> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.tempoweave.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.tempoweave.com/help-by-menu-tabs/file-menu/print-formatted-reports/sectional-warping-plan.md). # Sectional Warping Plan ### What It Does The **Sectional Warping Plan** is a printable (PDF) guide for dressing a loom with a **sectional warp beam** — the kind with pegs dividing the beam into fixed-width sections, wound from a spool rack or a warping wheel. It takes your draft's warp (every end, in order, with its colour and yarn) and works out: * how many **ends go into each section** of your beam, given your sett and the width of one section, and * exactly **which colors, and how many of each**, to wind into each section — in the order they appear across the warp. Then it lays that out section by section so you can wind straight from the report: fill section 1, move the rack to section 2, and so on, with no counting or arithmetic at the rack. It's the sectional-beam counterpart to the **Warp Winding Plan** (which lists the same color-by-color winding order for a plain beam). *** ### Before You Start You'll get the most out of it if your draft already has: * **A sett (EPI/PPI)** set for the project — this drives how many ends fit in a section. If you've marked sections for variable density, the plan will use the calculated EPI; otherwise it uses the project sett. * **A Section Width** defined (see below) — *required*. Without it the report won't run. **Tier:** the Sectional Warping Plan is available to **Core and Pro** licenses. (Demo and Lite see the button disabled.) *** ### Setting Up the Sectional Beam The plan needs to know how wide one section of your beam is. You set this once, per project: 1. Open **Project Info** (Project Setup tab). 2. Find the **Sectional Beam** group. 3. Enter your **Section Width** and choose the unit — **in** or **cm**. > Set this to the spacing between your beam's pegs — the finished width of one wound section (commonly 1 in / 2 in on US beams, or in cm on metric beams). If you leave Section Width at **0**, TempoWeave treats the project as *not* using a sectional beam, and trying to print the plan shows: *"Section Width must be defined in Project Info for this report."* Set a width and try again. The following screenshot from the Project Info Setup tab.

Sectional Beam Setup

The Ends per Section override, when entered, forces the number of warp ends calculated for each section to be the number of ends based on the Sett. For example, if you have 20 ends per inch and 1-inch sections, each section will have 20 ends. The last section will have the "leftovers" if not evenly divisible by 20. This override is normally used when using a bobbin rack and a tension box. If using a warping wheel, the Ends per Section override is normally left at 0. In this situation the number of ends per section is spread so that the number of turns is as even as possible across the number of sections required for the width in the warp. When using alternating colors that are to be wound together as with a warping wheel, set the number of colors held together in the report options as shown below.
#### Floating selvedges Also in Project Info, the **Floating Selvedge** options (Right thread 1 / Left last thread / Double) add selvedge ends to your warp. The Sectional Warping Plan **includes these in the totals** — so the ends-per-section and grand total reflect the selvedges you'll actually wind. When any are enabled, the report's header reads *"Total warp ends (with selvedges)."* *** ### Printing the Plan 1. **File menu (backstage) ▸ Print tab.** 2. Click **Print Sectional Warping Plan**. It generates a PDF using your current Print Options (paper size, orientation, etc. — see below). *** ### Reading the Report A summary line at the top states the plan at a glance: > **Section width:** 2 in • **Sett:** 24.0 EPI • **Ends per section:** 48 • **Sections:** 10 • **Total warp ends:** 480 Below it is the winding table, with these columns: | Column | What it tells you | | ------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **Section** | Which beam section this row belongs to (1, 2, 3 …). | | **Name** | The yarn's name (from your palette), if you've named your yarns. | | **Color** | A color swatch so you can grab the right cone at a glance | | **Wind** | How many ends of this color to wind **in this section**, in order. (With multi-color winding on, this is shown as wraps — see below.) | | **Cumulative Ends** | A running total of ends wound so far — a quick check that you're on track. | Each section's rows are followed by a **section-total spacer row**, and the report ends with a **TOTAL ENDS** line so you can confirm the whole warp is accounted for. To wind: work top to bottom. Each block of rows under a Section number is everything that goes onto that section, in the order to wind it; when you reach the next Section number, move the rack to the next peg group. *** ### How the Plan Is Calculated (with no Section Override) So you can sanity-check the numbers: * **Ends per section** = sett (ends per inch) × section width in inches, rounded to the nearest whole end. (A cm section width is converted to inches first.) * **Total warp ends** = your warp ends + any floating-selvedge ends. * **Number of sections** = total warp ends ÷ ends per section, rounded **down** — so the plan never asks you to wind past the end of the warp. * **Leftover ends** (the remainder that doesn't divide evenly) are **spread evenly** across the sections: every section gets a share, and the first few sections each take one extra. This guarantees **every warp end lands on the beam** — sections may differ by a single end, which is normal and keeps the warp width correct. In short: each section is filled to about the same width, the color order always follows your draft. ### Multi-Color Winding (with no Section Override) If you wind several ends together as a bundle (holding 2–4 cones at once), turn on **Warp Winding Color Pattern** in **Print Options** and set the number of colors (2–4). The plan then treats one **wrap** — one pass with all the cones in your hand — as the indivisible unit: * A single wrap (N ends, one of each color you're holding) won't be split mid-wrap across two sections. * Multiple wraps of the same pattern can still split across sections. * If the next whole wrap won't fit, the section closes a touch short and the following sections absorb the difference, working to the overall target — so the totals still come out exactly right. This matches how you actually wind a bundled warp at the rack: you never break a wrap partway. *** ### Print Options That Apply The plan honors your current **Print Options**: * **Paper size** and **orientation** (Portrait / Landscape). * **Continuous page** — render as one long page instead of paginating (handy for long warps). * **Show Report Name** / **Show Document Title** / **Page Numbers** in the header/footer. * **Warp Winding Color Pattern** (2–4) — the bundle/multi-colour winding described above. * **Show Variegated Yarns** — variegated yarns render with their colour blend in the swatch rather than a flat colour. *** ### Tips * **Match Section Width to your beam.** The plan is only as accurate as this number — set it to your actual peg spacing. * **Set your sett before printing.** Ends-per-section comes straight from the sett; if you change EPI, reprint. * **Slightly uneven sections are expected.** The even leftover distribution means some sections hold one more end than others — that's intentional and keeps the total warp width correct. * **Name your yarns** (in the palette / Yarn Catalog) so the **Name** column is meaningful at the rack, especially when several colors look similar. * **Winding a bundle?** Turn on the Warp Winding Color Pattern so the counts come out in whole wraps. * For a **plain (non-sectional) beam**, use **Print Warp Winding Plan** instead — same color order, no section split.