Functions of the menu bars
control bar
The control bar contains a fixed area and an individual area. The functions of the individual area can be selected via the programme settings.
Fixed area
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undo |
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repeat |
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measure |
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new style |
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open construction style |
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open production style |
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Save the style |
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Fabric |
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Pieces |
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Sizes |
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open marker |
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open next marker |
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save marker |
Idividual area
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print parts |
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move/zoom |
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Part organisation |
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close |
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F1 |
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Plot marker chain/ |
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Create cutter data |
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Stack |
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add a style |
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Delete lay data |
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Manage background images |
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quick measure |
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hide objects |
Toolbar in the application area marker 
Overview of all toolbar functions
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Function |
Button |
Cursor symbol |
Description |
| properties |
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Edit the piece properties on the Pieces file card |
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Flip: |
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| about x |
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flip about x axis (grain line) |
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about y |
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flip about y axis |
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Rotate through ... |
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180° |
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1/2 turn |
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+90° |
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1/4 turn to the left |
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–90° |
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1/4 turn to the right |
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+45° |
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45° rotation to the left |
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–45° |
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45° rotation to the right |
| +1° |
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1° rotation to the left | |
| -1° |
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1° rotation to the right | |
| nil piece |
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Reset flip and rotation; piece appears unplaced (no colour fill) |
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| single |
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The clicked piece is placed, automatically. | |
| unplaced active |
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All unplaced active pieces are immediately placed, automatically. | |
| unplaced |
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All unplaced pieces, also from the rack, are immediately placed, automatically. |
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| Parts in the lay-out | |||
| active parts | |||
| all parts | |||
| shake |
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shake | |
| all unplaced |
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All pieces are immediately marked as unplaced. | |
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Return |
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| single |
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Return single piece to the rack |
| bundle |
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Return all pieces of the bundle to the rack | |
| same parts |
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Return all pieces with the same part number to the rack | |
| unlaid parts |
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Return all unplaced parts to the storage box. | |
| all parts |
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return all parts | |
| whole marker upwards |
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whole marker upwards | |
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buffer+/- |
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Switch buffer (global + piece-specific) on/off |
| +/-magnet |
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Activate magnet function |
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| group |
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Group the hatched pieces. |
| fuse |
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Fuse the hatched pieces. |
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ungroup |
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ungroup |
| split piece |
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Split piece with seam allowance. |
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piece in piece |
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place piece inside another piece |
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overlap |
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place piece with overlap |
Almost all functions can also be activated via the keyboard.
Flip/Rotate
If the icon 
for ‘function not permitted’ appears at the cursor for one of the flip/rotate functions, it indicates that flip/rotate is not permitted for this piece. To permit flip/rotate
- select properties from the right menu,
- click the piece with the right mouse button,
- check allowance for flip/rotate on the open Pieces file card,
- return to the marker with the button Close,
- reactivate the function for flip/rotate and
- click the piece to be flipped/rotated with the right mouse button.
Nil piece
All flip and rotate operations are reset. The piece appears in the original orientation and is unplaced (no colour fill). The fixed settings remain intact.
Laying with magnet function
The magnet function +/-magnet is used for aligning pieces. The surrounding rectangle of the selected piece(s) serves as the magnet. First, activate the magnet function in the menu. Then, select the piece(s) to which other pieces are to be aligned with pressed down <Ctrl> key. Now, let go of the <Ctrl> key, pick up another piece and move it to the selected piece(s). The magnetic lines appear as an echo in the vicinity of the selected piece(s). The piece catches at the magnetic lines.
Automatic laying
The automatic laying function is not an automatic nesting. The piece or the group is placed in the first permitted position in the marker (from the left). An optimisation considering perimeter or efficiency does not ensue!
Automatic laying with the function single is useful for placing lots of small pieces into gaps. The piece clicked with the right mouse button is placed as far to the left as possible.
This also applies to the functions unplaced active (for unplaced pieces in the pre-lay area and on the material) and unplaced (all unplaced pieces). Further options for automatic laying can be found in the pull-down menu Marker.
Group/fuse pieces
Only pieces placed on the fabric without over-lapping (with colour fill) can be grouped. To create a group, click the pieces once with the left mouse button while keeping the <Ctrl> key pressed. The pieces will be hatched. Then, activate the function group and click one of the hatched pieces with the right mouse button. The group can then be moved as one piece. The functions from the menu can also be applied to the group.
Only the allowances flip/rotate given to all pieces in the group apply. If one piece may be rotated through up to 15° and another up to 10°, the group consisting of these two pieces may be rotated through a maximum of 10°. The buffer apply to each piece of a group, individually even after grouping.
To ungroup pieces, activate the function ungroup. Clicking the group with the right mouse button dissolves the group. To release individual pieces from a group, the group must first be dissolved and then grouped again.
To create a fusing group, all relevant pieces are to be clicked with pressed <Ctrl> key, also. Then, activate the function fuse and click one of the pieces of the group with the right mouse button.
A window opens with the following input options for the fuser group:
- method for creating contour (rectangle or silhouette),
- addition in mm or % around the fusing group in addition to the buffer of the fused pieces,
- maximum size of the fusing group, depending on the size of the fusing press and
- a name for the fusing group.
The fusing group is saved under the entered name as a new piece in the production style. When laying the interlining marker, the shape of the fusing group can be transferred from the main fabric marker with this piece.
Split piece
Pieces can still be split or duplicated in any number in the Marker making mode.
To split or duplicate a piece, the function split piece from the right menu must be activated first. Then, the piece is to be clicked with the right mouse button. A window opens with the following input options.
To duplicate, enter the required amount in the field times and click on the button Duplicate.
To split a piece first, you have to select where the piece is to be split. A piece can be split
- at a distance of xx millimetres from the top/ bottom/ left/ right,
- vertical/ horizontal in the middle or
- at the split line.
Then, the seam allowance to be added to both edges is to be entered. Clicking the button Split splits the piece.
Place piece inside piece
When activating the function place piece inside piece, the symbol piece inside piece or the symbol 
normal appears at the cursor during marker making. The symbol indicates the set parameters for the piece. With a right mouse click, the parameter for the piece change. With the parameter normal, the piece is placed normally, without overlapping with other pieces. With the parameter piece in piece, the piece can only be placed fully inside another already placed piece.
This laying option is useful for multi-layer cutting if for example a piece is required only once. Thus, a different smaller piece can be cut from a different layer in the same position. Pieces placed with piece in piece count as ‘placed‘ pieces. They are filled with a background pattern on the fabric.
Place with overlap
Pieces can be placed with a small overlap. First, the ‘normal‘ pieces are placed. Then, the piece to be overlapped is placed with pressed <Shift> key. Originally the piece is shown without fill colour. Activate the function place overlapped and click the piece with the right mouse button. The piece now counts as placed and is displayed with fill colour. The overlap area is marked in colour on the fabric. The area content of the overlap is limited to 50cm². Therefore, it is not possible to create large overlaps.
End
With End or with the right mouse button in the menu area, the marker making function is quit after a security question. The marker user interface can be reopened at the last stage of work via Marker Marker making
Open Marker to open a previously saved marker.
Open Next Marker to open the next marker. Markers are alphabetically ordered and the mark-er following the active marker will be opened.
Save Marker saves the marker, immediately under the name given.
Save Marker As... save the marker in a directory to be selected and under a name to be entered.
Remove superfluous data should be used when a marker has been layed and Always remove superfluous data during saving has been switched off. The perimeters of the unplaced pieces and unplaced sizes are removed from the marker. The marker file becomes smaller. Always remove superfluous data during saving can be switched on via Edit →Settings. The two remaining options Save marker with preview and More columns in detail view should be set only if not working within a network. Otherwise, the window for the Open Marker dialogue would build very slowly. The option Save marker with preview also requires sufficient memory.
Marker making opens the marker user interface.
Replace layout transfers the layout of a previously saved marker to be selected with identical amount of pieces and bundles. A preview and/or a detail information about the marker appears via the buttons list, details, preview.
Delete layout data resets all layout data. Only the marker information settings on the file cards remain existent.
Automatic laying (as described two pages previously)
- all pieces
- all active pieces from the pre-lay area or the material
- all pieces on the material
- all unplaced pieces*
- all unplaced, active pieces*
* These functions can also be found in the right menu in the marker user interface.
Return (as described two pages previously)
- all pieces (as described two pages previously)
- all unplaced pieces.