MITCHELL, Peter. Name Drafting. Handwoven M/A 82 pg 34-37.

MITCHELL, Peter. Overshot: A Manual for Creative Drafting and Weaving.Chesebro-Mitchell Associates, 1994.

SHEPPARD, Margaret. Miniatures from Memories. Handwoven S/O 91 pg 80-82.

SMAYDA, Norma. Commemorate with a Name Draft. SS&D Su 92 #91 pg 42-45.

SMAYDA, Norma. Macroblocks in Overshot. Weaver’s Su 97 #36 pg 20.

SWEIGART, Marjorie. Easy Overshot Checks. Weaver’s Su 97 #36 pg 24.



Appendix 8: Some Windows Conventions

The names and functions of parts of Windows® 98 to XPEveryone’s opening screen looks different, but there are some common features. Thearea that you first see is called the Desktop. There will be a few items that are on mostDesktops; My Computer and the Start or Task Bar and a Recycle Bin, Internet Explorerand a few others.

To open a program, you can go Start Bar > Programs and then run all up and down thatlist in there. Or you can place a shortcut icon on your desktop. When you want to usethe program, doubleclick on the icon and it opens. Directions for making a shortcut forFiberworks are at the start of this manual. Frequently used programs should have anicon on the desk top. Especially if you are a visual person.

Finding Folders and FilesThis is one of the best things in Windows 95/98®. Go to Start Bar > Find > Folders andFiles. A dialog will pop up with a text field called Named: Type whatever you want tofind here. Underneath it will be a Look In text box. Choose the drive or folder to searchin. Then click on Find now. At first it will say nothing found, but if the spy glass is stillwiggling, it is still working. A window pops up underneath the Find dialog with theresults of your search.

It may show large or small icons or a list with names or a list with names, path, size anddates. This last one is the one you want. If yours does not show the detailed list, go tothe Menu bar of the Find dialog and click on View and Choose Details. Hopefullywhatever you were searching for is there and there are only a couple of things found.Details allows you to see which is the most recently created, the size of the file and thePath to get it. If it is a program, double click it to open it. If it is a file either double clickto open it or drag and drop into an open window of the suitable program. Or you maymake a note of the location, open the program, got to File > Open and type the locationof the file into the appropriate text box. Personally I type poorly and my memory is notthat good that I can remember a convoluted path. So I double click a lot.

Title Bar and Active WindowTitle bar of the active window is blue in the default setup of Windows 95®. It is severalshades of blue on Windows 98®.. It can be any color if you played with the setup. It isgrey on inactive windows. If you click anywhere on an inactive window, it becomesactive. The safest place to click is in the title bar or on the bottom right corner. Try toavoid the menu bar or the scroll bars.

The title bar contains a small icon on the left, called the SystemIcon, which has a drop down menu allowing you to restore, move,size, minimize, maximize, close or go to next window. All thesefunctions are replicated by buttons or mouse actions elsewhere.



On the right end of the title bar are three small buttons; Minimize, ( - ) Widow / Full Screen and Close ( x ).

Minimize button

The first button, a small dash ( - ), minimizes the view.

Minimizing the drawdown window turns it into a tiny title barwithin the program window, with buttons to maximize and

restore to full screen and the title of the design. You can restore it by a quick doubleclick, or single click and use of a popup menu or a click on the System icon.

If you minimize a program, it will place an icon into the Start Bar. Restore with a singleclick. If you keep an eye on the Start Bar, you can see how many things are open andeasily switch among them.

Full Screen or Window button (Maximize)The middle button, with one large square or two small overlapping squares, is thebutton that toggles between full screen versus floating window.

Close ButtonThe last button (with an X) will close a window. If there is any unsaved work, you will beasked if the design should be saved. Saved designs are just closed. If it is a programwindow it will ask if you want to save any unsaved designs and then terminate theprogram.

Resize To change the size of the floating window, take the cursor over theedge of the window. When the cursor changes from a pointer to adouble headed arrow, click and drag the border until the window isthe right size.

Resize handleThere is also a square with hatched marking on the lower right cornerthat allows you to drag in a diagonal direction to resize the window. Itis a larger area and may be easier to control. It is also a safe placeto click to make a window active.

Scroll BarsIn Fiberworks, scroll bars are always visible on the right and on thebottom of the design screen. Other programs may not have them ifall the data can be displayed in the current window.

There are several ways to move around in the drawdown window. Ifyou would like to make relatively small movements in the design, click on the scrollbuttons (the buttons with the triangles in them. This will take you one step at a time inthe direction that the arrow points. If you click and hold, the scrolling will become faster.



To make larger movements, click into the pale grey part of the scroll bar. This will moveyou about a page at a time.

To move really fast, click on the thumb spot, and drag it along until you get to where youwant to go. The size of the thumb spot will often vary in proportion of visible part tototal. In Fiberworks it does not vary in size, but position.

Moving the WindowThe floating window can be moved from one part of the desk top to another, by clickingin the blue bar, and dragging it to a new spot. The window can only be moved by usingthe blue title bar. A window within a program (like a PCW design) can be movedanywhere within the program window in the same way. Sometimes if you resize theprogram window, the blue bar of the design will disappear. If this happens, trymaximizing the program window, dragging the design into view and resizing with thedouble headed cursor on the margins.

Right Click A really nice feature to know about. If you right click on the empty desk top a popupmenu appears. Among other things it lets you can create new Shortcuts, adjustssettings, etc.

If you right click on a shortcut, a dialog pops up that has, among other things,Properties. This dialog can show you the date created, modified and other usefulattributes. There may be tabs along the top of the Properties dialog. Check them out.There could be useful things like Find Target which can tell you where your programactually is. Explore but until you know what you are doing back out of all thesedialogs with Cancel. Do not OK. Just have a look, don’t change anything until youknow what it is for.

If you right click on a file, Properties will show you the size of the file, the type, andagain dates. Some may show more. Lotus WordPro shows a preview of the first page,and a description that you wrote when you saved the file. Its great for sorting andfinding too.

Anyway there is lots to learn about Windows®, and some of it is very useful too.

Warning: Keeping lots of things open may be convenient, but uses lots ofmemory. If you are running Windows 95/98® on a computer with limitedresources, like 16 Mb of RAM, close unused programs, folders, browsers.… It willsave you from crashes.

You can drag and drop files into an open Window so that if the program recognizes it, itwill open it. Or drag and drop a file or folder to the Recycle Bin. Point the tip of thecursor at the target and disregard the faint outline of the dragged image. The point ofthe arrow is the active part.

Note: Don’t practice this on your program files, or on your financial records.Make some junk files and practice putting them into the waste basket, one at atime with menus. Then try one at a time with the mouse. Then highlight 3 or 4and click and drag them all to the Recycle Bin. Here practice makes perfect.



Remember, junk files. Do you know how to get garbage back out of your RecycleBin???

Drag and dropDrag and Drop is used to move or copy files from one area of your computer to another.Like from A:\ to C:\ drive. It can also be used to view graphic files like .GIF and .JPGwith your browser. Open the folder containing the graphic file on your desktop, thenopen your browser, resize and arrange the windows so that you can see the folder withyour graphics files. Point to the graphic file, click and drag the file to the open browserwindow (the grey area where the web pages usually appear) and drop it. Viola. Yousee a picture.

Not all programs will do drag and drop. You will see a circle with a diagonal linethrough it if it does not allow drag and drop. Fiberworks PCW4 supports drag anddrop of files.

TerminologyMenus

Menus allow you to use various functions in the program. These may be duplicated byicons or buttons in the tool box, or by keyboard shortcuts. Several types of menus areused in Fiberworks.

Drop Down MenuThis menu appears when an item on the menu bar is clicked. It is a compact way ofgiving many choices to the user. The items are grouped into functions by convention.Moving the cursor down will highlight each item in turn. Moving the cursor right or leftmakes other menus drop down. This is the normal way that the main menu baroperates.

Flyout Menu

This menu appears to the side of a drop down menu item. A small right pointing arrowindicates that there are choices for that menu item. This appears in Edit > Draw Modewhich has four choices in a fly out menu. To use this, move the cursor down until theDraw Mode has a blue highlight. The flyout menu appears. Move the cursor to the rightand then down to pick the item that you want. Moving the cursor diagonally will makethe flyout menu disappear.

Popup MenuThis is a context sensitive menu that pops up under specific conditions. Choices maybe made and a dialog may appear that allows further choices. In Fiberworks, popupmenus allow access to functions relevant to the area clicked. Popup menus cannot bemoved, but appear where you click.

Dialog

A dialog is a free floating box that allows the user to make choices on a specificfunction. It will have various buttons and boxes that allow different kinds of choices.You may drag the dialog to other locations, by click and drag in the blue bar at the top of



the dialog. Most dialogs exclude actions anywhere else than within the dialog. Oftenthis will result in a beep.

Buttons and Tool buttons (Icons) Buttons are small rectangles that you click to take actions. They vary incolor or shades of grey. They may have three dimensional borders. Toolbuttons on the tool bars, such as those down the left side of the

Fiberworks window are also buttons. Buttons may act when clicked, (theUndo button) or they may act as a toggle to turn a function on or off. (Grid button)

Accept ButtonClick this button to take the actions chosen in the dialog box. Dialog then closes.Found in Name Draft dialog.

Apply ButtonClick this button to apply actions chosen in the dialog box. It is different than OK orAccept; the dialog stays open until you are finished with all actions. Then click Close orOK. Found in Modify Color.

Cancel Button

Click this button to close the dialog box without applying the settings. This is found inmany dialogs. Clicking the X at the top right of any menu has same effect as Cancel.

Close ButtonClick this button to close the dialog after all desired action is complete. Usually found indialogs that produce an immediate visible effect on the active design. Found in ModifyColor.

OK ButtonClick this button to take the action chosen in the dialog box. It is also used oninformation dialogs. Dialog closes. Found in the About dialog and some warningdialogs.

Radio Button

Click to turn the option on or off. This is a toggle button. Amark in a circle means that the option is on. An empty circlemeans that the option is off. Only one option may be chosenat a time. See Transform dialog.

Spin Button Up and down pointing arrows at the right hand side of a number box. Clicksingly to increase or decrease the number value by one, or hold the buttondown for more rapid change. You may also type a value into a spin box.See Modify Color dialog.



Toggle ButtonsSome buttons look like the regular function buttons, but are on/off toggles like radiobuttons. They are depressed looking and light grey when active. Inactive buttons areflush with the surface and medium grey. See Warp Fill dialog.

Undo Button

Click this button to undo the actions taken in the dialog. Dialog stays open for furtheractions. See the Tieup Repeat dialog

Check Box Click to turn options on or off. A check mark in a square box indicatesthat one option of a set is active, a blank that the option is inactive.More than one option may be checked. See Edit > Select All.

Drop Down Box

This box allows you to choose among numerous options. Click onthe down pointing arrow to see all the choices. Click on one of theitems to choose it. There may be a scroll bar so that all items canbe seen. No text may be entered by the user. See Print Optionsdialog.

SliderThis allows you to use the cursor to drag a slider to increase or decrease settings. SeeModify Color dialog, although this is a highly specialized version of the standard slider.

Text Box or Edit Control Box

A text box allows you to enter text such as numbers for margins, or letters for namedrafts. See Preview and Print > Page Setup dialog.

Tabs These are like the index tabs on filefolders. They allow choices and moreinformation to be shown in one dialog.Clicking the tab opens a new page. See Cloth > Notes and Records.



Appendix 9: Resources

Some interesting tidbits for you.

Designs on Web SitesKris Bruland Weaving Net: thousands of designs. http://www.handweaving.net

This site also has many of the drafts and manuscripts that are posted on RalphGrizwold’s site, with permission.

Designs on DiscThrilling Twills by Fiberworks:

CD of more than 4000 designs, fully indexed, by shafts and type. WIF and DTXfiles with a graphic view of each design. For 5 to 32 shafts. e-mail: [email protected] http://www.fiberworks-pcw.com

CD’s by Loomshed, Charles Lermond. All with permission of authors or estates.e-mail: [email protected] webpage: http://www.loomshed.com LOOMSHED, 26 ½ S Main St, Site 5, Oberlin, OH, 44074, USA.

Marion Powell’s 1000+ Shadow Weaves for 4, 6, and 8 ShaftsData in *.wif format ©2005

Atwater’s Shuttlecraft Book of American Handweaving, Data in WIF and DTX format.

Marguerite Porter Davison’s Handweavers Pattern Book, Data in WIF and DTX format.

Elmer Hickman manuscripts. By Sigrid Piroche-mail: [email protected] webpage: http://www.artsstudio.org/ARTS Studio, Box #308, Harvey Rd, Foxburg, PA, 16036, USA.

Books & WIF CDs: thousands in color. 2-32 shafts, by Eleanor BestAsk for the brochure as a PDF file. e-mail:[email protected] BESTUDIO, 7130 Eastwick Ln, Indianapolis, IN, 42256, USA.

Weaving OrganizationsComplex Weavers. International organization of weavers interested in unusual andinteresting cloth. Also sells some CDs with designs

http://www.complex-weavers.org

Handweavers Guild of America. Publishes of Shuttle, Spindle and Dyepot. HostsConvergence in even number years. Many member services.

http://www.weavespindye.org

Ontario Handweavers & Spinners. Membership benefits include The OHS magazine,Fibre Focus, Home Study Weaving Course.

http://www.OHS.on.ca



Great Books for PCW OwnersInouye, Bonnie. Exploring Multishaft Design. Weavingdance Press, 2000. ISBN:0-9678489-0-3. Super book that covers many topics in a clear and friendly manner.Available from your local weaving shop e-mail: [email protected] website: http://www.geocities.com/bonieinouye

Keasbey, Doramy. Designing with Blocks. Alta Vista Press, 1993. ISBN: 0-9611136-1-8Available from your favorite weaving supply shop or you may order directly from theauthor, Doramay Keasbey, 5031 Alta Vista Road, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA.Available from some weaving shops. It is out of print but some copies are still available.

Piroch, Sigrid. The Magic of Handweaving. Krause Publications, 2004. Available fromyour favorite weaving supply shops or directly from the author. e-mail: [email protected] webpage: http://www.artsstudio.org .

Schlein, Alice. Network Drafting. Bridgewater Press, 1994. ISBN: 0-9644474-0-1Available from Unicorn Books or you may order directly from the author, Alice Schlein,Bridgewater Press, 307 Bridgewater Dr., Greenville, SC, 29615 USA. May be out ofprint

van der Hoogt, Madelyn. Complete Book of Drafting. Shuttle Craft Books/UnicornBooks, 1992. ISBN: 0-916658-51-1. (Retail: $23.95 in US funds)Available from your local weaving shop. Also look for the books based on Weaver’spublished by XRX press. 4 in the series so far (2005).

Software used for this manualLotus WordPro© The best word processing/desktop application. Great for addinggraphics and keeping it all straight. Very biased opinion <G> but true.

http://www.lotus.com

Paint Shop Pro®. Powerful image editor and paint program that is not very expensive.Used to capture the graphics to produce this manual. http://www.jasc.com/index.html

Adobe Acrobat. Adobe Acrobat Pro 6 was used to assemble this manual. It allowed usto send you a full manual by web download, and mallow less expensive printing for thepaper version. The manual on CD is in color with the bookmarks and links to help youfind stuff in the manual. (It also keeps the cost of the program down) http://www.adobe.com

Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0 or higher. This is what you are using to read this manual.A free copy of Acrobat Reader can be downloaded from: http://www.adobe.com WinZip® WinZip was used to make a compact file of the program and its supporting filesso that it can be downloaded from the web, and easily installed on your system. http://www.winzip.com



Appendix 10: FAQs

Problem: I cannot find the PCW.exe program fileOn some Windows systems, program files are hidden to keep users from doinganything to them. Windows protects you from yourself, in spite of what you want to do. Ifyou go to the Fiberworks folder on the Local Drive C: and if you see pcw or Pcw orpcw, your computer is hiding the descriptive 3 letter file endings from you. It may alsobe set so that no bubble help is given or the Explorer side panel does not tell you whatyou are pointing at.

Look for pcw, Pcw or PCW. If you find the program icon, shown at left, then it isprobably the correct file. If you have bubble help turned on, or view the foldercontents with details, you should see PCW MFC application and some otherdetails.

Some of the settings on yourcomputer should be changed.If you want to see moreinformation, and have morecontrol over your computer,adjust the setting in Folderoptions.

Go to My Computer > ControlPanel > Folder Options > andchoose the General tab asshown to the left.

Set Tasks to Use WindowsClassic folders; set Browsefolders to Open each folder inits own window; set Clickitems as follows toDouble-click to open.

Click on Apply button at thebottom. The panel shouldremain visible and you canwork on the other half of thesolution. These changes makenavigation, opening and usingprograms easier.

Note: Don’t be afraid to make these changes. If you make a careful note of theoriginal settings and he changes you made, then you can restore them if you don’tlike what happens. I would like to suggest, the change to Browse folders is veryuseful, and the use of Double-click will make it easier to open the correct item.



Choose View tab on the FolderOptions panel.

The panel at the left show thesettings to control how files andfolders are displayed. Again,make notes as to the originalsettings, just in case.

The 5 items checked underFiles and Folders are not allessential to solving yourproblem but help generally aswell.

We definitely encourage you tocheck Display file size infolder tips, and Display thecontents of system folders.

The other choices make iteasier to keep track of whereyou are. You might want tocheck those as well.

Under Hidden files andfolders, check Show hiddenfiles and folders.

Note: We highly recommend that you make sure that Hide extensions for knownfiles of type is unchecked. If it is checked, you will not see the file extensions onany files.

For instance the two types of weaving design files can have 3 or 4 different icons and itwill be hard to identify them. If you leave the item unchecked, the files will showweaving designs with an extension of .dtx or .wif and all your programs will show the .exe extension at end, making it easy to identify them.

Go back to the top and look at Folder views. Set Apply to all folders. Otherwise itmay not do apply to all folders.

When finished, click on Apply then OK.

Note: Windows offers two modes to Choose (highlight) or Open an item. A) Point and rest the cursor on an item to choose it. Click once with left mousebutton to Open it. (Often the default setting in Windows)B) Highlight the item with a single left click to choose it. Double left lick to Open it.(A more positive way of using the mouse)



Problem: I can’t open a weaving fileWhen you try to open weaving design file for the first time, you must open these filesfrom the File > Open menu within the PCW 4.1 program, the first time.

If you try to open the DTX and WIF files by a double click, you will be asked to find aprogram to open the file with. On older computers, Fiberworks or PCW may be on thelist, however in Windows XP, PCW will not be listed. To make the connection betweenthe DTX file, WIF file and the weaving program you must open these files from withinPCW.

Problem: Document’s Format is InvalidUnfortunately .WIF is also a file type for Kodak Imaging Software provided onWindows® 98. If you double click on a WIF icon and Kodak Imaging window will openand it will report a weaving WIF as an incorrect format. There is nothing wrong with theWIF file, it’s just not intended for Kodak Imaging. Correspondingly weaving programswon’t be able to open a Kodak Imaging WIF files.

Problem: Areas of empty space in the final print When using Include Screen View Only there may be areas of “unwoven” warp or weft.These may be empty areas or areas of color below and to the left of the design when inPrint Preview. These areas will print when Include screen view only is chosen.

Solution: Resize the window, or print the whole design, whichever is moresuitable. Magnification of the view affects only the amount of white spacewhen printing include screen view only.

Problem: How To Make Graph Paper Printing a threading and treadling draft with plain graph paper instead of cloth, can bedone in a fast easy way. First open the design, click on the grid tool, click on the Colorview tool. Go to Warp > Color Fill and set all warp ends to white and the Weft > ColorFill and set all the weft picks to white. The design screen should now show a draft withends, picks and treadles all marked properly and a grid in the place of the cloth. Thedesign really is there, but it shows white ends and white picks.

Go to Preview and Print, choose Print whole design and adjust Set scale. Click onPrint.



Problem: How do I make plain graph paper?To make plain graph paper, repeat the above set of directions. Size the drawdownwindow with zoom and resizing to include only the number of ends and picks that youwant on your sheet of graph paper. A graph paper view, no matter its magnification inthe drawdown window, will print the image as large as you specify in the Set box in thePrint dialog.

Go to Preview and Print, choose Screen view only, and adjust Set scale. Then go toPrint Options and ask for Cloth only. Click on Print and away you go.

Problem: Screen colors do not match the printer colors.First decide if you want to make color decisions for your weaving on the screen, or fromthe printed page. For designing, the screen may be the best place to make decisions.If designing for presentation to a client, the printed page is probably the best.

Print a Color Standard, by making a design with blocks of colored threads that matchyarn colors or Color Aid paper on your screen. Save the design as a color standard.Print these color standards on your printer. Some colors will not match at all. Changethe colors to so that they match the printed page to the sample. This will take much inkand lots of printer ink.

Remember, printer inks are not the same as screen colors. A pigment is different thana phosphor glowing on the screen, just as crayons are different from watercolors. Thered on the screen may be vastly different than the red from your printer. You can makesmall adjustments to the screen to better reflect the printer colors but then the blue maybe off. So you just live with the differences, either design for the screen or for theprinted page. You may also investigate color profiles from your monitor manufacturer,printer manufacturer or from certain print shop color services. This may take a lot oftime or a lot of money.



Technical Support

If you can’t find it in the manual either hard copy, e-manual, or in the help files try ourwebsite.

Website: http://www.fiberworks-pcw.com If all else fails, please contact us.

Email: [email protected]: 519-822-5988, Fax: 519-822-3095

Have your registration or customer number handy for help by phone, fax or email.

Remember, if you don’t tell us, we don’t know that you may have a problem. We willprobably be able to help.

Have fun designing with Fiberworks PCW. Have fun weaving your designs.

Occasionally let us know what you are doing. We would love to have a picture of yourwork with a draft. Perhaps, we can put it up on the web!

Once you are warped, what’s weft

Bob Keates and Ingrid Boesel, Fiberworks

Fiberworks PCW27 Suffolk St. W., Guelph, ON, N1H 2H9 Canadaphone: 519-822-5988 email: [email protected] page: http://www.fiberworks-pcw.com

Happy Virtual Weaving





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