AccuMark™ Professional Edition

What’s New 8.5.1

The AccuMark 8.5.1 release focuses on accelerating your production, by helping

to streamline your workflow.

Highlights of AccuMark 8.5.1 include

 Use of digital camera to input pattern pieces using AccuScan

 A new compact engine added to AccuNest

 Improvement to DCU for Standard DXF file layers and annotation

 Additional marker information included in the SQL Relational Database

 Support for a new roll up digitizer

 User selectable setting to improve maximum yield

 Microsoft Windows 8 Operating System support

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AccuMark™ Professional Edition What’s New 8.5.1 ............................................ 5
AccuScan Camera Support ............................................................................... 5
AccuNest Compact............................................................................................ 6
Data Conversion Utility ...................................................................................... 7
CAD Relational Database ................................................................................. 8
Roll Up Digitizer................................................................................................. 9
Maximize Yield ................................................................................................ 10
Microsoft Windows 8 Operating System .......................................................... 12
AccuMark™ Professional Edition What’s New 8.5.0 .......................................... 14
New Easy Applications .................................................................................... 14
Easy Plan ........................................................................................................ 15
Creating a Cut Plan using Easy Plan ....................................................... 16
Settings: ................................................................................................... 16
Order Settings: ......................................................................................... 16
Workflow Overview: ................................................................................. 17
Easy Order ...................................................................................................... 19
Who should use the Basic Layout? .......................................................... 19
Who should use the Advanced Layout? ................................................... 19
Basic Layout............................................................................................. 20
Advanced Layout ..................................................................................... 22
Easy Marking................................................................................................... 24
New View Options .................................................................................... 25
Background Fabric ................................................................................... 27
User-Defined Hot Keys ............................................................................ 28
Customize the Toolbar ............................................................................. 31
Piece Tool Tip .......................................................................................... 32
Easy Marking Screen Areas ..................................................................... 32
Launching New Easy Applications from Other Programs ................................ 33
Digitize Processing Options............................................................................. 36
Plotting Model Options .................................................................................... 38
Fabric Weight .................................................................................................. 40
Batch Processing Improvements ..................................................................... 41
Data Conversion.............................................................................................. 42
CAD Relational Database ............................................................................... 42
Increased Piece and Bundle Capability in Easy Marking ................................ 42
Reports ............................................................................................................ 42
What’s New Pattern Design™ 8.5.0.................................................................... 43
Assyst Conversions ......................................................................................... 43
Recent File List................................................................................................ 43
Plot .................................................................................................................. 43
Opening Work Sessions using Windows Explorer........................................... 43
Costing Marker launches Easy Marking .......................................................... 43
Darts ................................................................................................................ 44
Easier selection of New Dart Apex points ................................................ 44
New Darts can be pivoted from internal points ......................................... 45

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 New Dart – Fisheye Dart .......................................................................... 46
Modified Grade Rules automatically added to new darts ......................... 48
Multiple Point Selection in Edit Delta and Edit Offset ...................................... 48
Measure Changes ........................................................................................... 48
Notch on Seam................................................................................................ 49
Piece Annotation ............................................................................................. 50
New Piece – Sleeve ........................................................................................ 51
Asymmetrical Folds ......................................................................................... 52
Combining Graded Pieces .............................................................................. 53
Pleats/Fullness ................................................................................................ 53
Seams ............................................................................................................. 54
User Interface Enhancements ......................................................................... 54
Creating Named Toolbars and Assigning Hot Keys ........................................ 56
Wizard Enhancements .................................................................................... 58

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 AccuMark™ Professional Edition
What’s New 8.5.1

Changes since 8.5.0

AccuScan Camera Support

AccuScan is an addition to the AccuMark Family that

allows the use of a scanner, and now your own digital
camera to input pattern pieces.

A local Gerber sales representative can provide

information to add this software to existing AccuMark
environments. The AccuScan software can be installed
on an AccuMark system or on its own standalone
workstation.

For details on how to use your digital images for pattern

input, see the AccuScan What’s New document, located
on the AccuScan installation page.

The link to self-training is also available from this page,

the AccuScan Tutorial. To access this documentation,
select “AccuScan” from the AccuMark Family DVD
main installation page.

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Once the AccuScan installation page displays, the documentation links for the
What’s New and Tutorial are accessible. If you wish to view them following the
installation of the AccuScan software, they may be accessed from the installed
software location, which is C:\Program Files (x86)\Gerber Technology\AccuScan
on 64 Bit operating systems or on 32 bit systems from
C:\Program Files\Gerber Technology\AccuScan.

AccuNest Compact
Included with Engine 1 is a new compact engine, allowing better compression of
markers to help improve utilization. Testing large groups of randomly mixed
markers saved 127.5 centimeters in length over using the nest and pack features
of Engine 1 in AccuNest 8.5.0, an average savings of 0.4 percent utilization.
Compact marker time is added to the nesting time specified.

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For details, see the AccuNest What’s New document. To access the AccuNest
documentation, select the link for AccuNest on the main installation page. Once
this page is displayed, the What’s New and Release Notes for AccuNest can be
launched.
Once the software is installed these documents can be found in
C:\Program Files (x86)\Gerber Technology\AccuNest\Documents on 64 Bit
operating systems or for 32 Bit systems the documents are found in
C:\Program Files\Gerber Technology\AccuNest\Documents.

Data Conversion Utility

An improvement has been made to allow the user defined labels for layers to be
preserved for standard dxf file conversion. A checkbox has been added to the
DXF options “Save Changes” on the internal conversions tab.

This allows you to define the labels for layers you commonly use and have these
label settings preserved for future conversion sessions.

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Also, a check-box “Import Annotation” has been added in Standard DXF import
options on the Piece Conversion page.

The option is checked by default to import annotation with pieces. Deselect the
checkbox to eliminate the annotation on import.

CAD Relational Database

Additional fields have been added to the relational database to provide more
marker information when creating entries in the database, including the
Annotation table name, Laylimits table name, Block/Buffer table name, Matching
table name, Model Options and Size Code table name requested in the marker
order.

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Roll Up Digitizer

A new digitizer can now be configured to work with AccuMark, a portable and
flexible GTCO Calcomp Roll Up III model.

Documentation on how to enable this selection in the Hardware Configuration

and to customize the hardware settings is available with the purchase of a
digitizer kit from Gerber. This digitizer is supported using the available serial
interface cable.

Request the digitizer kit from sales or service to enable the option and configure
this optional hardware. The digitizer hardware may be purchased from any
authorized GTCO Calcomp dealer. For details and more information about this
hardware, see the GTCO Calcomp website, http://www.gtcocalcomp.com/.

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Maximize Yield

A new checkbox option “Maximize Yield” has been added in AccuMark

Utilities/Configuration.

The default option is unchecked. As the order is processed, each piece’s

perimeter is slightly reduced, allowing placement of a piece that is exactly the
width of the marker. Additionally, marker length may be slightly shorter compared
to markers processed without this option.

Maximize Yield works well in a QA environment with modest tolerances.

Companies with tighter tolerances choose not to use this feature.

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In the marker example below, one 100X100 piece is shown. The first image
demonstrates the length of the marker with Maximum Yield turned “on”.

Note that the marker length is 99.97 even though the piece was created as
100 X100. The piece length and width has been slightly decreased.

With the Maximize Yield setting “off” while order processing, the marker length is
slightly longer, see the second image above. No perimeter reduction is
performed. This is the default setting.

We recommend that before using this option in full production; test your own
data, particularly small pieces, to determine if this setting produces the results
you require in your environment.

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Microsoft Windows 8 Operating System

With the introduction of AccuMark 8.5.1, Windows 8, Microsoft’s newest

operating system, is now supported.

Windows 8 features a Start Screen that allows users to pin tiles of frequently
used applications. Any of the individual AccuMark applications icons can be
pinned to personalize your Windows 8 Start Screen. Each user has a
customizable page.

When any software is installed on Windows 8, the user who performed the
installation will automatically have tiles for each application on his Start Screen.
Other users who work on this pc may choose to pin all or certain applications to
their own Start Screen. For example, following installation a user may choose to
pin only his most frequently used AccuMark applications to his Start Screen; the
pinned tiles can be dragged on the page to any location the user prefers. This
user has pinned AccuMark Explorer as the first tile.

Details on customizing your Start Screen to include AccuMark applications can

be found in the AccuMark 8.5.1 Release Notes.

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AccuMark applications icons can also be found directly from the Windows 8
desktop, shown below. To open the Windows 8 desktop from the Start Page,
click on the “Desktop” tile.

For further information on customizing the Windows 8 appearance, refer to

Microsoft online resources including:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/home
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/meet
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/new-look
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/personalization-gallery

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 AccuMark™ Professional Edition
What’s New 8.5.0

Changes since 8.4.1

New Easy Applications

Three new Easy applications have been added for AccuMark 8.5.0: Easy Plan,
Easy Order, and Easy Marking.

Easy Plan

Use this form to input all of the necessary data together to plan a cut order and
generate orders and markers.

Easy Order

Easy Order allows you to quickly create and process marker orders, and then
open in Easy Marking.

Easy Marking

Easy Marking provides enhancements for viewing markers such as the ability to
set a fabric background and customize colors.

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 Easy Plan

Easy Plan is a new software component for the AccuMark family that allows you
to easily create a simple Cut Plan and automatically create the AccuMark orders
and markers to fill the cut plan.

This form also provides the ability to make markers automatically by using
Layrules, or sending jobs to Batch and utilizing all the Batch options to generate
marker and reports data.

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Select the Easy Plan icon from the AccuMark Utilities page of the GERBER
LaunchPad to display the Easy Plan Editor. Use this form to input all of the
necessary data together to plan a cut order and generate orders and markers.
You can also open Easy Plan by selecting a Model in AccuMark Explorer, right
clicking, then choosing “Easy Plan” from the Open With menu.

Creating a Cut Plan using Easy Plan

Easy Plan is set up in steps to help you easily proceed through the necessary
fields to create a cut plan. Prior to entering cut information, configure the Easy
Plan to suit your needs:

Settings:
In the Settings area, specify a prefix that will be used when creating markers.
The prefix will be the first part of the marker name. Each marker created will be
numbered sequentially when “Calculate Markers” is performed. For example, if
you enter “123-“ as the prefix, the markers created during the cut plan will be
named 123-0, 123-1, 123-2, 123-3 and so on. Only valid characters such as
letters, numbers, spaces and dashes are accepted.

 Max Ply allows you to enter maximum number of fabric plies you will allow
per cut section. The valid range is 1-200.
 Max Bundle is the maximum number of bundles you wish to have per
marker. The valid range is 1-1000.
 Even # per model is used when requesting markers utilizing Half Piece
Sharing or Cutdown Pieces. A minimum of two bundles per marker will
then be calculated.
 Effort is a modifier that controls the complexity of cut planning. Slide this
bar to increase/decrease the complexity of cut planning. The default value
is 12. The valid range goes from 0 – 100. Increasing the effort will
increase the number of possible solutions checked. While it will take a
correspondingly longer time to process, it will also increase the chances of
better solution.

Order Settings:
Under Order Settings, click the look up button to select the corresponding
Template Order that AccuMark will use to generate orders and markers. The
Template Order contains the Fabric Width, Annotation table, Lay Limits and
Notch table being used in the orders. This order should be saved in the same
storage area as the model(s) selected for Easy Plan. The model, size and
quantity fields must be left blank; Easy Plan will fill this information in based on
your cut orders. In the Order Settings you may also enter the fabric type for the
cut order being planned.

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Workflow Overview:

Calculate
Add or Enter Cut
Markers and
Create Order
Process
Models Quantities
Orders

Step 1: Add and/or Create a Model

 Add Model - Click on the Add Model button under the Step 1 box to
select the model you want to use in the Cut Order. This action will
automatically display the available graded sizes for this model. You
can select multiple models. The Cut Order table will be populated
accordingly. If pieces within the same model have different sizes,
only the common ones will be populated in the cut order table.
 Create Model - Click on the Create Model button under Step 1 to
open the model editor; this option allows you to quickly put together
the piece(s) you need to use in the Cut Order as a model.

Note: You can combine both functions (Add and Create Models) to be included in
the same cut order.
Once model(s) have been added to the cut order, they can easily be removed if
necessary by deselecting the checkbox next to the model name in the model list.

Step 2: Cut Order Quantities

Once the model(s) have been selected, the table in this section will be
automatically populated with available Graded Sizes by columns.
Fabric Colors will be placed by rows. By default, Color1 will automatically display
in first row.

Fabric Color Rows

 To add a new color: A new color row will automatically display when a
color is typed in. If the sizes have not been entered yet, press the Enter or
Tab key after typing in the color name to see the new color row.
 To rename a color: Click in the color name field to activate keyboard
cursor, and type in a new color name.
 To delete a color row: Select the entire row by clicking on the box next to
color name; use Delete key in your keyboard or right mouse button and
select Delete Color from the context menu that displays.

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Size/Quantity Column
Enter the quantities of units to cut in each size. The maximum number allowed is
10,000. If a particular size is not required in this order, leave that field blank.
Navigate through fields using the Tab key, or click the left mouse button in each
field.

Total quantities per size/colors will be automatically calculated and displayed at

the bottom of each column. Total quantities per fabric and all sizes will be
automatically calculated and displayed at the end of each row. The grand total for
all units to cut in this order will be automatically calculated and displayed at the
lower right corner of this table.

Step 3: Calculate Markers and Process Orders

Click the Calculate Markers button to initiate the process of cut planning. Results
will display under Cut Plan Results.
 Create Orders - Select this button to generate orders only. Order names
will be created based on the marker prefix used under Settings.
 Process – Creates orders and generates markers from Cut Plan Results.
If orders were previously created, Process will create them again. Easy
Plan will prompt you to replace them.

Alternate Process options:

 Layrule Process - Process the markers from Cut Plan Results with
Layrule Search.
 Process/View Markers - Generate markers from Cut Plan Results. If the
order processing task is successful, it will automatically launch in Easy
Marking, opening the first marker. Use Open Next/Open Previous while in
Easy Marking to open other markers.
 Send to Batch - Submit orders and/or markers to Batch Processing.

You may perform the following functions from the File menu:
 Save As - The Cut Plan Order can be saved at any time. The type
of file is CSV (Comma Separated Value). Cut orders can be saved
in any device/folder. Cut Plan csv files can be opened in Excel, or
other compatible program, edited and reopened in Easy Plan.
 Print/Print Preview - Your cut orders, whether they have been
planned or not, can be printed. Once a cut order has been planned,
the print can be used as a cut order report, since it will include all
cut plan results.

From the Options menu, the default editor for opening Orders and Markers can
be set to the new Easy applications: Easy Order and Easy Marking or the Order
Editor and Marker Making.

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 Easy Order

This new form has been added to the Marker Creation, Editors page of the
GERBER Launchpad. Easy Order allows you to quickly create and process
marker orders, and then open in Easy Marking.

The form is set up to allow you complete steps to select models, specify
quantities, set piece options, enter all information to quickly and easily create
marker orders and process them.

You can use the Basic or the Advanced layout depending on the complexity of
the markers you wish to create. The layout being used, Basic or Advanced,
displays in the menu bar. Each layout can be customized to suit your individual
needs.

Who should use the Basic Layout?

 New users
 Users who would like to create an order from minimal information
 Users interested in changing their Lay Limits settings frequently
 Users creating simple markers; without Alterations and Size Codes.

Who should use the Advanced Layout?

 Users who would like to use existing Annotation, Laylimits, and Blocking
or Buffering tables
 Users creating markers with Model Options
 Users creating markers with Alteration and Size Code information
 Users interested in using Layrule Process to create their markers
 Users opening an existing order will see the order in the Advanced Layout

From the Tools Menu you can open “Options”. The General Tab allows you to
set the default open method for markers being opened from the Easy Order. You
may select to open with the new Easy Marking or with Marker Making.

Marker Information:
 Marker Prefix Field - This is the portion of marker name to be used for all
markers that will be created through this order. Initially a default value of
“EasyOrder” is entered in this field. You may keep this prefix or enter in a
new value to be used. The remaining portion of the marker name will
consist of the fabric type as obtained from the Model form. If no fabric
types are being specified, then the marker name will be equal to the
marker prefix.
 Description - This field is optional, with a 20 character limit. You may
enter a description for the marker(s) you are creating.

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Basic Layout
To display the Basic Layout, choose the ‘Use Basic Layout’ from the toolbar.

Workflow:

Step 1: Add and/or Create a Model

 Add Model - Click on the Add Model button under the Step 1 box to
select the model you want to use in the Order. This action will
automatically display the available graded sizes for this model. You
can select multiple models. If pieces within the same model have
different sizes, only the common ones will be populated Model/Sizes
tab (Step 2).
 Create Model - Click on the Create Model button under Step 1 to
open the model editor; this option allows you to quickly put together
the piece(s) you need to use in the Order as a model.

Note: You can combine both functions (Add and Create Models) to be included in
the same order.
Once model(s) have been added to the order, they can easily be removed if
necessary by deselecting the checkbox next to the model name in the model list.

Step 2: Models/Sizes
Displays the models’ sizes, allowing you to enter quantities for each available
size. When entering quantities, use the Enter key to move between sizes.

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Step 3: Pieces
Lists the pieces found in the model(s) you selected. Piece Options can be
defined using the drop-down menu. A new Laylimits table will be created for this
order using the marker name. It will assume a Flip Code of ‘1’ will be used for
each piece.

Step 4: Fabrics
A row will be available for each fabric type in the model. All fabrics are selected
for processing by default. If you do not wish to create a marker for a certain
fabric, uncheck the box at the left side of the row in the ‘Include’ column.

Marker Name, Fabric Width, Description and Buffer Amount can be edited in
each row. Use the drop down menus to select Spread Type, Bundling and
Shrink Usage. The information selected for Spread Type and Bundling will be
added to the Laylimits table created for this order.

The Basic Layout will automatically use the “A” annotation table for each marker
being created.

Additional columns can be added to this section by right clicking on the column
header area. Available columns include: Order Name, Matching, Order Number,
Shrink X, Shrink Y, Stripe Repeat, Stripe Offset 1, Plaid Repeat, and Plaid Offset
1.

When columns are added, the layout can be saved by using the ‘Save Basic
Layout’ icon. Only one layout can be saved for the Basic Order Layout.

Step 5: Finish
Allows you to process the order to create the marker or process and open it in
Easy Marking.

 Process - Process the order to create marker(s)

 Process/View Marker - Process and open the marker. If multiple markers
are created by the order, the first will be opened. Others can be opened
within marking by using Open Next and Open Previous in the marking
software.

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Advanced Layout
To display the Advanced Layout, choose the ‘Use Advanced Layout’ from the
toolbar.

Workflow:

Step 1: Add and/or Create a Model

 Add Model - Click on the Add Model button under the Step 1 box to
select the model you want to use in the Order. This action will
automatically display the available graded sizes for this model. You
can select multiple models. If pieces within the same model have
different sizes, only the common ones will be populated Model/Sizes
tab (Step 2).
 Create Model - Click on the Create Model button under Step 1 to
open the model editor; this option allows you to quickly put together
the piece(s) you need to use in the Order as a model.

Note: You can combine both functions (Add and Create Models) to be included in
the same order.
Once model(s) have been added to the order, they can easily be removed if
necessary by deselecting the checkbox next to the model name in the model list.

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Step 2: Models/Sizes
Displays the models’ sizes, allowing you to enter quantities for each available
size. When entering quantities, use the Enter key to move between sizes.

Step 2A: Models/Advanced

Allows you to select an Alteration Table and/or Size Code Table for the
marker(s). You may also select Model options during this step.

Step 3: Pieces
Lists the pieces found in the model(s) you selected. Piece Options is not
displayed here; the Piece Options will come from the selected Laylimits table.

Step 4: Fabrics
A row will be available for each fabric type in the model. All fabrics are selected
for processing by default. If you do not wish to create a marker for a certain
fabric, uncheck the box at the left side of the row in the ‘Include’ column.

The Fabrics section also contains columns for selecting the appropriate
information for the order being created. Fabric Width can be entered. Use the
drop down menus to select the tables to use for the order, such as Laylimits,
Annotation and Block/Buffer.

This section can be customized to suit your needs by hiding or showing columns.
The fields that can be displayed are: Fabric Type, Order Name, Marker Name,
Width, Lay Limits, Annotation, Description, Notch, Block Buffer, Layrule Type,
Layrule Name, Matching, 5-Star, Block Fuse, Order Number, Target Len Yds/M,
Target Len In/Cm, Target Utilization, Shrink Usage, Shrink X, Shrink Y, Stripe
Repeat, Stripe Offset 1, Stripe Offset 2, Stipe Offset 3, Plaid Repeat, Plaid Offset
1, Plaid Offset 2, Plaid Offset 3. Right click on the column header to hide or
show columns.

The new layout can be stored for future use by selecting ‘Save Advanced Layout’
from the toolbar.

Step 5: Finish
Allows you to process the order to create the marker or process and open it in
Easy Marking.

 Process - Process the order to create marker(s)

 Layrule Process – Process the order with a layrule to create the
marker(s)
 Process/View Marker - Process and open the marker. If multiple markers
are created by the order, the first will be opened. Others can be opened
within marking by using Open Next and Open Previous in the marking
software.

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 Easy Marking

A new interface for marker making has been added to the GERBER Launchpad.

Easy Marking provides enhancements for viewing markers such as the ability to
set a fabric background and customize colors.

Easy Marking is used when opening a marker from other applications, such as
Batch Processing and AccuNest.

Note: The new abilities of setting fabric background, customizing colors, and
setting the workspace layout are available once a marker is opened.

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New View Options
Selections under the View menu allow you to customize the colors of your
marking work space. Piece fill colors can be set, the screen colors selected and
fabric backgrounds can be applied.

Select “Screen Options and Colors” from the View Menu to customize your Easy
Marking work environment.

 Icon Size – sets the size of the icons used in the program. Select from the
drop down menu: Small, Medium, or Large.
 Anti Alias Lines – checkbox to change the display of piece lines. This is
on by default, but can be deselected to change the line appearance. The
setting does not impact the plotted lines, only the marker making display
of line edges.
Anti Alias is a way of smoothing the jagged appearance of diagonal and
curved lines in an image. The pixels that surround the edges of the line
are changed to varying shades of color in order to blend the sharp edge
into the background.

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 On high resolution, newer monitors this enhances the appearance of line
display. However, on older monitors this may create a blurry or distracting
effect so this checkbox can be turned off.
 Background – choose a Solid or Gradient background. For Solid
backgrounds, only Color 1 is used. Click on the ‘Background Color 1’
button to change the color. For Gradient backgrounds, both Background
colors are used.
 Color Theme – controls the set of colors used for placed pieces in the
marker. Choose from: Earth, Sea, Forest, Pink or Classic Colors.
 Matrix Menu Color – sets the background color for the matrix menu.
Click the button to select a new color.
 Marker Border Color – sets the color for the marker border.
 Piece Line Color – sets the color for the perimeter line of the pieces.
 Fill Unplaced Pieces – uncheck this option to remove the color fill from
unplaced pieces.
 Unplaced Piece Color – sets the color for unplaced pieces.

Once you have made all the changes to customize your marking work
environment, click OK to accept the changes and close the Screen Colors dialog.
The screen below shows pieces displayed with the classic color theme.

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Background Fabric
If you would like to work with a fabric background, select the option “Set
Background Fabric” from the View Menu. You will be prompted to specify the
scanned fabric image file and set the height and width of the fabric/repeat. Once
you have done this, the fabric will appear as the marker background. The screen
below shows pieces with a fabric background and the Earth theme selected.

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User-Defined Hot Keys
You can also assign functions to keys on the keyboard with “Assign Keys” from
the Edit menu.

The dialog opens to allow you to customize keys for your commonly used
functions. Select a menu from the “Category” drop down to filter the Commands
listed. The Category “All” displays all functions, not just functions within one
menu. Hot keys can also be assigned to activate Toolbox functions that had been
pre assigned by the marking software in prior versions, allowing the user more
flexibility of use.

By customizing keys, you can perform most common functions using the
keyboard in place of the mouse and screen menus.

For example, to select a menu option from the File menu, choose “File” as the
category, then the commands will display those options available under this
menu. Press the keys to assign as the shortcut key, and then click “Assign” In
this example, Open has been set for Ctrl+O.

Remove will clear the assigned key and Reset All will remove all the user
assigned keys. Click Close to exit the dialog box.

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In prior versions of Marker making certain functions from the toolbox were pre
assigned to keys on the keyboard: Flip, place, split, center, fit, and float piece.

These toolbox functions can now be assigned to user specified keyboard keys.
To assign these keys, select the category “Keyboard” from the dropdown. Scroll
to select a command for key assignment.

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A user can also assign hotkeys to activate different toolbox functions. The key
would change the active Toolbox function to the assigned function. You can then
perform the active funtion with a right mouse click.

For example if a user defines a key for AutoSlide, clicking the defined key would
change the active toolbox function to AutoSlide. Then just use the right mouse to
perform the function.

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Customize the Toolbar
A new entry has been added to the Edit menu to customize the toolbar:

When the entry is selected, a dialog box displays allowing the user to select
buttons for the toolbar display.

A new field “PR” has been added to the Easy Marking marker information bar.
When the cursor is placed on a pattern piece in the marker, this field displays the
distance from the left end of the marker to the right-most point on the pattern
piece. This option makes it easy for the marker maker to see which piece is
making the marker longer without guessing. This option is also helpful for
making sure pieces are lined up in a marker.

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Piece Tool Tip
To make piece identification even easier, tooltips now display on highlighted/
selected pieces in Easy Marking.
An option in Settings allows you to turn on/ off the tooltip.

Easy Marking Screen Areas

In Easy Marking, located next to the Marker Info bar is the Marker’s Thumbnail.
This smaller view of the marker can be closed by clicking the “X” in the upper
right corner of the thumbnail or undocked and moved to a different screen
location. The thumbnail and other elements of the marking environment can be
undocked and moved to different areas of the screen, allowing the user to further
customize his work environment.

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Any changes made to the marker work area can by undone by selecting “Reset
Window Layout” from the Layout menu. This menu also allows you to turn on/off
the display elements within the marking window .

Launching New Easy Applications from Other Programs

Orders can be opened into Easy Order or the original Order Editor. The default
option is Easy Order. Markers can be opened in Easy Marking or Marker
Making. The default is Easy Marking. For AccuMark Explorer, the defaults can be
changed in the Tools menu.

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In the Easy Order, the default open for Markers is Easy Marking. To change this,
select “Options” from the Tools menu.

The Options
dialog box
displays. On the
“General” tab
you can change
the default from
Easy Marking to
Marker Making.

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In Easy Plan you can set the default open for both orders and markers. Select
“Options” from the Tools menu to open the Options dialog box.

In the drop
down menu, for
data type both
Order and
Marker are
listed. Select
“Order” and the
Default Editor
choices display:
Order or Easy
Order.

In the same
dialog box in
Easy Plan if
you select
data type
“Marker” the
default editor
choices are
Easy Marking
and Marker
Making.

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Also, the prior “Marker Making” application can still be launched directly. To
open it, select “Marker Making” from Start>All Programs>AccuMark V8. Click on
the Marker Creation/Editors folder to expand it. Marker Making can be opened
from this location.

Digitize Processing Options

Improvements have been made to streamline and simplify the digitizing process.

Piece descriptive information that previously had to be entered using the

digitizing cursor and menu can now be quickly entered in a new dialog box,
Digitize Processing Options.

To further simplify the digitizing

process, when entering the
piece descriptive information,
the pieces can also be
automatically added to a
model. If the model does not
exist, it will be created
automatically.

The Digitize Processing

Options can be opened by
right clicking over the Digitizer
storage area in AccuMark
Explorer or from the Action
menu once the Digitizer has
been opened from the System
Tray.

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 Storage Area
Select the target Device and
Storage Area name. SQL
device/storage areas can also
be selected.

Piece Name Prefix and

Starting Piece Number
The Digitize Processing
Options dialog will keep track
of your digitized piece names
by using the Prefix name
defined by the user followed by
the Starting Piece Number.

Using this method, you can

enter a name, then starting
piece number, and each piece
digitized will be automatically
assigned this prefix and the
sequential number.

For example, you can enter “LADIES” as the prefix, the starting piece number “1”
The first piece digitized will automatically be named “LADIES1” the next piece
will be “LADIES2” and so on.

When you begin digitizing the piece geometry, all the descriptive information has
been added by the interface, so begin by digitizing the grain line of the piece and
piece perimeter then internals as in the past.

To change to a new prefix and/or starting piece number, simply edit the fields.

Category
You may enter a category for each piece or allow the piece name to be assigned
as the category automatically.

Same Category as Piece Name

Selecting this checkbox will automatically assign the piece name as the category
to streamline the piece information entry. Remember that this information can
also be edited easily later in the Model.

Add to Model name (optional)

If a model is selected, the digitized pieces will be added automatically to the
selected Model. If the model doesn’t exist, it will be created.

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Grade Rule Type
Select Rule Table or Copy Piece from the Drop Down Menu as a Grade source
of information.

Rule Table/Copy Piece

Use the lookup to select a Rule Table for the piece, if the grading method Rule
Table is selected. Use the lookup to select a Piece if the grading method is Copy
Piece.

Size Digitized
If a size other than the base size from the Rule Table is being digitized, then
enter that size name here. If this is left blank while using Rule Table as the
grading method, the system will assume the size being digitized is the base size
from the specified Rule Table.

Plotting Model Options

Model Options can now be plotted when selecting models for piece plotting. You
can plot all the model options for a model, or choose to plot only certain options.

If the data type Model is

selected from the drop down in
the data type field or it you
select a model from AccuMark
Explorer to plot, then an
additional column will display,
allowing you to plot Model
Options.

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You can look up or type Model Options for plotting. Looking up Model Options
will launch a dialog box to allow you to select options. The plotting order will
display as the options are chosen.

Click the options in the sequence to plot.

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Fabric Weight
Additional costing information can now be calculated and displayed in AutoMark
Reports. A new field, “Fabric Weight” now appears to allow you to enter a weight
for “Cost Calculation Results” The weight calculation results will include marker,
bundle and waste information. Tubular and knit goods cost are often based on
weight, so this new field provides additional valuable costing information.

Fabric weight related changes have been implemented in PDS Costing Marker,
CostMarker Console and PDS Wizard.

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Fabric Weight Calculations:
Fabric weight is calculated in grams per square meter (GSM) or ounces per
square yard (OSY). The units used in these calculations are based on the
current Notation setting in the User Environment table.

Four values are calculated when a Fabric Weight is entered:

 Gross Marker Weight – total weight of a single ply of the marker. The
formula used is = length * width * weight.
 Average Gross Weight / Bundle – average weight of a single bundle
including waste. The formula used is = length * width * weight / # of
bundles
 Average Net Weight / Bundle – average weight of a single bundle. The
formula used is = sum of all piece areas * weight / # of bundles
 Waste – total weight of waste fabric. The formula used is = Gross Marker
Weight – (sum of all piece areas * weight).

Batch Processing Improvements

Users can now
open the AutoMark
Options directly
from the Batch
Parameter Table
when “Auto” is
selected for the
marking method.
Simply click the
“AutoMark Options”
button to open
AutoMark, allowing
you to change
certain information.

When the AutoMark Editor is launched from within Batch Processing to select the
AutoMark options to use with Batch, only fields that can set for processing Batch
jobs are active and can be changed: Placement Strategy, Piece Options, If
Partial Marker, Effort, Fabric Cost, and Fabric Weight. The Replace if Better and
Overwrite Destination Marker are selected by default to allow batch processing to
run without unnecessary prompts and user actions.

To provide more information for Batch status, a new column has been added to
the Batch Processing Status Window. This “Group” field will display the group
letter when plotting jobs that were sent in a group.
Each job in a group will show COMPLETED, except the last which will show
GROUP COMPLETED status when finished.

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Data Conversion
Author information in DXF file is converted to comment field in model editor. This
provides additional information for the user performing the conversion.

CAD Relational Database

When pieces are saved, the Rule Table name is now being written to the CAD
Relational Database. If the SQL Storage Area was created in a previous software
version then the column for the Rule Table name will not be automatically added.
Run "Sync Relational Data" on this Storage Area to update the relational
database.

Increased Piece and Bundle Capability in Easy Marking

The maximum number of pieces and bundles per marker has been increased to
make AccuMark more powerful. The maximum number of pieces has been
increased from 5000 to 20000 and the maximum number of bundles has been
increased from 500 to 1000.

Reports
Layouts for reports are now saved to a location that is accessible to the current
user on all supported operating systems. Previously, they were saved in
“c:\Program Files\Gerber Technology\AccuMark V8\MS2000\Report Templates
folder”

 On a Windows XP system, the location has been changed to:

"c:\Documents and Settings\'Current_User'\Gerber Technology\Report
Templates\"

 On Win7 and Vista systems, the location has been changed to:
"c:\Users\'Current_User'\AppData\Roaming\Gerber Technology\Report
Templates\"

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 What’s New Pattern Design™ 8.5.0
Changes since 8.4.1

Assyst Conversions
Assyst version 41 Design Files and version 17 Style Files can now be imported in
the Data Conversion Utility. This version of Assyst data can also be opened
directly into Pattern Design.

Recent File List

A Recent File List has been implemented at the bottom of the File Menu.
Recently used files will be listed here and can be opened directly, without using
File / Open. Models and pieces are identified with separate icons, if Menu Icons
are displayed.

Plot
The plot function now remains on after a plot job is submitted.

Opening Work Sessions using Windows Explorer

Saved Work Sessions can now be associated with the Pattern Design program,
so they can be opened from Windows Explorer. Once the file is associated with
Pattern Design, double clicking the file will open the work session in Pattern
Design.
To associate a .SAV file with Pattern Design in Windows Explorer:
1. Locate a Saved Work Session (.SAV) file in Windows Explorer.
2. Right click on the file and select Open or Open With…
3. A dialog box will display asking what program the file should be opened
with. Select the option ‘Select a program from a list of installed programs’
and click OK.
4. Click the Browse button. Locate the sil2000.exe program in C:\Program
Files (or Program Files x86)\Gerber Technology\AccuMark V8\Silhouette
2000. Make sure the option ‘Always use the selected program to open
type of file’ is checked. Click OK.
Once the association is made, double click on the .SAV file to open it in Pattern
Design.

Costing Marker launches Easy Marking

The Costing Marker function has been changed to open a newly created marker
in Easy Marking, if the option is selected in the dialog box.
The Costing Marker dialog now also includes a ‘Fabric Weight’ field for
calculating costing information. For more information on this option, see the
‘AutoMark’ section at the beginning of this document.

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Darts
Easier selection of New Dart Apex points
Selecting a new dart apex has been enhanced to work like the Change Dart Tip
function. After using Add Dart with Fullness, Rotate Dart, Distribute/Rotate, or
Combine Different Line; cursor mode is automatically activated. With the new
dart attached to the cursor, Value Mode can be activated to edit the dart
measurements. The Distance field (Dist) can be used to enter the length of the
new dart, while X and Y can be used to adjust the position of the dart tip in
space. Keep in mind, changing the X and Y values will change the angle of the
dart.

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New Darts can be pivoted from internal points
New options have been added to the Add Dart with Fullness function to use 3-
Point Slash Lines and pivot from an internal location.
There are now 2 options for Slash Line in the User Input box – 2-Point and 3-
Point. The 2-Point option gives functionality similar to previous versions.
Selecting 3-Point will prompt for the dart apex location after the open point is
selected.

Selecting the 3-Point option for the Slash Line will activate the two Pivot Point
options in the User Input box. Slash Point will use the selected slash point as the
pivoting location for the new dart, as in previous versions. Apex Point will use
the internal apex point of the new dart as the pivoting location.

Slash Point Apex Point

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Grade rules will automatically be added at the dart points and slash locations on
graded pieces. These new options are also available when recording Wizard
scripts.

New Dart – Fisheye Dart

A new feature has been added to the Darts menu to automatically add a Fisheye
or rhombus-shaped dart. This function adds the dart line based on a selected
center point and user-defined measurements.

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To add a Fisheye Dart:
1. From the Darts menu, select Fisheye Dart.
2. Select from the following User Input options:
a. Show Center – choose None, Drill or Mark to display the center
point of the new dart.
b. Dimensions – select the direction of the dart, Horizontal or Vertical.
c. Measurements:
i. Top Depth – the length from the center to the top of the dart
ii. Bottom Depth – the length from the center to the bottom of
the dart
iii. Width – the size of the dart from side to side

iv. Top/Bottom End Width – the width at the ends of the dart.
v. Top/Bottom Leg Shape – the amount of curve in the dart
legs. This distance is measured from the original straight
dart leg.

3. Select the center point of the dart in cursor or value mode.

After the dart is created, the shape can be modified using ‘hotspots’ on the
shape:

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Click and let go on any of the squares on the outside of the shape to adjust the
dimensions of the dart. These can be adjusted in cursor or value mode. The
dimensions of the new dart will display in the Value Input box. The dart shape
will remain symmetrical when modified with hotspots.

NOTE: If you are using Click n Go mode, hold down CTRL when adding the dart
to access the hotspot modification.

Modified Grade Rules automatically added to new darts

If the Modify Grade Rules option is checked, modified grade rules are now added
to the pivoting area of a piece when Add Dart with Fullness is used. Grade
points will be added to all the dart points and the slash point.

Multiple Point Selection in Edit Delta and Edit Offset

Edit Delta and Edit Offset now support multiple point selection. Points can be
selected by clicking or using a marquee box. The X and Y values in the form will
be applied to all points selected. Because of this change, the piece no longer
needs to be selected first when using Edit Delta or Edit Offset.

Measure Changes
 All measurements now remain on pieces update when changes are made
to pieces.
 Angle measurements display in the work space.

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  Measurements in the work space update automatically when the User
Environment table is changed.
 The total of measurements performed on a single piece is now added to
Measure Charts. In previous versions, measurements taken on a single
piece had to be added manually to chart values.

Notch on Seam
A ‘Notch Position on Seam’ option has been
added to the Angled Notch function. This option
allows a user adding an angled notch to
automatically change the behavior of the notch on
the seam line. Users can select Perpendicular,
Notch Angle or Same Distance on Seam. Please
note the Notch Angle and Same Distance on
Seam options are only available for V8 data.

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Piece Annotation
Several improvements have been made to the Annotate Piece commands. The
menu has been updated to include 3 separate functions: Add, Delete and Edit
Annotation.

Annotation strings can be selected anywhere on the string for editing or deletion.
In Edit Annotation, multiple strings can be selected for editing. If the text is
different on the selected strings, the Character Size, Font Rotation and Grade
Rule can be edited for all the selected strings.

Multiple annotations can be deleted in a single step with the Delete Annotation
function. To delete all annotations on a piece, select the piece in an empty area.
All piece annotations will highlight.

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New Piece – Sleeve
A new function has been added to the Create Piece menu to make a sleeve from
existing armhole measurements. Measurements are entered in the Value Input
box for the Sleeve Length, Front and Back Cap Length, Cap Height and Wrist
Width. Notch type can also be set. Clicking in the work area will create the new
sleeve piece.

After the sleeve is created, hotspots will display to alter the sleeve shape. To
move a hotspot, click and let go on the square displayed. Hotspots are available
to adjust the sleeve length, cap height and wrist width. New measurements can
also be typed into the User Input area to change the shape of the sleeve.

NOTE: If you are using Click n Go mode, hold down CTRL when creating the
sleeve to access the hotspot modification.

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Asymmetrical Folds
The Pleat and Dart Fold functions in the Asymmetrical Fold menu have been
enhanced to allow multiple items to be folded at the same time. The fold is
performed immediately after selection is made.

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Combining Graded Pieces
Graded pieces can now be combined or merged without restacking the graded
nest to shift the graded sizes away from the merge site. When the ‘Create
Modified Rules’ option is selected, the piece will be merged on each graded size.
The grade rules on the merge piece will be modified to maintain the graded nest.

Pleats/Fullness
If a graded line is selected when creating a Knife or Box pleat, the new pleat will
use the grading from the internal line.

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Seams
The Turnback corner function has been enhanced to create multiple turnbacks
with a single corner. Options are now available in the User Input area to add a
Second and Third fold to the corner. Values added in these fields will be added
to the seam allowance currently applied to the seam.

User Interface Enhancements

NOTE: Due to the improvements made to the toolbars and screen layout, user
settings (.reg or .pol) created on 8.5.0 are not supported on prior software
versions.

The Pattern Design interface has been updated with a new menu font and colors.
New docking controls have been added to assist in moving workspace elements.
When an item is dragged on the screen to move it, docking controls will display
on the screen. Drag the item to one of the directional arrows to dock it to that
location. The control in the center and the control on the sides provide the same
functionality.

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When multiple workspaces are open, each workspace appears as a tab near the
top of the window. Workspaces can be closed using the X in the tab.

New functions have been added to the Window menu to split the work area
automatically between two work spaces. Split Horizontal and Split Vertical are
available. Once the screen has been split, the Regroup function can be used to
return to the tabbed work area view. These options are also available by right
clicking on a work area tab.

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Creating Named Toolbars and Assigning Hot Keys
The Custom Toolbars window has been enhanced to allow toolbars to be named
and saved. These bars can be hidden or shown at any time through the Custom
Toolbars window or by right clicking on a toolbar. Toolbars are created on the
‘Toolbars’ tab. The Commands tab can be used to add functions to a toolbar.

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To create a new toolbar:

1. From the View menu, select Custom Toolbars.

2. On the Toolbars tab, click the New button on the right hand side. Enter a
name for the toolbar.
3. An empty toolbar will appear on the screen. Click the Commands tab.
4. Drag functions from the Commands tab into the new toolbar.
5. Dock the new toolbar by dragging it to the side of the screen or leave it
floating in the workspace.

The Keyboard tab in the same dialog can be used to assign customized hot keys
to Pattern Design functions. To assign a new hotkey, locate the function in the
Commands list and click in the ‘Press New Shortcut Key’ box. Press the desired
hotkey on the keyboard. The key combination will be displayed in the dialog box.

Click Assign to complete the key assignment. The Remove button can be used
to remove a previously assigned hotkey. Reset All will change all the hotkeys
back to their original, default assignments, removing all customized keys.
The option for ‘Large Icons’ has been moved from the Screen Layout dialog to
the ‘Options’ tab in the Custom Toolbars dialog.

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Wizard Enhancements
 File / Open and placing pieces in the work area are now enabled for
Wizard scripts. These steps can be recorded in scripts and used in script
playback.
 Graded values from Measure Charts can now be used in script recording.
Use it for:
o Adding different amounts of fullness on different sizes
o Changing the position of a line or pleat on different sizes
In previous releases, only the amount from the base size column was
used in recording and playback. Now, the amount defined in the Measure
Chart is applied to each size individually. Modified grade rules are added
to the piece to maintain the new graded shapes.

NOTE: The display when recording will only show the base size amount applied
to the piece. When the script is played back, the correct amounts from the
Measure Chart will be applied.

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