Changing the position of a label to use with a labeling system.

For those of you who enjoy a good mouse metaphor or love adorable white fluffy animals, this is the cheat sheet for you.

We really like our shortcuts in AccuMark Pattern Design and have even incorporated a couple in the way you use a mouse. This gif shows a couple of the actions your mouse can complete, including the popular 'Bunny Ears'.


An image version is attached, and please let me know if there is a mouse that looks like this. I need it.

Enjoy~

Basic Digitizing: Smoothing and Non-Smoothing Point Attributes

The Basics to Digitizing are the minimal steps that need to be taken to digitize a piece into AccuMark using our Gerber Technology Digitizers. We have simplified the process to 6 steps AFTER you have opened your W-Digit and filled out Digitize Process options.

One additional step to take is while defining the perimeter (step 3) is to assign point attributes. If you want a shape to be curved or a sharp straight edge, you can assign a Smoothing or Non-Smoothing Point Attribute.

Smoothing/Non-Smoothing Point Attribute

Smoothing (curve) and Non-Smoothing (straight) points do not need to be assigned to every point on the piece. AccuMark assigns the point attributes based on the angle size.

So while digitizing a piece, you don’t need many points to create one curve. If a point is at an angle smaller than 120 degrees, you can then assign the Smoothing Attribute to create the curve. You ONLY need to assign the attribute if the point’s angle DOES NOT meet the systems automatic assignment, or if you are switching between smoothing and non-smoothing points.

 

It is advised to use fewer points while digitizing so you have cleaner measurements. Also, machine cut pieces won’t have jagged edges from reading every single point. Use Smoothing/Non-Smoothing point attributes so you can lessen the number of points and create the shapes you need for your pieces.

*missed the Halloween Practice Packet? Just message me here on the community. 

Today's tip demonstrates how to use the Rotate Axes feature for grading, eliminating the need for an alternate grain line.

If you are trying to Plot from Pattern Design and you get the error message P-Piece-Plot Param or Annotation table not found on disk check your PDS preferences.
See attached.  This can happen when you upgrade or when you get a new computer and you have not imported your PDS user settings. 

See attached for fatal error 1603 or error 1316 which may happen during installation of software.

You can use the 16 button cursor for pattern Input rather than the pen to input your patterns!  See attached instructions.

Having trouble saving pieces in PDS or Save As is not responding? Be sure to keep your data healthy by using the attached instructions to check the storage areas regularly, especially before backups. 

Remember when you were in school and had to learn the periodic table of elements, and thought "I'll never need this in the real world!" ??? Our summer intern @Katherine Yip is taking us back old-school with a periodic table of handy dandy AccuMark PDS Shortcuts! 

Keep a copy handy or bookmark this post and let us help you work smarter, not harder 

In each storage area, you have default tables.  P-User-environ which dictates your environment which can be either metric or Imperial (inches).  There are other P- tables which are referred to as parameter tables.  The annotation tables, laylimits, block buffer, size code, matching tables, rule tables are all set up tables.  When you create a new storage area you can have these tables automatically copied into the new storage area.  Here is what I recommend.
1. Create a new storage area and call it SETTINGS.
2. In AccuMark Explorer go to File\Options
3. On the configuration page choose the storage area and press set New Default