Operation Instruction V1.0

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Raynen ^® Socks Design Software

Operation Instruction V1.0

Fujian Raynen Technology Co., Ltd.

May 2020

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1. Introduction

1.1. Software overview

Dear customer, thank you very much for choosing Raynen Socks Designer software. Before installing and using the software, it is recommended that you read this help handbook first to properly install and use the software.

The software has an automatic programming function, which is used to automatically generate the lower machine control data of the knitting socks machine, mainly including pattern design, image analysis, automatic compilation, data transmission and so on.

1.2. Operating environment

Operating system: Windows XP/ 7/8/10 Simplified Chinese version.

CPU: Intel Pentium 500MHz or AMD Anthon 1800MHz or higher.

Memory: 1G or above memory.

Display: The recommended resolution is 1024 x 768 or higher.

1.3. Software installation and startup

1.3.1. Software installation

➢ Double-click the installation package icon

➢ Select the language you want to use in the operation interface and click OK.

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➢ Choose to accept the user agreement and proceed to the next step.

➢ Select additional tasks if needed, and click Next to proceed to the installation.

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➢ Click Install.

➢ Display the installation progress

➢ After successful installation, the following interface appears; check

“Execute”, click “Complete” to enter the system of Raynen Socks Designer, otherwise exit.

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1.3.2.

Software startup

➢ Double-click the icon generated by the computer desktop, and click New to display the main interface of the software.

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1.4. Introduction to main functional modules

1.4.1.Drawing design

Select the drop-down menu, tool bar, tool box icon to easily design the plate pattern. The main drawing elements are: points, lines, rectangles, circle, ellipses, rounded rectangles, diamonds, etc.; the main functions are fill, add or subtract rows or columns(insert), multiple, select copy, and so on. It is convenient to perform operations such as selected area copying, color filling, rotation, expansion, color replacement, deletion, cutting, and pasting.

1.4.2.The file types

Sock Designer (*.101)

The plate system file save type is Sock Designer (*.101)

2. The menu bars

➢ The menu bar is shown in the red box selection area:

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2.1. File

➢ New: Create a new canvas, select the model and view the model parameters.

➢ Open: Open the saved file, the file types that can be opened include: *.101;

*.PAT; *.PAS; *.FAT; *.HLV; *.CAT.

Access conversion CAT file

①File→Open

The file name becomes the file name of the open CAT;

Canvas blank

The chain data is complete.

②Chain → Open template: the file name does not change, open the complete chain

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➢ Save: Save the current pattern file to the default storage location, the save type is Sock Designer (*.101).

➢ Save As: Stores the current pattern file to the specified location, and saves the type as Sock Designer (*.101).

➢ Import the pattern: Import a pattern file from the computer to the plate making software, the file type is Sock Files (*.101, *.PAT).

➢ Import bitmap: Import a picture (*.bmp, *.jpg, *.png) from the computer to the plate making software and automatically convert the original picture color to the software identifiable color.

➢ Export BMP file: Export the designed pattern as a BMP file and export the image as a 256-color BMP file (*.bmp).

➢ Recent files: Displays files that have been recently saved or opened.

➢ Exit: Exit the software and stop using it.

2.2. View

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➢ Tool bar：

➢ Status bar: This is whether the information prompt bar is displayed.

➢ The control bar: This is whether the indicator area is displayed.

➢ Max/min Zoom: Enlarge the drawing area and indicator area to the maximum or the minimum.

➢ Cross: When the check is selected, the cursor moves to have a cross position.

2.3. Edit

➢ Undo: Undo the current operation in the drawing area.

➢ Redo: Restore the operation of drawing area undo.

➢ Cover background color: When the background color is checked, only the background color can be covered. The specific effect is shown below.

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➢ BMP transparent: the background color will be disabled when the BMP transparent is selected.

➢ Select all: select the whole current drawing area.

➢ Clear all: Empty the drawing area pattern.

➢ Cut: Cut the selected area into the clipboard.

➢ Copy: Copy the selected area.

➢ Paste: Paste the pattern of the clipboard into the drawing area.

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2.4. multiple

2.4.1. 1F~heelsel

➢ When checked, the corresponding layer will be displayed in the main drawing area.

2.4.2. all above

➢ Open or close the 1F~heelsel view.

2.5. Pattern edit

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2.5.1. Pattern property

➢ Adjust the knit size while scaling the pattern size.

2.5.2. Pattern loop setup

➢ Set the pattern start and end lines of the pattern to be cycled, and set the total number of loops to cycle the pattern.

2.5.3. Color heel

➢ Set the method of Color heel. Change the different methods by setting different main shuttle, thread take-up, IN, OUT, number of turns, and starting loop parameters.

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2.5.4. Provocative cycle

➢ Set the method of matching the needle to the needle and use it when retracting the needle.

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2.5.5.Heel pattern

➢ Set and select the method of matching the number of starting stitches and starting stitches of the stockings. Different methods of fitting form different heel patterns.

2.5.6. Main shuttle setup

➢ Set the method of matching the main shuttle and knitting motion and the advance amount and overlap of the main shuttle motion. R1-R10 represent different main shuttles, and 1~16 represent different knitting actions.

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2.5.7. Mixed Color Setting

➢ Configure the yarn feeder combination represented by the mixed color.

2.5.8.Density Setup

➢ Include the parameters of the CYL density, sinker density, and Raising CAM density to adjust the density of the fabric. The range of parameters that can be set is: 0~99.

➢ Raising CAM: A part that is applied to the periphery of the cylinder or on the upper surface of the dial to the knitting needle to be knitted according to a certain rule.

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2.5.9.Chain editor

➢ Set the name of the chain, Step Setting, the Heel Settings, CMD parameters，

Action Block, the motion parameters, the Needles’ Status, modify the Density Startup, open and save the template, and adjust the production of the fabric.

➢ The cursor is placed on the left step box, right click the right mouse button:

“ Add”: Left click “Append” to pop up the “Sock steps” dialog box.

Double-click the option to add the step to the step box.

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"Delete": Delete the checked knitted part.

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"Insert": Divides into inserting a blank block and inserting a new step;

simultaneously inserting the knitting parameters that have been set in the selected step when inserting the selected step.

"Modify": Modify the content of the current knitting part.

"Import": Import saved data.

“Export”: Export the currently edited data.

➢ Step Settings：

"patterned": Indicates that the data on the pattern is used to remove the needle.

“plain”: It means that the system stops counting the number of patterns and uses the Needles’ Status data in the Needles’ Status.

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➢ CMD Page：

Choose different commands and adjust the position and status. Eight kinds of instructions can be set at the same time. The parameter range of

"Setting" is 0~80.

➢ Action Management: Edit the action and select the needle.

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➢ Needle Setup: Edit the arrangement of the knitting needles.

“Repeated copy”: Set the parameters of the start and end needles, press the OK button to repeat the needle selection result between the start needle and the end needle from the position where there is no needle selection.

"Local Copy": Source (SRC): The part that needs to be copied (from the start needle to the end needle).Target (DES): The target part of the copy (from the start needle to the end needle).

"Block clear": Clear the current module content.

"Block Fill": Modify the current content (as shown in the figure below, serial number 2).

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“Block Copy”: Copy the selected module.

"Block Paste": Paste the copied module above in the target module.

➢ CY: Combined display of the corresponding action, number of turns, instruction page content.

➢ Advanced : Editing of action management and needle setup must be performed under advanced authority.

➢ Density data: The operation is the same as the density setting under the Pattern Edit menu.

➢ Import: Open the saved module and open the file type as Sock Files (*.101,

*.PAT).

➢ Save: Save the currently edited data, the save type is Sock Files (*.101).

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2.6. Setting

➢ Draw: The basic settings of the system.

➢ Advanced: Advanced settings for the system.

When using the mouse wheel to zoom the canvas, change this setting to change the maximum magnification of the canvas and the speed at which the canvas changes as the pulley slides.

Set the canvas grid color

Set the distance each time the canvas moves when you move the canvas up and down, left and right.

Set the speed when moving the canvas with the spacebar

Zoom the canvas or move the canvas up and down as you scroll the mouse Set the number of operations saved by the undo tool(Canceled number)

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2.7. Windows

➢ The software drawing area display mode setting is divided into Cascading and Tile.

"Cascading": Multiple drawing interfaces are displayed in a stack on the same interface.

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"Tile": The drawing area is full of windows.

2.8. Help

➢ Help: Open the help manual, the help manual is in pdf format, you need to install pdf reader to open.

➢ Update record: Introduce the details of each update of the Socks Designer.

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➢ Update Detects：When the file is not open, select Help - check for updates, close the program after the download is complete and try again.

➢ About: View software version, company information, etc.

3. Tool bar

➢ The toolbar is as shown:

3.1. New

➢ Click the button shown above to create a new drawing window and the following dialog box will pop up.

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➢ First select the Machine type, the user can select the model that matches the machine in the lower option, and then input the width (the needles). The user can input the required number of needles in the lower width box (the range is 30~512) . The height is the size of the canvas, customize the size of the canvas, enter the desired canvas size (the range is 1~15000), click OK to enter the main drawing area for drawing.

3.2. Open

➢ Click the button shown above to pop up the following dialog box; select the desired file to open the saved pattern file.

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3.3. Save

➢ Save the current pattern. The default is the Sock Files (*.101, *.PAT) type.

3.4. Save to USB flash driver

➢ Save to a USB flash driver

➢ Click this button when inserting a mobile USB flash drive to save the pattern directly to the root directory of the USB flash drive. Displayed as saved successfully.

➢ If no USB flash drive is inserted, a prompt window will pop up.

3.5. Backup USB file

➢ Backup USB file

➢ Click the button shown above to open the set backup folder.

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➢ Click the pull-down triangle of the button and click the device path to reset the target backup folder path.

3.6. Cut

➢ Main drawing area cutting

➢ There must be a selected area for the icon to highlight; when the selected target exists, move the mouse and left click on the icon to cut the content in the selected area to reveal the background color of the drawing area.

➢ The pattern cut into the paste version can only be recognized by the system.

➢ You can also select the area you want to cut in the drawing area, then click the left mouse button at any point in the selected area, then drag the cursor to the target area, release the mouse and click the mouse again. The key can complete the cutting and pasting of the selected area.

3.7. Copy

➢ In the drawing area, select the area you want to copy (the icon must be selected to highlight), left click the icon and release it, and the selected area is copied to the clipboard.

➢ The pattern copied to the pasteboard can only be recognized by this system.

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3.8. Paste

➢ Left click on the icon, the pattern in the clipboard is pasted into the upper left corner of the drawing area, click the pattern, drag the cursor to the target area and then click the left button to complete the paste.

➢ Press Enter to finish the paste.

3.9. Undo

➢ Clicking the left arrow button as shown above will cancel the current operation of the main drawing area, and click once to go back one step.

➢ Click the drop-down triangle to list the history steps as shown in the following image. Multiple steps can be undone in the drop-down box.

➢ The number of cancellations can be set by yourself. The system defaults to 25 times. The user can click "Menu Bar → Settings → Advanced" to pop up the system settings dialog box and change the number of cancellations in the Advanced .

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3.10. Redo

➢ Click the right arrow as shown above to restore the undo operation of the drawing area. Click once to restore one step.

➢ Click the drop-down triangle to list the undo records, the number of restores is same as the number of undoes.

➢ The icon is highlighted only after the operation is cancelled; multiple steps can be restored in the drop-down box at one time.

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3.11. Zoom in

➢ Click the button as shown above to zoom in the drawing area, including the main drawing area and the indicator area.

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3.12. Zoom out

➢ Click the button shown above to zoom out the drawing area, including the main drawing area and the function line area. The reduction is the same as the zoom in button, which is equivalent to “undo” zooming in.

3.13. Gridlines

➢ Whether the grid needs to be displayed in the drawing area.

➢ Left click on the icon, the icon is selected, the function is turned on, and the drawing area icon is highlighted to display the grid.

➢ Click the icon again to not display the grid.

➢ This function is enabled by default, and the system saves the on/off status of this function.

3.14. About

➢ The mouse clicks on the icon to bring up the information dialog window.

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➢ You can check the software version number and update time; company full name, address, telephone, fax, website and other information.

3.15. Help

➢ Open these operating instructions.

3.16. 1PX

➢ Click the drop-down triangle to select the brush, line, rectangle border, circular border, rounded rectangle border, and the thickness of the diamond border. 1PX~7PX is from fine to thick in order, and 7PX is the thickest.

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3.17. Picture transparent

➢ The mouse clicks on the icon and the background color will be disappeared in the color interface to be processed.

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3.18. Template fill

➢ The template fill icon is only valid when you select a fill, rectangle, circle, rounded rectangle, and diamond fill in the toolbox.

➢ Click the drop-down triangle to the right of the icon, select the desired organization chart size from the drop-down list, select the saved template, and then fill in various types of templates.

➢ The template can be set in the edit template.

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3.19. Edit template

➢ The left side is the size of the organization chart. In the upper right drawing area, click the left mouse button to generate an organization point, and right-click to clear the organization point. Generate a simulation of the organization at the bottom right.

➢ Once you have saved the template, you can select it in the template fill.

3.20. Multiple yarn setting

➢ Click the icon to pop up the multi-needle selection button interface, which can add pattern view to the corresponding position in the 1F, 1C, 2C, 3C, 4C, 5C view in the added view.

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➢ Click OK, the color corresponding to the screen of the 1F, 1C, 2C, 3C, 4C, 5C view will appear in the corresponding position. That is to say, 1F , 1C ~ 5C add yarn shuttle will eat yarn at the corresponding position. Take 1C-1, 1C-2, 2C-1 color code as an example, check the 1F layer, the effect is as shown below:

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3.21. Replace color

➢ The mouse clicks on the icon to bring up the replacement color interface, which replaces the selected color with the desired color.

3.22. Exchange color

➢ Click the icon to bring up the color exchange interface to exchange the selected color with the target color. The difference from the color change tool is the two-way replacement.

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3.23. Map views

➢ From left to right, the icons represent “Drawing Tim yarn View”, “Drawing the Main Shuttle View”, “Elastic Draw View”, “Draw 1F View”, “Draw 1C View”, and “Draw 2C View”. "Draw 3C View", "Draw 4C View", "Draw 5C View", "Draw 6C View".

➢ Click the icon to switch to or add the corresponding layer in the main drawing area.

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3.24. Lock status

➢ In the locked state, the drawing action will always map to the specified view;

➢ In the unlocked state, only the next action will be mapped to the specified view.

3.25. Toggle control view

➢ Click the icon to control whether or not the control bar is displayed.

3.26. Import chain template

➢ Import a chain template from your computer.

3.27. Basic edit

➢ Open the chain editing page.

Only Step In

➢ Click the “chain instruction level editing” icon

➢ Click the “Only Step In” button

➢ Select File → Open

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4. Tool box

4.1. Move

➢ Click the left mouse button to select the icon, move the canvas when right click on the canvas.

4.2. Select

➢ Select a range to edit it.

➢ Click the left mouse button to select the icon. In the drawing area, click the left mouse button at the starting point of the selection range, hold it down, drag the mouse to the end point of the selection range, and then release the mouse to select (click the left mouse button anywhere outside the selection range to cancel the selection range).

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the mouse to adjust the size of the box selection.

➢ Selection can be used in the function line drawing area; the minimum selection range is 1 cell; click the left button in the selected area, and then press the keyboard Esc to cancel the selected area.

➢ After confirming the selected area, click and release the mouse in the selected area, drag the cursor to the target position and click the left mouse button again to cut the contents of the selected area.

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4.3. Eraser

➢ Click the left mouse button to select the icon, then click the left mouse button in any cell in the drawing area to delete the cell graphic, click the left mouse button and drag to delete.

4.4. Fill

➢ Click the left mouse button to select the icon and there are three fill type selections.

➢ Do not select all three types, select a color code area, right click at any point, click to select “color change”, select the color code to be replaced in the pop-up dialog box, click “OK”, then The selected area is filled with the selected color code (if there is no selected range, the same color code area of

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Filling

➢ Click the left mouse button to select the icon, select the color code in the palette, click anywhere in the continuous color code area, and the continuous color code area is filled with the selected color code.

Copy fill

➢ Copy a small graphic, click the left mouse button to select the icon, click the left mouse button in any of the same color code areas, then the continuous color code area is filled with small graphics (click the cell and the lower left corner of the small graphic) The grid color code is the same).

➢ When there is not enough position in the edge of the fill area, the edge is filled with an incomplete copy area graphic.

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Template fill

➢ Before using the tool, first select (Edit Template) in the toolbar, pop up the

“Template Editing and Application” dialog box, select a template size, and then select a blank box to edit it on the right side.

➢ Click the left mouse button to fill the cell and the right mouse button to undo the cell fill. Click "Save Template" to complete the edit.

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➢ Click the left mouse button to select (template fill) in the drawing toolbox, then select (template fill) in the toolbar, click to select the template (or select (edit template) in the toolbar, select in the dialog box Template, click Apply Template), and then click the left mouse button in the continuous same color code area of the target in the drawing area to complete the template filling.

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➢ The template fill operation is also applicable to template fills for rectangles, circles, rounded rectangles, and diamonds.

4.5. Word

➢ Left mouse clicks to select the icon, left click anywhere in the drawing area, a text window appears.

➢ Enter text in the input box and click it directly at any position in the drawing area. The output text will move with the cursor, and left click on the target position to complete the text input.

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➢ When you left click on the “Font” button, the setting interface pops up, you can set the font, click OK to save after setting.

4.6. Pen

➢ Left button to freely draw points or curves, right button for eraser function.

➢ In the drawing area, click the left mouse button once for a point, hold down the left button and drag the cursor to move the brush as the mouse moves.

You can draw a continuous line segment and release the left button after reaching the target position.

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4.7. Line

➢ Click the left mouse button to select the icon, move the cursor to the starting point of the drawing area, click the left mouse button, drag the mouse to the ending point in the desired direction, and release the left button to complete.

➢ You can draw any line.

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➢ Draw a horizontal line.

➢ Draw a vertical line.

➢ Draw a straight line at a certain angle.

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4.8. Rectangle

➢ In the drawing area, click the left mouse button to determine the top left corner of the rectangle, drag the cursor along the diagonal direction of the desired direction, and release the left mouse button at the target position to complete the rectangle drawing.

➢ Drag the cursor while holding down the Shift key to draw a square.

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Foreground fill

Background color fill

Template fill

➢ The above four filling operations are also applicable to round, rounded rectangles, and diamonds.

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4.9. Circle

➢ In the drawing area, click the left mouse button to determine a vertex of the ellipse, drag the cursor along the desired diagonal direction, release the left mouse button at the target position, and complete the ellipse drawing.

➢ Drag the cursor while holding down the Shift key to draw a selecte.

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4.10. Rounded Rectangle

➢ In the drawing area, click the left mouse button to determine a vertex of the rounded rectangle, drag the cursor along the desired diagonal direction, and release the left mouse button at the target position to complete the rounded rectangle drawing.

➢ While holding the Shift key while dragging the cursor, you can draw a square rounded rectangle.

4.11. Diamond

➢ In the drawing area, click the left mouse button to determine a vertex of the diamond, drag the cursor along the desired diagonal direction, and release the left mouse button at the target position to complete the diamond drawing.

➢ While holding the cursor, hold down the Shift key while drawing a rule.

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4.12. Add or subtract rows or columns

➢ Click the left mouse button to select the icon, click the left mouse button in the drawing area to add an empty row or an empty column, and right-click to delete the row or column.

➢ Single image mode, that is, adding or subtracting rows or columns after clicking the selection icon, only adding or subtracting rows or columns to the current drawing page of the file. Do not select this icon to add or subtract all the drawing pages of the file (including adding yarn, main shuttle, elastic, 1F main eat, 1C heavy color, 2C heavy color, 3C heavy color, 4C heavy color, 5C heavy color). Row or column.

➢ Basic operation：

(1)Set the number of line or row: Click the text field, input a number.

(2)Insert/Delete line: Click the icon of insert/delete line, then move the cursor to workspace, click left mouse button to insert the line, click right mouse button to delete the line.

(3)Insert/Delete row: Click the icon of insert/delete row, then move the cursor to workspace, click left mouse button to insert the row, click right mouse button to delete the row.

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4.13. Color picking

➢ Click the left mouse button to select “Fake foreground color” or “Get background color”, select a color in the graph, and click to automatically get the color code of the current mouse point as the foreground color or background color.

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4.14. Elasti

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（Rubber）

➢ Elastic is a common excipient for knitwear with good stretch and rebound.

Click the left mouse button to select the rubber band icon, select the tissue type of the rubber band, and set the tissue ratio to determine the tissue chart of the rubber band.

➢ In the drawing area, click the left mouse button at the target position to set the starting point of the added elastic line, drag the mouse to another target position and release the mouse to complete the adding elastic line.

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4.15. Multi-copy

➢ Frame selection an area and release the mouse to complete the copy, move the cursor to the target position, click the left button to confirm the position to complete a copy, then move the cursor to another position, and click the left button to complete the copy again.

➢ Press Esc or right-click to cancel copying.

4.16. Select copy

Linear drawing

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➢ Click the left mouse button to select the icon, Frame selection an area to release the mouse to complete the copy, select the starting position, click the left mouse button, drag the mouse in the desired direction, release the mouse at the target position to complete the linear drawing.

Array drawing

➢ The operation is drawn in the same line as the line.

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4.17. Symmetric

➢ A symmetric copy of the selected area.

➢ Frame selection the target area in the drawing area. This area includes the flipped graphic, the symmetrical centerline, and the other side of the flip.

The system flips to the right side of the graph by default.

➢ Click the left mouse button to select the symmetrical icon, then click to select horizontal flip or vertical flip, click anywhere at any point outside the Frame selection, and then Frame selection the graph to complete the flip.

➢ If the small area is not selected and the symmetry is directly selected, the entire canvas is flipped with the vertical center line of the canvas.

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4.18. Rotating

Rotating

➢ Rotate the frame selection area.

➢ Frame selection the target area in the drawing area, click the left mouse button to select the icon, then left click on the frame selection area and

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angle, and click the left mouse button to complete the rotation.

➢ Press the Esc key to cancel the rotation.

➢ The center of rotation defaults to the center of the selected area. Edit the origin and angle of the rotation in the menu bar "Settings" → "Draw", and then rotate.

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4.19. Flipping

➢ Flip the cut area.

➢ Frame selection the target area in the drawing area, click the left mouse button to select the flip direction and release it, then complete the flip. After flipping, click any point in the flip area and release it, then cut the area, move the cursor to select the position and click again to determine the position of the inverted image.

➢ Click once to copy once, press Esc or right-click to complete.

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4.20. Move

➢ Click the left mouse button to select the icon, frame selection the target area, hold down the left mouse button and drag to drag and drop the graphic in the selected area, and release the mouse to complete the positioning.

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4.21. Frame

➢ Add a border to the specified color code, select the border icon and then select the border type, then select the border color code, and then click the color code area where you want to add a border to complete the border.

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4.22. Image edit

Image edit

➢ Cut out the drawn graphics.

➢ Select the icon, click the left mouse button, drag the frame selection outside the target graphic, release the mouse to complete the frame selection, click anywhere in the selected area to complete the map and cut the area. , move the cursor to the target position and double-click the left mouse button to determine the position of the drawn graphic (click to complete the determined position).

➢ Click the left mouse button at any point outside the map area to exit and restore.

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4.23. Magic Wand

Magic Wand

➢ Copy consecutive color-coded areas.

➢ Click the left mouse button to select the icon. In the drawing area, click the left mouse button to click any point in the target color code area, select the continuous color code area, click the left mouse button again, and drag the cursor to the target area. Double-click the left button to complete the copy.

➢ After selecting the continuous color code area, hold down the Ctrl key and click the left mouse button to move the selected area to realize the pattern cut function. The cut pattern will move with the cursor and double click the mouse at the target position. After the left button is released, the Ctrl key is released, and the cut and paste is completed. The original pattern is located at the color of the canvas.

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5. Main drawing area and information prompt bar

5.1. Main drawing area

5.1.1.

Drawing area

➢ The drawing is divided into 10 layers:：

Timing layer:

Main shuttle layer: The action of the main shuttle after entering the chain.

Elastic layer: Indicates the action of the elastic shuttle after entering the chain.

Main eating layer (1F):

Adding a shuttle group layer (1C~6C): The movement of five adding yarns, such as 1C~6C, after entering the chain.

➢ In the toolbox rectangle selection state, the cursor moves to the vertical (or horizontal) scale, click the mouse, move the cursor to the destination and release the mouse to frame selection the entire row (or the entire column), as shown below (select Lines 5 to 10):

➢ Right mouse button in the drawing area:

Place the cursor in the drawing area and click the right mouse button to pop up the setting interface:

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"Undo": Undo the previous drawing operation.

“Resize”: Use the same as the menu bar pattern to edit the pattern attribute function.

"Cut": The usage is cut with the main drawing area.

"Copy": The usage is copied with the main drawing area.

"Paste": Usage is the same as paste.

“Color Picking”: Select the color code where the cursor is located as the current color.

Synchronize View to: Synchronize the contents of the current layer to other layers.

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"Empty pattern": Clear all patterns in the current view, other views are not affected.

"Select All": Select all the patterns in the current view.

"Import Pattern": Import the pattern file.

"Import bitmap": Import image files such as bmp, jpg, png, etc., and

automatically convert the original image color to the software-recognizable color.

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Export Bitmap: Export the current pattern to a picture file (bmp).

"Multiple copy": Usage and toolbox multiple copy.

"Select Copy": Use the same toolbox to select copy.

"Symmetrical drawing": Usage and toolbox symmetry tools.

"Rotate": Usage is rotated with the toolbox.

"Flip": Usage is flipped with the toolbox.

“Rolling”: The usage moves with the toolbox to move the selecte pattern horizontally, vertically, horizontally and vertically.

"Heavy color (re-eat)": Use the same color as the toolbar (re-eat) tool.

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“Color Change”: Same as the Toolbar Color Change Tool.

"Color interchange": Same as the toolbar color interchange tool.

5.1.2. Area-pattern

➢ Display or edit the area with the set pattern, which is used in conjunction with the chain editing.

➢ Operation steps:

(1) Select "Menu Bar → Pattern Editing → Chain Editing → Command Level Editing";

(2) Right-click the blank text box on the left side of the interface;

(3) Then select “Append” to pop up the knitting part selection interface, and double-click the option to add it to the original text box;

(4) Set the relevant attributes of the option in the part parameter;

“Flower type” means using the data on the pattern to move the needle;

“No flower type” means that the system stops counting the number of patterns and uses the needle data in the needle selection data;

(5) Click OK to generate the relevant parameters in Area-Flow.

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5.2. Information prompt bar

➢ You can control whether this part is displayed in the software interface through the “View → Status Bar” menu.

6. The function lines

➢ The function line drawing area is used to describe the auxiliary information of the pattern layer, and corresponds one-to-one on the line. If the necessary information is not defined in the function line drawing area, an error or warning message will appear during compilation.

➢ When defining the drawing area, the user can select the function line to be set through the function line drop-down list box or the function line list (as shown in the figure). The selected function line is displayed at the far left of the function line area for parameter setting.

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6.1. Speed

➢ Define the set speed of the braided part when the current pattern is executed.

The speed is set to change during the change, but the actual speed is automatically limited to the low speed.

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6.2. Blow

➢ Indicates control of blowing, defining whether to blow when performing the current pattern and when to blow.

6.3. T-1

➢ indicates the parameters of the loop machine,

6.4. T-2

➢ indicates the parameters of the loop machine,

6.5. Elastic（=Rubber）

➢ Indicates the speed ratio of the rubber motor to the syringe. The higher the value, the faster the rotation. Only when the parts are rubber bands, woven rubber bands, and the mouth is opened, the rubber band motor is opened by opening the rubber band shuttle, and the rubber band shuttle is closed to close the rubber band motor.

6.6. Wind Door

➢ indicates the damper valve,

6.7. A2C

➢ Control the shuttle forward and backward

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7. Drawing color code

➢ There are a total of 23 color codes, and the color code has different meanings in different areas of the software (main drawing area, function line area, etc.):

(1) The color code mainly represents the knitting action in the main drawing area;

(2) The color code mainly represents the function mode when the loom is working on the function line.

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8. Color code table

Color code Icon Action Color code Icon Action

1C-1

Corresponding to the first shed of the first jacquard shuttle on the sock machine

1C-2

Corresponding to the second shed of the first jacquard shuttle on the sock machine

2C-1

Corresponding to the first shed of the second jacquard shuttle on the sock machine

2C-2

Corresponding to the second shed of the second jacquard shuttle on the sock machine

3C-1

Corresponding to the first shed of the third jacquard shuttle on the sock machine

3C-2

Corresponding to the second shed of the third jacquard shuttle on the sock machine

3C-3

Corresponding to the third shed of the third jacquard shuttle on the sock machine

4C-1

Corresponding to the first shed of the fourth jacquard shuttle on the sock machine

4C-2

Corresponding to the second shed of the fourth jacquard shuttle on the sock machine

4C-3

Corresponding to the third shed of the fourth jacquard shuttle on the sock machine

5C-1

Corresponding to the first shed of the fifth jacquard shuttle on the sock machine

5C-2

Corresponding to the second shed of the fifth jacquard shuttle on the sock machine

5C-3

Corresponding to the third shed of the fifth jacquard shuttle on the sock machine

Mix 1

Corresponding to multiple sheds, set by yourself

Mix 2

Mix 3

Mix 4

Mix 5

Mix 6

Mix 7

Mix

1F

Non-knitting (empty needle)

Tuck no selection

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9. Shortcut key

Shortcut key Function

F1 Start help

F2 Open chain editing

F3 Layer switching

F9 Cross cursor on and off F10 Maximum and minimum display

F11 Zoom out

F12 zoom in

Ctrl+N New Ctrl+O Open

Ctrl+A Select whole canvas

Ctrl+C Copy selection (copy once to complete multiple times)

Ctrl+V

Paste the copied content (the cursor is positioned in the lower left corner of the pattern after copying, and moves with the cursor)

Ctrl+X Cut selection (multiple pasting can be done in one copy) Ctrl+Z Undo

Ctrl+S Save (the path is not set to save as pop-up select path window)

Ctrl+Y Recovery operation Delete Delete selected content

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Operation Instruction V1.0

Raynen ® Socks Design Software