PAT TE TER R N SOFT S OFTW WAR E M1PLUS® M1PLUS® Step by Step into the Future
User-friendly / Individual / Simple / Flexible Time-saving / Intelligent
EVEN THE BEST IS GETTING BETTER AND BETTER. STOLL has been a synonym for flat knitting machines of the highest quality for more than 140 years. This is especially due to the fact that we have always reacted to the needs of our customers. For example, this is how the world’s first mass-produced computer-controlled flat knitting machines (1975) and the CMS Generation (1987) were developed. We have also taken many suggestions from our customers and the market demand into account in the continuing development of our established pattern software. The result is an extremely flexible pattern software with many influencing options for the programmer: M1plus®. The outstanding feature of the M1plus® is its ‘Design Mode’ and its arrangement technol-
ogy. With this you can benefit from numerous built-in automatic functions, but also work totally freely and flexibly. Safe to run and optimised knitting time oriented. And fast creation of different sizes for production is no problem with M1plus®. Technical views and fabric views let you control the result of your design and give you an immediate technical and visual feedback – now even in Design Mode. Additional powerful tools are available for the pattern design of knit and wear garments. Moreover, the M1plus® ensures production benefits by generating patterns for a highly optimized knitting process. All this makes the M1plus® Pattern Software the key to the next step: the efficient production of your knitwear.
M1PLUS® DESIGN
TECHNICAL CONTROL
Symbol view (expanded)
Symbol view
Fabric view
Technical v iew
AS MUCH SUPPORT AS NECESSARY, AS MUCH FREEDOM AS POSSIBLE. M1PLUS® IS YOUR PERFECT PARTNER. M1plus® supports you – the way you want it to – with numerous automatic functions which relieve you of the burden of having to program standard procedures.
However, it also always enables you to individually influence it. The best examples for this are the two editors “Module Arrangement” and “Color Arrangement”, as well as the new “Drawing with Yarn
Carrier Colors”. With these, you can determine the ideal path to the finished knitting programs completely based on your own vision.
MODULE ARRANGEMENT: MANUAL MATCHING OF MODULES
You can include two or more modules in a Module Arrangement, and therefore predefine their knitting order. This way the knitting and transfer rows of each module can be brought together in the desired processing order. You can assign the Module Arrangement to the entire pattern or only to certain rows. During the later step of “expanding”, the modules are then expanded in the order you specified. Module Arrangements are administered within the program like regular modules, and can therefore be reused at any time.
Compiling modules By selecting a patte rn area, M1plus® com-
Module Arrangement Editor with special relocating tool
Expanding to your specifications
piles al l the module s occur ring in it an d
With this, the rows of each module can
The result corresponds exactly to the order
shows them in the Arrangement Editor
be relocated relative to each other i n an
you entere d in the Arrange ment Edit or.
along with a ready-to-use proposal.
especially simple way.
DRAWING WITH YARN CARRIER COLORS
A special color palette with 32 assigned yarn carriers is available to you – 8 rails with 4 yarn carriers each. Therefore, when automatic calculation is not desirable, you can use the colors to determine which yarn carriers should be assigned to the pattern areas. Practical: when you relocate the yarn carriers to another rail in the yarn field dialog box, the colors for these yarn carriers are automatically applied in the pattern.
Determine yarn carriers yourself With the help of yarn carrier colors, you can det ermin e the use of th e yarn carriers in the pattern.
COLOR ARRANGEMENT: MANUAL DETERMINATION OF KNITTING SEQUENCES
You can predefine when a row must be separated into several subsequent knitting rows – for example as necessary for intarsia. With this, you can enter any desired number of additional rows in the Color Arrangement. These are then entered into the pattern during expansion. This way, for example, stowing the yarn carriers can be controlled. Color Arrangements are managed within t he program like regula r modules, and can therefore be reused at any time.
Compiling colors By selecting a patter n area, M1plus®
Color Arrangement Editor with special relocating tool
Expanding to your specifications
compiles all the colors occurring in it and
With this, the color rows can be relocated
The result corresponds exactly to the order
shows them in the Arrangement Editor.
relative to each other in an especially
you entere d in the Arrange ment Edit or.
simple way. Even new needle actions c an be entered here in any order.
EVERY SINGLE FUNCTION OF THE M1PLUS® HAS A PURPOSE: YOUR SUCCESS.
Argyle Tool
Drawing functions
Argyle p atter n elem ents c an be cre ated in dividu ally; all
Practical drawing functions
Automatic technical editing
technical requirements are fulfilled automatically.
simplify pattern programming
The Automatic Technical Editing
(for example of splines and
relieves you a lot of work: it
inserting regions).
completes knitting techniques if necessary, points out conflicts and offers possible solutions. All working steps can be performed at the click of a mouse. All created patte rn state s can be reload ed at any time.
Shape Tools
Simple operation
Fast and simple shape creation, fast size changes and
All module s used are s tored
Sintral check/calculation of knitting time and yarn use
practice-orie nted shape dimens ioning characteriz e the
and saved with the pattern as
With the Sintral check, the entire
advantages of the Shape Editor and “ShapeSizer” for
copies. As a result, the patterns
patte rn is comple tely simul ated
both Fully Fashion and knit and wear garments.
can be passed on without
to ensure knittability. Knitting
problem s.
time and yarn consumption calculation is an important tool for producti on planning. In addition, you can further optimize your patte rns wit h a knitting time comparison.
M1PLUS® AND STOLL�KNIT AND WEAR® Knit and wear articles are an important topic of the future. Therefore, the new M1plus® now also offers all functionalities for STOLL-knit
and wear® as “standard”. With this, you can not only use all features of the new M1plus® for the programming of knit and wear articles; you can also continue to work with existing patterns. The entire
pattern draft can be realized much more easily in the new Design Mode than in the Technical Mode. There are also new time-saving drawing functions available to you for this purpose.
Knit and wear articles with intarsia
Cutting the shape before expanding
Fair Isle technique
The new knit and wear-arrangements
You can now already cut out the shape
tern can be “folded” into a diamond
are especially advantageous for
before expanding. The advantage is
shape. The structures within the Fair
STOLL-knit and wear ®. With them,
simple: the pattern is still compact,
Isle segments run ver tically, and can
you can als o easily get a g rip on
and can therefore be edited more eas-
therefore be edited more easily.
intarsia patterns.
ily – including the shape. Es pecially practic al for size c hanges .
With the Fair Isle technique, the pat-
THE PRINCIPLE IS SIMPLE: THE BEST OF EVERYTHING. It’s always our goal to offer you the best of everything. And looking for competent partners who perfectly complement our range of products is a part of this.
Therefore, we are cooperating with ENEAS Informatica for the M1plus®. This cooperation is exclusive and unique for the flat knitting sector. ENEAS offers you outstanding possibilities in design, and in the simulation
and presentation of your fabric patterns. When generating the pattern, the ENEAS Shaper (optional) simplifies your work with many practical functions. Using a special interface, this program smoothly connects to the M1plus®, and is therefore the perfect addition.
Shaper
Page Studio
3D Viewer
The “Shaper” is a shape design program
With “Page Studio” you can prepare
With the help of this 3D simulation,
with which you can generate shapes
the fabric for presentation in a broad
you can pu t your kni ts on a vi rtu al
and also easily and quickly carry out
range of color variations.
mannequin or view them from all sides.
graduat ions. T hese sh apes can t hen als o
Even the smallest cast of folds is
be transferred to the M1plus® using a
accounted for here. Special bonus: with
specially developed interface.
an additional program you can even present y our draft s on a virtu al catwalk .
ADDITIONAL HIGHLIGHTS
· Comprehensive module database with module explorer for fast and simple selection of the desired modules. · Automatic transfer of a pattern using the 1 x 1 technique for knitting on one of our multi-gauge class machines. · Support for doubling. · Convenient “Find and replace” function. · Image import function for automatic conversion of BMP and TIF files to knitting data. · Convenient help system.
· Single pattern preparation, two-part knitting – also on our compact class and multi-gauge class machines. · Online function for fast transfer of the programs to the knitting machine. · Support when programming knitting sequences. · Connection to shaping programs via DXF files. · Transfer of programs from one machine type to another by clicking the mouse. · Open system thanks to Windows operating system.
MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
· CPU: Intel Core2Duo or equivalent · Hard disk: 120 GB SATA · RAM: 2 GB (recommended: 4 GB) · DVD drive · Graphics/monitor: 1400 x 1050 (recommended: dual head with 1600 x 1200 resolution or higher on each output)
· USB 2.0 · Serial port for serial KMC adapter, if applicable · Internal or external 3.5 f loppy disc dr ive, if applicable · Windows 7 32-bit (recommended: Windows 7 6 4-bit) or Windows 8 32-bit (recommended: Windows 8 64-bit) with Internet connection for installation "
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GERMANY
H. Stoll GmbH & Co. KG, Stollweg 1, D-72760 Reutlingen, Phone: +49-7121-313-0 Fax: +49-7121-313-110, E-mail:
[email protected], www.STOLL.com
FRANCE
Stoll France, 85-87, Avenue Henri Barbusse, F-92140 Clamart Phone: +33-1-4108-8383, Fax: +33-1-4108-8500, E-mail:
[email protected]
ITALY
Stoll Italia srl., Via Dei Manisca lchi, 9/A, 41012 Carpi (MO) Phone: +39-059-651899, Fax: +39-059-651870, E-mail:
[email protected]
USA, CANADA
Stoll America Knitting Machinery, Inc., 250 West 39th Street, 1st Floor New York, NY 10018 – USA, Phone: +1-212-398-3869, Fax: +1-212-921-7639 E-mail:
[email protected]
JAPAN
Stoll Japan Co. Ltd., Minato-Ku, Shibaura 4-16-23 Aquacity Shibaura, JP-Tokyo 108-0023 Phone: +81-3-3769-3690, Fa x: +81-3-3769-3694, E-mail:
[email protected]
INDIA
Stoll India Pvt. Ptd., C-25, Sector 63, 201 301 Noida, Uttar Pradesh Phone: +91-120-4690850/2406368, Fax: +91-120-4690851 E-mail:
[email protected]
CHINA, HONG KONG, TAIWAN, THAILAND, VIETNAM
Chemtax (Stoll) Company Limited, 6/Fl. Goldsland Building 22 – 26 Minden Avenue, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong Phone: +852-2368-6269, Fax: +852-2368-7500, E-mail:
[email protected]
www.STOLL.com
