Combining Pattern Files

LogPlot permits you to import into the current pattern file (.RwPat file) one or more sequential pattern designs from a separate LogPlot8 or RockWorks ".RwPat" pattern file. This allows you to combine pattern tables.

1. Click on the File button on the right side of the Select Pattern window.
   
2. Select the Import | Selected Patterns (*.RwPat, *.Pat) option.
   
3. Enter the requested information:
   • Input file: Click on the Open-File button to select the name of a separate LogPlot or RockWorks Pattern file from which you wish to import some pattern designs. These can be current .RwPat files or older-version .Pat files.
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   • Patterns to Import:
   • • From: Type in the first pattern number of the contiguous block of patterns in the above-named pattern file to be imported.
     • To: Type in the last pattern number of the block to be imported. If you only want to import one pattern, the From and To number may be the same.
     • Insert Starting At: Choose the pattern number where the block is to be placed in the current Pattern file.
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4. Click OK.
   

   LogPlot will import the designated block of patterns from the other file to the designated location in the current Pattern file.

   ! Any existing patterns at those locations will be overwritten. The patterns in the other file will remain intact.

5. To save the changes to the current Pattern table, click on the File | Save command.

Example

Let's say you have modified a Pattern Table for work with a particular set of projects, and have saved this library as "my_patterns.RwPat". Then you discover that you need to add some of the patterns contained in the RockWare factory Pattern file, specifically patterns 1 - 10. Your current pattern table's first available space is number 20. Simply click on the File | Import | Selected Patterns button, enter "LogPlot8.RwPat" as the input file, enter 1 and 10 for the From and To prompts, and enter "20" for the Insert Starting At number. The blank spaces starting at #20 will now be filled with the factory patterns #1 - #10.

See also

• Importing older PAT Files

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