DesignaKnit Knitter's Software Design and Shaping Program

DesignaKnit 7 for Windows is a powerful, affordable CAD/CAM program for designing knitwear. The Professional version is the full-featured program, allowing a greater freedom of creativity and a greater degree of control over the design process.

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DesignaKnit Graphics Studio

A major new section of the program offers fine control over conversion of graphics files to stitch patterns. Generate your own graphics or use images imported from digital cameras and scanners.

Painting with Stitch Textures

Paint knitting patterns in texture as well as color – a range of stitch fabric textures can be produced on screen as easily as painting in color.

Painting with Stitch Symbols

Use the entire range of stitch texture symbols in DesignaKnit's Roosmalen font to paint directly on screen. Use the Stitch Type symbols in conjunction with the color palette to produce more complex hand-tooled patterns for the machine, or for hand-knitting.

New Pattern and Birdseye Fill Tools

Use all the drawing and flood fill tools to paint with any saved pattern or use bird's-eye check to fill plain areas.

New Kaleidoscope Tool

Do it with Mirrors! – create clever and accurate symmetrical patterns at the touch of a button using horizontal or vertical mirrors separately or use them together. Add diagonal mirrors for more complex patterns.

Stitch Pattern Thumbnails

Easy to see which file you want – use the DesignaKnit thumbnail browser to find your color pattern and graphics files.

And a host of other new and enhanced features…

Improved options for yarn control: new simple selection of Main and Contrast colors for Fair Isle knitting
Automatic selection of Jacquard yarn sequences for fewest errors
Improved assignment of yarns to color changer positions
Utility for keeping notes with stitch patterns
New cut and paste options for Standard and Custom Size Tables

…and much, much more…

The Standard Garment Styler

Get off to a flying start by choosing one of the program's built in garment patterns and setting the knitting tension to match your chosen yarn and machine, then:

Select a garment type and add details of the wearer: specify adult, child or baby, male or female, and then choose from the range of standard sizes offered
Modify the garment by opting for one of three different kinds of fit - classic, casual or oversize - and see the effect on a body block, or choose no ease at all
Decide what kind of sleeves you would like: raglan, set-in, drop-shoulder or saddle; then select the type of front and back neckline required and the program will work out the garment pattern for you
Alter styling details such as rib or welt depth, overlap on cardigans and jackets; change the width and depth of the neckline; turn an ordinary set-in sleeve into a puffed sleeve; change the length of the cuffs, and so on
For skirts, choose the number of panels and make them symmetric or asymmetric and alter the curve of the hemline

If you want more control over the design, you can use measurements you have entered yourself - there is even a database where you can store all your friends' and family's and customers' measurement data, ready to be accessed and used any time you want them.

You can alter and adjust body measurements individually and you can modify the ease on each one: there are a whole host of features to help you to produce the perfect garment.

Original Pattern Drafting is a feature of the Professional version of DesignaKnit 7.

A powerful array of drafting tools in this section of the program assists you to start garments from scratch, or you can import the pieces from the Standard Garment Styler and use them as the basis for an original design.

Create original pattern blocks from a square piece by setting the maximum dimensions and adding, deleting and moving points until you achieve the shape you want:

up to 16 pattern pieces per garment
up to 150 points to define each piece
display a grid in inches or centimeters or in stitches and rows
use the Piece Table to place points exactly

add symmetrical and asymmetrical curves to create necklines, armholes and design features
insert and remove fabric anywhere on the piece
control the type of gradient on vertical slopes
measure around the perimeter between any two points
measure in any direction from a single point
re-scale the piece
rotate pieces through any angle for bias or sideways knitting
specify casting off or holding position for horizontal slopes
add seam allowance
add markers to points to match seams of place pockets, etc
use the Grading feature to produce a range of sizes from your own designs

Preparing for knitting

Other powerful features are there to help you prepare the pieces for knitting:

cut pieces into separate sections for knitting
join pieces into one section
move pieces around against each other to match seams
test the pieces against each other to match seams and markers
try out the placement of pockets, collars, etc.
experiment with lay plans for Cut-and-Sew

More features:

Print a variety of charts, diagrams and templates
Integration of stitch patterns with garment designs
Adapt for Cut-and-Sew
Transfer stitch patterns to electronic knitting machines via a Cable Link.

Interactive Knitting for electronic and non-electronic knitting machines

DesignaKnit 7 Minimum System Requirements

386 SX-16 processor
Windows 3.1
4 Megabytes of system ram
6 Megabytes of free disk space
VGA (256 color) video card
Mouse

DesignaKnit 7 Recommended System Requirements

486 DX-33 processor
Windows 3.1
8 Megabytes of system ram
6 Megabytes of free disk space
SVGA (Super VGA) video card
Wacom Graphics Tablet or Mouse

NOTE: We do have used, reasonable, computer systems specially designed for Dak7! Email to ">, request current available systems.

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