Fair Isle Charting Program v0.2.1
I'm releasing version 0.2.1 of my Fair Isle charting program. I haven't added color yet, but there are some improvements:
So, without further ado, please grab the jar file.
- Masks — you can now mask out stitches to represent decreases. These masks are saved, and float counts take them into account. Masking stitches is toggled with the right mouse button, and can be drawn in lines just like regular toggling.
- The charting area is now scrolled, so that larger patterns can be worked on conveniently. The preview is of course still fully visible, since it would defeat the purpose for it not to be.
- Remember working directory — when you save or load a file, the directory is stored so that when you next load the program, the file open dialog starts there.
- A recent patterns menu — the last 10 items you've saved are now listed in a recent patterns menu so that you can get back to them easily.
- The preview of stitches is now a square. This isn't the final version (they should be the sort of V that a stitch actually makes), but it's more correct than the previous attempt at getting a correct aspect ratio, since Fair Isle patterns tend to produce the same row gauge as stitch gauge.
- The preview's size is now dynamically adjusted to the height of your screen, so editing larger patterns should be a lot more comfortable (and for later patterns, possible).
- In printing, if the preview won't fit on the same page as the pattern, the preview is moved to a second page.
- In printing, the dimensions and longest float length are printed immediately below the chart.
So, without further ado, please grab the jar file.
Posted on 01.29.2006 at 12:25pm
