Adding and Editing Seams

All of the tools you will need to add, remove, or edit seams on a project are located in the Seams tab. 

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Moving and Editing Seams

Manually Moving Seams

Use the Select tool to select individual cuts and move seams. While the Seams tab is active a room cannot be resized or moved.

Select Tool Keyboard Shortcut: Shift+F1

How To:

  1. Enable the Select tool.
  2. Left-click a cut that is adjacent to the seam you want to select.
  3. Left-click the seam's handle.
  4. Drag the handle to move the seam and resize the cut.

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Flip Seams

Flip default seams to the opposite side of the room based on the room's lay direction.

Example: A room with an easterly lay direction has several t-seams along the north wall. Using the lay direction as the axis of rotation, the Flip Seams tool would move them to the south wall.

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How To:

  1. Select at least one room clicking on a cut within it.
  2. Click the flip_seam_button.png button under the Seams tab of the Ribbon Bar.

 Tip: This tool can be used on multiple rooms at the same time. Drag a selection box around them, or Ctrl+Click multiple rooms with the select tool prior to clicking the Flip button.

Center Roll

Place a full roll width of material down the center of a room, parallel with its lay direction. The room's remaining seams will be generated around the central strip of material.

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How To:

  1. Select a room by clicking any cut within it.
  2. Click the center_roll_button.png button under the Seams tab of the Ribbon Bar.
Set Edge

Use this tool to indicate where the initial length seam should be placed in a room. As part of this process, Measure may create or remove additional seams in order to optimize allocation and reduce waste. If more t-seams are created, their total will not exceed the number specified in the Maximum Allowed T-Seams drop-down box.

How To:

  1. Click the set_edge_button.png button under the Seams tab of the Ribbon Bar. When the cursor is moved over the drawing, it will change to crosshairs. Red guidelines will appear when the mouse is over a room.
  2. Click a location within a room where the initial length seam should be placed.
  3. Press the Esc key or select another tool from the Ribbon Bar when finished.

 Tips:

  • It is not necessary to select a room prior to activating this tool.
  • "Set Edge" only affects rooms with unlocked seams.
Lock Seams

Lock seams in place so that their placement is not disturbed by changes in other room layouts.

When a room that uses a roll product is changed in such a way that its default seam layout is no longer be optimal, Measure will reallocate that product. As a result, seam placements in other rooms containing the same product may be adjusted. The most common causes of automatic reallocation are changes to a room's size or shape, or manual adjustments to its seam layout. The "Lock Seams" tool prevents this behavior.

 Note: Users retain full control over the locations of locked seams. They are only "locked" in the sense that Measure will not move them without direct user input.

In addition to manually locking seams, the software itself may trigger a room's layout to become locked if the user makes significant changes to the default seam placements. By default, seams that Measure generates automatically will appear as black, dashed lines, whereas locked seams are represented by blue, dot-dashed lines.

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Unlocked seams
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Locked seams

How To:

  1. Select at least one room by clicking on a cut within it.
  2. Click the lock_seams_button.png button under the Seams tab of the Ribbon Bar.

 Tip: This tool can be used on multiple rooms at the same time. Drag a selection box around them, or Ctrl+Click multiple rooms with the select tool prior to clicking the Lock button.

Reset Seams

Reset the seams in one or more rooms. Resetting the seams in a room restores it to Measure's default, recommended layout. This tool will reset a room's layout even if its seams have been locked.

How To:

  1. Select at least one room clicking on a cut within it.
  2. Click the reset_seams_button.png button under the Seams tab of the Ribbon Bar.

 Tip: This tool can be used on multiple rooms at the same time. Drag a selection box around them, or Ctrl+Click multiple rooms with the select tool prior to clicking the Reset button.

Adding or Deleting Seams

Length Seams

Length seams run parallel with a room's lay direction. The lay direction is shown by the arrow in the corner of the room.

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Add as many length seams as needed. Only rooms that contain a roll product may have length seams added to them. This tool is only available while the Seams tab is active.

How To:

  1. Click the length_seam_button.png button under the Seams tab of the Ribbon Bar. When the cursor is moved over the drawing, it will change to a set of crosshairs. Red guidelines will appear when the mouse is over a room.
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  2. Click a location within a room where a length seam should be created. Repeat this step for each length seam that is needed.
  3. Press the Esc key or select another tool from the Ribbon Bar when finished.

 Tip: It is not necessary to select a room prior to activating this tool.

T-Seams

T-seams run perpendicular to a room's lay direction. The lay direction is shown by the arrow in the corner of the room.

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Add as many t-seams as needed. This tool is only available while the Seams tab is active. Only rooms that contain a roll product may have t-seams added to them.

  Note: The number of seams created with this tool is not limited by the material's "Max T-seam" setting in the Product List, or by the "Maximum Allowed T-Seams" drop-down box on the Ribbon Bar.

How To:

  1. Left-click the t_seam_button.png button under the Seams tab of the Ribbon Bar. When the cursor is moved over the drawing, it will change to a set of crosshairs. Red guidelines will appear when the mouse is over a room.
    t_seam_step_one.png
  2. Left-click a location within a room where a t-seam should be created. Repeat this step for each t-seam that is needed.
  3. Press the Esc key or select another tool from the Ribbon Bar when finished.

  Tip: It is not necessary to select a room prior to activating this tool.

Angled Cut

Cuts may be created at any angle using this tool. When an angled cut is created in a room with unlocked seams, that room's seams automatically become locked. (See: Lock Seams above)

How To:

1. Select a cut on which the angled seam will be placed.

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2. Click the angled_cut_button.png button under the Seams tab of the Ribbon Bar and move the cursor over the drawing area. A red dot will appear on one side of the cut.

3. Use the red dot and its accompanying measurements as a guide to find the starting point for the new seam. Left-click to place the start point.

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4. Another red dot will appear along with a set of guide measurements and a red line linking the start point to the dot's current position. Locate the end point for the cut and left-click.

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Delete Seam

Select a seam and remove it from a room.

 Note: Attempting to remove a seam that would result in a cut that is wider than the material's roll width is not allowed and will result in an error.

How To:

  1. Click on a cut bordering the seam that is to be deleted. All surrounding seams will be highlighted in red and handles (Handle.png) will appear in the center of each one.
  2. Click on a seam's handle to select it.
  3. Click the delete_seam_button.png button under the Seams tab of the Ribbon Bar or press the Del key on the keyboard.
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