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Start ©Judie Eatough 2005 WeaveMaker 1. Open/Save Proprietary Files File types.wmddraft file.wmp color palette Use: File Open Note: Both file types can be selected at the same time. File Save File Save AsTRANSCRIPT
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Drafting with Weaving Software
WeaveMaker
#1 Open and Save Files#2 Data Entry#3 Preferences
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Drafting with Weaving Software #1
Open and Save Files
1. Open and Save Proprietary Files: Each program may have a proprietary file type. These files will only open in the program to which they
belong. 2. Open/Save or Import/Export WIF Files3. Import/Export Graphics Files4. WIF files: Weaving Information Files
A standard for sharing weaving files among different weaving programs and the human reader.
HelpsNote: ‘Save’ keeps the same file name and overwrites original file;‘Save As’ allows you to change the name of a file and keeps both files.
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WeaveMaker 1. Open/Save Proprietary
Files File types.wmd draft file.wmp color paletteUse:File OpenNote: Both file types can be selected at the same time. File SaveFile Save As
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WeaveMaker 2. Open/Save WIF Files
Use:File OpenNote: Both file types or just WIF can be selected.File Export as WIF
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WeaveMaker 3. Save TIF Files
Use:File Export FabricFile Export GridFile Grid OptionsFile Export 3D
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WIF Files WIF files are text files WIF files can be read in text editors such as Notepad (Windows) and Simple Text (Mac) See each program for information about opening/saving/exporting WIF files.
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WIF FilesPart of a WIF file
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WIF Files Helps
WIF file does not open when clicked. Open your weaving program and open/import the WIF file from the programs menu. It still will not open or opens incorrectly.WIF files can have up to 255 shafts. If a draft has 73 shafts and your weaving software allows 32, it will not open or will open incorrectly. (Drawloom and pickup designs often have lots of shafts.) Check to see if the software has an update.Often this solves the problem.
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WIF Files—Helps
The colors are not the same.Colors often give different results when using WIF files. Using the default warp and weft colors often gives poor results. Experiment. Thickness does not appear in the draft.Not all programs have a thickness feature. It appears as text in an email. Copy the lines of text into Notepad or Simple Text. Do not use HTML or word processors. Save the file. For Windows make sure the file has a .WIF suffix. (Just rename the file and change .txt to .WIF.)
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WIF Files—Helps
The file will not open using a Mac. Open the file in Simple Text and re-save it. Email the file to yourself and save as text file. Use SetItsType!.sit to help identify files. Look at files in a text editor. Compare it to a WIF file that works in your software. Ask the software programmer for help. All of the programs included here write WIF files that can be opened by the other programs in Windows. I have tested many of them using OS8.6 and WeaveMaker.
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Drafting with Weaving Software #2 Enter Data
2. Enter Data Threading, treadling, tie-up, dents, and
color. Questions:
Insert/ Delete keys will insert/delete ends, picks, treadles. (Yes/No) Blank ends, picks, and treadles are allowed. (Yes/No)
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WeaveMaker 2. Enter Data
2a. Line/Freehand 2b. Cornucopia2c. Color2d. Color Ways2f. Treadle as Drawn In
Insert/Delete NoBlanks OK
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WeaveMaker 2a. Enter Data
Line DrawUse pencil tool to click and drag a line between two points
Works in threading, tieup and treadling.
Freehand DrawChange the pencil under
Edit Preferences
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WeaveMaker 2b. Enter Data
Library and CornucopiaFill with preset draft elements.
Cornucopia generates design elements.
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WeaveMaker 2c. Enter Data
Color Create Color Palette and add colors to Colorway.
Use pencil tool to place color in the color bar.
Or use pencil tool to click on a shaft and change all threads to new color. Here shaft 2 was changed to lime green.
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WeaveMaker 2d. Enter Data
ColorwayUse multiple colorways to design different versions of the same draft.
Colorway 1Colorway 3
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Drafting with Weaving Software #3 Preferences
3. Preferences Configure program defaults Record Notes/Records Calculations Yarn Database
Choose number of shafts, treadles, etc. Choose draft layout, symbols, view, magnification Miscellaneous settings Project records and calculationsYarn Databases with fiber, color, sett, cost, and/or vendor
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WeaveMaker 3. Preferences
3a. Preferences Edit Preferences3b. Print Options File Print Options3c. Notes Edit Remarks3d. Calculations Special Yarn
Conversions…3e. No Yarn Database
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WeaveMaker 3a.
Edit Preferences
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WeaveMaker 3b. Print Options
File Print Options
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WeaveMaker 3c. Notes
Edit Remarks
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WeaveMaker 3d. Yarn Conversions
Special Yarn Conversions…
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Drafting with Weaving Software
Program Version #’s
Fiberworks Bronze/Silver 4.031.04/4.0.31.15, 4.1.0.12Patternland V6.07pixeLoom 2.2.5, 3.1.1, 4.5.7
ProWeave 5.0 Release AWeaveDesign 1.6.0.4
WeaveIt Basic/Pro 5.01, 5.05WeaveMaker 7.99, 8.4.4.0WeavePoint V 6.0, 6.1