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1. 34 38 WEAVING centi tent e PR 39 Menu reference uueesnssnssssnnenseennnnennnnneennnnen nennen 43 Elemente 43 Edit s esee tbt 46 VIEW mMenu snis e A DERART RAE 49 Threading rii tret HORS 51 Treadhineanenu erri eR 52 Tie up MENUS eic Ue pte 53 Pegplan menu n Renee 54 Insert men en erre roto ts Ree er RT 55 Repeat menu oie hh RI een 56 Color Menu een 57 Range menu sahen 58 Extras meld nr 59 62 Entering substitution patterns eee 63 Mouse reference cccccccccccsssssssceeccesesssssseeeeeeeeeseeseee 64 Selecting en eet re pedir des 64 Clickifig i eee erem en 64 seen ae 64 Keyboard teference uit bes 65 Setting and clearing a binding point 65 Selecting nieder eee eredi 65 Selecting colors cette tete tede 65 Faster movement of the cursor 65 Jumping from field to field 65 Switch Tanges naar anal 65 General keyboard 66 Shortcuts loom Control eene 67 LOOM CONHIOL eene 68 Keyboard usag nna mne 68 WEAVE MECNU ccccccceseeseccccceccaesececccceeeeaaseeeecceeeeeas 68 Position meni eenn a 69 View ee e nee 69 Options Menus ach hei hte teet 70 Index a pee rp OY E2. m m m m ee NH gt In the same way you can use unbinding points by switching to RangelCurrent rangelunbinding or Shift Ctrl 0 34 Lancee weaves Tutorial 1 Creating a warp lancee weave In this tutorial you see how to create a simple warp lancee weave Start DB WEAVE gt Enter one repeat of tabby gt Repeat the tabby with RepeatIRepeat or F8 horizontal and vertical four times The pattern should look like this by now gt Switch to the second range with RangelCurrent rangelRange 2 or Shift 2 gt the lancee threads mms s m um Switch the threading to two choirs with Threadingl2 choir This is the resultant design Summary Enter the base pattern gt Insert the empty lancee threads with EditlLanceel Warp lancee in the lancee threads with range 2 gt Switch the threading to two choirs 35 36 Tutorial 2 Weft lancee In this tutorial you learn how to create a weft lancee weave that is not one to one gt Start DB WEAVE gt Enter a tabby and repeat it four times horizontal and vertical RepeatlRepeat or F8 gt Insert empty weft lancee threads via EditlLanceel Weft lancee and entering the following data Thread ratio Enter the thread ratio Cancel gt The result is gt Switch to the second range with RangelCurrent rangelRange 2 or Shift 2 gt in the lancee picks Tip To do this convenientl
3. To weave a pattern you open or create the pattern in DB WEAVE Then you choose ExtraslWeave to get into the weaving mode To the left you see the pattern in the middle there is the pegplan and to the right you see nine braces These braces determine what part is when woven Braces The so called braces determine what is when in which arrangement woven If you have just one repeat and you want to weave this repeat more or less endlessly you have to set the first brace to this repeat and set its repetition to 1 and you are ready to start weaving DB WEAVE does normally arrange manners in this way as a default so you can just start weaving without any preliminaries For more special occasions you can use the other braces too If more than one brace is activated that means more than one brace has a repetition greater than zero the braces are woven in a left to right manner You can adjust a brace by dragging it with the mouse To change the size of a brace just drag one end of the brace Too activate a brace you have to set its repetition to a value bigger than 0 The repetition determines how many times the brace will be woven before the next brace will be woven To change the repetition you click at the brace to select it and just enter one of the numbers to 9 The maximal repetition count is 9 Note that the data of the currently selected brace are shown in the status bar Keyboard usage You can use the loom control mode with the
4. do is selecting a part of a pattern Since the patterns are at most 12x12 threads big this is not really needed In the block substitution mode all patterns have to have the same size Therefore the pattern is always surrounded by a red border Be sure that all patterns you enter fill completely the space inside this red border In addition to the normal edit functionality you have a palette of predefined standard patterns given that are readily available via Further more you can copy any already entered pattern into the currently active pattern through EditlCopy fromlPattern x This is a very useful notion For example if you wish a shadow effect you enter first the weft sided pattern copy it to the next pattern and invert it Of course you have the usual 100 step undo command available Last but not least The base pattern is assigned the weft floats the patterns 1 to 9 are assigned the corresponding ranges In order to help you recognize more easily with which range you are currently working the patterns are displayed in the colors of the corresponding ranges 64 Mouse reference Selecting To be able to change parts of the pattern with the commands provided by the edit menu you have first to select these parts This can happen using the mouse or the keyboard The chapter keyboard reference explains how to create a selection using the keyboard To select a part of a pattern you position the mouse over a c
5. follows 1 Close all open applications 2 Insert the program disk of DB WEAVE in the floppy drive of your computer 3 Click at the Start Button and choose the run command 4 Typethe command a setup and click at the button OK The setup program will be started which will install DB WEAVE on your computer Follow the instructions on the screen Installing DB WEAVE from the internet 1 Connect your computer to the internet and go the the website http www brunoldsoftware ch 2 Locate there the download section and download the demo version of DB WEAVE 3 Running the downloaded program will install DB WEAVE on your computer Note that you have to buy a license in order to use DB WEAVE for more than 30 days Removing DB WEAVE In order to remove DB WEAVE from your computer you open the control panel and double click at Add remove programs In the window you select DB WEAVE to remove the program Philosophy As every program DB WEAVE has an own usage philosophy The better you understand this philosophy the better you can user DB WEAVE Therefore I would like to get you acquainted with this philosophy in this section Your start with DB WEAVE will be smoother and easier But please consider that to get to know a program is always as is learning for itself awkward and exhaustive Nonetheless I believe that DB WEAVE is well suited to make your work easier without requiring a too large learning effort Modern user interfac
6. is covered in these tutorials Otherwise this manual would have got way too big You find the details of every command explained in the reference part Basics In this chapter you will learn the basics of the usage of DB WEAVE It is assumed here that you work with the mouse But of course you can use DB WEAVE almost completely with only the keyboard Tutorial 1 First steps gt Start DB WEAVE through the Start Menu Programs DB WEAVE You see that the program window is roughly divided in four big ranges pattern threading tie up and treadling You see further the warp and weft colors gt Enter with the mouse the following pattern in the right bottom of the pattern range As you see there are automatically and instantly a threading a treadling and a tie up generated This is a very important thing with DB WEAVE threading treadling and tie up on the one side and pattern on the other side are always in sync You never have to update the threading or to worry about something like that In the right bottom of the window you see the current size of the pattern and the size of the repeat To the left of this you see the current position gt Open the repeat window with RepeatlRepeat and enlarge the pattern to 2 times 2 repeats DONE x Repeat all v Repeat colors Horizontal 2 Vertical om gt With a click at the OK button you apply your selections The pattern now looks like this gt Enlarg
7. treadle at the current location Tastenkombination Shift T Insert End Inserts a warp end at the current location If there is a selection while invoking this command there will be as many warp ends inserted as the selection is wide Shortcut Shift K Insert Pick Inserts a weft pick at the current location Shortcut Shift F Delete Shaft Deletes the current shaft Shortcut Shift Ctrl S Delete Treadle Deletes the current treadle Shortcut Shift Ctrl T Delete End Deletes the current warp end Shortcut Shift Ctrl K Delete Pick Deletes the current weft pick Shortcut Shift Ctrl F Lancee Warp lancee Inserts warp lancee ends Lancee Weft lancee Inserts weft lancee picks Twill completion With this command you can easily create a twill pattern To do so you enter either the first pick or the first end of the twill and select exactly one repeat of this pick or end Then you choose Edit Twill completion to complete the twill Note that there has to be enough free space to the left or top of then first end or pick Shortcut Ctrl K Switch to back Switches to the back of the fabric This command work only if you are in the single treadle mode or use the pegplan mode Shortcut F11 49 View menu Reed threading Toggles the reed threading Color Toggles the warp and the weft colors Shortcut Ctrl A Threading Toggles the threading Shortcut Ctrl E Treadling Toggles the treadling Shortcut C
8. up from top to bottom 61 Z Zoom in 49 69 Zoom out 50 69 Address Brunold Software S ntisrain 11 8820 W denswil Switzerland Tel 41 43 477 81 40 Email info brunoldsoftware ch Website http www brunoldsoftware ch 75 If you are interested in a computer controlled loom please contact directly the manufacturers ARMAG CH 3507 Biglen Schweiz Tel 41 31 701 07 11 Fax 41 31 701 07 14 Email armloom hotmail com Varpa Set Oy PL 34 Kerantie 7 FIN 76101 PIEKSAM KI Finnland Tel 358 15 614 245 Fax 358 15 614 244 E Mail varpa set co inet fi 77 BRUNOLD SOFTWARE LICENSE DB WEAVE is copyright 1993 2005 Brunold Software BSOFT All rights reserved This licence describes the conditions under whichyou may use version 4 00 of DB WEAVE the program If you are unable or unwilling to accept these conditions in full then notwithstanding the conditions in the remainder of this licence you may not use the program at all You are granted a non exclusive licence to use the program on one computer at a time for thirty 30 days After this period you have to buy a license in order to use the program any further The program may not be rented leased or transferred Any use of the program which is illegal under international or local law is forbidden by this licence Any such action is the sole responsibility of the person committing the action The program is distributed AS IS and you assume full respo
9. vertical repeats Repeat all With this checkbox you can repeat the pattern to the maximal available size Please note that the recalculations are comparatively slow if you have a large pattern instead of a small one So use this option with caution Repeat color Choose wether you wish to repeat the color or not Shortcut F8 Reduce Reduces the pattern to one repeat Shortcut F7 Set size to selection Recalc repeat With this command you can redefine the repeat temporarily To do so just select the part you wish to be your repeat and choose RepeatlSet size to selection To recalc a true repeat just choose RepeatlRecalc repeat Reverse repeat colors Reverses the repeat colors 57 Color menu Palette Shows the palette of available colors The selected color is surrounded by a white rectangle This active color is also visible in the status bar Shortcut Ctrl F Edit colors If you want to use a specific color that is not available in the standard palette you can define this color here Select the color you want to change and edit it with ColorlEdit RGB or ColorlEdit HSV in the RGB r the HSV color model Color blending Choose a start and an end color and the number of steps to create a color blending The field Paletteindex defines the location where the creates colors will be stores in the color palette With the weighting you can emphasize one of the colors The option Color model for interpolation ena
10. while moving the cursor with the cursor keys then the cursor will move two grid unity wide instead of just one step Jumping from field to field You jump from pattern to threading to treadling to tie up etc with the keys Tab or Enter and in the inverse direction with the keys Shift Tab or Esc The succession of the field is Pattern Threading Treadling Tie up Weft colors Warp colors Blade threading VVVVWVVWV Switch ranges You change the current range with the shortcuts Shift 1 through Shift 9 If you select a part of a pattern and then press Shift Ctrl 1 any binding point will be set to range 1 66 General keyboard shortcuts Shortcut Shift Ctrl 0 Ctrl 0 Shift Ctrl 6 Shift Ctrl 7 Shift Ctrl 8 Shift Ctrl 9 Shift Ctrl H Shift Ctrl J Shift 0 Ctrl X Shift 1 Shift 2 Shift 3 Shift 4 Shift 5 Shift 6 Shift 7 Shift 8 Shift 9 Ctrl L Ctrl 1 Ctrl 2 Ctrl 3 Ctrl Ctrl Q Ctrl P Ctrl V E Shift K Shift S Shift F Shift T Ctrl E Ctrl A Ctrl F Ctrl G F1 I Ctrl K Ctrl C K Del Shift Ctrl K Shift Ctrl S Shift Ctrl F Shift Ctrl T Ctrl N Ctrl O Ctrl R F8 F7 Ctrl 6 Ctrl 7 Ctrl 8 Ctrl 9 R Ctrl Z Ctrl F5 Ctrl F6 Ctrl F7 Ctrl F8 Command Unbinding range Binding range Tie up roll up Tie up roll down Tie up roll left Tie up roll right Tie up increase slope Tie up decrease slope Lift out range Cut Range 1 Range 2 Range 3 Range 4 Range 5 Range 6 Range 7 Range 8
11. you could have used as much as nine ranges Summary gt Draw the desired block pattern with different ranges gt The block substitution will assign each range an own pattern Make well looking borders with central symmetric and mirroring Tutorial 3 Creating a range substitution gt Start DB WEAVE gt Activate the Tool palette with ViewlTool palette or F10 gt Click the Ellipse tool Click the square and circle symbol gt Draw a filled circle gt Select the second range with RangelCurrent rangel Range 2 or Shift 2 gt Draw another circle Select the pointing tool gt Select the two circles inclusive a border of four points 23 24 gt Open the range substitution window with RangelSubstitution Range substitution gt Enter a tabby as the base pattern Range substitution gt Switch to the first pattern with PatternlPattern 1 or Shift 1 and enter a twill Range substitution gt Switch to the second pattern with PatternlPattern 2 or Shift 2 and enter the following twill 25 Range substitution Eg Pattern Edit pattern 2 Used patterns G123456789 gt Apply ur with a m BEE EH NN M NN m E m NW m m m E ME NEN NM m M nn Summary Draw the ranges with the tools from the tool palette or point by point Use different ranges for parts that should get different
12. DB WEAVE Copyright 2005 Brunold Software W denswil Switzerland All rights reserved Preface DB WEAVE is a program for the shaft weaving It supports you designing your patterns and with the Plus version weaving them on a computer controlled loom Created using modern programming techniques on the base of Windows 95 and Windows 2000 DB WEAVE is a compact powerful program The user interface is intuitively usable and guarantees for a short learning time Table of contents lur 3 Table of Contents ceccceeeesceceeesneeeeeseeeeeeesneeeeestneeeees 5 0 7 Welcome to 7 Loom control 7 System requirements seen 7 Installing DB WEAVE from Disk 7 Installing DB WEAVE from the internet 7 Removing DB WEAVE nennen 7 PHIlOSOph ne een 9 Modern user interface nennen 9 Always up to date eese 9 Mouse and keyboard eene 9 Simple yet powerful seen 9 Easy learning through safety 10 Designing the printouts eene 10 What is new with version 4 11 eee ree es 13 Basics deesset trt RUE 14 Ranges oet e epi PR AT 19 Double and multiple weaves 26 LanceeWeaves aiite tute
13. Every set point of the tie up is replaced by a whole pattern and every unset point by a different whole pattern Substitution Range substitution Every used range will be replaced by a pattern 59 Extras menu Pattern locked If this option is activated nothing can be changed directly at the pattern You can change only threading treadling and tie up or the pegplan Cursor Constrained If the repeat is activated RepeatlRepeat visible then you can use this option to restrain the cursor to the repeat Shortcut Ctrl Q Cursor Movement After toggling a point the cursor is normally moved one position upwards Here you can determine in which direction the cursor should move if it should move at all Up Cursor should move upwards Down Cursor should move downwards Left Cursor should move to the left Right Cursor should move to the right The shortcut Ctrl Alt displays the current state of the cursor movement in the status bar If you hold these two keys you can change the setting with the cursor keys Cursor Goto Quickly moves the cursor into one of the main fields Shortcut Ctrl G Weft warp ratio Determine the thickness of warp and weft Warp factor Determines the relative thickness of the warp threads Weft factor Determines the relative thickness of the weft threads Pegplan Toggles between tie up and pegplan mode Shortcut F9 Weave Switches to the weave mode Shortcut Ctrl W Information Displays in a win
14. If the brace is selected you can set the repetition with the keys 0 to 9 For a description of the usage of the keyboard please refer to the keyboard reference gt Now set the braces like this 42 DB WEAVE Loom control unnamed ol x Weave Position View Options 7 9 HH TE Ne mco J m et urne What does this mean First the four picks of tabby are woven just once brace one on the left Then twice the first eight picks brace two As third twice the second eight picks brace three And finally once again the four picks of tabby brace 4 The current pick is now pick 1 marked blue In order that you really start the weaving with brace 1 you have to move the current position there gt Set the current position to brace 1 with PositionlGotolBrace 1 or Shift 1 gt Start the weaving with WeavelStart weaving or F5 gt Starten Sie das Weben mit WebenlStart Weben oder F5 gt Weave the pattern once You see that the order is as you set it with the braces While weaving you can every time change the current pick The next woven pick will be there If you made an mistake you can switch the w
15. Properties 43 Range 58 Binding 58 Current range 58 Import bitmap 58 Lift out 58 Range substitution 58 Substitution 58 Unbinding 58 range substitution 19 63 Range substitution 23 24 58 Ranges 19 Recalc repeat 56 Redo 46 Reduce 56 73 Reference 43 Remarks 44 Removing DB WEAVE 7 Repeat 14 27 30 34 36 38 56 Recalc repeat 56 Reduce 56 Repeat 56 Repeat visible 56 Set size to selection 56 Repeat all 56 Repeat colour 56 Repeat horizontal 56 Repeat vertical 56 Repeat visible 56 Replace colour 57 requirements 7 Reversed shafts 70 Revert changes 43 RGB 57 Rising 60 Rising shed 60 Roll 47 53 Rotate 46 satin 28 Satin 17 20 55 Save 43 Saveas 43 Scandinavian 59 Selecting 17 64 65 Selecting colours 65 Selektion 17 Set current position 69 Set size to selection 56 set warp colour 38 Set warp colour 57 Set weft colour 57 Setting and clearing a binding point 65 Settings 60 Shaft moving 47 Shafts 60 Shortcut Loom control 67 Shortcuts 66 Shotcuts General 66 Single treadle 60 Sinking shed 60 Sizes 60 Slope 47 53 Small circle 61 Small cross 61 Square and circle 23 Start weaving 40 68 Stop weaving 68 Straight falling 51 Straight rising 51 Substitution 58 Support lines 49 Swiss 59 61 Switch ranges 65 Switch to back 48 74 Symbols 60 System requirements 7 T tabby 34 Tabby 24 42 thickness 59 threading 26 28 Threading 14 49 51 2 choir 51 3 choir 51 Delete 51 Fixed 51 Mirror 51 N
16. RES 71 Introduction Welcome to DB WEAVE This user manual is designed to support you with learning DB WEAVE Although DB WEAVE is largely intuitively usable you should read the information in this manual to be able to use the full power of DB WEAVE You find here not only detailed explanations of every functionality but also tutorials that explain the usage of DB WEAVE with the aid of concrete Examples If you follow theses Tutorials at the computer you will get to know the most important possibilities of DB WEAVE through an easy way Loom control DB WEAVE includes a loom control mode This allows you to control ARM Patronic ARM Designer electronic Varpapuu looms and only experimental LIPS SLIPS systems System requirements To be able to use DB WEAVE best you should have at least the following computer system If your system is not as good as required DB WEAVE may work but slower e Personal computer with Pentium processor with at least 133 MHz e Microsoft Windows 95 Windows 98 or Microsoft Windows NT 4 Windows 2000 or a newer version e 10 Megabyte free space on your hard disk for the program and the included sample files e 24 Megabyte RAM better 32 Megabyte e screen with at least 800x600 pixels resolution and at least 256 but better 65536 colors e Mouse strongly recommended Installing DB WEAVE from Disk If you start your PC you get into the user interface of Windows From here you install DB WEAVE as
17. Range 9 Print range View draft View color View fabric View invisible Cursor in repeat Print Paste Paste Insert end Insert shaft Insert pick Insert treadle Toggle threading Toggle color Color palette Go to Help topics Invert Twill completion Copy Copy Delete Delete end Delete shaft Delete pick Delete treadle New Open Repeat visible Repeat Reduce Roll up Roll down Roll left Roll right Rotate Undo Move treadle left Move treadle right Move shaft up Move shaft down F9 Ctrl S H Ctrl H Ctrl J Ctrl B Ctrl T F4 Ctrl I Ctrl U Ctrl W F10 Ctrl Y Z Pegplan Save Mirror horizontal Mirror vertical Increase slope Decrease slope Past transparently Toggle treadling Overview Zoom in Zoom out Weave Tool palette Redo Central symmetric Shortcuts loom control Shortcut Ctrl I Ctrl U Ctrl 1 Ctrl 2 Ctrl 3 Shift 1 Shift 2 Shift 3 Shift 4 Shift 5 Shift 6 Shift 7 Shift 8 Shift 9 F4 F5 Command Zoom in Zoom out View draft View color View fabric Jump to brace 1 Jump to brace 2 Jump to brace 3 Jump to brace 4 Jump to brace 5 Jump to brace 6 Jump to brace 7 Jump to brace 8 Jump to brace 9 Backwards forward Start stop weaving 67 68 Loom control DB WEAVE Plus supports as of today the computer controlled looms ARM Designer Electronic ARM Patronic and the finnish Varpapuu controller The LIPS SLIPS controllers are experimentally supported
18. are or circle The lines are restricted in this case to horizontal vertical and diagonal 65 Keyboard reference Setting and clearing a binding point By pressing the space bar key you toggle the binding point at the current cursor position If the cursor is located within one of the color bars the space bar key assigns the current color to the corresponding thread The keys 1 through 9 set a binding point in the corresponding range at the current cursor location The key 0 clears any binding point at the current cursor location Selecting To edit a part of a pattern you generally have to select it This can be achieved by using the mouse or by using the keyboard The usage of the mouse is explained in the chapter mouse reference To select a part of a pattern you first position the cursor at one of the corners of it Then you press the Shift key and hold this key pressed while selecting the desired part with the cursor keys The currently selected part will be surrounded by a white line You see the size of this selection in the status bar As soon as the selection has the desired size you leave the Shift key To remove a selection just move the cursor with one of the cursor keys Selecting colors If the cursor is within one of the color bars you can select the color at the current location of the cursor by pressing the space bar while holding the Ctrl key pressed Faster movement of the cursor If you hold the Ctrl key pressed
19. bles you to determine the interpolation mode Just try these options once Set warp color Choose a color from the palette to fill the whole warp color bar with this color Set weft color Choose a color from the palette to fill the whole weft color bar with this color Replace color If the cursor is on a warp or weft color you can replace any occurence of this color by a different color Warp colors as weft colors Copies the weft colors in the warp colors Weft colors as warp colors Copies the warp colors in the weft colors Switch colors Switches the warp and weft colors 58 Range menu Import bitmap You can import a pattern from a Windows BMP file Please use at most ten different colors since DB WEAVE assigns different colors different ranges Normally you would do a range substitution after importing a bitmap Current range Range 1 Activates range one as the current range Shortcut Shift 1 You can activate the other ranges analogously Current range Lift out Activates the lift out range as the current range Intended for double and multiple weaves Shortcut Shift 0 Current range Binding Activates the binding range as the current range Intended for double and multiple weaves Shortcut Ctrl 0 Current range Unbinding Activates the unbinding range as the current range Intended for double and multiple weaves Shortcut Shift Ctrl 0 Substitution Block substitution Creates a block substitution
20. dministration 55 Satin 55 Twill 55 User defined patterns 55 Install DB WEAVE 7 interface parameters 70 Internet 62 Interpolation 57 Invert 17 21 46 53 54 Invisible 49 J Jumping from field to field 65 K Keyboard 9 65 Keyboard shortcuts 66 Kopieren 17 Lancee 48 lancee thread 34 lancee weave 34 Lancee weaves 19 Last woven pick 69 Licensing 62 lift out 26 28 Lift out 58 Load parts 43 Loom 70 configure 39 Options 39 Loom control 68 margins 44 Mirror 51 52 54 Mirror horizontal 17 21 46 Mirror vertical 18 46 Mouse 9 64 Move 47 Movement 59 Multiple treadle 60 Multiple weave 26 N New 43 New from template 43 News 11 Normal 50 69 Normal falling 51 52 Normal rising 51 52 Number Ends 60 Picks 60 Shafts 60 Treadles 60 Visible shafts 60 Visible treadles 60 Number of shafts 70 Online 62 Only pattern visible 49 Open 43 Options 17 60 70 Endless 70 Loom 39 70 Number of shafts 70 Reversed shafts 70 Sizes 60 Order information 62 Organisation 44 Overview 50 page margins 44 Page setup 44 pagenumber 44 palette 38 Palette 57 61 Paletteindex 57 Paste 46 Paste transparently 46 path 44 Patronic 68 Pattern locked 59 PCW Fiberworks 43 Pegplan 39 54 59 Delete 54 Invert 54 Mirror 54 Pegplanview 61 Pentium 7 Philosophy 9 Picks 60 place holders 44 Point 60 Position 69 Print 44 Print preview 44 Print range 44 Print setup 44 Printout 10 processor 7
21. dow information about the current pattern With Save you can save this information in the RTF format that can be read for example by Microsoft Word With Print you print the information on the current printer Base settings Swiss Switches to the settings that are common in switzerland Base settings Scandinavian Switches to the settings that are common in scandinavian countries 60 Base settings American Switches to the settings that are common in the USA Options For this pattern Configures the program only for the current pattern Options Global Configures the program for the current pattern and any new pattern The window is divided in several tabs Sized In the tab Sizes you can on the one hand define the maximal size of your pattern and on the other hand define how man shafts and treadles should be visible Shafts Maximal number of shafts The number of shafts can be extended dynamically by the program if it needs more shafts Treadles Maximal number of treadles The number of treadles can be extended dynamically by the program if it needs more treadles Ends Maximal number of ends warp threads Picks Maximal number of picks weft threads Visible shafts Number of visible shafts Visible treadles Number of visible treadles The default settings are 30 shafts 12 visible shafts 30 treadles 12 visible treadles 300 ends and 300 picks Please be careful if you change these sizes The bigger these numb
22. e DB WEAVE works only with a PC using at least Microsoft Windows 95 The program is in every respect suited for this modern user interface and uses most of the available idioms The better you know Window 95 the easier it is for you to use DB WEAVE Always up to date In DB WEAVE the pattern on the one side and threading treadling and tie up on the other side are always in sync You can change something in the pattern and instantly after that something in the treadling or the tie up The program synchronizes the other parts always instantly This concept can confront you with unexpected behaviour For example you could enter a specific threading If you change something in the pattern after this the probability is big that your carefully designed threading gets partially disturbed This has to happen because your changed pattern is not possible with your original threading That s why the program has to modify your threading The best thing to do is to work solely from bottom to top or from top to bottom With this I mean that you either create your design starting with the pattern or starting with threading treadling and tie up Mouse and keyboard If you learn to use a program you normally work very much with the mouse This is because the handling of the mouse is very easy and you have to remember very few things to be able to work with the mouse You can at your own pace search the menus for a specific command and Just clic
23. e the pattern again with RepeatlRepeat Repeat all Repeat color Hoiontat 2 Veeticak A There are three different view modes draft color and fabric The view above is the draft view gt Change with ViewIViewlColor to the color mode Now the pattern looks like this gt Change with ViewlViewlFabric to the fabric simulation mode The pattern looks like this p SA a a WE Neds 52 pi h l h Pejy h EL TEN h h l l hh ih h Il eu tee mee Pe h h Summary gt Enter the pattern with the mouse Threading treadling and tie up are created and updated automatically gt Three view modes draft color and fabric gt Enlarge the pattern with Repeat Tutorial 2 Selecting and Editing In this tutorial you learn how to select a part of a pattern You further see how easily you then can edit this part gt Start DB WEAVE gt Open with ExtraslOptionslFor this pattern the options window and select there the tab Grid gt Enter the following values for the grid setting Sizes Settings Gridsetting Horizontal 5 Vertical E gt Close the options window with a click at the OK button The emphasized lines of the grid are now every fifth instead of every fourth line Since in the following a five binding satin The white blinking square is ca
24. eave direction If you use a varpapuu loom you have to do this with the corresponding switch on the loom control box Otherwise you switch the direction with WeavelWeave backwards or F4 Summary gt Set braces to determine which parts to weave gt Jump to brace with Position GotolBrace or Shift 1 9 gt Change the current pick with the cursor keys gt Switch direction with WeavelWeave backwards or F4 43 Menu reference File menu New Creates a new pattern Shortcut Ctrl N New from template Creates a new pattern based upon a template Open Opens a pattern Shortcut Ctrl O Load parts Loads only a part of a pattern Example You have created a pattern with a warp color blending You want to use this blending in your current pattern To achieve this you load the warp colors and the color palette Save Saves the pattern to disk Shortcut Ctrl S Save as Saves the pattern to a different file Revert changes Restores the state of the pattern as you last saved it Any changes since then will be reverted and thus lost If you want to undo only some of the last changes you better use the command EditlUndo Export Bitmap File Saves the pattern as a Bitmap File in the BMP fileformat You can embed such a file in applications like Microsoft Word or you can convert the file to the GIF or JPG fileformat and publish it on the internet Export WIF Format Saves a pattern in the WIF file format This i
25. ers the slower is the program Settings Single treadle You can enter only one treadle per pick Multiple treadle You can enter more than one treadle per pick Please be aware that the program assigns nonetheless only one treadle per pick if it recalculates the pattern Rising shed A filled square means a rising warp thread Sinking shed A filled square means a rising weft thread Grid Determines the grid settings Horizontal Choose how far apart the vertical strong gridlines are Standard is 4 Vertical Choose how far apart the horizontal strong gridlines are Standard is 4 Symbols In the tab Symbols you can choose the look of the different fields The following symbols are at your disposal e Filled e Vertical e Cross e Point e Circle e Rising 61 e Falling e Small cross e Small circle e Number View Threading below pattern Displays the threading below the pattern Work direction in threading and pattern from right to left Switches the work direction to right to left Work direction in threading and tie up from top to bottom Switches the work direction to top to bottom Color effect view with grid Displays the color view with a grid Use alternate color palette Switches to an alternate predefined color palette Please note that in doing so you loose all your user defined colors Use alternate pegplan view Switches the view of the pegplan If the threading is below the pattern this option has no effec
26. f the pattern Zoom out Zoom out the view of the pattern Shortcut Ctrl U Tool palette Toggles the tool palette The tools are best used with the pegplan mode Only the draft mode is available if you use the tools The following tools are available lines rectangle square ellipse circle Overview Displays an overview of the pattern Very useful if you use very large repeats Shortcut F4 51 Threading menu Mirror Mirrors the whole threading in horizontal direction Delete Deletes the whole threading Normal rising Arranges the threading in a rising manner Uses the least possible number of shafts Normal falling Arranges the threading in a falling manner Uses the least possible number of shafts Straight rising Arranges the threading in a straight rising manner Straight falling Arranges the threading in a straight falling manner 2 choir Arranges the threading in two choirs The first choir consists of all odd ends and the second of all even ends 3 choir Arranges the threading in three choirs Fixed Tries to leave the threading as you arranged it User defined Tries to use the user defined threading You first have to enter a user defined threading Copy from treadling Copies the treadling in the threading 52 Treadling menu Mirror Mirrors the whole treadling in vertical direction Delete Deletes the whole treadling Normal rising Arranges the treadling in a r
27. fted Close and reopen the shed to weave the whole pattern On the screen the indicator of the current pick moves step by step upwards VV VV If your loom does not react at all then the interface is presumably wrongly configured or your loom is not switched on Please verify if the loom gt is switched on gt is correctly connected to your computer gt is correctly configured in OptionsILoom 41 Tutorial 2 Weaving a pattern In this tutorial we look at the possibilities to weave a pattern gt Start DB WEAVE gt Enter the following pattern M NH NH NH NH H E H H H H H H H n a anam a m m m m m m m mn anmann E SERE EE BEHNN M eee Bu Bana REN m w H H DB WEAVE Loom control unnamed OY x Weave Position View Options cee MOS A al 1 m H MEE 1 mmmmmE m I 3999499 E Pick 1 Brace 1 Repeat 0 As you may see the first brace is set to the whole repeat of the pattern That means that the whole thing will be woven once You can set the nine braces with the mouse or the keyboard With the mouse you just drag the brace at either end or in the middle
28. ising manner Uses the least possible number of treadles Normal falling Arranges the treadling in a falling manner Uses the least possible number of treadles Crossed Arranges the treadling in a crossed manner This is very comfortable if you weave on a hand weave loom Fixed Tries to leave the treadling as you arranged it Copy from threading Copies the threading in the treadling Tie up menu Invert Inverts the whole tie up Delete Deletes the whole tie up Roll Up Rolls the tie up up Shortcut Shift Ctrl 6 Roll Down Rolls the tie up down Shortcut Shift Ctrl 7 Roll Left Rolls the tie up left Shortcut Shift Ctrl 8 Roll Right Rolls the tie up right Shortcut Shift Ctrl 9 Slope Increase 53 Increases the slope of the tie up Please note that there has to be a threading and a treadling in order that this feature works Shortcut Shift Ctrl H Slope Decrease Decreases the slope of the tie up Please note that there has to be a threading and a treadling in order that this feature works Shortcut Shift Ctrl J Make central symmetric Tries to make the tie up central symmetrical 54 Pegplan menu Invert Inverts the whole pegplan Delete Deletes the whole pegplan Mirror Mirrors the whole pegplan in vertical direction 55 Insert menu Satin Enables you to insert at the current position a satin There are the following satins built in 5 6 7 8 9 and 10 bindi
29. k at it to invoke it As you get to know the program better you switch normally at least partially to the keyboard Experienced users are much faster and more comfortable to work with the keyboard than to use the mouse That is the reason that DB WEAVE is specifically designed to be usable completely with the mouse or equally well with the keyboard The commands that have a keyboard shortcut show it in the menu to their right Just notice these shortcuts a little and you will soon now that the key I inverts the selection Or that the key command Ctrl O opens a pattern The basic shortcuts are designed to be similar or equal to those used by Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office In the chapter Keyboard reference all available shortcuts are listed and a few important special cases are explained Simple yet powerful Who does not know programs that just can do everything you want The only problem with such programs is that nobody ever can remember how to solve the current problem with them DB WEAVE is a simple program You will very soon be able to work with it and in relatively short time you will have got to know a lot of the available commands Yet DB WEAVE is powerful There are many commands that are not directly implemented but you can emulate them fast and easily with the standard functionality Easy learning through safety I recommend you to get to know the program through playing with it There is no more effective way to learni
30. keyboard as easily if not more easily as with the mouse If a pick is selected blue or red rectangle around it you can move this selection with the cursor up and down keys With Enter you switch between pick and braces If a brace is selected red displayed you can move the upper limit with the cursor up and down keys With Ctrl and the cursor up and down keys you move the lower limit of the brace Finally if you press Shift and use the cursor up and down keys you move the entire brace Cursor left and right keys switch between the different braces Weave menu Start weaving Starts the weaving Shortcut FS Stop weaving If you are weaving you can stop it with this command Shortcut FS 69 Weave backwards Changes the direction of the weaving Shortcut F4 Close Closes the loom control mode and returns back to the main program Shortcut Ese Position menu Set current position Changes the current weave position Shortcut Ctrl G Last woven pick Sets the current weave position to the last woven pick Goto Brace 1 9 Jumps to the start of the brace 1 9 if the brace is active Shortcut Shift 1 9 View menu Draft The standard draft view Shortcut Ctrl 1 Color Warp and weft colors are used to display the pattern Shortcut Ctrl 2 Fabric The fabric view mode Shortcut Ctrl 3 Zoom in Zoom in the pattern Shortcut Ctrl I Normal Restores the default size of the pattern Zoom out Z
31. lled the cursor It shows you where the current work location is You can move the cursor either with the cursor keys or by clicking with the mouse at the desired position while holding the Ctrl key gt Set the cursor in the right bottom corner of the pattern if it is not yet there gt Insert with InsertlSatinlSatin 5 a five binding satin at the current position The binding is now surrounded by a white line This is the selection Since the satin is selected it can be edited in various ways gt Choose EditlCentral symmetric gt Choose EditlCopy This command copies the selection in an internal space the clipboard from where it can be inserted at a different place into the pattern again You see that the selection automatically vanished and that the cursor jumped to the left of the copied part gt Choose Editlinsert f 1 1 L Pris E E Since the inserted pattern is selected it can instantly be edited gt Choose EditlInvert gt Choose EditlMirror horizontal m a 18 gt Select the whole pattern To create a selection you click with the mouse at one corner of the part you want to select and drag the mouse to the other corner of this part while holding the left mouse key While doing this a white rectangle appears on the screen This is the selection Just move the mouse until the selection has the desired size and the leave the left mouse key gt Cho
32. lours 57 computer system 7 Copy 46 Cross 60 Crossed 52 Current range 58 Cursor 17 59 Goto 59 In Repeat 59 Movement 59 cursor movement 28 Cut 46 DB WEAVE News 11 removing 7 Version 3 7 11 Default settings 60 Delete 47 48 51 52 53 54 55 Designer electronic 68 Double and multiple weaves 19 double weave 28 30 33 Double weave 26 Draft 19 49 69 Drawing 64 Drawing circles 23 E Edit 46 Central symmetric 46 Copy 46 Cut 46 Delete 47 48 Insert 47 Invert 46 Lancee 48 Mirror horizontal 46 Mirror vertical 46 Move 47 Paste 46 Paste transparently 46 Redo 46 Roll 47 Rotate 46 Slope 47 Switch to back 48 Twill completion 48 Undo 46 Edit colours 57 Editing 17 Ellipse 23 Endless 70 Ends 60 72 Entering substitution patterns 63 Exit 44 Export 43 Extras 59 Base settings 59 61 Cursor 59 Information 59 Options 60 Pattern locked 59 Pegplan 59 Warp weft ratio 59 Weave 59 fabric 27 Fabric 49 69 Fabric mode 15 Falling 61 Faster movement of the cursor 65 File 43 Exit 44 Export 43 Load parts 43 New 43 New from template 43 Open 43 Page setup 44 Print 44 Print preview 44 Print range 44 Print setup 44 Properties 43 Revert changes 43 Save 43 Save 43 filename 44 Filled 60 Fixed 51 52 footer 44 front 48 Goto 42 59 Goto brace 42 69 Grid 60 Grid setting 17 header 44 Help topics 62 Horizontal 46 HSV 57 Import bitmap 58 In Repeat 59 Information 59 Insert 17 47 55 A
33. ng Satin Twill Enables you to insert at the current position a twill There are a variety of twills built in Additional You can as much as 10 own patterns save here and then use as you use the predefined patterns Administration Add current pattern Adds the whole current pattern to the user defines patterns This works only if the pattern is at most 50 x 50 threads big Administration Add selection Adds the selection to the user defined patterns This works only if the selectio nis at most 50 x 50 threads big Administration Delete Deletes one of the user defines patterns You can use the ten user defined patterns like an extension of the clipboard mechanism Therefore the following shortcuts are available in addition to the normal copy paste shortcuts Shift Ctrl C Saves the selection as one of the ten patterns Shift Ctrl V Pastes one of the ten user defined patterns at the current position Shift Ctrl B Pastes one of the ten user defined patterns transparently at the current position 56 Repeat menu Repeat visible Activate and deactivate the repeat If the repeat is active i e visible it is displayed red If you then change anything inside the red repeat this change will get replicated to the whole pattern Shortcut Ctrl R Repeat In the window Repeat you can repeat your pattern horizontally and vertically Horizontal Enter the desired number of horizontal repeats Vertical Enter the desired number of
34. ng a program than to use it Very important for this is the undo command It enables you to undo any error you may commit The last 100 steps can be undone Use this command You soon will not be willing to do without it Designing the printouts DB WEAVE prints a design always as it is displayed on the screen If you do not want to print the threading you just toggle it with ViewlThreading and it will not be printed anymore What is new with version 4 This section is intended for users of previous version of DB WEAVE willing to switch to the current version gt The whole user interface has got refined As a result the usability has once more increased gt Export your patterns in the BMP Graphics file format You can embed BMP File in applications like Microsoft Word or after a conversion to GIF or JPG format publish a pattern on the internet gt The threading can be shown using shaft numbers gt Thelancee functionality got totaly refined You can now define what lancee effect you want to apply Various other things have been improved or added Tutorials In the following part of this manual there are some tutorials These tutorials lead you step by step through some examples This way you get to know the most important features of DB WEAVE It is strongly recommended to work through all of these tutorials This will give you a good look at DB WEAVE But please do not forget that not every functionality of DB WEAVE
35. ngelCurrent rangelLift out or Shift 0 Tip It is very convenient to enter the lift out points pick by pick To do this you best switch the cursor movement to left ExtraslCursorlMovement or Ctrl Alt Cursor keys gt Enter the lift out points m m 10m 7 Ls m i A A The double weave is now completed You are possibly not very happy with the generated threading and treadling They look like this 29 If you only work within the pattern you do not have to care what the threading looks like The generated threading is furthermore not so bad to actually weave the pattern But of course you can change the threading as you wish If you want to use exactly one and only threading then it is probably a better idea to create the pattern as was demonstrated in tutorial 1 starting with the threading treadling and creating the tie up Summary Create the design starting from the pattern gt Enter different layers with different ranges 30 Tutorial 3 Switching the layers In this tutorial you learn to create double weaves that have switching layers Start DB WEAVE gt Switch the grid setting to 3x3 in ExtraslOptionslFor this pattern Tab Grid Sizes Settings Gridsetting zu Horizontal 3 Vertical 3 gt Enter the double weave according to the system taught in tutorial 1 f I _ gt Repeat the pattern horizontal and
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37. oard at the current cursor location The pattern is superimposed upon the pattern that is already entered Shortcuts Ctrl B or alternatively just T Invert Inverts the selection Shortcut I Mirror horizontal Mirrors the selection horizontaly mirror at a vertical axis Shortcut H Mirror vertical Mirrors the selection vertically mirror at a horizontal axis Shortcut V Rotate Rotates the selection 90 clockwise Please note that only square selections can be rotated Shortcut R Make central symmetric Tries to make the selection central symmetrical Shortcut Z Delete Deletes the selection Shortcut Delete Roll Roll Up Rolls the selection up Shortcut Ctrl 6 Roll Roll Down Rolls the selection down Shortcut Ctrl 7 Roll Roll Left Rolls the selection left Shortcut Ctrl 8 Roll Roll Right Rolls the selection right Shortcut Ctrl 9 Slope Increase Increases the slope of the selection Shortcut Ctrl H Slope Decrease Decreases the slope of the selection Shortcut Ctrl J Move Shaft up Moves the current shaft up The current shaft is the one the cursor is at Shortcut Ctrl F7 Move Shaft down Moves the current shaft down Shortcut Ctrl F8 Move Treadle left Moves the current treadle left Shortcut Ctrl F5 Move Treadle right Moves the current treadle right Shortcut Ctrl F6 Insert Shaft Insert a shaft at the current location Shortcut Shift S 47 48 Insert Treadle Insert a
38. oom out the pattern Shortcut Ctrl U 70 Options menu Loom Choose the loom you use and enter the interface parameters Endless If this option is active the weaving continues after the last brace without any interruption with the first brace Otherwise the weaving stops and a bell signal is produced Reversed shafts Reverses the shaft arrangement Please make sure that you also enter the number of shafts in the menu OptionsINumber of shafts Number of shafts Determine the number of shafts that your loom has Index 2 choir 51 3 choir 51 A About DB WEAVE 62 Add current pattern 55 Add selection 55 Administration Add current pattern 55 Add selection 55 Delete 55 American 60 ARM Designer Electronic 68 ARM Patronic 68 Author 43 back 48 Base settings 59 61 American 60 Scandinavian 59 Swiss 59 61 Basics 14 Binding 58 binding point 33 Blade threading 49 block substitution 19 63 Block substitution 20 58 BMP 58 Brace 39 41 68 Browser 62 Brunold Software Online 62 C Central symmeteric 46 Central symmetric 17 21 53 choir 26 Circle 60 Clicking 64 Close 69 Colour 49 57 69 Colour blending 57 Edit colours 57 Palette 57 Replace colour 57 Set warp colour 57 Set weft colour 57 Warp colours as weft colours 57 Colour blending 57 Colour effect 38 Colour effect view with grid 61 Colour mode 15 Colour model 57 Colour palette 61 Colour view 38 Colours 38 Weft colours as warp co
39. ormal falling 51 Normal rising 51 Straight falling 51 Straight rising 51 Threading as treadling 51 User defined 51 Threading as treadling 51 Threading below pattern 61 three choir 51 tie up 28 30 Tie up 14 53 Central symmetric 53 Delete 53 Invert 53 Roll 53 Slope 53 Tool palette 23 50 Treadle moving 47 Treadles 60 treadling 26 28 Treadling 14 49 52 Crossed 52 Delete 52 Fixed 52 Mirror 52 Normal falling 52 Normal rising 52 Treadling as threading 52 Treadling as threading 52 Tutorials 13 twill 28 Twill 24 55 Twill completion 48 two choir 51 Unbinding 58 unbinding point 33 Undo 46 User defined 51 User defined patterns 55 V Varpapuu 68 Version 3 7 11 Vertical 46 60 View 49 61 69 Blade threading 49 Colour 49 69 Draft 49 69 Fabric 49 69 Invisible 49 Normal 50 69 Only pattern visible 49 Overview 50 Support lines 49 Threading 49 Tool palette 50 Treadling 49 View 49 Zoom in 49 69 Zoom out 50 69 Visible shafts 60 Visible treadles 60 W Warp colours as weft colours 57 Warp lancee 48 warp lancee weave 34 warp sided twill 26 Warp weft ratio 59 Weave 39 59 Weave backwards 69 Weavepoint 43 Weaving 39 68 Weaving a pattern 41 Weft colours as warp colours 57 Weft lancee 36 48 Weft ratio 59 weft sided twill 26 weighting 57 WIF file format 43 Windows 95 7 Windows NT 4 7 Work direction in threading and pattern from right to left 61 Work direction in threading and tie
40. orner point of this part and press the left mouse button Now hold the left mouse button pressed and move the mouse to the other corner of the part you want to select While you move the mouse a white rectangle moves with the mouse Move the mouse until this rectangle encloses exactly the part of the pattern you wish to select Now you finally can leave the left mouse button To remove a selection just click with the mouse anywhere within the pattern Clicking A click with the left mouse button either sets or clears a binding point If you click within one of the color bars you assign the associated thread the current color If you click the right mouse button a so called context menu is being displayed that shows some of the most important commands available at the moment An important variant of the left mouse button click is clicking the left mouse button while holding the Ctrl key pressed If you do this on one of the color bars you select the color at the mouse position as the current color This enables you to switch colors fast without having to open the color palette provided the needed color is already somewhere used If you do this anywhere else the cursor will jump to this location without setting any binding point Drawing In the drawing mode you can draw lines and other things in the same way as you make selections If you hold the Ctrl key pressed while drawing a rectangle or ellipse they are automatically restricted to squ
41. ose EditlCopy gt Move the cursor to the first pick over the pattern and to the rightmost end of the pattern gt Choose EditlInsert us m gt Choose EditlInvert gt Choose EditlMirror vertical gt To remove the selection just click anywhere within the pattern The pattern now looks like this Summary gt Adapt the grid settings to the current needs gt Insert satin and twill efficiently with InsertlSatin and Insert Twill gt Select a pattern to be able to edit it with the command from the edit menu Ranges In this chapter you learn about the usage of ranges You see how to separate patterns optically Finally you do a block and a range substitution Tutorial 1 Using ranges In this tutorial you learn to use ranges and you will see some applications of them gt Start DB WEAVE gt Down in the status bar you see the currently active range Here it is range 1 Rangel Mr gt Switch to the draft mode with ViewlViewl Draft Enter the following pattern gt Activate the second range with RangelCurrent rangelRange 2 or Shift 2 Enter the following pattern You see that the new pattern is displayed with a different color Each range has its own color This enables you to separate parts of a pattern optically In the chapters Lancee weaves and Double and multiple weaves this technique will be applied to simplify the pa
42. patterns Each used range will be assigned a pattern VV v If you do not want to substitute the whole pattern or if you want to substitute more than the whole pattern you have to select the part you want to substitute 26 Double and multiple weaves Tutorial 1 A simple double weave In this tutorial you create a simple double weave with two different patterns gt Start DB WEAVE gt The threading of a double weave is normally arranges in two choirs in order to keep the tie up simple Of course you can finally change the threading to straight or whatever but while designing it is more convenient to do it with choirs Therefore enter the following threading LLLI gmilliiil gt Now everything is ready to enter the patterns into the tie up We want the top layer to be a warp sided twill an the bottom layer to be a weft sided twill The two different patterns are entered using different ranges This enables you to clearly differentiate the two layers gt Make sure that the first range is activated select RangelCurrent RangelRange 1 or Shift 1 Now enter the first pattern into the tie up gt Switch to the second rang with RangelCurrent RangelRange 2 or Shift 2 gt Enter the second pattern into the tie up gt complete the double weave you have to add the lift out of the top layer Switch to the lift out range with RangelCurrent RangelLift out or Shift 0 g
43. races There are nine braces available The braces determine which part of the pattern is how many times woven As a default the first brace is set to the whole repeat Before you can actually weave you have to finish configuring your loom gt Open the loom options window with Options Loom 40 Loom Varpapuu parallel port Info Parallelport Cancel gt Select from the list your loom type In this example I assume that you own a Varpapuu controller at the parallel port If you need more information about a loom type just click the info button gt The Varpapuu controller is connected through a parallel port printer cable If your computer has more than one parallel port you have to select the correct port in the field Parallelport gt Which one is it gt Ifyou do not have connected a printer it is presumably LPT1 gt Otherwise it can be LPT1 or LPT2 depending on the port the printer uses gt If you are unsure you best ask a computer experienced person or you just try it Now the loom is fully configured and ready to weave Click OK to save these settings In order to test whether the loom is correctly configured you should weave the pattern You do not have to really weave just open and close the shed to look whether the right shafts are lifted gt Switch on your loom Start the weaving with WeavelStart weaving or F5 Open the shed If everything is correct the first shaft should be li
44. s a program independent file format that is supported by many textile programs such as Weavepoint or PCW Fiberworks Export DB WEAVE 3 5 Format Saves a pattern in the old DB WEAVE 3 5 file format Properties You can the following information enter in the properties window Author The name of the author of the pattern 44 Organisation The name of the organisation for with the author works You can leave this field empty if you do not work for any organisation Remarks This field is intended for remarks concerning the pattern or something similar The fields Author and Organisation can be printed in the header or footer line with the pattern More information about this and other printing related stuff in the section FilelPage setup Page setup In the window Page setup you can set the page margins and define a page header and a page footer line Left Left page margin in centimeter Right Right page margin in centimeter Top Top page margin in centimeter Bottom Bottom page margin in centimeter Header Header line You can use place holders that get replaced by actual values in printing Footer Footer line You can use place holders The following place holders are possible amp Pattern Name of the pattern amp File Filename of the pattern inclusive path amp Author Author of the pattern as defined in FilelProperties amp Organisation Organisation as defined in FilelProperties amp Page Pagenumber Print preview Sho
45. t Options Environment Select the language english or german 62 menu Help topics Displays the help topics Shortcut F1 Brunold Software Online If you have access to the internet and have a Browser you can jump directly to the website of Brunold Software There you will find newest information about DB WEAVE Order information Displays information about how to order DB WEAVE Enter license key If you have a demo version and you buy a license you can enter the license key here to fully license your program Technical Information Displays information about the program version and the license state of DB WEAVE as well as information about your computer This is usefull in case of problems About DB WEAVE Displays information about DB WEAVE 63 Entering substitution patterns In this chapter it is explained how you can enter the patterns you want to use for a block or a range substitution You get into the corresponding window with RangelSubstitution Block substitution or RangelSubstitutionlRange substitution At most you can enter nine different patterns Above the pattern you see in which pattern corresponding to which range you currently are working Below the pattern you see marked red the patterns that are used and grey the patterns that are not used Generally you enjoy much of the same functionality you normally use with DB WEAVE here too Even the shortcuts are largely the same Something you cannot
46. t Enter the lift out point into the tie up 27 KA ne L m 8 a a a If you color the threads according to which layer they belong with different colors and switch to the fabric view then you can clearly distinguish the two layers gt Switch to the fabric view with ViewlViewlFabric or Ctrl 3 gt Enlarge the pattern with RepeatlRepeat to 2x2 repeats gt Color the warp and weft threads alternating with different colors The result looks like this ne mex Rug est um ae FIR ARA ES PUR YER NUR Arrange threading and treadling in choirs Enter different layers with different ranges Enter lift out points with the special lift out range Color coding of the layers gives a good fabric look 28 Tutorial 2 Building the design from the bottom In this tutorial you create a double weave that is entered directly into the pattern field without entering a threading treadling or tie up gt Start DB WEAVE The aim is to create a double weave with a 5x5 satin and a 5x5 twill Switch to the first range with RangelCurrent rangel Range 1 or Shift 1 gt Enter the expanded satin ea wp rn gt Switch to the second range with RangelCurrent rangelRange 2 Shift 2 gt Fill in the twill What is missing are the lift out points to separate the two layers Switch to the lift out range with Ra
47. tained in the Plus version You cannot control looms with the standard version Tutorial 1 Configuring the loom interface In this tutorial you will configure your loom and your computer in order to be able to weave you patterns gt Install your computer controlled loom according to the description you got from the manufacturer If your computer is running shut it down and switch it off Connect the cable from the loom to the computer Follow the directions of the loom manufacturer Start up your computer Start DB WEAVE Enter the following simple pattern gt gt gt m m u Zi B5 E LLLLLN HH eee Lm eee mt tt tT gt Switch into the weave mode with Extras Weave or Ctrl W The screen should look now approximately like that DB WEAYE Loom control unnamed 2 x Weave Position View Options vpch B 2 2 4 my ses 8 TTT gt On the left you see the pattern gt In the middle is the pegplan visible The current pick is marked blue gt The triangle between pattern and pegplan indicates the last woven pick This is important especially while weaving if you change the current position The triangle reminds you then which pick was last woven gt On the right side you see the so called b
48. trl T Support lines Toggles the support lines On top and on the left of the screen there are two rulers visible where you can set support lines by clicking at the appropriate location Existing support lines can be moved by mouse To delete a support line just click at it in the ruler Only pattern visible If this option is enabled only the pattern is displayed Threading treadling and tie up are empty This is useful if you are designing exams for textile design classes You can further use the PrintlPrint range functionality to print a different number of shafts and treadles than are effectively needed View Invisible The pattern is not visible Instead an empty grid paper is shown Similarly to the option Only pattern visible this option is of interest to teachers designing exams or something like that View Draft The default black and white view of the pattern No colors are shown Shortcut Ctrl 1 View Color Warp and weft colors are used whereas a color effect may result Shortcut Ctrl 2 View Fabric In the fabric view a schematic view of the real thread interlacement is shown This view is not realistic and is not intended to be Instead it is thought of as an educational tool You get a quite good feeling for the floats of the pattern Errors and irregularities can be very effectively caught Shortcut Ctrl 3 Zoom in Zoom in the view of the pattern 50 Shortcut Ctrl I Normal Restores the default size o
49. tterns Summary gt There are nine different ranges at your disposal Switch between them with RangelCurrent rangel Range 1 9 or Shift 1 9 Draw directly with one range using the 1 9 keys Delete with the 0 key In the status bar the currently active range is displayed Each range has an own color in the pattern and the tie up or pegplan VV VV Use the ranges to separate different parts of a pattern optically 20 Tutorial 2 Creating a block substitution In this tutorial you create a simple block substitution gt Start DB WEAVE gt Enter the following pattern gt Choose as the base pattern a 5x5 satin with EditIPredefined patternslSatin 5 Block substitution 21 gt Make the pattern central symmetric with the command EditlCentral symmetric or Z Block substitution VV v gt Switch to the pattern 1 with PatternlPattern 1 or Shift 1 Copy with EditlCopy fromlBase pattern or Shift Ctrl 0 the base pattern into pattern 1 Invert the pattern with EditlInvert or I Mirror the pattern horizontally with EditIMirror horizontal These operations make sure that the pattern is central symmetric and that the borders of the dark and the light parts look well The pattern looks like this Block substitution gt Apply this by PatternlApply or Ctrl Enter 22 The result looks like this In this example you have only used one range besides the base pattern range But of course
50. vertical six times with RepeatlRepeat or F8 anu _ the tie up to get the following picture gt Select in the threading the colums 7 through 30 and cut them with EditlCut gt Set the cursor to column 7 row 7 and insert with EditlPaste the cut part The threading looks now like this gt Choose TreadlinglTreadling as threading The treadling looks now like this You created two switches of layers in the warp and the weft The result is something like a pillow i e it is hollow Through appropriate coloring you can visualize the structure in the fabric mode 31 32 Jam AN A N AEN Oe Jl 3 NO nd ud ERE LO BOSE DU 5 NESNXNEHESGENE RHE RR EBB Ee ety DRO Lm BERD P PO B BS 5 L LU S Dp DN 3X RENE EN ERE EMER Ou NO nd OO XN OO dl EN rms m 33 Tutorial 4 Binding and unbinding points In this tutorial you learn how to use binding and unbinding points gt Start DB WEAVE gt Enter the following double weave m m M m m m m W m m m m gt Switch to the binding range with RangelCurrent rangelbinding or Ctrl 0 Enter the binding points 79787 77 m m m 7 m mm im
51. ws how the pattern will be printed The print preview is intended to give you a look at the page composition The details are not visible on the screen Print Prints the current pattern You can determine the page range you wish to print and you can change the print options The pattern will always be printed as it is visible on the screen That means that if you wish to suppress the threading you just switch the threading with ViewlThreading off and print the pattern Shortcut Ctrl P Print part Prints a part of the pattern You can freely define which end range pick range shaft range and treadle range you wish to print To suppress a specific range just enter 0 and 0 Shortcut Ctrl L Printer setup Configure the printer For example you can switch to landscape format Most recently used files You find here the last six edited files By selecting any of these you will open it Exit Exits the program 45 46 Edit menu Undo Undoes the last change You always can undo the last 100 steps Shortcut Ctrl Z Redo Redoes the last change that was undone Shortcut Ctrl Y Cut Cuts the selected part and moves it to the clipboard Shortcut Ctrl X Copy Copies the selected part to the clipboard Shortcuts Ctrl C or alternatively just K Paste Pastes a copied part from the clipboard at the current cursor location Shortcuts Ctrl V or alternatively just E Paste transparently Pastes a copied part from the clipb
52. y you best switch the cursor movement to left Ctrl Alt Cursor keys and fill pick by pick The result should look like this im mm H H m H NH HM M H BH m m H m H NH M NM m m NH H NH gt Repeat this twice in each direction to get this 3T 38 Colors In this chapter you learn the usage of colors with DB WEAVE Since this manual is printed in black and white the pictures are not as informative as they are on screen Tutorial 1 Creating a color effect Start DB WEAVE Enter the following pattern Switch to color view with ViewIViewlColor or Ctrl 2 Repeat the pattern twice in each direction with RepeatlRepeat or F8 gt Set the warp color with ColorlSet warp color to a darkish red gt Set the weft color with ColorlSet weft color to a bleached yellow Open the color palette with ColorlPalette or Ctrl F choose the same bleached yellow and close the palette window Now set the cursor into the warp color bar and color it as following Open the color palette again and choose the darkish red Close the palette gt Color the weft color bar to get this result 39 Weaving In this chapter you learn how to use DB WEAVE together with a computer controlled loom to weave directly your patterns If you do not have such a loom you can skip this chapter Please note that the functionality that is described here is only con
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