User Manual: Seamly2D Configuration

Configure Preferences

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Configure Preferences

Select File ⇒ Application Preferences from the top bar menu.

Configuration

Select the Configuration icon in the left vertical menu. Review the settings below. It's recommended that these settings remain as default settings.

General

Startup

• Welcome:
  • You can turn the splashscreen on and off.
• Language:
  • GUI Language: Seamly2D will use your computer's operating system region/locale to select a language for translating GUI text and measurement names. If none of the supported languages match your locale, Seamly2D will default to English.
  • Decimal Separator parts: Your operating system's locale will default to either a comma "," or period "." as the numeric decimal separator. You may override the default. You cannot use both separators in a formula at the same time.
  • Default Unit: Centimeters (cm), Millimeters (mm) or Inches (in). This unit is used when creating new patterns in Seamly2D and new measurement files in SeamlyMe
  • Point name text: Seamly2D will use the alphabetic symbols associated with this language to generate the labels for pattern points.

Designer Info:

• You may add your company details to use them for your pattern

Editing

• Undo:
  • Count Steps: Default is 0 (unlimited). We recommend leaving at 0 until you learn more about Seamly2D. If your system is slow reduce to 50, then in steps down to 15 for speed improvement. We don't recommend less than 15.

• Selection Sound:
  • Sound: You can select one of several sound or stay silent
• Pattern Editing Warnings:
  • You can switch warnings on and off
• Operations Default Suffix:
  • You can define a suffix for different operations.
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File Handling

• Enable Autosave:
  • Interval: Default is checked with a 1 minute interval. Seamly2D will save your pattern file every few minutes to a file with '.autosave' file extension. It is recommended to leave these values at default settings.
• Export Format:
  • Some preferences for pattern export

• Pattern making system:
  • System: Seamly2D defaults to 'None' for 'Pattern making system'. If you select a patternmaking system, the measurement template for that system (if it exists) will be used to pre-select measurements when you create a new measurement file. Note: It is not necessary to select a pattern making system, Seamly2D defaults to 'None'. This option allows Fashion Design students to select their course's pattern making system, find the book for the system, create measurement files for that system, and enter formulas from the book using the measurement names of that system. This way Seamly2D can assist students who are learning patternmaking. Students can quickly learn the measurement set and formulas, and try out the system in software before making (many) mistakes on paper!
  • Author and Book: These fields are auto-populated when a pattern making system is selected. This helps students know which book's edition was used to gather the measurement list for their system.

• Crash reports:
  • Send crash reports (recommended): We recommend that you leave this box checked. Crash reports help us to find and fix problems very quickly.

• Pattern editing:
  • Reset Warnings: For future use

Pattern

Pattern Piece

• Properties: You can configure the default settings for new pattern pieces. You can change the settings for each pattern piece afterwards:
  • Show Cut Line: Default is checked. This setting shows the line to be cut after the seam allowance is added. This setting can also be applied to each pattern piece in Details mode.
  • Hide Seam Path: Default is un-checked. This setting prevents the seamline from showing on the pattern pieces under Detail or Layout once a seam allowance had been added.
  • Forbid Flipping: Default is un-checked. This setting prevents pattern pieces to be flipped or reversed during the creation of the layout image. When a pattern piece is reversed, the labels will not be reversed. This can be confusing when placing pattern pieces on fabric. This setting can also be applied to each pattern piece in Details mode.
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Notches

• Properties:
  • Show notch on Cut Line: Default is un-checked. Check this box if you want that notches will be added on the cutline and included in the layout image. This setting can also be applied to each pattern piece in Details mode.
  • Show second notch on Seam Line: Default is un-checked. Check this box if you want notches to be added on the seamline and included in the layout image. This setting can also be applied to each pattern piece in Details mode.
• Attributes:
  • Type: Default is Slit. Diamond is what the "big four" American pattern companies use.
  • Color: Default is black.
  • Length: Default is 0.250. How far should the notches stick from their bases on the cut-line?
  • Width: Default is 0.250. How wide/far apart should the notch marks be?

Grainlines

• Properties:
  • Show grainlines: Default is checked. Check this box if you want show or hide the grainline in the layout image. This setting can also be applied to each pattern piece in Details mode.
  • Length: Default is 2.000. Define the length of the grainline.
  • Color: Default is black.
  • Lineweight: Default is 0.250. How thick should the grainline be?

Paths

• Seam allowance:
  • Default value: The default width of auto-generated seam allowances.
• Paths: Define the default values for the Seamline, Cutline, Internals and Cutouts:
  • Color: Default is black.
  • Linetype: Default is solidline.
  • Lineweight: Default is 0.250. How thick should the grainline be?

Labels

• Properties:
  • Show pattern labels: Default is checked. Check this box if you want show the pattern label in the layout image. This setting can also be applied to each pattern piece in Details mode.
  • Show piece labels: Default is checked. Check this box if you want show the piece label in the layout image. This setting can also be applied to each pattern piece in Details mode.
  • Width: Default is 3.000.
  • Height: Default is 2.000.
  • Color: Default is black.

• Label data/time format:
  • Date: This drop menu contains a number of different date formats. Whether you prefer day-first, month-first or year-first, there's an option for you.
  • Time: Do you prefer 24hr time, or am/pm (AP)? Do you want to print your patterns with the exact second you created the layout, or is minute close enough? There are only four options.
• Templates:
  • Pattern label: Define and select a default pattern label.
  • Piece label: Define and select a default piece label.

File Paths

Paths

Seamly2D creates your Seamly2D base directory in your user home directory. It's recommended to leave the default directories unchanged.

Your seamly2d base directory:

• Windows: C:\Users\username\seamly2d.
• Linux: $home/$username/seamly2d.
• Mac OSX:

For Windows, the directories will default to:

• My Individual Measurements: <your seamly2d base directory>\seamly2d\measurements\individual.
• My Multisize Measurements: <your seamly2d base directory>\seamly2d\measurements\tables\multisize.
• My Patterns: <your seamly2d base directory>\seamly2d\patterns.
• My Layouts: <your seamly2d base directory>\seamly2D\layouts.
• My Templates: <your seamly2d base directory>\seamly2D\templates.
• My Label Templates: <your seamly2d base directory>\seamly2D\label templates.
• My Images: <your seamly2d base directory>\seamly2D\images.

Graphics

Appearance

It's recommended to leave the Graphics settings at their default values.

• Toolbars:
  • Text labels appear under the icon: Defaults to checked. Text labels appear under the tool and menu icons. When unchecked, the labels don't appear.
• Show tool toolbars:
  • Toolbox: Defaults to checked.
  • Point: Defaults to checked.
  • Line: Defaults to checked.
  • Curve: Defaults to checked.
  • Arc: Defaults to checked.
  • Operations: Defaults to checked.
  • Piece: Defaults to checked.
  • Details: Defaults to checked.
  • Layout: Defaults to checked.
• Graphical Output:
  • Use Anti-aliasing: Defaults to checked. This setting eliminates jagged lines. We recommend using anti-aliasing. Read more about anti-aliasing on Wikipedia.

Fonts:

Choose your fonts for some GUI-Elements:

• Label: Default settings for the labels in your pieces.
• Point Names: Default settings for the point in draft mode.
• GUI: This preset influence some text, eg. listviewitems in piece properties.

Colors

• Zoom Rubberband:
  • Positive: defaults to blue.
  • Negative: defaults to green.
• Point Names:
  • Default: defaults to black.
  • Hover: defaults to black.
• Drawing:
  • Axis Origin: defaults to black.
• Selection:
  • Primary: defaults to Magenta.
  • Secondary: defaults to Forest Green.
  • Tertiary: defaults to Navy.

Navigation

• Scrollbars:
  • Show Scrollbar:
    • Scrollbar Width: Defaults to 10px.
    • Duration: Defaults to 300ms.
    • Update Interval: Defaults to 30ms.
    • Speed: Defaults to halfway point between "Slow" and "Fast".
• Zoom:
  • Use CTRL Modifier:
    • Speed: Defaults to halfway point between "Slow" and "Fast".

Behavior

• Constraints:
  • Use Control Modifier: Default is checked.
  • Angle Step: Defaults to 10 degrees.
• Zoom:
  • Zoom to selected with double-click: Defaults to checked.
  • Pan active while Space key is pressed: default is unchecked.
• Export:
  • Quality: defines the export quality of your pieces.