Create production style

For industrial application, the marker making software offers an abundance of planning and organisational options which have to be entered before the actual marker making process. Not every user, however, requires all options. Therefore, the steps for minimum requirement are to be explained, first.

Note:

If you have no suitable style with production patterns available you can prepare the following: Open a new style in the GRAFIS measurement system (SIZES_1). Call the ‘Unisex Basic Block’ into parts 001 and 002, respectively. In part 001 delete all points and lines of the back and call the part front. Part 002 becomes the back by deleting all points and lines of the front. Now, two parts with closed perimeter are available. Continue with the step ‘Set part parameter’.

Steps in Grafis Patternmaking

Create the production parts with closed perimeter, if necessary set the grain line
Set part parameter; minimum: Attribute production part, material type (e.g. ‘O upper fabric’), number of pieces per style (e.g. 1x normal, 1x mirrored)
Enter all sizes to be layed in the size list and grade all pieces.
Save the style
Start marker making via File → Start Marker making or via the ‘Marker making’ icon on the desktop.

Steps in Grafis Marker making

There are several options for laying out styles in the marker making

open construction style

This variant allows you to quickly lay out a construction style. It is not automatically converted into a production style in the process. In this case, all parts including empty parts and development parts will be transferred. However, this means that any alteration to the source style leads to updating of all pieces in the marker.

Step-by-step guide

Open the prepared construction style via production style → Open construction style.
Attention, the change service (see Alterations to the production style) can only work if the source style and the complete path to the source style (drive, collection, sub-collection) are not renamed, moved or deleted.
If necessary, check or change part parameters via Production style → Part List.

The production style is now prepared. You can continue immediately with the marker information.
Open the Material index card via Marker Information → Material
Enter the material width, e.g. 1500 (entry in mm)
Select material type, e.g. ‘O upper fabric ‘
Button Next to index card Parts
Optional: Select one or more pieces and enter buffer (buffer column) and allow rotate/flip (permissions column).
Button Next to index card Sizes
Click a size and set the amount of this size for the marker via Edit Amount. Dragging with pressed left mouse button allows for selection of a number of sizes and changing the amount to be layed in one operation.
Button Lay opens the user interface for laying the pattern pieces.
Lay out the parts according to Marker making.

open production style

In this variant, a construction style (MDL) is opened and converted directly into a production style. When converting a construction stylel into a production style, only the pattern pieces and their part parameters are taken over. You can proceed directly with entering the marker information (s. Fig. 1) or saved as a production style (PMD) (s. Fig. 2). When saving the production style, it is saved with the .pmd file extension. In both cases, the source is noted.

Object changes in the constructions style are noted per part and can be updated in the marker.

Bild 1

Bild 2

Step-by-step guide

Open the prepared construction style via production style → Open construction style.
If necessary, check or change the part parameters via production style → parts list.
Optionally save as production style (PMD).
Open via marker information → material the index cardmaterial, see Edit marker information
Enter the material width, e.g. 1500 (entry in mm)
Select material type, e.g. ‘O upper fabric ‘
Button Next to index card Parts
Optional: Select one or more pieces and enter buffer (buffer column) and allow rotate/flip (permissions column).
Button Next to index card Sizes
Click a size and set the amount of this size for the marker via Edit Amount. Dragging with pressed left mouse button allows for selection of a number of sizes and changing the amount to be layed in one operation.
Button Lay opens the user interface for laying the pattern pieces.
Lay out the parts according to Marker making.

Save production style

The production style can be saved at this stage via Production Style → Save Style As... Finished styles should be sent to the customer or the production unit in the form of production styles. Alteration through application of other body measurements or x values are no longer possible.

For saving of production styles no fixed directory structure is given as the production styles are no longer attached to a measurement system. As the target, we recommend the folder \Grafis\SB\ and its subfolders. The new Folder button can also be used to create a new folder/ directory.

Assemble production style

Step-by-step guide

Open the part list via Productionstyle → New style.
Click Insert connection part.
Select a style from any measurement system.
The dialogue Part Connection appears.
Select the sizes required for the production style or click on all sizes. The order of the sizes remains intact in the marker when creating the bundles.
Click the button Create connection for all pieces required in the production style or click on all parts.
Select the next style with the button Back or close the Part Connection dialogue with the button Close.
Open file card Part parameter and check the material type and the required amount per style for each piece.
End with right mouse button.

When assembling production styles from styles of different measurement systems, ensure identical size names. If the size names are not identical, individual measurement charts with identical names may have to be created. Ensure correct settings for the alias in the size table.

The production style is assembled with the functions of the parts list menu, which are mostly identical to those of the Grafis construction.

All changes apply to the new production style, only. The source style remains unchanged.

Start Grafis Marker making and select Production Style → New Style. Now assemble the new production style by clicking Insert Reference in the part list and selecting the desired style.

Select style

In the interface open the style for insertion, select the drive on which the desired style is located. In the window below, all measurement systems appear, indicated as folders with the icon . Double-click changes to the required measurement system. All existing collections now appear in the selected measurement system, also marked with the icon . Double-click on the desired collection to open the list of all existing styles in the collection. Styles are indicated by the icon . If a padlock appears at the icon , the style is currently being processed and is therefore, write-protected. Parts from a write-protected style are transferred in the state of the last save. Move up one level of folder/ collection with the button . The following table contains an overview of the icons used in Grafis and their significance.

Icon	Significance
	folder (measurement system), collection
	style (Grafis Patternmaking)
	write-protected style
	Production Style
	Marker
	Marker information

The content of the window can be arranged with the buttons according to the following table.

Button	Significance
	List without details
	List with details
	Show/hide text preview
	Show/hide preview of the first piece

Create connection

After selecting the desired style, the Part References window appears.

Step-by-step guide

Select all sizes to be transferred to the production style
Transfer pieces with: select piece and click button Create connection or double-click on the piece
Button Back to select another style
End with button Close

Select sizes

All sizes positioned to the left of the arrow ‘<=‘ in the section Sizes of the style will be available in the marker. Double-click on the respective line transfers the size to the left or excludes it again. Selecting a number of sizes in one operation is also possible with pressed left mouse button. The bundles will be created in the order of the sizes to the left of the ‘<=‘.

Transfer pieces

The check mark Display production patterns only can be set if all pieces to be layed have been assigned with the production part attribute. If the check mark is set, all draft patterns are hidden. After clicking on a part, its contour appears in the Preview area and under Part description - if available - the content of the text box. Clicking the button Create connection or double-click on the piece transfers the piece. The following piece is selected, automatically. A different insert position in the production style can be selected with the buttons .

After having transferred all required pieces, an-other style can be selected with the <<Back button or the assembly of the production style can be ended with Close.

Edit production style

Via Production Style → Part List, the current part list opens. On the Part parameter file card the date of the last edit of the piece, the name and the path of the source style are now shown for each piece. This information is used to ensure that any alteration of the source style will automatically be up-dated in the marker. More information on updating parts will follow in Alterations to the production style .

If necessary, check that

no pieces have been transferred, twice by accident,
the material type of the piece is correct,
the required amount per style is correct and
if applicable, the part category is correct.

Corrections can be made immediately with the known function from the part organisation, see Part organisation. Adding further pieces is started by clicking insert connection part. The part organisation is closed with the right mouse button.

In the style view, the function keys <F2>, <F3>, <F4> and <F6> are assigned as in the Grafis Patternmaking. Pressing <F5> arranges all transferred pieces in all transferred sizes. The functions Copy, Measure, Stack and Move/Zoom are also active (pull-down menu Edit or toolbox).