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1. The information can t be modified Sys Tec S r l ITALY WAC Designer 1 1 July 2004 edition Page 32 6 1 4 Option File In this page you can select which information you don t want to insert in your WAC file and so to solve the problem of disk size Patterni Property E x General Pattern Expansion File Options Machine Model he Pattern exclusion Cancel Color exclusion in Expansion M WAE Designer data exclusion e Multi files enabled Block Lines Expansion Lines 250 Picture 13 Selecting Color exclusion in Expansion the index of colors not used in the expansion pattern usually saved in the WAC file is set to 0 With this option in many occasions we can save disk size When the dimension of the file exceed the disk size you can use the option Multi files enabled which excludes from the WAC file the main pattern and the associated data and can split the lines of the expansion in several files In the example of picture 13 the pattern is split in 2 files each of 250 lines Le Using the Multi files enabled option you can lose same data not necessary for the execution of the pattern on the machine but necessary for WAC Designer So we suggest to save the file on your hard disk before split it into many files The split file can be opened with WAC Designer but the pattern is managed as a single expansion pattern 6 1 5 Machine Model In the Machine M2. You can also import a Bitmap picture using the Import Image function in File menu we remember that the picture must be in 256 color format After you have created your picture you must create the Expansion using Pattern Expansion in Tools menu In the screen you can see the colors used on the pictures pic 4 Each color must be assigned to a fee showed in the left top table You can use the drag n drop click on the color and then drag it on your selected feed In picture 5 you can se an example Sys Tec S r l ITALY WAC Designer 1 1 July 2004 edition Page 15 WAC Designer File Edit Tools View Colors Utility Help O ce bel sl kJ Cu A Pattern Expansion de x Expansion Options R f Z e ES Select here the area of the pattern to expand with the rules defined below Drag colors from Pattern or from colors listed below Tucks Exclusion Pattern Colors Tucks Rule IT E El ied Define the rules for pattern expansion Interval 12 the distance betwen two tucks Width define the number of adjacent tucks Step is value to add at Position in the next line Color expansion from Top Pattern Picture 4 WAC Designer File Edt Tools View Colors Utility Help O g k ail Kk Cu Pattern Expansion i YE X Expansion Options Expansion Rule Left p 2 Select here the area of the 1 j pattern to expand
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4. S r l ITALY WAC Designer 1 1 July 2004 edition Page 26 name of the Font in use character size bold activation italic activation li The options window remains at the forefront until the text instrument is cancelled If it is closed for any reason it can be re enabled by pressing the tool button again 5 17 Eraser The Eraser tool permits portions of drawing to be erased The color used is the one associated to the right mouse button By holding the mouse button down cancellation can be performed continuously Options The eraser can be in one of the following sizes e Small 2 x 2 e Medium 7 x 7 e Large 10 x 10 5 18 Color Change al The Color Change tool permits drawing colors to be changed After establishing the color to change and the replacement one we press the execution button to make to color change in the drawing ls The Area Select tool can be used to determine the area in which to make the color change Options Two boxes are displayed in the options area separated by the execution button represented by an arrow The color to change is displayed in the left box while the replacement color is shown in the right box the two colors are attributed by respectively pressing the left and right mouse buttons The color can be acquired directly from the drawing or by choosing from the reduced or complete palette If the tool is activated after establishing a selection area the color chan
5. mouse key pressed 5 11 Polyline 4 The Polyline tool permits marking a broken line in any area of the drawing The action of the Polyline tool ends only by selecting the cancel button or by selecting another tool Options The style of the single lines constituting the broken line can be chosen using the arrows to the side of the style in use it can also be modified while drawing a broken line The following styles are foreseen Continuous line 1 to 1 starting from the first pixel of the line 1 to 1 starting from the second pixel of the line 2 to l to 2 3 to 1 l to 3 5 12 Curves Sys Tec S r l ITALY WAC Designer 1 1 July 2004 edition Page 24 The Curve tool permits a broken line to be drawn composed of curves in any area of the drawing The color used is the one associated to the mouse button pressed The action of the curve instrument ends only by selecting the cancel button or by selecting another tool Options No options are foreseen for this tool 5 13 Spray The Spray instrument permits copying a predefined group of pixels into any area of the drawing The instrument remains active after every copy To deactivate it select the cancel button or another instrument Options The group can have one of the following densities e Area 4x 4 with to alternate e Area 8 x 8 with the typical arrangement of the WAC Designer e Area 8 x 8 with to alternate 5 14 Edge Marking O The edge marking to
6. point of area of selvedge are automatically substituted during the expansion phase from a sequence defined from the user on a particular pattern see chapter 7 The selvedge pattern must be associated clicking the key Fill Pattern The user can define a selvedge area on the top bottom left or right side 6 3 8 Key Apply Through the key Apply is possible to execute the pattern expansion a variant of current expansion without that the expansion window is closed 6 4 Visualization modality An expanded pattern can be seen as follow IL the pattern is shown in classic mode the point is represented from colored pixels 1 the pattern is shown in Tremelloni mode the points are represented with 3 different symbols that are in job tucks and out of job It is possible to view in this modality only if the zoom factor is higher then level 1 the pattern is shown in French mode the points are represented with 3 different symbols that are in job tucks and out of job It is different from Tremelloni mode because the symbols are not the same Sys Tec S r l ITALY WAC Designer 1 1 July 2004 edition Page 39 6 5 Colors Beyond to the reduced palette see paragraph 3 1 WAC Designer allows to choose a colors palette composed by 256 colors The 256 colors palette can be enabled from main menu or clicking F12 key The colors selection is made clicking the left and right mouse key It is not n
7. rotated design will be positioned in an box you can drag it using the left button of mouse After choosing the destination to conclude the operation click outside the box or click on the execute button It is possible to use the instrument Selection area to determinate the rotation area Sys Tec S r l ITALY WAC Designer 1 1 July 2004 edition Page 29 Options In the option area will appear the four modality of rotation and the key of execution that 1s indicated graphically by an arrow The first three options allow to rotate the design with follow angles shot e 90 e 180 e 270 The fourth option allows to execute a free rotation The degree can be choose selecting with the arrow key you will see immediately the effect on the design if the execute button is already be selected You can also add a number between O and 365 but in this case if the button execute is already be selected the rotation will be made only using the arrow key Sys Tec S r l ITALY WAC Designer 1 1 July 2004 edition Page 30 CIRCULAR KNITTING MACHINE In this chapter it will be showed the properties of the patterns for CKM 6 1 Properties You can access the properties of the pattern form File gt Properties These are the properties General Pattern Expansion File Option Machine Model 6 1 1 General In General it is possible to see the information about the file as the dimension the root the cr
8. 7 Ellipse The Ellipse tool permits an ellipsis to be marked within the rectangular area identified by any two pixels of the drawing Options The shape can be marked in the following styles e Just the edge with the color associated to the mouse button pressed Sys Tec S r l ITALY WAC Designer 1 1 July 2004 edition Page 22 e Edge of the color of the mouse button pressed and filling inside with the color associated to the other mouse button e Edge and internal area of the same color associated to the mouse key pressed 5 8 Square The Square tool permits a square to be marked between any two pixels of the drawing The sides of the square have lengths coinciding to the shortest vertical and horizontal distances of the two pixels selected Options The shape can be marked in the following styles e Just a border with the color associated to the mouse button pressed e Edge with the color of the mouse button pressed and filled with the color associated with the other mouse button e Edge and internal area with the same color associated to the mouse button pressed 5 9 Circle ol The Circle tool permits a circle to be marked in any area of the drawing The circle can be marked both by defining the area in which it is included and by defining the radius diameter or three points it must pass through Options The marking method can be one of the following e Circle included The area in which the circle must be included 1s d
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10. VEDGE In this Chapter you will see the characteristics of pattern created for fill and selvedge The pattern for fill can be used with the Fill tool to be placed in a uniform color area The pattern for selvedge can be used during the expansion phase of a pattern to be placed on the defined selvedge area 7 1 Property You can enter to pattern property for fill and selvedge selecting Property from File menu The property are divided as follow e Main e Design 7 1 1 Main On the Main page is shown the property of file the dimension and date of creation and last modify The dimension and date data are not available till the file is saved I dati mostrati in questa pagina non possono essere modificati 7 1 2 Design On the design page is shown the pattern characteristics the name and the horizontal and vertical dimension The name can be change and for the fill and selvedge pattern it is possible to indicate names without limits The dimension indicated in needle and courses can be modify Sys Tec S r l ITALY WAC Designer 1 1 July 2004 edition Page 43 FillPati Property General Pattern Pattern Dana FilPat Needles Courses E l E oa Palette WAC Designer Picture 21 7 2 Print Printing a pattern WAC Designer show a window where it is possible to select some printing options The print options for fill and selvedge pattern are the same then the circular machi
11. WAC Designer 1 1 July 2004 edition Page 1 WAC DESIGNER 21st Century Edition USER MANUAL ii E P Century Editio WAQ Dee Yersion 1 1 Last update 20 January 2004 Sys Tec S r l ITALY WAC Designer 1 1 July 2004 edition Page 2 Credits and copyright WAC DATA SERVICE CO LTD 2 12 8 Nishimizuhodai Saitama Japan Web www wacdata com Copyright WAC DATA SERVICE CO LTD All Rights Reserved SYS TEC S r l Via Romolo Gessi 28 25135 Brescia Italy Tel 39 030 8360200 Fax 39 030 8360294 E mail systec systecsrl com Web www systecsrl com Copyright SYS TEC S r l All Rights Reserved Sys Tec S r l ITALY WAC Designer 1 1 July 2004 edition Page 3 SUMMARY ECO sti cecd ety desta masta AAA AAA Ai 5 INTRO a acia 5 jE es oe 101 a WA DES o ee eee 5 1 2 Hardware amp Software Requiero Ar aci n 5 A A Ae ee 6 SETUP Nos 6 a ML UID IP E dat E E S ices 6 2 Rey C 0 8 iO E 6 ZO E decai ciencia E E clica nds 6 ZA A RR RR 7 A O A A ES ER 7 A rr E E A Meroe emer renee ean ere trenyy 8 OVERVIEW OF W AC DESIG NER paa a aio 8 Sul Starline WAC DES doce 8 32 Mane Wa CEC NaN sis dra asas 9 ACOSO IO a ot ado 9 34 Ireatmentof the pattern Colonia 10 3 3 Opens Save and close pattern MCS siii 10 O IMA ACC i e 10 3 7 Undo and restore of graphical Operati0N ooocccccncccnononocnnnnnnnnnnnnnnonnnnnnnnnnnnnnoninnncnnnnnnnnnnnos 11 320 CUCC Op
12. bar it is available a key that open the property of pattern and a key to close the preview window 6 9 Print Printing a pattern WAC Designer show a window where it is possible to select some print options Sys Tec S r l ITALY WAC Designer 1 1 July 2004 edition Page 41 Printer EPSON Stylus CBO Series Property Pattern Property e Pattern Zoom Level Grid cn z Coordinate Axis Commands Cancel Picture 20 It is possible to select a printer from the system and modify the property of printer The user can choose to print the pattern the property of pattern or both Printing the pattern is available follow options Grid Print the grid if the zoom level allows it Axis Print at the side of the pattern some info that allows to calculate the Coordinates number of needle with numerical indication on both sides Commands Print of the command This function is enable only if the machine have stripers In this window it is possible to define with which zoom level the pattern must be print E The visualization of pattern see paragraph 6 4 in use during the activation of printing window show the modality of pattern printing WAC Designer execute the print of the showed pattern in the pattern case composed by expansion and pattern the user have to select the area to print and then print it Sys Tec S r l ITALY WAC Designer 1 1 July 2004 edition Page 42 PATTERNS FOR FILL AND SEL
13. cel Picture 16 The command columns count indicate the dimension after the last needle of the expanded design The needle origin can be placed on the left or on the right while the line origin can on the top or bottom The indicated data cannot be modified 6 2 3 Stripers In the Stripers page you can see 1f the stripers are enabled and the number of stripers for each feed The information are not modifiable 6 2 4 Selvedge In the Selvedge page it is indicated if in the expanded design is enabled the function You can see the minimum and maximum value of the area The information are not modifiable 6 3 Expansion After having selected the pattern start the expansion selecting Expansion from tools menu Choosing the couplings of the colors and the options through buttons is create a new pattern called Sys Tec S r l ITALY WAC Designer 1 1 July 2004 edition Page 35 expanded pattern were beyond to the subdivision of pattern line it is possible to add automatically some tuck points necessary to solve textile problem or to make some special effects The created pattern will be saved together with the original one To identify the expanded pattern Wac designer gives the format exp to the expanded pattern The expanded pattern is always side by side the original pattern 6 3 1 Colors table Wac Designer expands the pattern with the colors indicated from the user on the table on the left top of t
14. dows application for painting Menu WAC Designer Toolbar File Edit Tools View Colors Utility Help Ose S Rlo eel e mH Selected tool gt HO Ellipse f L alo Painting Tools mie Picture Area gt A O 4 Option for selected tool gt SS 00 Reduced Colors percentage bar PNE EEEE amp a B o 1 11 12 13 14 15 ER Statusbar 1 fol Select begin point A gt Picture 1 Menu To access the menu voices it is possible to use the mouse or a sequence of keys A list of the options is shown at the same time pressing the Alt key and the emphasized character of the single main voices or the Alt key followed from the Enter key The visualized menu can be changed using the horizontal arrows In order to activate the single voice shown in the menu is necessary to press the correspondent emphasized character or the Enter key after to have the option selection through the vertical arrows The important voices of the menu can be activated from keyboard pressing the associated keys shown at the side of the text For more information on the activation of the menu voices please refer to the handbook of the operating system Sys Tec S r l ITALY WAC Designer 1 1 July 2004 edition Page 9 Toolbar These buttons in the toolbar allows the quick activation of the options Painting tools The Painting tools allow to create or modify a pattern You can find most of the commo
15. e pattern area The user can select only a portion of the design adding the value or using the arrow to increase or decrease 6 3 4 Tucks point rules During the expansion WAC Designer automatically inserts some tucks point that are rules from an area called Tucks Rules The value indicated as follow e Interval indicates how many point separate a tuck from the next one e Width indicates how many tucks point in sequence to add Sys Tec S r l ITALY WAC Designer 1 1 July 2004 edition Page 36 e Step indicates how many number of movement point of tucks from pattern line and next one The user can define the courses from tuck point line The option with two vertical bar disables the value given to Step With next two options you increase or decrease the tucks point position with value given to Step 6 3 5 Expansion modality No inlay In the Option page of expansion window you can define some modality to use during the pattern expansion Pattern Expansion 3 x Expansion Options f No Inlay C Inlay 1 Inlay 2 Invert Long Stitch Break Tucks Insert Mode f No Change OFF Delete Displace ON1 C Move 0N2 C Delete 4 Displace Selvedge Begin Margin Selvedge End Margin Width Width Fill Pattern Fill Pattern Cancel Picture 17 With No Inlay modality each pattern line is expanded in many lines how many are the feeds set in the col
16. e Fill Pattern Width Height 16 j 16 T C Selvedge Patter Palette WAC Designer Back Finish Cancel Picture 7 Click Finish to confirm your data and create the new pattern E The information of your pattern can be changed before saving your file but we suggest not to change the dimension of your pattern after you have created it The filename is automatically suggested and the program verify that any other files with the same name are already opened in the application After this you will be able to use the graphical tools to create the pattern Y ou can also import a Bitmap picture using the Import Image function in File menu we remember that the picture must be in 256 color format To create the Fill pattern you need to save it using the Save function IT will be create in the Fill Pattern folder you can use this file when you select the Fill tool in the graphical toolbar Sys Tec S r l ITALY WAC Designer 1 1 July 2004 edition Page 18 4 3 How to create a selvedge pattern A selvedge pattern is a WAC private property file and it usually call as wds The operation to create a selvedge file is the same as a fill pattern file But in the picture 7 you must select Selvedge Pattern To create the file you the save option from File menu the fill will be save on the Selvedge Pattern folder Selvedge files can be use when you are creat
17. e copied colors it is possible to disable the copy of some colors deleting the sign Sys Tec S r l ITALY WAC Designer 1 1 July 2004 edition Page 28 Selecting the option Adapted the original area will be reduced or magnifies This function disable the function of align and repetition After establishing the options you can copy the area clicking the mouse outside of the box of selection or on the executive button 5 20 Mirror el The Mirror tool permits the drawing or a part of the same to be mirrored The mirrored drawing 1s placed in a box and it can therefore be dragged even several times by holding the left mouse button down inside the box Once the final position is determined the operation can be concluded by clicking with the mouse outside the box The mirroring modes can be changed at will before concluding the operation oppure sul pulsante di attivazione The mirroring modes can be changed at will before concluding the operation se The Area Select can be used to determine the area in which the mirroring is to be performed Options The following mirroring methods are foreseen e Vertical mirroring e Horizontal mirroring e Vertical and horizontal mirroring 5 21 Rotate a The instrument rotation allows to rotate a portion of design After establishing the rotation degree you have to click the executive key to enable the function The rotation can be modify before concluding the execution The
18. e palette in use in the drawing Drawings with more than 236 colors cannot be pasted See paragraph Cut copy and past ls The Area Select tool 1s used to determine the action area of other instruments Options No options are foreseen for this tool 5 16 Text The text tool permits inserting text into the drawing Enabling this instrument will appear the option window were to insert the text xj Text box Executive button Font current h t E it ET K lt eco oo o o o ooo oo o o o o o o AAN characterisitcs e Fie Picture 8 Font Change feature The current text settings are displayed in this window Using a dedicated button it is possible to select the feature of all the Fonts made available by the Windows operating system The text is transferred into the drawing inside a box by using the execution button The text is then dragged even several times by holding the left mouse button down inside the box One the final position is determined the text can be definitively copied by clicking with the mouse outside the box or the activation button The feature of the text can be modified even if it has already been transferred inside the box by pressing the execution button again The tool remains active and permits a different text to be inserted Options This instrument have an appropriate options window picture 8 The following information is respectively indicated in the area beneath Sys Tec
19. eation date anes General Pattem Expansion File Options Machine Model Coral WAC File Cancel Path TECMWAC Designer 21st Century Editions Pattern Size Hot Available Creation Date Hot Available Last Write Date Hot Available Picture 10 The information can t be changed Sys Tec S r l ITALY WAC Designer 1 1 July 2004 edition Page 31 6 1 2 Pattern On Pattern screen there are the information about he pattern as dimension name Patternl Property General Pattern Expansion File Options Machine Model Pattern Este Pattern Needles Courses 100 i 100 aj Comment Palette WAC Designer Picture 11 The name of the pattern is used also for expansion file So if you change it from Patternl into Picturel the expansion pattern will be automatically rename into Picturel exp The name must be at least of 8 types The values needles and courses modify only the pattern file You can t change them if you have already created the expansion file Comment is a free text box 6 1 3 Expansion Patternl Property General Pattern Expansion File Options Machine Model Needles Courses E Es 100 FOO E Selvedge Widths Begin Margin End Margin Only Expansion Pattern Picture 12 In the Expansion page you can find the information about the expansion pattern as dimension and selvedge dimension
20. ecessary to close the 256 colors palette to use the choosed colors On the window it is possible to see the used colors for the execution of the tucks point and out of work 6 6 Control record After having expanded a pattern it is possible to change the command of the expansion phase that automatically WAC designer makes The user has to enable the editor of Control record from main menu or clicking F5 key Here you will have some keys through which it is possible to move delete modify and add a new command To modify a command you have to select it using the mouse click The selected command is written with bold character The command modify have to be executed in the appropriate section The modification of command parameters are reported on the command list only after clicking to the update key To confirm any variation to command the window is closed using the key OK 6 7 Stripers If the user select a machine with stripers the WAC Designer on the expanded pattern adds a wrap at the end of the pattern dedicated to command of pattern line The color with index O usually indicate that no command are enabled A line of this wrap is automatically fill up with stripers colors in use on the line The color index depend of combination of stripers in use The user can modify directly on the expanded pattern the commands colors sometimes WAC Designer gives an editor of stripers command In this editor is reported the expand
21. ed pattern without the command wrap Near the pattern there are some columns that simplify the analysis and the modification of stripers commands On the Color column are reported only the colors corresponding the command On the Select column is possible to execute a command group selection that is repeated to the end of the pattern from the top to bottom to select this function press spread button The Stripers column is divided in so many columns as the commands to each line The numbers indicate the stripers number and letter F indicate the authorization code The stripers corresponding to command are shown in bold To modify the command click the stripers icon or the authorization code the command color is updated automatically To confirm any variant made to commands the window must be closed with key OK Sys Tec S r l ITALY WAC Designer 1 1 July 2004 edition Page 40 6 8 Preview Opening a file WAC Designer open the typical window of Windows files adding an area where it is shown a pattern preview In this window a part of the pattern will fit all the available area for the preview To see it with the real dimensions the user has to press the appropriate key with a mouse click Preview Picture 19 For WAC File the preview shows the expanded image and the original one It is possible to select the images using the arrows of tool bar Beyond the arrows in the tool
22. efined the diameter of the circle 1s the shortest length between the vertical and horizontal distances of the two pixels selected e Circle defined with the radius The first pixel selected becomes the centre of the circle while the second point determines the length of the radius e Circle defined with the diameter The first pixel defined becomes a point of the circumference while the second point selected determines the length of the diameter e Circle by three points Three points are selected though which the circumference must pass When the first two points are established the circle is marked only if it passes through all three points The shape can be marked in the following styles e Just the edge with the color associated to the mouse button pressed Sys Tec S r l ITALY WAC Designer 1 1 July 2004 edition Page 23 e Edge of the color of the mouse button pressed and filling inside with the color associated to the other mouse button e Edge and internal area of the same color associated to the mouse key pressed 5 10 Diamond The Diamond tool permits a rhombus to be marked in the area between any two pixels of the drawing Options The shape can be marked in the following styles e Just the edge with the color associated to the mouse button pressed e Edge of the color of the mouse button pressed and filling inside with the color associated to the other mouse button e Edge and internal area of the same color associated to the
23. ge action area can be determined by selecting the following options e Color change inside the area selected Sys Tec S r l ITALY WAC Designer 1 1 July 2004 edition Page 27 e Color change outside the area selected e Color change in the entire drawing Obviously if there is no area selected at the moment the tool is selected the color change is executed on the entire drawing 5 19 Copy The copy instrument allows to copy a portion of design Enabling this instrument it appear the window of options were to choose the modality of copy Height 30 Vertical 4lignmer Top Center C Bottom Horizontal Alignmer 0 Left C Center Stretch C Horizontal O Vertical O Both j Picture 9 fo og button ls The instrument Area selection is used to find the copy area The first action of the instrument is to put to disposition a copy of the selected area being overlapped it to that one it originates them In the option window appear the initial coordinated and the dimension of selected area To move the copy area to destination it is possible to work in two way click the execution button after selected the coordinated of destination draging the copied area holding pressed the left button of mouse into the selected box The dimension area of copy can be modify clicking the executive button after selecting the new dimension in the box In the option window will appear all th
24. gives two different type of cursor the first can be used by mouse and the second can be used by keyboard The cursors used by mouse can be changed selecting Cursor from visualize menu The predisposed cursor is mentioned as e System e Cartesian axis The System cursor is the one used in Windows usually is an arrow The Cartesian axis cursor is composed by two orthogonal lines that are extended to all the design The cursor used by keyboard 1s called cross 1t can be enabled when the user need To move the cursor you have to use the arrows on keyboard and to select the function you have to use the space bar The user can use firstly the mouse cursor and then for the same action can use the keyboard cursor so it is possible to change the work modality for example to make a line if the user has some difficult with mouse 1t can use the arrow keyboard for precision ls The coordinates shown in the status bar are referred to the last cursor position Sys Tec S r l ITALY WAC Designer 1 1 July 2004 edition Page 13 CREATING PATTERN WITH WAC DESIGNER Wac Designer permits to create new textile patterns and new graphical pictures usually last ones are part of textile patterns This chapter describes how to create patterns To create a new pattern select New from File menu or click on this icon with your mouse A wizard menu pic 2 will help you Pattern K
25. have to select import image from File menu then you have to select the desired Bitmap file The dimension of pattern will be automatically adapted to the imported image To export an image you have to select export image from File menu then you have to define the name and the position of the file The WAC Designer use as default destination file the destination selected in the options page 3 7 Undo and restore of graphical operation The WAC Designer maintain a trace of all modification made to design To undo the last command select Cancel from Edit menu To restore the last command select Repeat from Edit menu 3 8 Cut Copy and past With WAC Designer it is possible to change the graphical images with other application example with WAC Paint for Windows The function cut and copy are enabled only after selecting an area with the graphical instrument Select Area You can also use the function Select all from Edit menu Cut the image is cutted and placed in the Windows memory selecting the Cut from Edit menu In this case the color of the area 1s replaced by the color selected in the right button of mouse Copy the design is copied selecting copy from Edit menu Past the image is past selecting Paste from edit menu Using the function image copy WAC Designer convert the colors checking in the palette the similar color It is poss
26. he expansion window The table is divided in column in accordance with the numbers of stripers If the machine doesn t have the stripers on the table there will be only two column one fix that indicate the used feed for each line and one that are indicated the colors If the machine has stripers on the table there will be so column as stripers To add colors on the table you have to use the function Drag amp Drop you can insert colors from the colors table and from the original pattern Inside the color table it is possible to change the position of the color using the function Drag amp Drop Clicking the right mouse button on the color table it will appear a menu were it is possible to remove a single color all colors in a line or all colors of the table Ls The expanded pattern is saved as WAC File If the vertical origin is bottom the expansion of pattern will start from bottom and also the colors sequence The user can change the sequence clicking the option Color expansion from Top 1f he want to expand from the top In any case the pattern will be saved on WAC Hile 6 3 2 Pattern color list On the start expansion wndow WAC Designer checks the pattern and select all the used color The grey color of the surrounding color area of the list indicate the correct allocation of colors 6 3 3 Expansion area On the start expansion wdow WAC Designer set the horizontal and vertical limits to include all th
27. ible that the colors change during this operation The function past enable automatically the graphical instrument Select Area Sys Tec S r l ITALY WAC Designer 1 1 July 2004 edition Page 12 3 9 Magnify and reduction For each design WAC Designer gives 6 factors for magnification and 4 factors of reduction The zoom level could be define as follow e Selecting the desired factor from Visualize Menu e Selecting the desired factor from enabling list clicking on the arrow of zoom button in the tool bar e Clicking directly the magnify and reduction button of zoom factor in the tool bar e Clicking the key to magnify and to reduce the factor of zoom The zoom factor 1s indicated from a scale and number called level of zoom The level 1 indicate that the design is in scale 1 1 ls The button in the middle of decrement and increment in the tool bar do not produce any effects in the zoom factor The icon of this button correspond to the current zoom factor 3 10 Grid For each opened pattern with WAC Designer it is possible to enable the grid The grid color is define in the option setup following the follow rule each five point horizontal and vertical to trace the grid line is used the color Grid 2 each ten point is used the color Grid 3 The grid is not traced if the zoom is in 4 level ls The grid color can be choose from the reduced palette 3 11 Cursor WAC Designer
28. igner allows to open many pattern files at the same time also of different format Selecting the file Open from File menu will open a window were you can open follow format file e WAC Files wac Pattern for machine that use WAC electronics e Fill Patterns wdf Pattern to use with function Fill e Selvedge Patterns wds Pattern to use for selvedge area of expanded design e All Files Pattern for machine that use WAC electronics E The format of WAC Files is not necessary in fact if you choose the generic format All Files the application will ready all the files as WAC Files This icon allows you to open a preview for the selected file for detail check the charter of design Whit WAC Designer you can open the last files using the command Reopen from File menu To save the file select Save from File menu In this case the name and the destination will be the same If you need to change them you have to you the command Save as The file can be close use the command Close from File menu The closing action 1s restricted to the selected file 1f the file 1s not the main in use otherwise 1t will be closed all the pattern attached 3 6 Image access Sys Tec S r l ITALY WAC Designer 1 1 July 2004 edition Page 11 With WAC Designer you can import and export pattern as Bitmap of Windows in 256 colors format To import an image you
29. ind f Circular Knitting Machine Socks Knitting Machine 2 Flat Knitting Machine Others Cancel Picture 2 4 1 How to create a pattern for Circular Knitting Machine Patterns for Circular Knitting Machine are usually saved as wac files because they are a WAC private format files On the Wizard screen select Circular Knitng Machine and then Next On the new screen pic 3 you can input the data of your pattern Sys Tec S r l ITALY WAC Designer 1 1 July 2004 edition Page 14 AAA xl Circular Knitting Machine Pattern Name Machine Mode Pattern Machine Needles Courses ASKS with selvedge and stripers OD fi OU E Comment Meedles 1 500 E Palette WAC Designer ha Onl Expansion Pattern Details Back Finish Cancel Picture 3 Then click Finish to create the new pattern with your data With the data in picture 3 you will create a pattern called Pattern1 with 100x100 points dimension it will suitable for AS KS with selvedge and stripers machine E The information of your pattern can be changed before saving your file but we suggest not to change the dimension of your pattern after you have created it The filename is automatically suggested and the program verify that any other files with the same name are already opened in the application After this you will be able to use the graphical tools to create the pattern
30. ing a new expansion for circular knitting machine Sys Tec S r l ITALY WAC Designer 1 1 July 2004 edition Page 19 PAINTING TOOLS 5 1 Main function The drawing tools are accessed from the application main menu under Tools or simply via the buttons to the left of the window application ls The tools can only be used after a drawing area has been defined and activated No design instrument is enable if the button cursor or of cancel is visible In this case any movement or action made on the design don t modify the same In any case there are an update of the mouse position and keyboard position see paragraph Cursors The selected instrument can be see in a n appropriate box called Activation and the position 1s near the cancel button Each tool has a specific way of operating nevertheless the following rules are valid for all the tools with a choice of one or two points of the drawing area After the first click it is no longer necessary to keep the mouse button pressed down The color used is the one associated to the mouse button pressed The color associated to the other button 1s used for any filling in Both colors can be changed before concluding the operation in progress The colors can be chosen both from the small palette and from the complete one The options of the tool can be chosen before concluding the operation in progress It 1s possible to the zoom level during the operation in prog
31. ll the preview versions of WAC Designer 21st Century 2 2 KeySetup KeySetup exe installs the driver to read the protection key On Setup Type page we suggest to use the option Complete 2 3 Installed File Setup will copy those files in your folder e Adortl60 bpl WAC Designer library e Bcbsmp60 bpl WAC Designer library e Borlndmm dll WAC Designer library e Cc3260mt dll WAC Designer library e MacWiz exe wizard for the treatment of data e TextWiz exe wizard for languages translation e WACDes exe WAC Designer application e WACDes mdb database e Palette WACDes wdp WAC Designer colors palette e Resource CKM mdb CKM machine database Setup will create this e Fill folder for fill patterns e Palette WAC Designer main folder e Patterns Patterns folder Sys Tec S r l ITALY WAC Designer 1 1 July 2004 edition Page 7 e Pictures Folder for pictures of different format e Resource WAC Designer reserved folder e Selvedge Selvedge folder 2 4 CD The main files are Setup exe and KeySetup exe In the folders Common program files and System32 there are the installation files In the folder program files SYS TEC WAC Designer 21st Century Edition there are the files show in the 2 3 paragraph 2 5 Sample Not available for this version Sys Tec S r l ITALY WAC Designer 1 1 July 2004 edition Page 8 OVERVIEW OF WAC DESIGNER 3 1 Starting WAC Designer WAC Designer is a typical Win
32. n function of graphical application and specific function to define the textile item The selected instrument appears in the area and it can be disable using the Cursors button The other options of the selected graphical instrument appear under the list of graphical tools For detailed info about how to use please check the Chapter PATTERN INSTRUMENTS Reduced Palette and color percentage bar The reduced palette is composed by 16 typical colors of the window graphical application Under each color appear the code number very important for the pattern work Checking the button with a mouse pattern you can see the selected color on the right and left click of the mouse and the color indicated by the cursor you can see the three colors in the icon with the code number The colors used in the pattern are inserted in the color percentage bar scrolling the cursor over the colors you will see the percentage of each color A double click on a color in the percentage bar enables the Gray modality of pattern a single click disable this function When this modality is enabled all the colors of the pattern are changed in grey with exception of the selected color so you can easily identify the pattern area where the color is used See the paragraph 3 4 for more info of the colors Status Bar In the status bar you can see information like cursor position and action to do in order to proceed with the selected graphical tool Pic
33. nes see paragraph 6 9 The option Commands is always disabled because in the fill and selvedge pattern is not available the area dedicated to commands Sys Tec S r l ITALY WAC Designer 1 1 July 2004 edition Page 44 ERROR MESSAGES A 1 Protection key WAC Designer can be used only if the user have a protection key In the Cd rom it is available the driver for protection key installation Without drivers the application cannot enter to protection key In case of problems WAC Designer will show on a window one of follow sentence Key Setup failed Generic error Maybe the driver is not installed Key Data Access failed Access data error Maybe the driver is not correctly installed Key not found Key not inserted correctly Read Key Error Read error The key may be damaged Program not enabled WAC Designer disable The key must be substituted or must be inserted the one supplied with the cd rom Key access finished This message appear if WAC Designer was in trial and inform that the number of access are finished Rest access count This message appear if WAC Designer was in trial and inform the number of access available A 2 Video Resolution WAC Designer the video setting to 256 colors or more If the resolution is less then 256 colors before closing the program will appear Invalid Color Resolution WAC Designer Application needs more than 256 colors Sys Tec S r l ITALY
34. odel page you can see the machine for which the pattern is been created Sys Tec S r l ITALY WAC Designer 1 1 July 2004 edition Patternl Property General Pattem Expansion File Options Machine Model asks a 1 500 j Details Picture 14 Page 33 Cancel You can change the model and the needles but after you have to save the pattern Details button access to the detail of the machine model selected 6 2 Machine Model You can change the machine model selecting Machine model from Utility menu The data of machine are disposed as follow 6 2 1 Model In the model page you will see the name and the number of needles machine MachineModel ES Model Feature Stripers Selvedge Machine asks with selvedge and stripers Needles 11 500 Cancel Picture 15 Sys Tec S r l ITALY WAC Designer 1 1 July 2004 edition Page 34 The model can be choosen from the list clicking the arrow near the input box The number of needles can be changed using the two arrow near the box or write the number The value inserted are confirmed after clicking the OK button 6 2 2 Feature In the Feature page it is shown some information about machine model x Model Feature Stripers Selvedge Feeds JE Minimum Heedlez E Maximum Heedlez 4096 Command Columns Count 8 Needles Origin Lett Courses Origin Bottom Can
35. ol permits an area of any shape to be selected and copied in any other area of the drawing The selection ends when the broken line determining the selection area 1s closed Once selected the area can be dragged even several times by holding the left mouse button down within the area itself Once the final position has been determined the copying phase can be concluded in other words we can cancel the current selection by clicking outside the extend selection area oppure sul pulsante di attivazione E The extend selection area includes all the points of the rectangular area also outside the broken line that includes the effective area Options No options are foreseen for this tool 5 15 Area Select Sys Tec S r l ITALY WAC Designer 1 1 July 2004 edition Page 25 The area select tool permits a regular square or rectangular are to be selected that can then be copied into another area of the drawing Once selected the area can be dragged even several times by holding the left mouse button down within the area itself Once the final position has been determined the copying phase can be concluded in other words we can cancel the current selection by clicking outside the selection area or selecting the activation button Ls The Area Select tool permits copying and pasting drawings via the Windows memory exchange clipboard The colors of the drawings inserted in the clipboard are automatically adapted to th
36. on Modality Inlay 1 The pattern can be expanded also with Inlay 1 modality Pattern Expansion e x Expansion Options C No Inlay f Inlay 1 E Inlay2 Invert P Long Stitch Break Knit Lines Interval width Update 3 fi Selvedge Begin Margin Selvedge End Margin Width Width Fill Pattern Fill Pattern a oo Picture 18 Sys Tec S r l ITALY WAC Designer 1 1 July 2004 edition Page 38 Also for this expansion modality is available the Invert invert see previous paragraph It is possible to give a rules to each feed of colors table To modify the values proceed as follow Select the feed line clicking inside of a line box Modify the value on the bottom of the table Update tables value clicking the key Update With this modality it is possible to define the number of expansion line applied to each main pattern line see option Knit Lines 6 3 7 Selvedge area definition During the expansion WAC Designer if the user need add a selvedge opening horizontally a pattern The data to enable the selvedge are inserted on the machine selection for the machine were this selection is note preview the option is disable In the machine data are included the value limit of selvedge minimum and maximum and the initial amplitude If the amplitude value is different then 0 on the expanded pattern is reserved a colored wrap representing the out of job The
37. ors table see paragraph 6 3 1 In the generated rows are inserted the colors related the feed all the other colors are replaced with the color relating the out of work Moreover are inserted the tucks points in consideration of the rules The available option with this modality change the expansion as follow e Enabling the option Invert the pattern is turn upside down horizontally and vertically Sys Tec S r l ITALY WAC Designer 1 1 July 2004 edition Page 37 e The option Long Stitch Break erase the long point Technically the tucks point and the welt point are exchanged with work point if the previous line of the needle correspond a work point of the same feed e Changing the modality of tucks point adding it is possible to deal the point that they would come inserted in particular position The previewed modality are as follow No Change OFF The tucks point are inserted in accordance with parameters defined on Expansion page see paragraph 6 3 4 Delete The tucks point are not inserted in lines that are not present work points Displace ON1 Tucks point near work point if possible are moved from 1 needle on the right or on the left otherwise they are erased Move ON2 Tucks points near work point if possible are moved of two needles on the right or on the left otherwise they are erased Delete Displace The option Delete and Displace ON1 are applied contemporaneously 6 3 6 Expansi
38. re function 1 1 About WAC Designer WAC Designer is a 32 bit Windows application that permits to create patterns for textile machines WAC Designer uses graphical tools to create pattern and several wizards allow to convert pattern into machine format files Moreover WAC Designer permits to import and export the most common file formats e g bitmap pictures for Windows so it can be used also as pictures converter to create machine format files 1 2 Hardware amp Software Requirement WAC Designer can be installed on every PC with Windows 9x ME 2000 XP O S Also PC must have installed a parallel port or USB port in order to use the protection key included in the software package Screen Resolution must be at least 800x600 at 65 536 colors 16 bit We suggest to use the resolution 1024x768 at 16 8 millions colors 32 bit Sys Tec S r l ITALY WAC Designer 1 1 July 2004 edition Page 6 SETUP 2 1 Setup To install the program put the CD into your CD ROM the program will start automatically If your system doesn t support auto run click on Setup exe on the main folder of CD Setup File uses Windows Installer to copy the necessary files on your system Windows Installer uses several wizards to confirm the operations click on next button to go to next step On Windows 2000 and XP the application will ask you to allow the execution of WAC Designer to all users ls Windows Installer needs to remove a
39. ress It is possible to scroll through the image during the operation in progress The tool options are shown in the area below the list of buttons of the tools The tool is deactivated by selecting another one or by selecting the cancel button The container of selection area is reported on the design clicking on the mouse outside the design or clicking the button Activation E Any possible temporary trace of a line for example disappears by making the drawing smaller to below level 1 the operation in progress 1s not lost but 1t cannot be concluded before bringing the zoom to a level equal or greater than 1 Sys Tec S r l ITALY WAC Designer 1 1 July 2004 edition Page 20 5 2 Pen The Pen tool permits the drawing to be modified pixel by pixel The color used is the one associated to the mouse button pressed By keeping the mouse pressed the pixels can be written in a continuous way Options No options are foreseen for this tool 5 3 Dropper The Dropper tool permits the acquisition of a color by taking it directly from the drawing The mouse is positioned above one pixel of the drawing and mouse button is pressed The color is associated to the button of the mouse pressed Options No options are foreseen for this tool 5 4 Line The Line tool permits a line to be marked between any two pixels of the drawing The color used is the one associated to the mouse button pressed Options The style of the line can be cho
40. sen using the arrows located to the side of the style in use The following styles are foreseen e Continuous line 1 to 1 starting from the first pixel of the line 1 to 1 starting from the second pixel of the line 2 tol l to 2 3 to l to 3 Sys Tec S r l ITALY WAC Designer 1 1 July 2004 edition Page 21 5 5 Fill The Fill tool permits an area to be filled with uniform color both with the color associated to the mouse key pressed or with a previously saved drawing Options A box appears in a dedicated area that shows the drawing to use for filling the area To insert the fill drawing for the first time or to modify it it is sufficient to click with the mouse inside this box Fill with drawing is in any case to enabled by checking the box near the with image text The drawing is chosen via a dialog window specialised for fill images li To make a contained image the user have to use only the WAC Designer application For more detail see Chapter How to create a contained design 5 6 Rectangle al The Rectangle tool permits a rectangle to be marked between any two pixels of the drawing Options The shape can be marked in the following styles e Justa border with the color associated to the mouse button pressed e Edge with the color of the mouse button pressed and filled with the color associated with the other mouse button e Edge and internal area with the same color associated to the mouse button pressed 5
41. ture area In this area you can see a picture at time The opened pattern can be selected choosing the respective label in the bottom Each pattern maintain its own feature of visualization for example the zoom level and the grid activation 3 2 Language change To change the language select in the Utility menu the option Language then select the desired language in the list Some word may remain in the original word even if you change the language because set from the software window 3 3 Option setting Select from Utility menu the option Option it is possible to set up the rows generates from the application and the colors used as bottom of new pattern and grid Sys Tec S r l ITALY WAC Designer 1 1 July 2004 edition Page 10 3 4 Treatment of the pattern colors The WAC Designer application runs at 256 colors This limitation is necessary because we have to assign a particular textile function to each color and also to avoid errors to the user in the treatment of colors The codes from 0 to 255 given to single color help the user to define the textile item and to allow the execution of some automation Coming from another Windows application trough the copy and past the pattern colors are automatically adapted with the Wac Designer application At the end of the operation it is possible that some color are different between the original one 3 5 Open Save and close pattern files The Wac Des
42. with the Right rules defined below ea 100 E Top E Bottom 100 Drag colors from Pattern or from colors listed below Tucks Exclusion Pattern Colors Tucks Rule WD Wi COC EE miend Define the rules for patter expansion Interval i the distance betwen two tucks Width define the number of adjacent tucks Step ls value to add at Position in the next line i Color expansion fram Top Pattern Picture5 Sys Tec S r l ITALY WAC Designer 1 1 July 2004 edition Page 16 Then clicking on OK button 1t will be create the expansion in a new window using the same name of the pattern adding the suffix exp WAC Designer O x File Edt Tool View Colors Utility Help Oa S Bi o amp Bw A O e fais att EY ws Pattern Pattern exp ef E on Picture 6 To create the WAC file it necessary to set the focus on the pattern window and then Save it The file will be saved on the WAC File folder Fro that folder you can save it on your disk Sys Tec S r l ITALY WAC Designer 1 1 July 2004 edition Page 17 4 2 How to create a fill pattern A Fill pattern is a WAC private property file and it usually call as wdf To create a Fill pattern start the Wizard select Others and then Next In the new screen pic 7 select Fill Pattern and insert your data Others Pattern Hame Pattern2 i
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