Adjusting the position of the seam

After you create the seam manually, semi-manually, or automatically, you may want to adjust some of the segments of the seam, especially if they are displayed in red. If a segment of the seam appears red:

• The segment or gap overlaps the data
• The segment is too small (Preferences > Plate on Sleeve Planning > Minimum segment length)

To find out why a segment is red, place the mouse over it and read the tooltip that appears.

To adjust the seam, click the Select tool  and perform any of the following actions:

• Drag a segment.
• Drag a corner of two segments.
• Use the snap-to-horizontal-segments feature to align the horizontal segments of the line. When you drag a segment and move it inside a defined snap-to area, it snaps to horizontal alignment with the previous horizontal segment.
  Using this feature is the preferred action because a horizontally-aligned seam is cut more easily by the cutting machine.

• Right-click the segment and select one or more of the following options:

  • Split Segment: Select this option to split the segment into two segments at the location of the pointer.

  • Merge Segment: Select this option to merge the segment with the preceding segment.

  • Center Segment: Select this option to center the location of the segment between the data above and below it.

  • Center All: Select this option to center the location of all segments between the data above and below them.

• Right-click a corner to create an arc segment.
  Note: An arc segment is useful for diagonal data. Use arc segments instead of zigzag segments.

Deleting the seam 

To delete the seam, in the display window, right-click any segment of the seam and select Clear Seam.