Start ©Judie Eatough 2005 Drafting with Weaving Software Fiberworks Bronze/Silver #1 Open and Save Files #2 Data Entry #3 Preferences

Start ©Judie Eatough 2005 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 Files 3. Import/Export Graphics Files 4. WIF files: Weaving Information Files A standard for sharing weaving files among different weaving programs and the human reader. Helps Note: ‘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.

Start ©Judie Eatough 2005 Fiberworks Bronze/Silver 1. Open Proprietary Files File types.dtxversion 4 files.des 1 DOS version 3 files Notes: 1..des files are also used by ProWeave Use: File  Open Drawdown Choose Files of Type

Start ©Judie Eatough 2005 Fiberworks Bronze/Silver 1b. Save Proprietary Files Use: File  Save File  Save As

Start ©Judie Eatough 2005 Fiberworks Bronze/Silver 2. Open/Save WIF Files Use: File  Open Drawdown File  Save File  Save As Change Files of type To WIF

Start ©Judie Eatough 2005 Fiberworks Silver 3. Open/Save Graphics Files Use: File  Open Sketchpad File  Save File  Save As Clipboard feature: Edit  Copy Image From sketchpad or drawdown will copy the open window to the windows clipboard. Shortcut: Ctrl+M

Start ©Judie Eatough 2005 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.

Start ©Judie Eatough 2005 WIF Files Part of a WIF file

Start ©Judie Eatough 2005 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.

Start ©Judie Eatough 2005 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 . 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.)

Start ©Judie Eatough 2005 WIF Files —Helps The file will not open using a Mac. Open the file in Simple Text and re-save it. 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.

Start ©Judie Eatough 2005 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)

Start ©Judie Eatough 2005 Fiberworks Bronze/Silver 2. Enter Data 2a. Mouse: Click and Drag 2b. Keyboard and Number Pad 2c. Fill 2d. Tieups 2e. Thickness 2f. Color 2g. Weave As Drawn In Insert/Delete OK Blanks OK

Start ©Judie Eatough 2005 Fiberworks Bronze/Silver 2a. Enter Data Mouse: Click and Drag Choose an icon and click and drag a box to fill with the threading. Straight Point Network

Start ©Judie Eatough 2005 Fiberworks Bronze/Silver 2b. Enter Data Keyboard and Number Pad Type shafts/treadles directly from the keyboard. Keyboard layout has an easy visual mnemonic. Or type two digit numbers from the number pad when scroll lock and num lock are both on. (06 for shaft 6, 16 for shaft 16) Tie-ups can also be typed using the + and – keys.

Start ©Judie Eatough 2005 Fiberworks Bronze/Silver 2c. Enter Data Fill Warp/Weft  Fill

Start ©Judie Eatough 2005 Fiberworks Bronze/Silver 2d. Enter Data Tie-ups Bonze/Silver Enter first treadle, Tieup  Twill Repeat Silver only Enter first quarter, Tieup  Repeat by Quarters Silver Bronze

Start ©Judie Eatough 2005 Fiberworks Bronze/Silver 2e. Enter Data Color Choose a color from the palette and click or click and drag in the color bar to add color or type color number/letter. From the menus choose warp  colors… and make choices from the box.

Start ©Judie Eatough 2005 Fiberworks Bronze/Silver 2f. Enter Data Thickness Click or type numbers In the thickness bar.

Start ©Judie Eatough 2005 Fiberworks Bronze/Silver 2g. Enter Data Weave As Drawn In Weft  Weave As Drawn In… Choose from window

Start ©Judie Eatough 2006 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 calculations Yarn Databases with fiber, color, sett, cost, and/or vendor

Start ©Judie Eatough 2006 Fiberworks Bronze/Silver 3. Preferences 3a. New Design Settings View  Preferences 3b. Initial Print Settings View  Preferences 3c. Misc. Settings View  Preferences 3d. Records and Notes Cloth  Notes and Records 3e. No Calculations 3f. No Yarn Data

Start ©Judie Eatough 2006 Fiberworks Bronze/Silver 3a. New Design Settings View  Preferences

Start ©Judie Eatough 2006 Fiberworks Bronze/Silver 3b. Initial Print Settings View  Preferences

Start ©Judie Eatough 2006 Fiberworks Bronze/Silver 3c. Misc. Settings View  Preferences

Start ©Judie Eatough 2006 Fiberworks Bronze/Silver 3d. Records and Notes Cloth  Notes and Records

Start ©Judie Eatough 2006 Drafting with Weaving Software Program Version #’s Fiberworks Bronze/Silver / , Patternland V6.07 pixeLoom 2.2.5, 3.1.1, ProWeave 5.0 Release A WeaveDesign WeaveIt Basic/Pro 5.01, 5.05 WeaveMaker 7.99, WeavePoint V 6.0, 6.1