Piece Properties

You can use the Piece Properties option, when you want to view/edit information about pieces.

Note:The Piece Properties is dynamic according to the element you have selected; therefore the fields are different for elements (piece, button, dart, pleat, etc.) For more information, see Piece/Element Properties

Icon & Location

PDS Menu: Edit > Piece Properties *or double-click on a piece, button, dart, etc. and the Piece Properties panel displays)

To view the Piece Properties:

Select a piece in the Working Area, then double-click.

The Pieces Properties panel appears (according to the element you clicked on) . This panel doesn't include the Zone Properties.

View the fields as follows:

Field	Description
Main Task Pieces	If multiple pieces are selected, this field indicates which pieces will be affected by the change. Note that you can set the Task Pieces to All pieces even if only one piece is selected on the Working Area. If the fields of several pieces don't match, Different is displayed in this field. If you change a field, e.g., the Name field, this will influence all the pieces indicated in the Task Pieces.
Protected	Protects the piece's geometry from being edited. All the fields in the piece properties are grayed in order to show that the piece is in protected mode. On the right side of the status bar, 'Protected' is displayed.
Name	Sets the name of the piece. You can view the name of the piece via the View & Selection. Ctrl+Right click on the Name field to launch the Piece Name List Editor.
Unique Piece Name	The unique ID of a piece. (This field cannot be changed.)
Style Name	This feature is used for converted files which require extra information. To edit: Select Global Piece Info from the Piece menu. Make sure you select the appropriate Task Pieces status from drop down list. Edit the Style Name.
Quantity	Sets the Quantity of the piece(s).
Pair	Sets the piece(s) as Pair.
Code	Displays the piece's unique code.
Material	Displays the material that is assigned to the piece. If you want to use more than one material per piece, you can enter numerous materials using a comma. For example, wool, lycra, etc. You can then set the materials per piece in the Marker using the Marker Order dialog. For more information, see Order For Marker Making.
Quality	Displays the quality of the piece.
Description	Displays free text for the description of the piece.
Tool/Layer	Sets the piece(S) as Tool/ Layer.
Description Text	Sets the properties of the Piece Information Text. Show or hide this text through the View & Selection.
Adjust	Sets the font size, angle and centered field according to the values set in the Preferences.
Font Size	Sets the font size of the Piece Information Text.
Angle	A Zero angle rotates the description parallel to the X Axis A 90 degree angle rotates the description parallel to the Y Axis
Centered	Check this field when there are several Piece Information Texts. The texts are then centered around the middle of their Bounding Box.
Half	Indicates if the piece is set to Half. Show or hide the symmetrical half through the View & Selection.
Mirror	Indicates if the piece is Mirror symmetrical.
Behavior
Lock Auto Reseam	When enabled, Auto-Reseam is not applied to the piece.
Lock Auto Update Notch	When enabled, Auto Update Notch is not applied to the piece's seam.
Fixed Placement on Working Area	Saves the piece's position on the working area, to be used by Restore Placement.
Marker Attributes
Not for use in Marker	Select this checkbox if this piece/s should not be used in the Marker.
Opposite Piece	If you require an opposite piece, select the option of the opposite piece from the drop-down list
Orientation	Sets the orientation of the pieces.
Rotation	Sets the rotation of the pieces.
Enable Folding	Sets the folding of the pieces.
Piece Tilt	Sets the piece's tilt that is allowed in the marker
CCW Tilt	Enter the required counter-clockwise tilt in degrees.
CW Tilt	Enter the required clockwise tilt in degrees.
Manual Optimization	Select this checkbox, if you want to manually define the Marker optimization.
Shrink	If shrink values were entered, the overall shrink value appears here.
X Shrink	Enter the X shrink percentage.
Y Shrink	Enter the Y shrink percentage.
Buffer Attributes
Buffer Size	Enter the buffer size required
Buffer Location	Select the location where you want the buffer to appear.
Sizes Information
Size	Displays the size defined for the pieces.
Perimeter	Displays the defined perimeter. For example 30+30+20+20=100cm Note: This field is read only.
Area	Displays the defined area. For example, 3020=600sq.cm* Note: This field is read only.
Maximum X	Displays the piece's maximum X distance. Note: This field is read only.
Maximum Y	Displays the piece's maximum Y distance. Note: This field is read only
Report
Save to File	Creates the report as a text file.
Print	Prints a more detailed report (with the piece's images).