Part organisation

The parts of the style are managed in the part organisation. Here, the structure of the style is determined and the dependencies are displayed.

The part organisation consists of the part rack and the part list with menu, preview and part information.

The part rack

show hidden parts open new part open part list
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When opening a new style, initially, only part 001 with the provisional name 'NN' is available. By clicking on open open new part in the menu bar, you can create further parts in the part list . The part list is opened by clicking on in the part rack and is closed by clicking the right mouse button or by clicking on a function of the Toolbar. This part list can be docked or undocked using the / button.

The active part is highlighted and a preview of the part appears below in the window. The selected part is then available for editing. If the respective part is a mother part, a warning message appears in the status bar.

Double-click activates text entry, <ENTER> completes the entry. If several parts are to be labelled in succession, use the function text from the right-hand menu bar. As opposed to editing with double-click, the line of text for the next part opens automatically after pressing <ENTER>. Abort text entry with <ESC>. Parts can be deleted or removed from this list with the functions delete part and remove part . Delete means that all record steps are reset. Remove means that the part is removed from the list.

The part list also contains other important information. The character ‘*’ in front of the part number indicates that this part is a mother part. A mother partGeschlossen Parts automatically become parent parts when objects are inherited from them into other parts. has successor parts that are affected by alterations to the mother part.

The icon signifies that the respective part is visible on the screen. Clicking this symbol in the part list or the part rack toggles between the part being visible or not visible. The active part, indicated by the bar, is always visible. hide all parts hides all parts, other than the active part, from the work area. With show all parts , all parts are displayed again. Hidden parts are no longer visible on the screen, but they are not deleted.

A sub-menu opens via this button where specific part groups are available for selection. Selecting one of the groups, shows only the parts belonging to the respective group. You can also show only parts which have been assigned a particular material If an entry is inactive, the open style does not contain parts of this group.

The part list

part list

    / Docking/undocking parts list Close
open new part     insert part
move part up     move part down
duplicate part     duplicate part with successors
delete part remove part reduce part
show all parts hide all parts show parts
insert reference part update reference +/- part information
copy print part list part text
load module     save module
The active part is displayed in blue. In the work area, all visible parts can be activated by clicking as long as no function is active. The part list does not have to be opened!

Clicking on the contour of a non-active part, activates the part. Dragging away an inactive part removes it to the background memory.

Clicking on a part number of a part in the part list, on a part text in the part list or clicking on a part number in the hereditary structure activates this part. The part is then highlighted by a green bar in the part list and marked in green in the part list. The part can be edited after quitting the part list . When activating mother parts, see Modifying mother parts, a green point appears in the status bar.

Clicking on open generates a new part with the part designation 'NN' and the next highest number to the last part. The new part is active straight away.

Clicking on insert , generates a new part above the selected part.

Withduplicate duplicate with successors Part organisation or , a copy of the active part is generated, see .

After delete and a security prompt, the record steps of the selected part are reset to 0.

remove an empty part (with 0 record steps) from the part list. The following parts move up in the list.

reduce grades the active part in the sizes in the size list and 'frozen' in this state. After reduce , the part no longer has dependencies to mother parts, no x values and no record steps. Daughter parts remain unchanged. Use reduce only after consultation with a Grafis expert.

The function hide all parts evacuates all parts apart from the active, selected part to the background memory. Hidden parts are no longer visible on screen, but are not deleted. It is recommended that only parts required for work are visible on screen.

Individual parts can be called from the background memory to the screen by clicking in the column. Clicking on all parts visible brings all evacuated parts back onto the screen, With the button show parts , development parts, production parts, stitch parts, mother parts of the active part, daughter parts of the active part or part in a selected material can be called in a targeted manner.

insert reference , update reference +/- part information Part organisation and inserts parts from another style, see .

copy copies the part list to the clipboard.

Clicking on print part list starts printing the part list if a printer is switched on.

Activate text and click on a part to edit the part text. After <ENTER> entry can continue with the next part text. A part text can be edited, also with double-click on the text. In this case, <ENTER> does not switch to the next part text.

Take care of your part names. This makes your work easier and avoids mistakes.

The function save module saves the selected parts as a module. When saving a part module, the system checks which parts must be saved in addition to ensure a correct hereditary structure when calling the module. Possible ‘click’ connections to mother parts are automatically reset. Modules saved in this way can also the stored in the library, see List of interactive constructions.

With load module , the modules can be loaded into new styles or existing styles,

The number of parts per style is limited to 999. The active part appears in blue. Only this part can be edited.

The part information

Part parameter opens the file card for part parameters which are relevant for the marker (see Marker making).

Part description opens the file card where comments on the selected part can be saved.

Exchangeable parts opens the file card with the list of permitted sizes in the part, see separate explanation in Chapter Exchangeable pieces.

Part dependencies opens the file card with the hereditary structure.