Garment Designer Help Files
Table of Contents

Welcome

Welcome to Garment Designer Help

Intro to Click and Drag

• Overview
• Vocabulary
• Point Selection Actions
• Segment Selection Actions
• How Selections Work

More on Selections

• Selecting Points and Symmetry
• Use as a Method of Measuring
• Point Selection Quick Chart

Measurements

• Overview
• Simple Versus Refined Fit Slopers

Measuring Basics

• Measurement Basics
• Taking and Recording Measurements

Where to Measure

• Measurements
• Full Chest Circumference
• Waist Circumference
• Full Hip Circumference
• High Hip Circumference Refined Fit Only
• Shoulder Width
• Upper Chest Width Refined Fit Only
• Shoulder Seam Length
• Shoulder Depth
• High Shoulder to Bust Refined Fit Only
• Bust Span Refinded Fit Only
• Back Waist Length
• Waist-Full Hip Length
• Waist-High Hip Length Refined Fit Only
• Waist-Knee Length Refined Fit Only
• Arm Length
• Armhole Depth
• Upper Arm Circumference
• Wrist Circumference

Entering Measurements in Garment Designer

• Entering the Measurements in Garment Designer
• Sloper Measurements Accuracy

Sloper Basics

• Sloper Basics Overview
• Introduction to the Sloper Dialog
• Check Boxes and Dialog Buttons
• Sloper Dialog Box Features
• Refined Fit Measurements and Patterns
• Understanding the Refined-Fit Sloper
• Testing the Fit of Your Measurements
• Sloper Fit Evaluation Chart
• Tweaking the Fit
• Sloper Tips

Tour of Software

Garment Designer Window

• Garment Designer Window

Menus Overview

File

• File Menu Overview
• New
• Open...
• Close...
• Save...
• Save As...
• Print...
• Print Setup/Page Setup
• Exit/Quit

Edit

• Edit Menu Overview
• Undo
• Cut
• Copy
• Paste
• Undo All Movement of Selected Points
• Undo All Point Movement
• Flip Horizontal/Flip Vertical
• Show Clipboard (Macintosh Only)
• Edit New Document Defaults

Sloper

• Sloper Menu Overview
• New Simple Fit...
• New Refined Fit...
• Edit...
• Save
• Discard Edited/Unsaved Sloper
• Delete

Options

• Options Menu Overview
• Project
• Garment
• Knit
• Top/Dress Length
• Bottom Garment Length
• Units/Gauge/Sett/Count
• Yarn Data
• User Header Fields
• User Info Fields
• Enable Symmerty
• Symmetry Options

Additions

• Additions Menu Overview
• How the Black Garment and Colored Addition Displays Work
• Enabled Additions..
• Standard Bands Knit Mode
• Add Band..
• Add Facing...
• Add Extension..
• Add Hem
• Global Seam Allowance
• Custom Seam Allowance
• Edit Custom Additions
• Delete Selected Additions
• Delete All Additions

Extras

• Extras Menu Overview
• Enable Extras
• Collar Commands
• Cuffs
• Pockets
• Edgings
• Shapes
• Delete All Extras

Generate

• Generate Menu Overview
• Pattern Pixel-Per-Stitch Graph
• Band Pixel-Per-Stitch Graphics
• Shaping Instructions
• Yarn Calculation
• Garment Area
• Pattern Layout
• Project Summary
• Sloper Measurement Chart
• Information and Recomnedations

Display

• Display Menu
• Grid Settings...
• Show Grid
• Show Pagination
• Print Preview
• Show Dimensions
• Show Counts
• Dimension Options...Dimension/Counts Options...
• Quick Measuring and Point Identification
• Garment Pieces
• Show Sloper
• Show Pattern
• Show Both
• Scale To Fit
• Scale To....
• Final Pattern
• Highlight Moved Points

Design Discussion - Extras

• Collar Design
• Cuff Design
• Pocket Design
• Edging Design
• Shape Design

Design Discussion - Specific Styles

• Princess Styles
• Empire Styles
• Double Darts
• Plus Size Libraries

Garment Designer to Stitch Painter

• Garment Designer to Stitch Painter Overview
• Export Method 1
• Export Method 2
• Export Method 3

Quick Answers - General

• Numerous Untitled Windows

Display Issues

• Crowded Dimensions on Screen
• Displaying Patterns on Screen

Pattern Measuring Issues

• Controlling the '0' point
• Determining Garment Length
• Determining Segment Length

Knitting

• Top Down and Sidesways Shaping
• Viewing all Design Windows