Tie-Up Functions
Design Menu
Tie-Up operations are on the left of the Design menu.
Clicking the down arow on Tie-up reveals functions that work on selected areas of the tie-up. The selections can be the entire tie-up, or a portion.
To select the entire tie-up, first bring it into focus by either clicking inside the tie-up area or pressing Tab until a thin green outline surrounds the tie-up box. Then press Ctrl + A, or choose Select All from the Home menu.
To select a portion of the tie-up, press A on the keyboard or choose Select from the Home menu. Then drag to select the desired area of the tie-up.
Once the area is selected, click any of the options under Tie-Up to apply your changes. These same options can also be accessed by right-clicking within the tie-up box.
Clear removes all tie-up entries within the selected area. The keyboard shortcut for Clear is the Delete key, or Fn + Delete on a Mac.
Change Face - changes selections to unselected, unselected to selected.
Invert and Reverse - Invert rotates as is it's rotating on a vertical axis 180 degrees; Reverse rotates the tie-up as if it's rotating on a horizontal axis 180 degrees.
Rotate 90 and 180 - This option is only allowed on square tie-ups (where the shafts and treadles are equal). The tie-up is rotated clockwise one time for 90 degrees, twice for 180 degrees. ert rotates as is it's rotating on a vertical axis 180 degrees; Reverse rotates the tie-up as if it's rotating on a horizontal axis 180 degrees.
Shift Right, Left, Up and Down- shifts the tie-up selection in the specified direction. Wrap is the default, so the empty space left from the shift will be filled in from the opposite side of the tie-up.
Shifting with no Wrap - hold a shift key down while selecting the tie-up menu. Note that the shift commands now say no-wrap, so the shift will occur and leave an empty space in the tie-up.
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