Marker Attributes
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Name
Set the name of the piece. Show or hide the name through the View & Selection.
Code
Set the code of the piece. Show or hide the code through the View & Selection.
Description
Set the description of the piece. This is usually used to add comments on a piece.Show or hide the code through the View & Selection.
Quantity
All instances of a piece with quantity higher then one can be spread.
Pair
A piece with an opposite piece (i.e the front piece of a button shirt), should set to be paired, with 1 quantity. 'Fold Allowed' will change automatically to Up/ Down.
Note: No need to change 'Qunatity' to 2, just enable the 'Pair' field!
Quality
Quality is often used when adding Zones to the piece. Several zones can be easily distinguished by showing the piece's colors according to its zones.
Material
In the Marker the pieces are sorted by this field's information.
Opposite Piece
Determine if the piece has an opposite piece, in case the piece's quantity is an even number. Up\ Down is the option usually used Left\ Right is more rare, and it is usually used when the fabric has a bordura, and the piece's hem (i.e pants) need to always be placed on the selvage of the fabric. When enabling the 'Pair' field this field is changed automatically to Up\ Down. If needed it can be changed to Left\ Right When spreading a piece, the opposite piece attributes are visible.
Orientation
Determine if the piece is right only, left only or both. Note that this field is related to the object's (i.e button, internal contour, circle) orientation.
Rotation
Set the rotation allowance of the piece in the Marker. For example, '1-way' can be used for suede (which has nap direction), and '2-way' for denim.
Enable Folding
Determine whether or not the piece is allowed to fold in the Up/Down or Left/Right directions on Marker.
 Piece is placed non folded |
 Piece is placed Folded Down on Marker table with 2 plies Tubular |
 Piece is placed Folded Left on Marker table with 2 plies Faced |
Piece Tilt (CW, CCW)
Set the piece's tilt allowed on the marker (clockwise and counter clock wise). Note that the clockwise value can be different from the counter-clockewise.
The piece's tilt can be seen through the Display Attributes, and through the Piece Properties
Flip Allowance
Set the flipping allowance on the marker. Up/ down will flip on the X axis. Right/ Left will flip on the Y axis.
Important Note:
In PDS 9 and earlier versions there was a Flip Allowance Attribute field, in the new versions of PDS this function was removed.
This can cause a problem when updating DSN file on Marker 10.
Saving a DSN file on PDS 10 will remove the flip allowance attribute - The Flip Allowance in Marker will be set to 'None'.
If you have a Marker file which contains DSN file with Flip Allowance Attribute and you want to update the DSN file without losing the Flip Allowance definition,
Please follow the next steps:
- Open the DSN file in PDS
- Edit the file and save it in PDS format
- Return to Marker
- Open order window and select 'Update the Selected Style'
- A 'Locate File' window will open - Browse and select the new file you saved in the PDS format
This way the Marker file will be edited and will not lose the Flip Allowance attribute defined on earlier version.
Buffer Size
Set the size of the piece's buffer.
Note: The buffer can be seen only in the Marker. The buffer itself can be shown
through the Buffered Contour.
Buffer Location
Set the location where the buffer will be added. The buffer can be seen only in the Marker.
Seam As Buffer
Indicate that the seam should act as a buffer in the Marker.
Tool/ Layer
Set the layer or the tool name. This field is used mainly for Plot/ Cut and for Import/ Export.
