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DesignaKnit 7 Demonstration
System Requirements
DesignaKnit 7 For Windows has the following minimum requirements:
 | IBM PC Compatible computer with 386 processor, or higher |
| at least 8Mb RAM (16Mb recommended). Please note that the recommended minimum for linking to a Silver Reed machine is: 486/25Mhz processor with 16Mb RAM |
| SVGA (the program can run in VGA mode, but this restricts you to 16 basic colours. Further "dithered" colours are available, but these are not suitable for use with the copy and paste commands in the Stitch Designer section of the program. VGA mode also severely restricts the functionality of the DesignaKnit Graphics Studio, for which High Colour or True Colour mode is recommended for complex bitmaps and photographs). |
| Windows 3.x, Windows 9x, NT4, ME, Win2K, XP |
| 7Mb hard disk space. |
| For downloading to a knitting machine via a DesignaKnit Cable Link, the computer must have an RS232 Serial Port. Some serial cable links can be connected to a USB port via an adapter. Please seek advice from your local importer or click here for more information. Not all adapters on the market are suitable and Soft Byte Ltd can only offer support for the one which they supply and which has been proven to be reliable. |
What can the Demonstration do?
The DesignaKnit 7 Demonstration will enable you to explore all the features contained in the DesignaKnit 7 Professional program.
You will be able to create garment shapes and colour patterns, although saving them will not be possible. You will also be able to try out the printout and interactive knitting features, although these are restricted to work only with the special demonstration shapes and stitch patterns provided.
The full program’s on-screen help files are included and you can scan through them as a guide to using the DesignaKnit 7 Demonstration .
How to install
To download the demo, click here:
| Save the file to a temporary directory on your hard disk |
| Indicate the name of directory into which you wish to install the Demonstration, or leave it at the default C:\DK7. |
| You will probably want to leave the option for Create Windows Icon checked, so that a Soft Byte group will be created, containing the DesignaKnit icon. |
| If your computer has a sound card, be sure to check the option for installing spoken instructions for interactive knitting. |
| Then select OK and wait while files are installed onto your hard disk. |
| To find out how to use the Demonstration , look at the Help files, particularly the Tutorials. Select Help from any of the main menus and the Tutorials. |
| In order to try out the Stitch Type and Texture features of DesignaKnit
Stitch Designer, it will be necessary to install the Roosmalen font, which you will find
in the main DesignaKnit 7 directory (C:\DK7, if you have accepted the default) To do this, open the Windows Fonts folder and choose Install New Font. In the ensuing dialogue, browse to the DesignaKnit folder and select the Roosmalen font and confirm the installation. See your Windows online Help for detailed instructions on how to add fonts.
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Fittingly Sew Demonstration
What can the Demo do?
The Fittingly Sew demonstration program is designed to give you an insight into the power of the full program. The demonstration allows you to experiment with drafting "slopers" (body blocks) for skirts and trousers using either the standard sizes provided or measurements you enter yourself.
You may then proceed to draft patterns based on these slopers using the full range of tools to create or transfer darts, add pleats and pintucks, curve seams, cut or join pieces, generate facings and determine seam allowances. You may also develop pattern pieces from scratch. In addition, you may set grids to represent pattern repeats and experiment with layplans, placing pieces along the straight of grain or on the bias.
The demonstration does not allow you to develop bodice or sleeve slopers or have more than 5 pieces in a pattern, or to use the pattern templates. You will not be able to save the files you create; you cannot open existing files or print them (except the example pattern included in the demo). These features are all included in the full program.
How to install
Windows users:
To download the demo, click here:
| Save the file to a temporary directory on your hard disk |
| Use Windows Explorer (Win 95) or File Manager (Win 3.x) to locate the file FSDemo.exe and double click on it. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. |
| Indicate the name of directory into which you wish to install the Demo, or leave it at the default C:\FITSEW |
| You will probably want to leave the option for Create Windows Icon checked, so that a
Soft Byte group will be created, containing the Fittingly Sew icon. Then select OK and wait while files are installed onto your hard disk. |
| Instructions for using the Fittingly Sew Demo are contained in the file NOTES.WRI. For existing users of version 1.1, this file also describes the new features of version 1.2. After installing the Demo, NOTES.WRI will be in the FITSEW directory on your hard disk. To view the file, you may either open Windows Write (WordPad in Windows 95) or any other word processor which can open .WRI files, and click on File/Open and use the browse box to locate and open NOTES.WRI or you can locate the file in File Manager (Explorer in Windows 95) and double click on it to open it. |
Windows Version - System Requirements
Fittingly Sew 1.2 for Windows has the following minimum requirements
| 386, 486 or Pentium IBM-compatible PC |
| 4Mb RAM |
| 256 colour SVGA display |
| Windows 3.x, Windows 9x, NT4, ME, Win2K, XP |
| Mouse or other pointing device |
Macintosh Demonstration
Please contact your national importer for a Macintosh demonstration disk.
