TempoWeave
  • TempoWeave Designer Introduction
  • Help by Menu Tabs
    • File
      • Finding and Opening Files
      • File Close and Exit
      • Creating, Saving and Naming Files
      • Print
      • Export for TempoTreadle
    • Home
      • Settings
      • Design Version History
      • Undo and Redo
      • Draw Options
      • Insert and Remove Threads
      • Select and Select Special
      • Cut Function - Collapsing the Space
      • Cut Function - Leaving Empty Space
      • Copy and Paste
      • Copy and Insert
      • Cut and Insert
      • Copying and Pasting Between Designs
    • Project
      • Project Information
        • Project Planning How-To Videos
        • Project Shafts and Treadles
        • Project Printout
        • Project Information-Planning-Setup
        • Project Information-Planning-Dimensions
        • Project Information-Planning-Yarn Requirements
        • Project Information-Notes
        • Cloth Construction
        • Heddle Count
        • Color Information
      • Warp Winding Plan
      • Weft Color Plan
      • Float Check
      • Mode - Rising or Sinking Shed
    • Design
      • Tie-Up
        • Tie-Up Actions
        • Tie-Up Diagonal
      • Warp Group
        • Warp Repeat
        • Warp Mirror
        • Warp Invert
        • Warp Reverse
        • Warp Selection: Shifting Threads in the Warp
        • Warp Selection Right Click: Clear
        • Plot on Network - Warp
          • Telescoping and Digitizing Example
          • Plot on Network Example
        • Warp Amalgamation
        • Echo
        • Interleave Warp
      • Weft Group
        • Weft Repeats
        • Weft Transformation Options
        • Plot on Network - Weft
        • Combine / Interleave Weft
      • Design Repeats
      • Color Repeats
      • Thickness Repeats
      • Color Pattern Draw
      • Marking Sections
      • Section Assembly
      • Section Assembly Videos
      • Block Substitution
        • Video - Block Substitution
        • Huck Weave Block Substitution
    • Tools
      • Add and Remove Tabby
      • Tromp as Writ
      • Convert to Lift Plan
      • Convert to Tie-Up
      • Arrange Treadles
      • Warp Spread
      • Reed Sley Selection and Calculator
      • Raddle Sley Selection and Calculator
      • Turn Draft
      • Rotate Draft
      • Create Double Cloth
      • Yarn Catalog
        • Yarn Catalog Video
        • Replacing the Color Palette
        • My Yarns
          • Adding Yarns to My Yarns
          • Making Changes to My Yarns
          • Using My Yarns in a Design
          • Importing and Exporting MyYarns
      • Clear Palette
      • Dobby
        • Prepare Threading WIF
        • Weaving with the Dobby
        • Troubleshooting the Dobby
    • View
      • Cloth Sim
      • Cloth View
    • Window
    • Help
      • Check For Updates
      • Configure Updates
      • License
      • End User License Agreement
      • About
  • General Topics and E-Learning Section
    • File Names and TempoWeave
    • Screen Navigation
      • Hiding and Restoring Menus
      • Quick Access Toolbar
      • Switching Between Open Weaving Designs
      • Tab between Warp, Tie-up, Weft and Select All
      • Working with Multiple Design Windows
    • Troubleshooting
    • File Types used by TempoWeave
    • Managing Color
    • Keyboard Shortcut Summary
  • E-Learning Mini Lesson - Designing Double-Patterned Overshot
    • About Overshot-Patterned Doubleweave
    • Bethehem Star Pattern
    • Step 1 - Interleave the Threading
    • Step 2 - Create the Tie-Up and Interleaved Treadling for the 8-treadle Draft
    • Skeleton Tie-Up Version of Step 2 - Create the Tie-Up and Treadling for 6 Treadles
    • A Few Notes on Preparing for Overshot-Patterned Doubleweave Projects
    • Video for the Double-Patterned Overshot aka Complimentary Plain Weave
    • Double Star Placemats Project
  • Learning Video Collection
    • Video Lesson - Getting Started with TempoWeave
    • Video - Basic Drawing Options
    • Video - Zoom Function
    • Video - Working with Multiple Design Windows - Video
    • Video - Select - Copy - Paste
    • Video - Repeat Functions
    • Video - Copying Between Drafts
    • Video - Creating a Folded Double Cloth
    • Video - Resizing Stripes in a Draft
    • Video - Working with Color Repeats
    • Video - Dobby Videos
    • Video - Project Planning
    • Design Video - Generating a Profile Draft and Using Block Substitution
    • Design Video - Color and Weave with Turned Twill
    • Design Video - Create a Fade
    • Design Video - Log Cabin
    • Block Substitution Videos
    • Section Assembly Videos
  • Installation and Version History
    • Version History
    • Known Issues
    • Upcoming Feature Roadmap
    • Hardware Recommendations
    • TempoWeave on the Mac using Parallels
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  1. General Topics and E-Learning Section

Screen Navigation

In this section we show how you can navigate around the design area.

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TempoWeave Screen Navigation

The mouse (or tracking pad) and keyboard are used extensively when creating weaving designs. Menus at the top of the screen are clicked to reveal options. Certain frequently used options have keyboard shortcuts as noted in this documentation.

Warp threads are defined horizontally under the menus. A color bar runs over the threading draft to indicate color of each warp thread. By default, the initial warp threads are black. Weft threads run vertically and have a default color of white. The tie-up section is to the right of the warp threads and over the weft threads.

A color palette is at the right of the design. The color palette can be hidden (auto-hide) by clicking the push pin icon:

Once hidden, the palette can be expanded by clicking the palette tab:

Certain menu options open a panel` where additional options are available for selection. An example of the Design Copy+ is shown below. Options can be selected and applied with the "apply" button. When finished, close the panel by clicking the "X" in the upper right corner or the "close" button at the bottom.

Cursor and Locations on the Screen

A cursor is used on certain function to establish a current position that will be used to change, remove or add threads. To reposition the cursor, either left click at the desired location or use the arrow keys. Holding the shift key while using the arrow keys will move the cursor faster, skipping several rows or columsn at a time. The cursor can be in the warp thread area, warp color, weft thread, weft color or the tie-up sections of the design screen. The cursor will only be in one place at a time.

The current cursor location is noted by a light red fill color in the cell of the current cursor location if the last cursor was in the warp, weft or tie-up. When you click into a cell with the mouse, the cursor is set to that location. It’s also possible to move the cursor using the arrow keys.

The picture to the right shows the cursor on warp thread 20, shaft 4 in the threading.

As you move your cursor across the weaving design, the warp and weft thread position will automatically show right above the tie-up as shown in the following picture. This example indicates that the mouse is hovering over warp number 65 and weft pick 5. It’s often helpful when designing to be able to quickly determine the warp or weft position by hovering the pointer over a specific thread.

At the very top of the TempoWeave screen the current file and path is shown. The following snapshot shows the path (folders and subfolders) and the file name of the current WIF. If the WIF has not yet been saved the file name shows as <untitled>.

TempoWeave follows standard windows application structure. Multiple weaving designs can be open at once. The designs can be maximized in the window, cascaded or otherwise arranged so that multiple designs can be seen at once. In the following example two weaving designs are open at once. See the section in the document on menu option “Window” for more information on managing multiple windows.

As weaving designs often have more warp and weft threads than will fit on a screen at any zoom level, use the scroll bars to reposition the screen within the design. Scroll bars appear at the bottom of the screen (to scroll left and right to see more warp threads) and on the right (to see more weft threads).

Colors that have been used within the current session are shown at the top of the palette. Available colors within the palette are below the 3-dot divider. The divider can be dragged to reposition if necessary. More information on managing colors and palettes is in section on .

The picture on the left shows the cursor in the color area of the warp threads; warp thread 20 is highlighted with a yellow rectangle. When the cursor is on one of the color bars (warp or weft), it shows as a yellow rectangle because the solid color can be hard to see on certain colors.

Managing Color
Areas of the TempoWeave Design Screen
Push Pin on Color Palette
Hidden Palette
Panel with Close Options
Cursor (In Red)