Fiberworks → TempoWeave Cross-Reference

This reference is a translation guide intended for weavers familiar with Fiberworks and new to TempoWeave. This guide covers both the Windows and Mac versions of Fiberworks Silver, and is intended to be a general guide and may not be complete. The reference materials come from the following:

• Fiberworks PCW4.2 Silver — Windows

• Fiberworks Silver — Mac

The two are the same product family but different applications with different menu layouts. This guide is organized by feature; where a command lives in a different Fiberworks menu on each platform, the note says so. Most weaving features exist in both — only the menu home (or a few extras) differ.

Notation ▸ means tab ▸ group ▸ command in TempoWeave.

Legend: ⚠️ partial / different approach · ❌ no direct equivalent · 🔒 TempoWeave PRO tier · ✨ TempoWeave addition · [Win] Windows-Fiberworks only · [Mac] Mac-Fiberworks only. Unmarked rows apply to both.

Where the menus live: Windows vs Mac Fiberworks (quick orientation)

The Mac edition reshuffles the Windows menus. If you used Mac Fiberworks, look here first:

Feature area	Windows menu	Mac menu
About / Preferences / Quit	File & Help	Fiberworks (app) menu
Drawing tools (straight/point/line/freehand/network)	Edit ▸ Drawing mode	Drawing menu (own menu)
Pickup Color, Shaft Shuffler	Edit / Tools	Drawing menu (treated as tools)
Modify colors, color palette	Cloth menu	Colors menu (Mac Color Panel)
Interleave	Edit ▸ Interleave Paste	Warp ▸ Interleave Threading / Treadling ▸ Interleave Treadling
Treadling commands ("Weft" on Windows)	Weft menu	Treadling menu
Multipedal / skeleton tieup	Tieup menu	Treadling menu (+ Tieup ▸ Convert to Skeleton Tieup)
Turn Draft	Tieup menu	Tools menu
Sketchpad	integrated	separate app (Export/Import to Sketchpad)

File menu

Fiberworks	TempoWeave	Notes
New / Open	Home ▸ File ▸ New / Open	Ctrl/Cmd+N, +O. Opens WIF directly
Save / Save As	Home ▸ File ▸ Save / Save As
Close	File backstage ▸ Close
Duplicate [Mac]	File backstage ▸ Duplicate to New Tab	✅ near-exact match
Revert to Saved [Mac]	⚠️ snapshot/version history	No one-click "revert to last saved"; closest is version history
Preview and Print / Print	File backstage ▸ Print (Page Setup + per-component buttons)	TempoWeave prints Threading/Treadling/Tie-Up/Drawdown/Color Card/Project Report separately
Print Setup / Page Setup	File backstage ▸ Print ▸ Page Setup
Preferences [Win: File · Mac: Fiberworks menu]	File backstage ▸ Settings	See Settings section
Recent files / Open Recent	Home ▸ File ▸ Recent Files
Exit / Quit	File backstage ▸ Exit
(WIF import/export)	Open = WIF; File backstage ▸ Export ▸ Export to WIF	TempoWeave is WIF-native
New/Open Sketchpad	❌	No sketchpad (separate app on Mac; integrated on Windows)

Edit menu

Fiberworks	TempoWeave	Notes
Undo	Home ▸ Edit ▸ Undo
Redo [Mac]	Home ▸ Edit ▸ Redo	✨ Both have it; Windows Fiberworks lacked Redo
Cut / Copy / Paste	Home ▸ Edit ▸ Cut / Copy / Paste
Transparent Mode [Win] / Paste Transparent [Mac]	Home ▸ Edit ▸ Paste Overlay	⚠️ Closest equivalent (note: Win=toggle, Mac=command)
Interleave Paste [Win: Edit]	Design ▸ Warp Advanced ▸ Interleave Warp 🔒 (weft: Combine Weft)	⚠️ PRO tier. On Mac this is Warp/Treadling ▸ Interleave
Transform	Design ▸ Warp / Weft / Tie-Up popups (Invert, Reverse, Mirror, Shift, Rotate)	Split across the three Design popups
Drawing mode: Straight/Point/Line/Freehand [Win: Edit · Mac: Drawing menu]	Home ▸ Drawing Tools ▸ Straight / Point / Line / Freehand	Direct match
Drawing mode: 1:3 Network [Win] / Network Left + Network Right [Mac]	Design ▸ Warp Advanced ▸ Plot on Network Warp 🔒	⚠️ Not a live draw tool
Select / Select All (Mac: "Select Drafts")	Home ▸ Select ▸ Select / Select All (+ Select Special)
Pickup Color [Win: Edit · Mac: Drawing menu]	use Yarn Catalog / palette
Copy Image	View / Save	No clipboard-image command available
Insert / Delete threads	Home ▸ Add/Remove Threads ▸ Insert Thread / Remove Thread
Link / Unlink	Home ▸ Sync Operations ▸ Sync Color / Sync Thickness	Inverse toggle: unchecking = unlinked

View menu

Fiberworks	TempoWeave	Notes
Zoom in/out (Mac: Make Larger/Smaller)	View ▸ Zoom group
Color View (color ↔ structure)	View ▸ Cloth View ▸ Structure Only	Inverse toggle
Back View / View Back	View ▸ View ▸ Front / Back View
Grid in Cloth	Project ▸ Project Info; Settings
Compact / Expand [Win]	❌	Zoom covers this
Show/Hide Toolbar & Status Bar	Window ▸ Screen ▸ Focus Mode	⚠️ hides whole ribbon
Ruler Units / Set Scale [Mac]	⚠️ Settings (Imperial/Metric); rulers in Fabric Viewer
Draft Layout [Mac] (draw up/down, threading L↔R, shaft-1 / treadle-1 placement)	Settings ▸ Draft Style / Origin Side / Shaft 1 / Treadle 1 placement	✅ strong match
View / Show Thread Numbering [Mac]	Always Shows

Cloth menu (display modes)

Fiberworks	TempoWeave	Notes
Normal Cloth / Color Drawdown	Project ▸ Cloth Type ▸ Normal
Interlacement	View ▸ View ▸ Show Interlacement
Rep / Warp Faced	Project ▸ Cloth Type ▸ Warp Faced
Weft Faced	Project ▸ Cloth Type ▸ Weft Faced
Bound Weave	⚠️ closest: Weft Faced	No dedicated bound-weave mode
Double Weave	View ▸ Cloth View ▸ View Fabric (Double Weave option)
Warp / Weft Drawdown (structure)	⚠️ Structure Only + Draft Style	No explicit warp/weft-drawdown toggle
Notes and Records	Project ▸ Project Info; counts → Print ▸ Project Report / Color Card

Colors (Mac: own Colors menu · Windows: in Cloth menu)

Fiberworks	TempoWeave	Notes
Modify Colors [Win] / Show Color Panel [Mac]	Yarns tab / Yarn Catalog	Mac uses the macOS Color Panel
Select Color Palette / Open New Color Group	Yarns ▸ Yarns and Palettes (+ Settings ▸ Default Palette)	⚠️ "color groups" concept not 1:1
Save / Remove a Color Group [Mac]	Yarns ▸ Export Yarns / Import Yarns	⚠️ partial
Create Gradient [Mac]	❌ On the Roadmap
Colorways (store ≤6 colorways) [Mac]	⚠️ Duplicate to New Tab / snapshots	No multi-colorway store in one draft

Warp menu (the Weft/Treadling menu mirrors these)

Fiberworks	TempoWeave	Notes
Fill Threading (Win: 4 fills · Mac: 11 fills)	Design ▸ Design Repeats or Design ▸ Weave Explorer ▸ Common Weaves
Fill Warp Colors (Win: 2 colors · Mac: up to 4)	Design ▸ Color Repeats or Design ▸ Warp ▸ Randomize Warp Colors or Color Pattern Draw
Fill Thickness	Design ▸ Thickness Repeats
Repeat	Design ▸ Repeats ▸ Design / Color / Thickness Repeats
Parallel Repeat (Mac adds Three-way parallel)	Design ▸ Warp Advanced ▸ Echo / Warp Amalgamation 🔒
Make Symmetrical (Mac: Flip Sequence)	Design ▸ Warp/Weft ▸ Mirror All
Reverse Sequence (Mac: Flip Sequence)	Design ▸ Warp/Weft ▸ Reverse
Redraw on Network	Design ▸ Warp/Weft Advanced ▸ Plot on Network 🔒

Tieup menu

Fiberworks	TempoWeave	Notes
Twill Repeat	Design ▸ Tie-Up ▸ Diagonal	⚠️ auto-twill; not full step dialog
Repeat by Quarters	❌
Change Face	Design ▸ Tie-Up ▸ Change Face
Turn Draft [Win: Tieup · Mac: Tools]	Tools ▸ Transform ▸ Turn Draft
Sinking Shed	Project ▸ Mode ▸ Sinking Shed (or Settings default)
Multipedal / Skeleton tieup (Win: Tieup ▸ Allow Multipedal · Mac: Treadling ▸ Allow Multipedal Action + Tieup ▸ Convert to Skeleton Tieup)	Project ▸ Project Info ▸ Setup ▸ Multi-Treadle
Tie-up ↔ Liftplan mode	Tools ▸ Conversions ▸ Convert to Tieup / Convert to Liftplan
Shafts and Treadles (count)	Project ▸ Project Info ▸ Setup

Weft / Treadling-specific

Fiberworks	TempoWeave	Notes
Weave As Drawn In / Tromp as Writ	Tools ▸ Conversions ▸ Tromp as Writ
Add Tabby / Insert Tabby	Tools ▸ Tabby ▸ Add Tabby
Remove Tabby	Tools ▸ Tabby ▸ Remove Tabby

Tools menu

Fiberworks	TempoWeave	Notes
Float Search	Project ▸ Project ▸ Float Check
Block Substitution	Design ▸ Assembly ▸ Block Substitution
Fold Double	Tools ▸ Transform ▸ Double Cloth
Namedraft	❌ planned → Design ▸ Weave Explorer
Shaft Shuffler [Win: Tools · Mac: Drawing menu]	Tools ▸ Optimize ▸ Arrange Shafts / Arrange Treadles
Export to Sketchpad	❌	No sketchpad

Window & Help menus

Fiberworks	TempoWeave	Notes
Open Windows List / Cascade / Tile	Tabs + Window ▸ Layout	TempoWeave is tab-based, not MDI/floating windows
Help Topics / Fiberworks Help / Search	Help ▸ User Guide
About	Help ▸ About

Settings / Preferences mapping

Fiberworks Preferences → TempoWeave File backstage ▸ Settings (Default Settings + Settings tabs). Highlights: default shafts/treadles, loom type (tie-up/liftplan), units, initial zoom, default palette/colors, rising vs sinking shed, shaft-1 / treadle-1 placement & origin side (matches Mac's Draft Layout), grid overlays, theme, and file locations.