The project information screen is broken into Tabs. See the pages below for descriptions of each tab.

Example of Estimating Yarn Requirements without Weaving Draft

The current WIF shafts and treadles is set on the first tab of the Project Information selection. The number of shafts and treadles initially defaults to the settings under Home | Settings.

The Multi-Treadle option, if checked, allows for more than one treadle to be pressed at a time. For lift plans, this is always checked. When weaving with a tie-up, if you don't require pressing more than one treadle at a time (such as with a skeleton tie-up), leave the setting unchecked for easier entry of the treadling sequence as the cursor will advance to the next pick after each number is keyed or selection is clicked.

Grid options default to those specified in the default Settings. The spacing of the grids, or to turn them off, can be changed and saved for the project in the following screen. Note that the grid options are shown on the display as well as are used on the Print Options for Threading and Treadling.

The Print Project button is available on all of the Project Information tabs. It is also available under File | Print.

It is a multi-page report, a sample of one page is shown below

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The Setup information has the unit of measurement, sett and optional reed and raddle information. The unit of measurement and sett is used in many areas of TempoWeave for showing width and length, so it's recommended that this be entered for each project.

Project units can be selected in English (Imperial) or Metric. This setting applies throughout the project, although a reed from a different system can be used.

Reed and Raddle settings are also on this Setup screen. These options are also available on the Tools Menu. Please refer to the documentation on these options under Reed Sley Selection and Calculator and Raddle Sley Selection and Calculator.

To view and print Reed or Raddle Charts, click the Reed Chart or Raddle Chart button. Reed charts will only print the reeds in the measurement system selected on Edit Reed Options. Raddle charts are available only for the LoftyFiber Raddle (4 spaces per inch) and the Louet Built-n Raddle (.5 spaces per cm).

This is a snapshot of the printout for an English red chart:

Dimensions

The Dimensions tab helps determine the number of warp ends and weft picks required to end up with the final size of the woven item as well as the length of warp required to weave all the items. The calculations do not change the weaving draft, but give the weaver an idea of how many warp and weft ends to design and how long the warp needs to be wound. The drivers also impact the yarn requirements calculation for the project.

Calculation Drivers

The calculation drivers are on the upper left. Initially these values are all zero. Any or all of these can be entered to impact the calculations.

Draw-In -the difference in width in the reed and the fell of the cloth.

Warp Take-Up - this percentage increases the minimum warp yardage requirements based on the bending of the warp yarns as they are woven.

Weft Take-Up - this percentage increases the weft yardage requirements based on the bending of the weft yarns as they are woven

Loom Waste - inches/cm not woven at the start and end of the warp

Shrinkage Width and Length - this is the expected shrinkage after wet finishing the cloth

Current WIF:

Current WIF Warp Ends - the current value is automatically populated from the current draft. If the warp ends in the WIF do not represent the entire project (such as having the warp ends repeated a number of times), an override width in the reed can be entered on the next yarn requirements tab so that the yarn requirements will calculation properly.

Current Width in Reed The current value is a calculation of Warp Ends in the WIF divided by the Ends per Inch (or Ends per CM). .

Weft Picks The number of weft picks in the current WIF.

Woven Length The number of weft picks times the Picks per Inch or Centimeter.

Finished Estimate Width and Length The calculation drivers are used against the current WIF to determine the estimated finished size of the piece.

Target Finished Size per Piece (right column)

Entry of the Target Width and Length optional. The purpose of entering the Target Size is to calculate the size requirements needed for the draft, such as number or warp ends, woven and warp length, so that the finished piece will meet the target. When entering a target width and length, these should be the size of a finished piece after wet finishing. Allowance for hems, if any, should be included in the target length.

Notice that the "No Pieces" is the number of the target size pieces you plan to weave.

If you plan to do some sampling on the warp, enter the inches planned to weave. Fringe is listed separately as it is not woven, is not subject to take-up and does not consume weft. If your fringe will consume loom waste, there is no need to enter fringe separately in this section, but when planning multiple pieces, the warp that consumed that is not a part of the waste can be important for the calculations.

For example, suppose you are planning to weave two scarves that will be 70" long by 8" wide and have a 6-inch fringe on each end. Enter these values in the target size area, enter estimates in the calculation drivers and click "Calculate Dimensions" . The Size Requirements for Target area will reflect the calculations as well as current WIF estimated final size.

Size Requirements for Target - Calculations

No. Pieces defaults to 1 if left blank or set to 0

Number Warp Ends for Target Width = Req'd Width * EPI/EPCM.

Req'd Width in Reed = (Finished Width + DrawIn) * (1 + Shrinkage in Width)

Minimum Warp Length = (((Woven Length per Piece * (1+Takeup Pct)) + Fringes)) * No. Pieces) + (Sampling * (1+TakeupPct)) + Loom Waste (shown in yds/meters)

Woven Length Per Piece = Target Finished Length * (1 + Shrinkage in Length).

Number of Picks per Piece = Woven Length per Piece * EPI/EPCM

Total Woven Length = Woven Length per Piece * No. Pieces in Project + Sampling (shown in yards or meters)

Yarn Reqs (requirements)

This tab allows the weaver to calculate the yardage/meters of the warp and weft required a project. For a breakdown on requirements by color, see the Color Information section.

Length of Warp should be entered as the length of the warp planned. To assist in deciding on the length of warp to wind, you can use the dimensions tab to view the minimum warp length required.

Override Dimensions allow the weaver to set the width in the reed and woven length to a different dimension than reflected in the current wif. This can be useful, for example, if your WIF has warp ends that you plan to repeat 40 times. This way you can have the correct amount of yarn calculated. Similarly, the total length to be woven for the warp can also be entered as an override.

If using Section Assembly on your project, it's usually simplest to use the project planning on the generated WIF, not the master wif with the marked sections.

After making any changes to the warp length and override dimensions, click the "Calculate Yarn Requirements" button for the warp and weft yardage or meters required.

The weft calculation does use the weft take-up percentage entered on the calculation drivers section of the Dimensions tab.

Once the Calculate Yarn Requirements button is clicked, the yardage by color is available on the Color Information tab:

The project notes section allows the weaver to update a title, the author of the draft and fill in notes about the draft. At the bottom of the notes section, the source reflects the weaving software and version from the last save.

Usage of the notes section is optional.

A caution for exporting a WIF for TempoTreadle - no single line of notes can exceed 32 characters. When the Export for TempoTreadle features is finished, the Project Notes will be stripped out for the TempoTreadle file. Until that time, it's best to save a version for TempoTreadle without Project Notes and a file name of 8-characters or less.

If you are using the export function in TempoWeave, saving a version without project notes is not necessary. The export function will take care of this for you.

The primary reason for entering Cloth Construction is to enable the cloth viewer (cloth sim, under the View menu option) to properly display the rendering of the generated cloth.

The cloth construction defaults to Normal:

For double weave, it is assumed that a single, integrated cloth is being woven with the top and bottom layers interchanging. For double weave, the weaver specifies the shuttle sequence of starting with either the top or bottom layer.

Double Cloth, cloth that is woven using half the width and produces a fold on either the left or right side is specified by either selecting "B,T,T,B" for weaving the bottom layer, top layer one direction, top layer the coming back, followed by the bottom layer once again over and over. A custom sequence can also be entered. Sometimes with color and weave and double cloth, more than one shuttle is used requiring a sequence such as TBBTBTTB .

Double cloth opens additonal fields for entry to allow specification of the shafts that are weaving the top layer: For a 4-shaft design, as shown below, only 4 shafts are made available. A 32-shaft design, for example, would require entering the top layer shafts and all 32 shafts are available for selection.

These fields are specified by the weaver such that the cloth will render properly in cloth sim under the View option. When a double cloth is generated by TempoWeave (see Create Double Cloth), the settings for the cloth construction are updated accordingly.

Heddle counts are based on warp ends in the WIF.

When designing using section assembly, check the heddle counts in the generated WIF, not the master.

This information totals the number of warp and weft threads in the project, as well as the warp and weft yards required by color, and a total yardage by color.