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How does the Mac Fiberworks differ from Windows Fiberworks?

New features

File Menu

Adds Duplicate and Revert to Saved.

Edit Menu

Adds Redo (Shift ⌘ Z).

View Menu

Adds Rulers and ruler options that allow you to scale the inches in the ruler to match the epi of your sample or switch to metric. Rulers are off by default, but can be set On in preferences.
Adds a Thread Numbering option, on by default.
Adds a Layout panel that lets you run your drafts right to left, left to right, topto bottom or bottom to top.
Adds an Info panel to replace the status bar at the bottom of the Windows version.

Colors Menu

New menu adds the ability to save your own favorite color groups from your palette, to expand the number of colors in your palette, create Color Gradients and to include more than one Colorway in your design.

Tieup Menu

Adds Convert to Skeleton Tieup (but not all tieps can be converted; this conversion works best with tied weaves).

Fiberworks PCW features that have moved or changed

Transparent Paste (Shift ⌘ V) now performs the actual paste action rather than just changing from Opaque to Transparent mode. Transparent paste only works for tieup or treadling.

All the drawing tools moved to their own Drawing menu. The Shaft Shuffler was included in this menu, since Shaft Shuffler takes over from drawing tools and is canceled by selecting another drawing tool.

Interleaving still works by Copying one draft, but Interleave Paste has been moved from the Edit menu to separate Interleave items in Threading and Treadling Menus. This make it easier for you to choose where the interleaving will take place.

The multipedal treadling option is now in the Treadling menu instead of the tieup menu.

Turn Draft is now in the Tools menu instead of the Tieup Menu.

Adds Duplicate and Revert to Saved.

Revamped features

Color fills now allow patterns of up to four colors, with more choices of preset patterns, or you can type in your own repeating pattern.

All floating dialogs and panels (the ones that don't drop down from the title bar) act live on the drafts so you can see the effect as you make adjustments; you can draw in the drafts and access the color palette while the panel is still on the screen.

Float search now produces a list of floats in one operation; you can choose the minimum length of float to be counted.

Block Substitution adds Piqué, Diversified Plain Weave and a simplified Two Color Taqueté to the list of built-in structures.