PATTERN SOFTWARE 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 knit-
ting machines of the highest quality for
more than 140 years. This is especially
due to the fact that we have always react-
ed 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 develop-
ment 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-
M1PLUS®
DESIGN
Symbol view
ogy. With this you can benefit from numer-
ous 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 produc-
tion is no problem with M1plus®. Technical
views and fabric views let you control the
result of your design and give you an imme-
diate 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 Soft-
ware the key to the next step: the efficient
production of your knitwear.
TECHNICAL CONTROL
Symbol view (expanded)
Fabric view
Technical view
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 func-
tions which relieve you of the burden of
having to program standard procedures.
However, it also always enables you to
individually influence it. The best exam-
ples 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 Module Arrangement Editor Expanding to

By selecting a pattern area, M1plus® com- with special relocating tool your specifications
piles all the modules occurring in it and 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 in an you entered in the Arrangement Editor.
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 determine the use of the 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 the program like regular
modules, and can therefore be reused at any time.

Compiling colors Color Arrangement Editor Expanding to

By selecting a pattern area, M1plus®
compiles all the colors occurring in it and
shows them in the Arrangement Editor.
with special relocating tool
With this, the color rows can be relocated
relative to each other in an especially
simple way. Even new needle actions can
be entered here in any order.
your specifications
The result corresponds exactly to the order
you entered in the Arrangement Editor.
EVERY SINGLE FUNCTION OF THE
M1PLUS® HAS A PURPOSE: YOUR SUCCESS.
Argyle Tool Drawing functions
Argyle pattern elements can be created individually; all Practical drawing functions
technical requirements are fulfilled automatically. simplify pattern programming
(for example of splines and
inserting regions).
Shape Tools Simple operation
Fast and simple shape creation, fast size changes and All modules used are stored
practice-oriented shape dimensioning characterize the and saved with the pattern as
advantages of the Shape Editor and “ShapeSizer” for copies. As a result, the patterns
both Fully Fashion and knit and wear garments. can be passed on without
problems.
Automatic
technical editing
The Automatic Technical Editing
relieves you a lot of work: it
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
pattern states can be reloaded at
any time.
Sintral check/calculation of
knitting time and yarn use
With the Sintral check, the entire
pattern is completely simulated
to ensure knittability. Knitting
time and yarn consumption
calculation is an important tool
for production planning. In ad-
dition, you can further optimize
your patterns with 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 of-
fers all functionalities for STOLL-knit
Knit and wear articles
with intarsia
The new knit and wear-arrangements
are especially advantageous for
STOLL-knit and wear®. With them,
you can also easily get a grip on
intarsia patterns.
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
Cutting the shape
before expanding
You can now already cut out the shape
before expanding. The advantage is
simple: the pattern is still compact,
and can therefore be edited more eas-
ily – including the shape. Especially
practical for size changes.
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.
Fair Isle technique
With the Fair Isle technique, the pat-
tern can be “folded” into a diamond
shape. The structures within the Fair
Isle segments run vertically, and can
therefore be edited more easily.
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 possi-
bilities 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 which you can generate shapes
and also easily and quickly carry out
graduations. These shapes can then also
be transferred to the M1plus® using a
specially developed interface.
With “Page Studio” you can prepare
the fabric for presentation in a broad
range of color variations.
With the help of this 3D simulation,
you can put your knits on a virtual
mannequin or view them from all sides.
Even the smallest cast of folds is
accounted for here. Special bonus: with
an additional program you can even
present your drafts on a virtual 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 · USB 2.0

· Hard disk: 120 GB SATA · Serial port for serial KMC adapter, if applicable
· RAM: 2 GB (recommended: 4 GB) · Internal or external 3.5" floppy disc drive, if applicable
· DVD drive · Windows 7 32-bit (recommended: Windows 7 64-bit) or
· Graphics/monitor: 1400 x 1050 (recommended: Windows 8 32-bit (recommended: Windows 8 64-bit)
dual head with 1600 x 1200 resolution or higher with Internet connection for installation
on each output)
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