Lesson 18 of 23
The pattern plan and its colour key
A numbered, lettered plan of the whole panel with its leads at their came's width, ready to print.
The plan is the drawing you work from at the bench: every piece numbered, every glass lettered, and the leads drawn the width of their came.
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Open the Plan tab
Click Plan. The pattern is drawn on paper with a letter in every piece and the colour key under it.
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Letter the glasses
The key on the right lists every glass with its letter and its count of pieces. Letters shown grey are not fixed yet: Letter the glasses keeps them, so they do not move when more glass is added.
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Find pieces by glass
Click a piece to light its glass in the key. Click a glass's name to select every piece cut from it.
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Border and numbers
Choose the came round the outside under Border. Untick Piece numbers for a plan with letters only.
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Print it
Click Print the plan for a PDF of the plan, sized to your paper.
Keep colourways side by side
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