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Help Title - “Harness Plan Window” LJQHelpHarness.pdf

The Harness Plan window is used to


Pattern (design) hook Pile Height control (terry towel)
create and edit ScotWeave harness plans. A
harnes plan is a representation of the lifters
in the jacquard head in which the function of Weft selector (boxing) Fill block of hooks with currently
each lifter is assigned. selected marker colour by selecting the
Idle hook (cast out) start and end hook for the block.
Some lifters may be used for selvedge weaves,
weft selection, regulator control, or castout but Empty Lifter (hook not used or removed)
The colour code for each icon is shown to
the majority of the lifters will be used to create the right of the icon so, for example, BLUE is
the pattern (or design). Regulator 1 (take up/let off) the colour used to indicate a pattern (design)
hook and YELLOW is used to indicate a weft
Each lifter in the jacquard head is represented Regulator 2 (take up/let off) selector hook.
by a circle marker in the harness plan
window and a system of colour coding is used Regulator 3 (take up/let off) The hooks are displayed sequentially in
to show how the lifters are used in the harness. columns. The actual hook number for the
Left Selvedge marker hook beneath the cursor is displayed in the
Icons in the icon toolbox to the right of the status bar at the bottom of the screen.
screen are used to select a marker type and Left False Selvedge marker
these icons also act as a key to the colour The number of hooks in a vertical column on
coding system. Right Selvedge marker screen can be set to match the arrangement
of lifters in the jacquard head. Use the menu
To assign a function to a marker, select the option View - Screen Layout to change
Right False Selvedge marker
marker type that you wish to use by clicking this.
on an icon in the icon toolbox. The selected
Leno Weave marker
colour will be shown in the status bar. Use the Harness top menu option to access
tools to make harness creation easier. A full
Now move the cursor into the harness plan Fringe (no weft) marker
range of automatic cast out creation tools is
grid and on top of the lifter circle that you available here.
wish to change. Click the LEFT mouse button Weft Density (variable cramming)
and that lifter circle will change to the selected
colour. Weaving Speed control

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