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1. Edition Previous Next 6 13L 8B 0 Previous PIN PIN Next PIN ee HP 8 7 UP so RIGHT SIDE BIGHT RIM 4 To go to previous or next HP i O1 U1 0O1 U1 O1 BOTTOM 13L 88 so LEFT SIDE BIGHT RIM 3 Previous Next Previous PIN Pin F Next PIN HP 9 4 e O1 U1 O1 U1 O1 6 Previous Next 13L 88 Previous PIN PIN Next PIN 4 HP 8 7 U1 O1 UT O1 U1 IQ been marked as DONE HP 9 IA j SELECT then RIGHT MOUSE CLICK A Here you will have only one HP the one you selected in xL yB tab TWO command buttons allow you to get the PREVIOUS or the NEXT HP the current one being the starting point Here you get all the necessary indications about the PINS and the TYPE OF CROSSINGS to be made RKBuilder USER s TIPS Copyright Claude HOCHET Formatted Font Default Liberation Sans English U K l Version date stamp 2010 Nov 24 PAGE 17 on 73 You even get a visual indication of the Bight rim you are on and the one you are to go to TOP is TOP of vertical cylinder that is the horizontal mandrel rotated Pi 2 radians in the trigonometric direction or 90 ANTI CLOCKWISE for the RIGHT side Bight rim in the mandrel and BOTTOM is for the LEFT side Bight rim A double LEFT mouse Click on a crossing turns it RS providing an easy and useful visual marker of where you are A double LEFT mouse Click on a crossing marked in AS removes that RE marking mistake correc
2. In the same conditions that you entered the HP1 0 1 and space only complying this time with the adequate length of 2 B you will need to enter the Row Coding The HP1 code corresponds to 1001100110011001 The Row Coding is the coding of EACH row in the finished knot RKBuilder USER s TIPS Copyright Claude HOCHET Formatted Font Default Liberation Sans English U K PAGE 13 on 73 si psa Formatted Font Liberation Columns sans English U K 9 8 numbered 8 9 Version date stamp 2010 Nov 24 J 16 15 th B a PT ddd Columns a 2 ow 2 13 ty 15 17 RIGHT to LEFT 17L 6B TAKEN FROM SCHAAKE amp TURNER with slight modification for clarification suited to our purpose numbered LEFT to RIGHT m 7 a _ Sa SS eS aS eS eS SS PN SINAN NALS W ee SZSZSZSZSZSZS2S2 r NS SS NS SS ES SS 5 N SSNS SO SPS N oh at a a eo lt i pe SZS2 SZS2ZS2S2S2S N E L SIESEESTSSSZS 4 Ot eet eet et et et BS eh 1E Be Ble A R a z DKK SS Se S s PERFECT TWO PASS HERRINGBONE KNOT AN A ROW Cor NM amp S amp S 1D CODING Number a As in a Row coded ALL the crossings in a given row are of the same type either OVER or UNDER the whole row is easily represented by only one of its crossings the very first one on this row the leftmost one crossing that is See diagram
3. In fact a mandrel is a part of a machine which is a piece for the lathe Fig 18 Mandrel is SLIM and stick like It has a small diameter compared to length Its length is many diameters large so being slim anatomically for the human hand the easiest gesture is to hold it palm downward in pronation and the stick more horizontal than vertical ra Fia See Fig 18 fair quote from p371 of Bruce EXTRACTED AS FAIR QUOTE FROM GRANT GRANT Encyclopedia of Rawhide and PLATE 151 is Three Bight Turk a head Leather Braiding yes Encyclopedia and not as it should be Encyclopaedia Cylinder is STUBBY its diameter is a large part of its length so anatomically it is best to hold it palm going a bit upward in semi supination Whatever the name you use there WILL STILL BE TWO DIFFERENT FRAMES OF REFERENCE VERTICAL amp HORIZONTAL TO KEEP IN MIND AND IT IS GOOD DISAMBIGUATION TO ATTACH A DIFFERENT NAME TO EACH RATHER THAN ADDING A QUALIFIER TO A SINGLE NOUN RKBuilder USER s TIPS Copyright Claude HOCHET Version date stamp 2010 Nov 24 PAGE 64 on 73 Here is an idea from Jimbo The Kinky open quote Perhaps to include the notion of around the cylinder vs along the cylinder Somehow end quote end quote PART 9 IT MAY BE USED AS IN TYPE OF CODING or CODE TYPE or CODING TYPE and pertains to the homogeneity of the nature of the crossings in ROWS and or COL
4. 00011100 or 000111000r000 1110 The program formats it after validation by ENTER and then prints it on screen as O 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 Of course there are constraints to comply with for the seed code entries Once again there are tools tips available as reminder of those constraints The content of this tab is to be used by the program itself not by user it is standardized so as to be EXPORTED in a TXT file using Files Save As Fichiers suivi d Enregistrer It summarizes the whole knot The LABEL of THIS TAB CHANGES after CALCULATION and becomes xL yB according to the numbers entered for L LEADS and B BIGHTS There you have all the HALF PERIODS in the knot entered with their CODE This tab allows you to put on the screen only one HALF PERIOD at a time while having easy access to Before and Next HALF PERIODS This one is for entering the full matrix of Neither Column Nor Row Coded knots NOTE that in fact there is here in hiding a FACTOTUM or JACK of ALL TRADES If you enter correctly the matrix of ANY REGULAR KNOT whatever its TYPE OF CODING you will get a correct calculation of each and every HALF PERIODS in it RKBuilder USER s TIPS Copyright Claude HOCHET PAGE 10 on 73 Version date stamp 2010 Nov 24 Now more about how does that work or how is it to be used Curtains open on the e Formatted Font Default oO we ee a Liberation Sans English U K RKBuilde
5. Fig 7 A RIGHT mouse Click made anywhere in the drawing area opens the CONTEXTUAL MENU You have in Fig 6 to Fig 8 the DEFAULT COLOURS setting is action Note that in Fig 9 the CROSS RULING option is checked Fig 8 In Fig 8 an unchecked Cross Ruling Option is shown Fig 9 On activation of any of the following options SS containing the word Colours colour Standard ied ion ft PECLEELLELLED E see Tr rt tt Te tt ion ie Custom BED nee ee Define custom colours oF ox cancel YU NAN NA pa I ara al rea cane Version date stamp 2010 Nov 24 PAGE 29 on 73 the contextual window shown in Fig 9 opens CHOICES MADE ARE AUTOMATICALY SAVED The colour options are not just to allow users to play with colours but have a more important motivation of allowing for Colour vision impairment or Impairment in Appreciation of Contrast FINISHED KNOT Option does the whole tracing AT ONCE COPY Option of the CONTEXTUAL MENU COPY THE ENTIRE RED FRAMED AREA to the clipboard IF ALL FOUR RED SIDES of the RED FRAME are present In other words you get the whole knot as long as the entire RED FRAME Is visible otherwise you copy what is visible in the working screen You may PASTE the clipboard content into any application that accepts such pasting A function that is a bit different from Copy of image is available through TOOL ICON Save As or FILE
6. 24 PAGE 32 on 73 FILES Save As Of TOOL ICON SAVE AS BUT to Save THE IMAGE you need to be in the drawing TAB It is always the ACTIVE TAB that is concerned by Save As Fig 16 ical Regulars Knot Calculation V2 0 0 11 Edition Tools Knots Help Licence Save As Sa a 10B Edition Entry Neither Row Nor Colmun Dessin 2 0 et 78 U Inversion Open Quit 0 Free Run 1 Wrap 9 HP O1 i HPS UIl 6 HP4 1 3 Using SAVE AS in either the menu FILES or the ICON TOOL in ANY active TAB EXCEPT THE ONE WHERE THE DRAWING IS DONE will Save a TXT FILE with the KNOTS COMPUTATIONS Using SAVE AS when the DRAWING TAB is the active tab offers the options of saving of an image JPG file and other formats that are indicated for the AS Always watch for the destination folder in which saving is done so as to easily find it again Certainly that goes without saying but it goes much better with saying it as they say in French Saving is done in the WORKING DIRECTORY specified in CONFIGURATION found in TOOLS menu By default the application puts as the Working Directory the folder were the application exe is installed CONFIGURATION in the TOOLS menu is explained in RKnot Builder User s Manual RKBuilder USER s TIPS Copyright Claude HOCHET Version date stamp 2010 Nov 24 PAGE 33 on 73 QUICKLY OVER FLYING THE CHANGES BROUGHT SINCE VERSION 2 A new file format RKB format for exporting and impo
7. Colonne 15a 60 H Nombre de Fichier de sauvegarde Auto 1a 16 Display Language ii French UT 02 U4 notation A uw 2o 4u notation G English al Knot Type at Application Start Turk s Head Knot THK 0K j Cancel talian the folder to and from which you may be moving files the column width largeur de colonne for the matrix in the Entry Matrix Neither Nor 34 or 35 is the minimum to get a full Column Number on the screen the number of files for the automated save upon closing the application The style of the HPs writing O1 U1 orio 1u Fix your preferred type of knots which will be pre selected at start time Select your choice of language Chosen configuration of language and type of knot will be activated only after re starting the application All other changes should be immediate Knots where you get a selection of pre written knots Help which is rather an About RKBuilder Tool tips will open if you let the mouse pointer stay on an icon From LEFT to RIGHT you get put all the fields as new used when you want to IMPORT a knot s file will open Help or About RKBuilder RKBuilder USER s TIPS Copyright Claude HOCHET Version date stamp 2010 Nov 24 PAGE 23 on 73 VERSION 2 FEATURE ADDED ALWAYS verify the time stamp and or version number of this manual and use the most recent version We would strongly recommend
8. Copyright annexes excepted Claude HOCHET Version date stamp 2011 May 16 PAGE 4 on 73 REGULAR KNOTS BUILDER RKBuilder USER s TIPS REGULAR KNOTS RK are defined as Single strand knots made on a Turk s head THK cordage route or shadow topological term The shadow is the knot diagram without any indication of the nature of the crossings existing in it When the nature OVER UNDER of the crossings is added then the coding of the knot is also added THK are but only one very special type of RK with a strictly alternating coding OVER UNDER UNDER OVER Any knot not having this coding even if using a THK cordage route is NOT A THK this essential point seems ignored by 99 9 WHAT RKBuilder CAN DO it will do the coding of each HALF PERIOD in any SINGLE STRAND knot WHATEVER ITS TYPE OF CODING as long as it is made on a THK shadow or cordage route See shadow in annexe It will also give you the ENLARGEMENT of a Enlargement lead Bight THK entered plus the THK from which this Root knot Type entered THK can be made its ROOT knot ORED WHAT RKBuilder DOES NOT DO E Right side Type it will not do knots that are not Regular E Left side Type ll 8 Knots in Schaake s perspective Does not do multi strand for example PRE REQUISITE knowing about the different TYPE OF CODING and what that entails not confusing between a THK and other knots made on a THK cordage rout
9. Derg i 1 98 father Fier Hier Colum Coste ti lhl Icon for opening the Post It is now different in illustration above RKBuilder USER s TIPS Copyright Claude HOCHET Version date stamp 2010 Nov 24 PAGE 41 on 73 The Post It can be moved to another place using the mouse as in any windows application maintain LEFT button Click move release mouse button when in the chosen place The font in use in this Post It is the same as in EDITION TAB Post It is a copy of what iS IN EDITION TAB The Post It size will be proportional to the font size up to size 24 The currently opened Post it is suppressed when LEAD and or BIGHT change You close it with the icon in its upper right corner i THIS WARNING Icon will appear if some forbidden manoeuvre is made A mouse click anywhere in the pale green drawing area or on another icon will erase it 0 21 Help Licence j a i WARNING Dea sa Als Free Drawing 27 fii N HP 4 Entry Neither Row Nor Colmun Step by Step 7L 9B Tunk s Head Knot THK fe Iii Finish Knot y N SS TT Entry Neither Row Nor Colmun Free Drawing 7L SB Column Coded i Finish Knot p N 3 S i Entry Neither Row Nor Colmun Free Drawing 7L 38 Row Coded Finish Knot a 35 i Entry Neither Row Nor Colmun Free Drawing 7L 9B Neither Row Nor Column Coded RKBuilder USER s TIPS Copyright Claude HOCHET Version date sta
10. EE REL EEE REEL IY A A TNT A A A Peete Oe AA A A A A PLA ALARA AAR AAR AAA AT PEETA AOE AAY NNN UA AA AAA RAAT Ae a a ea iy PPP sith ay aki h eb eh A AAA Ae RAIA AAA AAA AAAAAA BRERA AAA AANA HANAN A AAA ALAA AAA A AAAA A AA O A A A A A AA ANAND LE SAAANANASANAAAN NNN IU PAANAN VANNINANNNINNINNINNNNINNNIN PAYA RRR nna SEAS ASA Ay AAA AAAA AAAA AAAA MY YASS ISI SSI SSSI ASIII LS g INXNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN ESEEREREDCER SRR RRAR RRR BRAAARRARARARRAARARAA 1 RASS SAA NA NAAM AANA ST i RANAN SOOO UIOOOOOCOOOOO OOOO AO Sil Wt BAAAAAAARARARAARARAAAL o FINN NNN RAMANA AANA II ROA TET BARARRARARRA RAR AR ARN Pad SOOO A AAAA NCIC AACA NAN NN i RRs PEE LIL ISISI IIIS ISIS IIL AAAA NNNNANARARARA NAT e Reeve EEN E N ANAA RNN RAN l i BEANNEN i LARS FIA ARAN AA EE RERELEPEP EV EEE PREY ERE REPRE TEE ARAN ARAA AAA AAR AAA AAAS a The Default setting is Efe for OVER AND UNDER in CURRENT HP The ZOOM Option in the CONTEXTUAL MENU is self explanatory The horizontal line in orange yellow is ROW ZERO ab See See gt O eb Kan _ O a Q amp S D a O Y Oo o O Y ao ai I the First Come crossings or already laid crossings are in The New Comer the very last laid Half Period crossings are in JEU You can also opt to have both the OVER and the UNDER crossings the same or Crossing Colour 2 di
11. Lal fh hi LEFT mouse Click is functionally equivalent to a push on the Step by Step button While making the knot with the cordage using the screen as you would use a book page only more user friendly than a book and more versatile you need to quickly perceive the individual crossings The individual crossings have been made separated entities for ease and speed of visual acquisition of their type A better feeling for the appearance of the finished knot will be obtained by making the crossings joined each to its neighbour with the same orientation There is an option for changing the width and the length of crossings as well as to change the thickness of the isometric lines refer to the CONTEXTUAL MENU paragraph for more details The RED FRAME MUST BE VISIBLE ALL ROUND YOUR GRID TO ENSURE YOU ARE SHOWN THE ENTIRE KNOT knots grids can extend well beyond the window area If the UPPER HORIZONTAL LINE of the RED FRAME is not visible in the window maximise the window to the limit of your screen size resolution If the full RED FRAME Is still not visible it means that some ROWS in fact BIGHTS COULD NOT BE PRINTED IN THE AVAILABLE AREA RKBuilder USER s TIPS Copyright Claude HOCHET Version date stamp 2010 Nov 24 PAGE 26 on 73 If the RIGHT SIDE VERTICAL LINE of the RED FRAME is not visible in the window maximise the window to the limit of your screen size resolution If it is still not there it means
12. Vg BO AN VAVN VAA EA a eS TINS A MR ADAA At ts VAVAE aA YA WWAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAY x gee 2 aw a i Wao G ai O O3 OOO TATATATA vAVAVAVAVAVAVAN VARA AAAB RAAT VR NININAN VAVAVAVAVAVAVAWAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAV 7 VAVAWAV Sea AVAVAVAN VAAI NANI MININ NIANIE NINANA AES VAA VE E Bete VAVAVAVATAVANVAT ANATA ATAN TTE 92 TTN a a NNE WALA WANA AAA AAAS A AANA ONS PEPER ER S20 pO A SA Bie AAAS Fig 17 RKBuilder USER s TIPS Copyright Claude HOCHET Version date stamp 2010 Nov 24 PAGE 63 on 73 PART 8 quotes from mails so the style is rather unguarded but is was deemed better to keep the spontaneity those not liking that option are under no obligation to read Q open quote To me a mandrel is a tool and a cylinder is a shape In my humble opinion it would be less confusing to use cylinder only with a qualifier of horizontal bight rims or vertical bight rims end quote may be missing something here and would appreciate you enlightening me if you will A open quote All this is a question of CONVENTION So it is ARBITRARY and serves to build a common ground ARBITRARY should never be automatically equated with SENSELESS or WITHOUT GOOD REASON FOR the MANDREL frame of reference is used so as not to perturb persons knowing Schaake s work and because other Australian Authors use it too MANDREL that word does not figure in my CAMBRIDGE International Dictionary of English
13. but also for knot tyers who want to gain knowledge Fig 6 The bright yellow light is in the background D so the cat is cut out asa SILHOUETTE and is projecting a SHADOW a ry E r THESE 3 WoRDs ARE NOT oo EQUIVALENT o THIS One is the massive Mi IS AN shape seen without i OUTLINE any detail as lighted from the background One is the projection of the massive shape by a sourceof light One is just for the limits delineating the massive shape we Fig 7 if 42 Ve SS ED SHADOWS are very useful to immediately get the common feature in different structures Fig 7 RKBuilder USER s TIPS Copyright Claude HOCHET Version date stamp 2010 Nov 24 PAGE 58 on 73 SHADOWS allow the study of inter relationship as in Fig 7 amp Fig 8 ALL REGULAR KNOTS Schaake s nomenclature ARE SINGLE STRAND KNOTS MADE ON A TURK S HEAD SHADOW or TURK S HEAD CORDAGE ROUTE THE SHADOW GIVES THE ROUTE TO BE FOLLOWED but does not describe the nature of any of the crossings Fig 8 THE SHADOW SHADOW DO NOT DISCRIMINATE BUT THAT IS WHY IT CAN GROUP CROSSINGS NATURE ADDED THIS CAN SOMEWHAT SEPARATE STRUCTURES AND LET THEM SOMEWHAT GROUPED SS SQUARE KNOT THIEF KNOT GRANNY KNOT WHATNOT IT COULD EVEN HAVE BEEN TWO LINKED EYE SPLICES IN THE FOUR CASES Don t make the mistake of thinking that the above is theoretical and is not based on reality
14. color G Dark Blue English U K 4 Ko 1534 Ko 1174 Ko 1930 Ko Configuration needs a place Working Directory for saved txt files For ex where the exe file is installed can be your choice but you can specify your personal choice in the field working directory If you want one make a shortcut on your desktop or use RKnot Builder exe directly from the folder No more than 3 copies of the files may be made a copy is a copy on a different computer before the application is blocked Anyway you can always explain your trouble to Claude HOCHET Claude will also be quite pleased to be contacted about making this program a thing on the move with additions and modifications See the separate PDF titled REGISTERING RKBuilder USER s TIPS Copyright Claude HOCHET Version date stamp 2010 Nov 24 PAGE 55 on 73 Several testers specifically asked for the addition of these topics which they felt were obscure for many PART 1 0 gt E E _ 45 So look at grids as being flattened cylinders PART 2 SHORT REVIEW frame of reference horizontal mandrel ONE PERIOD 2H P A period is the cordage run from one Bight rim to HP 5 red the other rim and back to the start Bight rim odd numbered HP A HP 3 brown HP 4 brown Obviously between the two Bight rims there is even numbered room for H P ONE HALF PERIOD Ma in each direction HP 2 blue There are EVEN number
15. consider Fig 9 Fig 9 RKBuilder USER s TIPS Copyright Claude HOCHET Version date stamp 2010 Nov 24 PAGE 59 on 73 PART 4 THE PATTERN OVERALL CODING TYPE USED IS NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH THE SHADOW or ROUTE PATTERN and CORDAGE ROUTE ARE TWO VERY SEPARATED CONCEPTS On a GIVEN CORDAGE ROUTE it is possible to make VERY DIFFERENT KNOTS by applying a different coding or pattern for each XK SSR SOS SSAA OCITLI RRIARI ERROR HERRINGBONE 3 Pass PART 5 MANDREL IS Seen aS HORIZONTAL So there is a BIGHT RIM on the LEFT SIDE and ONE on the RIGHT SIDE gt KINA A N y RAY FNY NI NA N NI XA N YVVVVVVY CY MANDREL the ROW of one is ROW _ the COLUMN of the C other O keo U Fig 12 M CYLINDER MANDREL N CYLINDER is seen as VERTICAL SO e E pin eat wnt ai ada there is a BIGHT RIM at the TOP and _ CAREFUL don t confuse one ONE at the BOTTOM _ _ with the other RKBuilder USER s TIPS Copyright Claude HOCHET Version date stamp 2010 Nov 24 PAGE 60 on 73 In Fig 11 the mandrel is turned 90 CLOCKWISE to give the CYLINDER Fig 13 gives a way to use the same label for MANDREL OR CYLINDER AS IT IS FRAME INDEPENDENT AND ONLY BELONGS TO THE KNOT ITSELF Fig 13 SR a X Adding the ODA coing orme KX XK KAX XX a strict and OY XN logical OOOX KAX x differentiation A ONS of knot
16. ght FU N Ra Cig ig Oa Oe Oe EE Bt Og ag OP a Ue gt gg BY gO agg SY gO Np gpg gg gs BO tg FO ag PU A gt Og FU ghey FU gi A AAA COI Re ecNn in Sin ict Dion Rin Sink ot A A FH i Pw te a a a a a a ee a al a Fig 14 was made to show how the EXACT SAME SEQUENCE OF CODE APPLIED EITHER AS ROW CODE or as COLUMN CODE LEADS TO QUITE DIFFERENT PATTERNS RKBuilder USER s TIPS Copyright Claude HOCHET PAGE 62 on 73 Version date stamp 2010 Nov 24 PART 7 as symbols for crossings as they are QUITE AMBIGUOUS except in drawings thanks to you Scott for your questions leading to improvements DO NOT them in writing coding UNLESS you state PRECISELY WHICH TYPE of HP is reading them and IN WHICH FRAME of reference ODD numbered HPs move LEFT to RIGHT on horizontal mandrels EVEN numbered HPs move RIGHT to LEFT on vertical cylinders HPs are not just lines they are to be considered as VECTORS or LINES WITH A DIRECTION ARROWS with point and feathers AVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVATAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAAVAV AVA ABP EAE AO AA TRA AEE PUA DAA NNAAAAASAAAAARAANA BAA AV AN AV AA AN AV AN AV AWAY AANA AS aT aa IS oq Be FS a nz TO WUS 6 OOOO IS BER EZZ AVAVAVAVAVAVAVAY VAVAVAVAUAVAVAN AV z TAVIS AVA VAAN E PK lt IVAVAVAVAVAVAVAV AVATAV ATTAT TNV VAVAVAVAVAVAC ATN Na a 5 WAVAVAVAVAVAVS NOTTA EA T O LINN VE V NIAE VV N V VEV EN E WAVAVANAVAN JAT TUTT T r O LAI
17. is limited to the screen area and a human brain is unable to manage 2 or more screen widths and or 2 or more screen heights So it was decided that scrolling sliders were just a waste of time All Turx s Heans of two leads are Overnann and MULTIPLE OVERHAND Knots A good practical way to plan Turk s Heans is to take a prime number for the larger dimensions 5 7 11 13 17 I9 23 29 37 41 etc and to use any smaller number either odd or even for the other dimension Fig 6 a composite image should be self explanatory but in case it is not The bottom left corner grid is that of a grid in the making at its 8 HP and shows the default size for crossings The right grid in this composite Fig 6 shows more realistic crossings of bigger length inducing a contact a visual continuity between adjacent crossings of identical orientation Fig 6 ge tire aie me EASIER TO GETA FEEL OF FINISHED PATTERN EASIER FOR VISUAL ACQUISITION RKBuilder USER s TIPS Copyright Claude HOCHET Version date stamp 2010 Nov 24 PAGE 27 on 73 Fig 7 RKBuilder USER s TIPS Copyright Claude HOCHET Version date stamp 2010 Nov 24 PAGE 28 on 73 In both Fig 6 amp Fig 7 the standard settings for line thickness and crossings are shown Default sizes in pixels Isometric line thickness 1 Crossing thickness 6 Crossing length 8 The CONTEXTUAL MENU offers a number of customization choices
18. just above The pile code in the above figure correspond to 110011001100 Note The matrix starts at row ZERO Modulus oblige and goes DOWNWARD continually till row numbered 2 B BUT ON THE DIAGRAM AND ALSO FOR THE ROW CODING the rows begin at ROW ZERO which is the one in direct alignment with the crossing on the left side Bight rim made by the SPart and the WEnd First go UPWARD till no rows are left here last row up is 9 and start again at the very bottom of the diagram here Row 10 and go UPWARD toward row ZERO When ALL the rows have been noted ONCE and ONCE ONLY verify your entries again before validating the whole matrix Each crossing in this upward zig zag is as read by an ODD numbered HP and not in succession by ODD and EVEN numbered HPs This is very important as for example a is an UNDER when read by ODD numbered HPs but is an OVER when read by an EVEN numbered HP vice versa for a l Don t try to access the field that choice will open it is not enabled for that Use the MATRIX INPUT Saisie Matrice button which will send you to the Manual entry tab After final validation the fully formatted matrix is written in the adequate field of CREATION tab Only the program may write in there YOU MUST make the entries in THE SERIES OF BOXES RKBuilder USER s TIPS Copyright Claude HOCHET Version date stamp 2010 Nov 24 PAGE 14 on 73 Formatted Font Default Liberation Sans E
19. that you read the RKB User s Manual and annexes as you familiarise yourself with the program as this will help clarify concepts such as Half Period HP Always maximize windows as much as your computer screen size resolution allows A feature in TOOLS ICONFIGURATION allows you to check an always open maximized option A much awaited feature the IMAGE MAKING Fig 1 f lt Licence AG i A 4a Create DataGrid DataGrid Edoon Enery Mather Aow Hor Coimun BENNE THE GRID TRACING The rightmost tab flagged red for the sake of Fig 1 only it is in fact a text in the application is where the tracing will be done When opened for the first time in a session the tracing area is blank Command button for the Step by Step tracing of the successive HPs is flagged in Fig 2 by a green marker text label in the application Fig 2 Ell Regulars Knots Calculation VI4 25 sccm xs Fle Editeen Tock Knots Help Licence IG A 4a a Create DataGrid DataGrid Edeion Entry Nether Rew Nor Colon BE BUTTON FOR THE STEP BY STEP OR HALF PERIOD BY HALF PERIOD TRACING RKBuilder USER s TIPS Copyright Claude HOCHET Version date stamp 2010 Nov 24 PAGE 24 on 73 A count of the already traced HALF PERIODS Is shown in the small window to the right side of the command button Fig 3 This number represents the very last HP traced which is distinguished from previous HPs crossings bein
20. the Turk s head pages there Direct http tinyurl com 233x43q Preview http preview tinyurl com 233x43q For a FULL EXPOSITION TO SCHAAKE and TURNER works just buy AND READ a CD with 5 books NOT The Braider BRAIDING REGULAR FIADOR KNOTS 173 pages BRAIDING STANDARD HERRINGBONE KNOTS 209 pages BRAIDING STANDARD HERRINGBONE PINEAPPLE KNOTS 203 pages SPECIAL BRAID FORMS Part One 191 pages US 15 payable to Dr John TURNER Instructions are to be found by those interested at either of those two links http tinyurl com 2ubdabs http preview tinyurl com 2ubdabs RKBuilder USER s TIPS Copyright Claude HOCHET Page 71 sur 73 Copyright Claude HOCHET APPENDIX 2011 May IG he first tab File Edition Tools Knots Help Create DataGrid 21L 138 Edition Entry Neither Row Nor Colmun Dessin ONY AY A XY N NY YY t YY WY C O x K h x A N C x x x W X Calculation Eat Turk s Head Knot THK Column Coded i GCD Row Coded Bight 13 ie 5 Nether Row Nor Column Coded ARRAYS Qn XARA iis ANANS Qs Wi AY Wy ey SAY YY W X 5 X 5 i 4 X Y A YY XY ANA A ey YY x Wy AA O AN Ay Wy j x x x x x x x x x x ix te w X UX y w KX X iy SS S Enlargement L Mod B 8 Root Type slis am
21. 1 U2 01 U2 5 HP14 02 U2 01 U2 02 U2 0 HP12 U1 02 U1 02 U1 02 gt TTS eee en eee ee SELECT ONE HP AND RIGHT MOUSE CLICK 2 HP16 O2 U2 02 U2 02 U2 q N TO GO TO EDITION HP6 O1 U1 02 AFTER USING INVERSION button HP1 Free Run HP2 01 HP3 01 HP4 03 HPS 03 NANN 1 7 HP7 O1 U1 02 6 HP amp U1l 0O1 U1 O1 U1 gia Edition PO Ororo _ n 4 3 HP10 U1l 0O2 U1 O0O1 U1 02 HPG O1 U1 02 Formatted Font Default Liberation Sans English U K Formatted Font Default Liberation Sans English U K A Note that you can easily adjust the PINS HP columns width as you want them just by using the mouse pointer to move the appropriate index You may also change the FONT size and type using Tools in the MENU bar at the top of the application window A command button Inversion LEFT Click will change O to U and U to oO RKBuilder USER s TIPS Copyright Claude HOCHET documentation PAGE 16 on 73 Version date stamp 2010 Nov 24 The application is set to always give first the version of the knot with the greater number of OVER A Double LEFT Click on a HP selects it in blue and launches Edition Mouse wheel may be used to go from one HP to another A LEFT mouse click can select a whole HP A RIGHT mouse click on a HP opens a menu with Edition that will send you to the Edition tab It should be the one in use when you are making your knot using the screen as
22. 2010 Nov 24 PAGE 18 on 73 BBY Regulars Knots Calculation VIALI Formatted Font Default File Edtion Took Knots Help J G oisaaid o Creste DaiaGad DeteGridit Eston Entry Nethar Flow Nor Colmun Liberation Sans Font color Dark Blue English U K Vekdation Hance The dark brown cells are just place holder to conform to what can be seen in the finished knot diagram They hold the place where in this COLUMN for this ROW there is no crossing The very pastel light beige cells are the cells where the Type of the crossing is to be entered by user 0 for UNDER and 1 for OVER nothing else is allowed Formatted Font Default Liberation Sans Font color Dark Blue English U K Create DataGrid DataGridi Exition Entry Neither Row Nor Golmun Validation Matice The application jumps automatically to the next cell to be given an entry You may go back by selection with the mouse pointer to a cell which already holds a digit If in a particular row where there is still a cell without its digit you select a previous cell holding a digit then keying in ENTER will erase this entire row using key 0 or key 1 will change the digit in the selected cell and cause a jump to the next cell RKBuilder USER s TIPS Copyright Claude HOCHET Version date stamp 2010 Nov 24 PAGE 19 on 73 If the row is full and you continue to key in e
23. 24 PAGE 21 on 73 position the mouse pointer on the start line in the last cell of the START ROW this cell is in the rightmost COLUMN L 1 RIGHT mouse Click maintain it and go to position the point of mouse pointer on the digit in the arrival row how and only now release the till now maintained RIGHT mouse button Selection is now done AND the CONTEXTUAL MENU is opened You may use a LEFT Click but then after the selection has been done you will need a RIGHT Click inside the selection to open the contextual menu Note the ONLY REAL FUNCTIONAL HIGHLIGHTING in the selected zone is the one It is there that the point of the mouse pointer must be positioned during the activation of COPY TO PASTE what was just COPIED chose the adequate ROW position the point of the mouse pointer on the ROW number in Row column RIGHT mouse Click to open the contextual menu and Choose PASTE This is for a SINGLE selection but it will work as well for a MULTIPLE selection Save as Open Exit or Quit Font size Configuration where you can choose RKBuilder USER s TIPS Copyright Claude HOCHET Version date stamp 2010 Nov 24 PAGE 22 on 73 ea Formatted Font Default PE Liberation Sans English U K E knot Builder Configuration E RKnot Builder Config Working Directory D Program Files REBuilder Application Files Saisie Matice l Largeur
24. 3 strands CUTTING A TH IN THIS WAY GIVE YOU A BRAID It is then easy to see taht it is a 3 strands braid RKBuilder USER s TIPS Copyright Claude HOCHET Version date stamp 2010 Nov 24 Fig 22 RKBuilder USER s TIPS Copyright Claude HOCHET PAGE 66 on 73 TAKING THE SHORTEST ROUTE POSSIBLE FROM RIM TO RIM YOU WILL HAVE SEVEN SEGMENTS either yello or violet THAT MAKES ITA SEVEN LEAD TH NOTE THAT THE OUTER LEAD ARE OF A BIGHT NATURE THEM BEING ON THE RIM BORDER note this Is a3B TH Count the crossing on the shortest route possible from rim to rim SIX fed rectangles Or SIX yellow circles that makes it 7 LEADS on this 3 bight TH NUMBER of LEAD NUMBER OF CROSSING ONE Mote thait you cut straight either between the 2 lines W a yor circles dythe 2 lines of rectangles you will cut y hy SEVEN LEAD each being doubled Version date stamp 2010 Nov 24 PAGE 67 on 73 Fig 24 THE 3 STRANDS OF THIS LEAD ARE COLOURED IN VIOLET THE ONE WITH THE YELLOW LINE act as BIGHT TOO BECAUSE IT IS THE MORE EXTERNAL STRAND MAKING AN ARC DARK GREEN LINE IS ON THE FIRST LAID STRAND OF THIS LEAD THE ORANGE LINE IS DOUBLING THE FIRTS The leader that was followed THE VIOLET LINE IS TRIPLING THE GREEN ONE BUT IS DOUBLING THE ORANGE ONE i HENCE DOUBLED TRIPLED OR DOUBLE DOUBLED RKBuilder USER s TIPS Copyright Claude HOCHE
25. 49 on 73 Create DataGed 7L S8 Edtion Entry Nether Row Nor Cotman Free Drowing BEWARE the RIGHTMOST COLUM transfixed by a red line is the DEFAULT RESULT OF HAVING MADE A MOUSE CLICK IN THE GREEN AREA OUTSIDE THE RED FRAME DELIMITINGTHE GRID This is a default action avoiding a bothering message of error Regulars Knots Calculation V3 0 1 0 o e 3 32 FreeDrawing 2 M Z N HP 3 5 Step by Step 13L 9B F Create DataGrid 13L38 Edition Enty Nether Row Nor Colman Step by Step 13L 9B Row Coded Just click on Continue and do the correct commands Please DO NOT forgets to send a mail to rknotbuilder gmail com with a copy of the details and a description of the circumstances RKBuilder USER s TIPS Copyright Claude HOCHET Version date stamp 2010 Nov 24 PAGE 50 on 73 One tester asked for the possibility when in the making of a knot while using the Step by Step mode as documentation to go back in time and space to a mistaken HP crossing for correction of the in the cordage knot still using the screen Regulars Knots Calculation V3 01 0 File Edition Tools Knots Licence N HP A G IA Step by Step 17L 158 Nether Row Nor Sree ri HP 12 S HP 9 RIN K LW e KOs Og z THREE MEANS FOR A REWINDING The two icons one for the ONE HP B
26. 88 it was mainly this one that was used The Braiding of COLUMN CODED REGULAR KNOTS 1992 Pamphlet N 7 The Braiding of LONG COLUMN CODED REGULAR KNOTS Supplement to Pamphlet N 7 The Braiding of ROW CODED REGULAR KNOTS 1993 Pamphlet N 9 VERY RECOMMENDED READING A G SCHAAKE J C TURNER D A SEDGWICK Braiding REGULAR FIADOR KNOTS 1990 Braiding Standard HERRINGBONE PINEAPPLE KNOTS 1991 A G SCHAAKE T HALL J C TURNER T HALL contribution is just drawing and it was a first and last Braiding Standard HERRINGBONE KNOTS 1992 QUITE USEFUL READING but absolutely NO THEORETICAL RIGOR OR KNOWLEDGE JUST GOOD OLD PRACTICAL ALL of Ron EDWARDS butin particular the 2 volumes of Advanced Leatherwork Vol 1 Interesting Braids and Flat Braids Vol2 Round Knots and Braids To get them see Martin COMBS http www angelfire com ak skateworld index html and of course RAMSKULL hittp Awww ramsskullpress com crafts html RKBuilder USER s TIPS Copyright Claude HOCHET PAGE 53 on 73 Version date stamp 2010 Nov 24 Go to MENU bar and open Knots Noeuds Select a TYPE OF CODING Double click on your choice this choice will be immediately entered in CREATION tab You may explore the other tabs of course You need to read the whole manual to get the full use of this application FRAMEWORK 3 5 must be fully installed on the computer used to run RKnot Builder MINIMAL SCREEN RESOL
27. ACKWARD one for the ONE HP FORWARD two upper figures of the composite illustration just above NO HP IS ERASED using that It is the crossings highlighting that goes backward and forward in time previous or following and in space different HP with the action on the appropriate icon In the illustration we went from highlighting of the last HP entered which was HP9 back to the highlighting of the crossings on HP7 RKBuilder USER s TIPS Copyright Claude HOCHET Version date stamp 2010 Nov 24 PAGE 51 on 73 The HP field which holds the HP number two bottom figures of the composite illustration just above This time SOME HPs WERE ERASED and the diagram went back from HP12 to HP5 simply by entering 5 in the HP field followed by a LEFT mouse click in the green drawing area From that point you may go on with the tracing of HPs A RADICAL NEW START FROM ZERO ERASE THE WHOLE GRID AND START AGAIN LEFT mouse Click in the HP field put it back to 0 then LEFT mouse click in the green drawing area starts the HP tracing from HP1 RKBuilder USER s TIPS Copyright Claude HOCHET Version date stamp 2010 Nov 24 PAGE 52 on 73 apart from THE BRAIDER 60 issues Schaake amp Turner are published by The Department of Mathematics and Statistics University of Waikato Hamilton New Zealand A G SCHAAKE J C TURNER New And Automatic Methods For Constructing Knots and Braids REGULAR KNOTS 19
28. AVE AS if you want to save the MATRIX There is also an automatic backup upon closing See CONFIGURATION in TOOLS RKBuilder USER s TIPS Copyright Claude HOCHET Version date stamp 2010 Nov 24 PAGE 15 on 73 DATAGRID tab This is the program s personal work desk and it is used to save the knot with Files Save as Fichier Enregistrer Best to use for that is EditPad Lite free at http Awww editpadpro com editpadlite htm Creation DateGed 131 88 Edition Entry Nether Flow Nar Comun Type de THK 13 86 Delta Compl mentaire Delta 3 Delta Penodique Delta 5 Lead Mod Bight 3 Lead Mod Bight lt 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 gt Tui t CHANGE THE U in O and the O in U 0 Code HP1 Repeat Number 0 Compl meantaa 0 3 6 1 4 7 2 5 0 3 6 1 4 P nodique Pe B 3B Bee Fe TP Be 3 Nombre d OvenUnder 60 36 HP 1 Free Run 1 Wrap HP Z 01 as 3 01 This is the place where you get the coding of each HALF PERIOD of the knot you entered 13L 88 Edtion PINS DP OOetou inversion o HPI FreeRun 1 Wrap f ALTERNATIVE PRINTING STYLE S HPS uI 1 HPG o u 20 4 HP4 U3 7 HP7 o u 20 2 HPS U3 6 HP8 u o u o u o 1 HP6 U1 01 U2 a an goaa 7 HP7 U1 O1 U2 3 HP10 u 20 u o u 20 6 HP8 O1 U1 01 U1 01 U1 4 HPS O1 U1 01 U1 01 U1 3 HP10 O1 U2 O1 U1 01 U2 ee ya 1 HP11 O1 U2 01 Ul1 01 U2 4 HPS U1 01 U1 01 U1 01 o HP12 01 U2 01 U2 01 U2 3 HP10 U1 02 U1 01 U1 02 6 HPI3 01 U2 0
29. Name 000 file RENAME it to SomeName zip Uncompress the zip the free 7 zip is good for that You are ready to go Eventually make a short cut and use the icon provided this 000 is to by pass filters on the Net Nothing has been written in your register by the installation itself only Windows itself and NET may have in the usual way of their behaviour to do such a thing This makes RKBuilder an application you can put on a USB pen drive and run anywhere provided FRAMEWORK Is installed on the host machine The following illustration is showing the RKB folder JON J amp Program Files RKBuilder REGISTER V14 2 2 gt ell Bs By Organiser v E Affichages i Graver Liens favoris E Documents m Images ji fe Musique te Autres d it Dossiers b nl S FonctionDiversC dIl Y N gt d EJRKnot Builder exe WR A RKnot Builder pdf _ RKBuilder REGISTER V1 T3 2 RKnotBuilder V1 4 2 2 zip Date de modificati 30 09 2010 14 18 30 09 2010 14 18 30 09 2010 14 18 30 09 2010 14 18 30 09 2010 14 18 30 09 2010 14 18 30 09 2010 14 18 30 09 2010 12 11 30 09 2010 12 11 28 09 2010 22 55 30 09 2010 14 16 Rechercher p Type Dossier de fichiers Dossier de fichiers Dossier de fichiers Dossier de fichiers Dossier de fichiers Dossier de fichiers Dossier de fichiers Extension de l app Application Adobe Acrobat D zip Archive Formatted Font Default Liberation Sans Font
30. Save AS see below for more details about these functions Options chosen in the CONTEXTUAL MENU TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY Fig 10 is an example of customized settings optimized for normal colour vision and contrast Fig 10 RKBuilder USER s TIPS Copyright Claude HOCHET PAGE 30 on 73 Fig 11 Version date stamp 2010 Nov 24 Crossing Colour 1 Fig 13 O oD T z S 3 z 2 Le O CZ v O O amp z x lt Q 00 K 00 N e z Oo 5 O ta o O amp z x Q O O k Ss x 5 aes O lt O DB O Ka V O O x lt a x T I e AAA AAA A a a S T A A e LEEEELEL LEER E EEL LELEEL EE ELLE SA A A a OC ROR RO E A E A aa JAAN ae a E e a Ea a E a A a A a a T E NETTI T ET AAAA AANA AAAA AAA NM TN FARA ae BO RA AAAS ANAS SAA AA AN MMN MAEA A E eae a a a KAN A D A Fe a a area ea FNM TA TN AT TN PERCE ECERSE OEE ERE MIE EAS ESE CAATERERE EKO SEE EE EEE 1024 768px window 00 8 ee NANA AANA AAA ANNA ANAN i RA RM AAAA ARERR MRAM RD 9 MAANAXNANAANANANAN ANNAN MARMARA A RRR RRM RR RRR MAN NAAANANAANANANAANA AAAA AAAA AAAA RAA AARAA AAANAAANAAXNANANXANANNA AAAA AAR AAA ARARA ARAARA NAXANNANANANANANANN NAN AAAA AARAA ANARA AAA RARA SAAN AANA ONAN AN AAAA ARAA AA ARRA AAAA AR MANANAN AX ANNAN AAAA ANAN AAAA AAAA IIIS SS SSLIS SSS RR AAA PELE EE EEREE
31. T Version date stamp 2010 Nov 24 PAGE 68 on 73 Fig 26 A reminder about the way of numbering of PINS you have to comply with if you want to use the PINS NUMBERS INDICATION of RKnot Builder will let you ponder it IMPORTANT FOR NUMBERING PINS eS PINSTE 8 2 4 on bth ate PIN STEP 7 7 4 8so Jand NO SHIFT Seeger a st marten BIO manem b l AN amp ode A Al ANJ N AA F hi v FII AA A N NN VILL i MIS veeri nenn j not STANDARDIZED to be le owermost Row h x NN Ki A re N gt 7 y a ih Peay y g d 7 E benii a aX N w VRAA ae a i a Fig 27 RKBuilder USER s TIPS Copyright Claude HOCHET Version date stamp 2010 Nov 24 PAGE 69 on 73 PART 11 GREEN amp BLUE ARE ON THE SAME LEVEL THEY ARE FORMING AN INTERSECTION T hi ime fs d Yy RED amp BLUE ARE ON DIFFERENT LEVELS THEY ARE FORMING A l INTERSECTION CROSSING lt IN KNOT BEND HITCH ONLY CROSSINGS Fig 29 RAILROAD BRIDGE CROSSING A RIVER RIVER VALLEY RKBuilder USER s TIPS Copyright Claude HOCHET Version date stamp 2010 Nov 24 PAGE 70 on 73 If wanting some writing describing and depicting on Turk s head and other regular knots and much more just try your luck exploring the shortest way
32. TIPS Copyright Claude HOCHET ae oe 2 A r oe a 4 17L 10B AFTER SCHAAKE amp TURNER modified Formatted Font Default Liberation Sans English U K No entry field will open for the code THK code O1 U1 or 10 1u respectively U1 Version date stamp 2010 Nov 24 PAGE 12 on 73 Enter the sequence of crossings seen on the HP1 of the finished knot or on the complete grid diagram of thereof as read by the SPart WEnd vector Standing Part Dormant and Working End Courant HP1 starts on the LOWER LEFT side of the horizontal mandrel diagram for Schaake at the crossing between SPart Standing Part Dormant and goes UPPER RIGHT to the other Bight rim There are L 1 crossings to be noted The type of crossing is as read by the HP1 vector or HP1 directional arrow Don t make too short an entry as it will be rejected if it is too long it will be shortened to the correct size L 1 by amputation on the rightmost entries ALWAYS CHECK THE FORMATED ENTRY THE PROGRAM PUTS ON SCREEN AFTER ENTER Application does not make mistakes here but YOU may have made one ie a A CE Se Oe ee ee Se cg a tO cas Cali a 7 ln Cab a ae a a y ZR SIZSIZ Ta Le ZELT TN a ae 5 ATS re ae 1 a a a Sa NIAN i ZR ZAZA i WEnd Nie Ro Ne TS Ta a i AN ZININ RATS SPan KKKS N e COKE St A 0
33. UMNS as shown in Fig 13 But some may be lost when it comes again as HALF PERIOD CODE or CODING While in the case of Fig 13 TYPE OF CODING or CODE TYPE or CODING TYPE CLEARLY PERTAINED TO THE WHOLE KNOT here it is attached to the HALF PERIOD a small piece of the whole knot In Fig 19 the HALF PERIOD CODE or CODING is for the 18 HP so EVEN numbered so going from RIGHT to LEFT this HP which does not have the complete collection of possible crossings for this Knot so its CODE or CODING Is U1 O2 U1 01 U1 O3 U1 O01 U1 O1 U2 but IN FACT the TYPE OF CODING IS COLUMN CODED and its COLUMN CODE which this time MUST COME from a COMPLETE HP taken on a FINISHED KNOT looks like O4 U2 O3 U3 04 U2 00 OU 28 columns as it is a 29L Ti Hell Pied a HP 18 so EVEN numbered so AG Fig 19 The TYPE OF CODING gives you the VISUAL PATTERN of the knot The HP CODE gives you the MEAN TO LAY THE CROSSINGS IN A GIVEN HP RKBuilder USER s TIPS Copyright Claude HOCHET Version date stamp 2010 Nov 24 PAGE 65 on 73 PART 10 MISCELLANIES making use of existing illustrations which are quite deliberately used as they are Fig 20 FIVE COLOURS ONE FOR EACH OF THE BIGHTS ON THIS SIDE OF THIS TURK S HEAD CUTTING BY THE SHORTEST ROUTE FROM ONE 10 548 ae THE OTHER iy A aly YOU WILL i CUT 3 PRR DIFFERENT p TRAJECTORIES i OR LEAD Each one of this leads having
34. UTION SVGA 800 600 RKnot Builder has been extensively tested on XP VISTA WIN 7 Put the ZIP file EXACTLY WHERE you want the application to be chose partition repertory folder Create your folder D Program Files RKnot Builder was the choice made for the illustrations here oaea 66 1 gt Ordinateur Disque local D Program Files gt v 4 Rechercher P By Sah ery iE RAAUM M Ex pa z Baaai Graver S SEAT Nom Date de modificati Type P IE dJi ProcessExplorer 11 05 2010 12 18 Dossier de fichiers j J RKBuilder 21 05 2010 11 09 Dossier de fichiers a Dusters me F EditPad exe 06 08 2000 04 53 Application Ly A ieum in ba Wrata N dn TaT 4A r Ra 7 RkKBuilder Date de modificati 21 05 2010 11 09 d Dossier de fichiers A Fe e koee u Disque local D gt Program Files RKBuilder Rechercher P k SA auld ery ize Adee Graver 7 ee ee Nom Date de modificati Type Taille F n AEREE JL Application Files 21 05 2010 11 09 Dossier de fichiers Niii si RKnot Builder zip 20 05 2010 23 45 zip Archive 408 Ko utres Dossiers A il 4 l ments Formatted Font Default Liberation Sans Font color Dark Blue English U K Formatted Font Default Liberation Sans Font color Dark Blue English U K RKBuilder USER s TIPS Copyright Claude HOCHET Version date stamp 2010 Nov 24 PAGE 54 on 73 Copy the RKnot Builder zip file if you received a Some
35. Version date stamp 2011 May 16 PAGE 1 on 73 RKnot BUILDER or Regular Knot Builder VERSION 3 How to use it With appendix for Version higher than V3 1 0 8 added at the end of the document RKBuilder USER s TIPS Copyright annexes excepted Claude HOCHET Version date stamp 2011 May 16 PAGE 2 on 73 CONTENTS DEFINITION OF REGULAR KNOT WHAT WILL RKBUILDER DO WHAT RKBUILDER WILL NOT DO PRE REQUISITE HOPED FOR BUT NOT REALLY NECESSARY HERE VISUAL DESCRIPTION OF RKBUILDER MENU AND TOOLS BARS TABS CREATION DATAGRID DATAGRID1 EDITION FUNCTIONNAL DESCRIPTION CREATION TAB DATAGRID TAB DATAGRID 1 OR XL YB TAB EDITION TAB ENTRY MATRIX TAB MENU BAR TOOL BAR SOURCES USED FOR RKBUILDER ADDITIONS WITH V3 WANT IT TO WORK IMMEDIATELY INSTALLING the application RKBuilder USER s TIPS Copyright annexes excepted Claude HOCHET Version date stamp 2011 May 16 PAGE 3 on 73 REGISTERING THE APPLICATION gt Z Z T x lt T PART 1 CIRCULARITY MODULO MODULUS PART 2 SHORT REVIEW ON HALF PERIODS PART 3 SHADOW PART 4 CORDAGE ROUTE AND PATTERN PART 5 FRAME OF REFERENCE AND TYPE OF CODING PART 6 COMPARISON OF PATTERNS PART 7 AVOID AND PART 8 MANDREL versus CYLINDER PART 9 WORD CODE PART 10 MISCELLANIES PART 11 THERE IS NO INTERSECTION INA KNOT ONLY CROSSINGS RKBuilder USER s TIPS
36. at regular interval They do tend to clutter a hard disk with the greatest ease if not kept in check A suggest good practice is to create inside the RKB installation folder a sub folder that will be used as Working Repertory for the saved files Set it as such using RKB CONFIGURATION RKBuilder USER s TIPS Copyright Claude HOCHET Version date stamp 2010 Nov 24 PAGE 40 on 73 _ e a i DEHARI Create DataGrid TLE Eatin Eney Nether Fow Nor Colman Draws Tures Head Knot THK Column Coded Lead GCD Row Coded Bight 3 1 0 Neither Row Nor Column Coded First choose the TYPE OF CODING for the knot you want to manually draw Second to get access to the other tabs you MUST enter LEAD and BIGHT validate each entry with ENTER DO NOT enter ANY CODE NO code is equivalent to stating I want the free drawing Now you may open the DRAWING TAB this tab which when CREATION TAB or any other TAB is opened is labelled DRAWING will upon being opened have its name changed according to what was just entered F inn Ko i r en WE ma T er ana this icon makes the post it fal 4 H Cesa Dasa 7L M Eaton Eey Fw Mr Cokan Te Sep Ba 7 D Tasty Haed ee THI a E a JB jiii Euy eey Foe li Daman fret Deng L 3B gt omer Ca miaka n 35 S i Erisy Pistia Few Ker Colm Fare Drang FL BE Flow Cdad Fh iina og E Ha fl Eiry iaia Flees ier Oan Pome
37. by Step or HP after HP grid small numbers in RED those are the l In the illustration on the left it is an EVEN Numbered HP N 2 so it goes FROM RIGHT BIGHT RIM PIN NUMBER N 4 TO LEFT BIGHT RIM PIN NUMBER N 7 If in this Step by Step mode tab with a knot that is not complete in the sense that ALL its characteristics L B type of coding code are not known you ask for a FINISH KNOT using the icon you will get a warning the Step by Step is not enabled UE OTA CSU an m A OEE o a D Ea 33 A 3a FreeDrawing J fil Create DataGrid 7L 9B Edition Entry Neither Row Nor Coimur Step by Step 7L 9B Column Coded J GAZINA oF 9 e ASKING A FINISH KNOT WITH ICON GETS A WARNING END of Case 1 RKBuilder USER s TIPS Copyright Claude HOCHET Version date stamp 2010 Nov 24 PAGE 47 on 73 THIS IS THE REAL NOVELTY of V3 Help The SET OF ICONS here is different from the one in the previous illustration BUTTON 1 we are in the FREE DRAWING TAB So it is ARMED for switching to its FINISH KNOT function and when pushed it transforms itself and puts the tab into its FINISH KNOT STEP BY STEP form see next illustration Free Drawing Step by Step 7L 9B Column Coded User may SELECT an area in the grid selection with LEFT mouse button maintained down mouse pointer is moved then button is released just as in any Windows applicat
38. ce of TYPE OF CODING will depend what you get in the rightmost tab the one for drawing is no longer present but its function is still there as LEFT mouse button click in green drawing area RKBuilder USER s TIPS Copyright Claude HOCHET Version date stamp 2010 Nov 24 PAGE 43 on 73 CHANGES made in the CONTEXTUAL MENU CONTEXTUAL MENU V2 Default Colours Background Colour Isometric Line Colour Crossing Colourl Crossing Colour 2 Over Crossing Colour 2 Under Defaults sizes Crossing Length Crossing thickness Isometric line thickness Cross Ruling Finished Knot Copy area in red frame Zoom V3 Default Colours Background Colour Isometric Line Colour Cross Colourl Over F Cross Colour 1 Under a Cross Colour 2 Over Cross Colour 2 Under Defaults sizes Crossing Length Crossing Length Finished Knot Max Crossing thickness Isometric line thickness Cross Ruling Finished Knot Copy area in red frame Zoom IF CHECKED then when asking for FINISH KNOT it will be the maximal allowable crossing length that will be used and not the length that you checked in the option just above Crossing Length ll Type 2 is for crossings in the current HP Type 1 is for crossings in the previously laid HP To get a visual understanding experiment using one of the knots in the library of knots Upper MENU bar Knots a more realistic zoom functio
39. d ALL of them whether they are with or without a REPEAT of a sub pattern The Schaake s slide rule can do only the Row Coded with a REPEAT Neither Column Nor Row Coded DEPENDING upon that choice THKnot no entry field will appear as the THK O1 U1 code is in built in the program O1 stand for crossing Over time 1 and U for crossing Under time 1 Column Coded a field will open in which you will have to enter the L 1 that means LEADS 1 just as 2 B means BIGHTS time 2 crossings as they can be seen on the Half Period Number ONE in the FINISHED knot reading it from LEFT to RIGHT as with any ODD numbered HP RKBuilder USER s TIPS Copyright annexes excepted Claude HOCHET Version date stamp 2010 Nov 24 PAGE 7 on 73 Column Coded lend PGCD Rw Coded Bight Nether Fow Nor Cohan Coded Demi Periode N By the way do you see the picture of a knot in the upper right side corner This picture will change with each start of the application and you can also change it by over flying it with the mouse pointer no need to hover ABBREVIATIONS USED RKBuilder USER s TIPS Copyright Claude HOCHET Version date stamp 2010 Nov 24 PAGE 8 on 73 Row coded a field will open in which you will have to enter the Row Coding of the knot Entering is done following a special manner and order the chain of the first crossing at the extreme LEFT side of each ROW Lead PGCD a Row Coded Bight Nether Row N
40. e so complete knots ALL characteristics Known otherwise you get a warning on screen BEWARE please pushing the FREE DRAWING button will put every thing in a virginal State RKBuilder USER s TIPS Copyright Claude HOCHET Version date stamp 2010 Nov 24 PAGE 36 on 73 The EH icon toggle the crisscrossing on and off The icon finish the tracing of the knot a The amp icon change the type of all crossings AND finish the tracing of the knot et the number of the current HP appears there e One click in this box set the number back to ZERO then with a click inside the drawing area the drawing will begin again from HP1 e One click in this box put the number back to ZERO then keying in a new HP number followed by a click in the drawing area will trace a grid with the selected number of HP From then on clicks will draw the next HPs Those mt HP to HP1 two icons allow going back and forth between HPs in the range Current The os icon puts on screen a Post It Summarizing the xLyB tab info about the Current HP The Post It is closed using the icon in its upper right corner or when modifying L or B When in the DRAWING tab the Save As are done in JPG format the grid as it is on the screen Is saved La END of over fly RKBuilder USER s TIPS Copyright Claude HOCHET Version date stamp 2010 Nov 24 PAGE 37 on 73 The following composite illustration shows all the asked for modifica
41. e but using another coding than the strict O1 U1 or U1 01 of the THK knowing those knots and the particularities that make each quite different from the other Of course one can use this program without knowing that to make use of a French expression just as a savant monkey can do and still produce knots not confusing between the two different frames of reference vertical cylinder or horizontal mandrel and the consequences of this choice upon the appellation of the TYPE OF CODING in each frame of reference If you happen to be not quite clear about that read SCHAAKE or shorter way see the Turk s Head pages at http tinyurl com 38mrcp or if you are shy of using a tiny url directly then at the preview http preview tinyurl com 38mrcp knowing what a PIN STEP is and the use of PINS NUMBERS when making a knot RKBuilder USER s TIPS Copyright annexes excepted Claude HOCHET Version date stamp 2011 May 16 PAGE 5 on 73 having no trouble making a knot using the coding for each of the HALF PERIOD in it HP see annexe for Half Period definition HOPED FOR BUT NOT FULLY NECESSARY HERE many dimensions of knots will be given but not knowing what they apply to it will be of no great use to you just use the program as a recipe giver and see the Half Period coding only knowing how to calculate PIN STEPS to get the number of LEADS specifically wanted with a given Number of BIGHTS knowin
42. e or uppercase Key will change the type of the crossing s in a whole Row In those three types of coding you may also select an area with the mouse in the usual way maintain LEFT click move release The selection which stays valid till a click is made in the drawing area having been made you can then use FOUR icons to put crossings in the selected area if o if o and put a crossing AT EACH intersection empty or with a crossing in the selection lif 0 if 0 put a crossing on each intersection THAT IS EMPTY OF ANY PREVIOUS CROSSING When all its crossings have been placed the knot is said to be completed it is also complete in the meaning of having now ALL its characteristics defined It can now be computed by RKnot Builder when the button FINISH KNOT is pushed Calculations results are immediately made available in the xLyB tab as with any knot that would have been fully entered in the CREATION tab A click made inside the drawing area will begin the tracing of the knot HP by HP as that click switched the tab to its Step by Step mode The change of labelling happens at the moment FINISH KNOT is pushed The 2 icon allows switching back to the FREE DRAWING mode to modify one or several crossings When finished with your modification s using the FINISH KNOT button will bring you back to the Step by Step mode The Step by Step mode can only be accessed with a completed all crossings ther
43. ed HPs going from the RIGHT side to the LEFT side and ODD numbered HPs going from the LEFT side to the RIGHT side N He Sipa Vi HP 6 orange Y Vai r ra gt aS c _ __ ae al N LON c SE as __ c a _ HP 1 green N Fig 2 RKBuilder USER s TIPS Copyright Claude HOCHET Version date stamp 2010 Nov 24 PAGE 56 on 73 Remember school and period periodic periodical THAT WHICH COMES AGAIN AFTER A GIVEN SPAN OF TIME AND OR SPACE here are Cosinus and Sinus curves but thinks MOON PHASES for something more immediately understood in periodicity For Regular Knots A PERIOD IS MEASURED STARTING FROM ONE BIGHT ON A RIM THEN RETURNING TO THE NEXT BIGHT IN THE LOGIC OF THE KNOT SEQUENCE ON THE STARTING RIM Fig 4 YELLOW PERIOD is made up of the HALF PERIODS A1 and A2 Similarly the PERIOD is made of B3 and B4 The RA PERIOD is made of C5 which seems broken and C6 C5 appears as being broken but THINK CIRCULAR and you will understand that it is NOT broken Fig 5 Fig 5 RKBuilder USER s TIPS Copyright Claude HOCHET Version date stamp 2010 Nov 24 PAGE 57 on 73 For the whole knot imagine a billiard ball trajectory which after 2 B rebounds on the two lateral bands Bight rims comes back to its starting point WEnd closes the curve by joining SPart PART 3 A VERY USEFUL TOOL not only for topologists
44. fferent colours Fig 12 RKBuilder USER s TIPS Copyright Claude HOCHET Version date stamp 2010 Nov 24 PAGE 31 on 73 Fig 14 1S td id a Der Dwa ETIE Ean Giy Halha lee For Laman e i a s Cioinos Ese Trka Haad Aireok THR SS Lani T oD Pow Coded x D 11 1 eae ea as n at Mit sans Mather Fir hor Caen Coded VAN l a i i J a i a i l 1 i i lars teed Ghote i Med E 5 Foot Tye IFF a knot entered can be drawn on your computer Screen size resolution allowing inside a maximized window while still showing the FOUR SIDES OF ITS RED FRAME AND IF Number of LEADS is at most 31 and Number of BIGHTS is at most 23 then a miniature of it appears in the upper right side corner of CREATION TAB any size of grid can be compute but is not always visible If the mouse pointer slides does not need to hover across the miniature it scrolls the illustration to the next available image in the collection To get the miniature back on screen push the command button CALCULATION le At any moment of the tracing from HP1 to the finished knot you may SAVE what has been drawn directly to a file Fig 15 We have seen the use of the contextual menu to COPY the grid where you want it The GIMP a mail Photoshop Paint NET and PhotoFiltre use PASTE and SAVE BUT THIS WAY IS A DIRECT SAVING INA FILE and makes use of RKBuilder USER s TIPS Copyright Claude HOCHE Version date stamp 2010 Nov
45. g about Delta and L modulus g Delta and L modulus B knowing about complementary and periodic or cyclic BIGHT number schemes making no confusion between BIGHT Index Number and BIGHT Number As much as humanly possible RKBuilder has been made fool proof It has been extensively tested on XP VISTA WIN 7 IN PAGE 30 YOU HAVE THE 1 WANT TO USE IT IMMEDIATELY TO JUDGE IT IMMEDIATELY There exist a number of TOOL TIPS that open when the mouse pointer is kept over a field or label Files Fichiers E RKBuilder Files Edition Tools Knots Help Edition Edition oealsaeslo Creation DataGrid DataGrid 1 Edition Entry Neither Row Nor Colmun ee ee THK Tools Outils Knots Noeuds Help Aide Explore the different options in MENU mostly they are self explanatory The icons just under the MENU bar RKBuilder USER s TIPS Copyright annexes excepted Claude HOCHET Version date stamp 2011 May 16 PAGE 6 on 73 First choice to be made is the TYPE OF CODING among FOUR AVAILABLE see annexe for type of coding using radio buttons THKnot they are Column AND Row Coded computable using only Columns eee Column Coded Column Coded THK are included but GD Row Coded why use that as you have a THkKnot Neither Row Nor Column Coded option without any obligation to enter a coding ALL THK and ONLY THK have the strict OVER ONE UNDER ONE coding Row Code
46. g traced in RED in this case 2 OVER and 2 UNDER colour setting is made with Crossing Colour 2 OVER and Crossing Colour 2 UNDER while previous HPs have their crossings in black colour setting the colours with Crossing Colour 1 option For further details see the CONTEXTUAL MENU below Fig 3 Regulars Knots Cateulation Vi A25 e fe Fle Edien Teste Knots Help Licema PFH g E j Create DataGrid 13L 98 Edoon Enty Nether Fw Mor Cok i SIX HP HAVE BEEN TRACED THE LAST TRACED HAS RED TRACINGS The last HP drawn is with crossings in RED but one more click on the Step by Step command button or one more LEFT mouse click will make all the crossings go black as shown in Fig 4 which is a composite The CONTEXTUAL MENU offers a FINISHED KNOT option that at any moment during the drawing allows you to complete the whole knot with all crossings in the chosen Crossing Colour 1 A RIGHT click on the mouse gives you the same option of completing the knot RKBuilder USER s TIPS Copyright Claude HOCHET Version date stamp 2010 Nov 24 PAGE 25 on 73 Fig 4 B Feg ler Gots Certan V1 a2 gt a Fle Edison Tools Keets Help Lecercm See ea J ia al ad tl ie n 18 frows Create DetaGed 1 56 Edition Entry Mether Row Mor Colmun BEN 9B 18 HP 18 H P TRACED LAST HFP IS DONE ONE MORE MOUSE CLIC WILL PUT THE LAST TRACED HP IN BLACK a A a La rarer a hac ad ee ea Lee oe i
47. ing button then the mode is switched to FREE DRAWING mode Note the initial code is lost in this mode switch FREE DRAWING mode version 3 In this mode users have to enter their patterns with the mouse and accessorily with the keyboard RKBuilder USER s TIPS Copyright Claude HOCHET Version date stamp 2010 Nov 24 PAGE 35 on 73 There are different modalities for different coding type e COLUMN coded each click on or very nearly on a Row and Column intersection See annexe will put crossings of a same type on each Row of THIS Column a second click on one crossing will keep the crossings in place but will change their type O to U or U to O You may also change the type of the crossings by immediately using the keyboard C lowercase or uppercase Key e ROW coded each click on or very nearly on a Row and Column intersection will put crossings of a same type on each Column of THIS Row a second click on one of them will keep the crossings in place but will change their type O to U or U to O You may also change the type of the crossings by immediately using the keyboard R lowercase or uppercase Key e NEITHER row NOR column coded crossings are put in one by one Each time a second click on a crossing will change its type With the mouse pointer on a crossing C lowercase or uppercase Key will change the type of the crossing s in a whole Column R lowercas
48. ion Selection can be used in any of the three TYPE OF CODING enabled for FREE DRAWING As long aS NO MOUSE BUTTON CLICK IS DONE IN THE GREEN AREA the SELECTION will stay active a click will make it disappear USING ONE OF THE FOUR CROSSING ICONS will trace the crossing s on the intersection s in the selection As long as no click is made elsewhere than on the crossing icons the SELECTION will stay memorized and the two icons can be used for correction after a first use of any of the four crossing icons ICON 2 traces BOTTOM LEFT TO TOP RIGHT slash at intersections or crossing inside a SELECTION It will trace crossing s whether the intersection is still empty or already holds a crossing RKBuilder USER s TIPS Copyright Claude HOCHET Version date stamp 2010 Nov 24 PAGE 48 on 73 ICON 3 traces BOTTOM RIGHT TO TOP LEFT anti slash at intersections or crossings inside a SELECTION It will trace crossing s whether the intersection is still empty or already holds a crossing ICON 4 traces a BOTTOM LEFT TO TOP RIGHT slash at intersections inside a SELECTION Si It will trace ONLY at intersections no previously entered crossing ICON 5 traces a BOTTOM RIGHT TO TOP LEFT anti slash at intersections inside a SELECTION Pff It will trace ONLY at intersections no previously entered crossing 2 a a A FinishKnot NKS fii Create DataGed DataGrid Edition Entry Nether Row Nor Comun gree Drawing One Way
49. is now replaced by a LEFT mouse click inside the drawing area e Adaptative labelling of the DRAWING Tab according to the current mode of drawing in use e Corrections of some minor unsatisfying traits in the V2 which is the tracing of a knot the characteristics of which are ALL known LEAD BIGHT Type of Coding and Code those characteristics are summarize in the label given to the drawing tab in this mode Step by Step 7L 5B Neither Row Nor Column With the V3 a new graphic mode appears the FREE DRAWING MODE As indicated by its name it allows the user to freely draw on an empty grid his personal patterns using the mouse or to take an existing knot and modify it It was already possible with the V2 to get a drawing of a personal pattern but this required a deep knowledge of those knots and of their coding e Two ways to enter this FREE mode Fither after entering L and B and Type of Coding COLumn coded ROW coded Neither Nor coded the THK do not benefit from this mode make a click on the DRAWING tab which will be renamed to Free Drawing xLyB Type of coding If the THK coding was the select coding type you may not get the Free Drawing mode kkk Or either choose a knot in the library of pre entered knots Or enter all the characteristics of a knot its code included of course then click on the DRAWING tab which will now be set in the Step by Step mode its default mode If a click is done on the Free Draw
50. ither O or 1 you just go for another round When you want to validate a particular row that you are finished entering just key in ENTER and the row is then written in the matrix itself and the cell written with the number of the following ROW to be now entered Note that a LEFT DOUBLE mouse click with the point of the mouse pointer on the digit in the Row column will put that particular row in the ENTRY CELLS for correction In the illustration just under you can see that the columns show the full number attributed to the column that is because in Configuration the column width has been set to 35 with a narrower setting this would not be the case Formatted Font Default Liberation Sans English U K With the very same L amp B with the width left to its default value or to any value under 34 you would have what is shown under Create DataGrid 13L 9B Edition Entry Neither Row Nor Colmun Fo rmatted Font Default Liberation Sans Font color Validation Matrice Dark Blue English U K Hin E E E E l Raw Rh Eat e R EP A part of the number is hidden so giving the appearance of a MODULO numbering There is a possible short cut for entering ROWS You can COPY ROWS that you have already entered and PASTE them There is a control on the PARITY of the number of the ROWS used the COPY ROW and the PASTE ROW must be of same PARITY Both EVEN
51. l Delta 5 L Mod B 5 Root Type II Delta g Nb Over 132 Right Side Type I zij eel PIN Step WAE Nb Under 128 Left Side Type II 47 29 PINS i 6 amp S 4 2 3 0 Ss 0 8 3 06 3 6 94 2 eS 8 E Be te S Cyclic Ses SS eS Sees le a Sa iar SS ee eee Regulars Knots Calculation V3 0 1 14 O a iy WO 08 47 a SE Inbox Thunderbird Regulars Knots Calc IO Adobe Photoshop Enlargement Lead Bight Root Type 5 3 Root Type Il Right Side Type 37 Left Side Type Il 47 Bi y FOUR buttons that allow user to go up and down along the THK ENLARGEMENTS RKBuilder USER s TIPS Copyright Claude HOCHET Copyright Claude HOCHET Page 72 sur 73 APPENDIX 2011 May FIG 3 The last tab IEJ Regulars Knots Calculation V30114 m oo eee File Edition Tools Knots Help Licence D easa 25 3 SB Freedrawing 2 RY HP number 18 RazDP 9 in tc Sm 9 Sem 158 cng A NNS r re xX mn AX Ss h me X y K X X m4 X X N GO ag gl Sig a Inbox Thunderbird Regulars Knots Calc 1 i Pes 08 46 Edition W Tools Knots Help Licence Fj j l l 2 WA 8a BM Freedrawing fii HPnumber 18 RaZDP Create DataGrid 131 98 Edtion Enty Nether Row Nor Comun Step by Step 13L 98 Row Coded First Note the way you can get a grid without obtrusive crossings in the contextual menu choose the smalles
52. mn Nor Row coded Columns AND Row may be with crossings of different type a mix of OVER and UNDER Now take also note of the FACT that there are STRICT RULES governing the classification of those Regular or Standard Knots In particular you MAY NOT extend in an arbitrary way say a GAUCHO and still call it a GAUCHO The basic coding can be found in page turksheads_ 22 html in http preview tinyurl com 38mrcp for those wishing to understand things a bit more PART 6 Fig 14 B f Pi tk jj This sequence of code was entered in BOTH cases 101119001 10010190110011 100010 29L 19B COLumn codedThis Ea a T T a T FF T a a FF aa T SESE WAE NONO AN NA N AK AENEON N 17L 14B ROW coded A T a Re E Re E ee a nag an Pn gta AENA ww SN ge a pn gp ag pa gg ag a ta ta te te te ta tee MAIREN Pig FU NKA NOAN gO gig PU gh INN N N N N NO A gg aT gta E aT A E O NE AE rang Ning Wang Ning A A ang A BG ga ig FU Pag FU gt gO eg FU GP gg FU gO Cp gp gpg gp gage Ra a ag Ui Ig PU gt age aig FU gO ag tig PU ge PPP PPP Tol ta agp Nin EA EA Tgp Na Ol tn Nia Png Ra ia ia Ce Ee Ge EEE Pog Fg a Nin Tp nT a Tn Tg an Fp Ni Pitas Pe Pa PaO De Deas PLA AN AON AO NAGA A Says agg agg a FU Ogg A gi yp gg gg gp Bg tg ig Ug gt ig FU Og ig FU ge E gp gp gag yp gp Mgt gig PO Og FU Re gt Og FU gig SU gh Saal ng nT nO nM nF nM nt A a pa gp ag pa gg ag ring ing ing ing i ig tg ng ANI PENON AN N gO eg FUP gig FU N PE Rg AP gig FU Teg PU AU RU gig FU gO
53. mp 2010 Nov 24 PAGE 42 on 73 TYPE OF CODING as none would be useful since RKB with LEAD and BIGHT entered in the appropriate fields will draw any of them giving priority to the knot version with the maximum of OVER but an INVERSION function will put on screen the version with the maximum of UNDER a LEFT button mouse click on one row column intersection will draw the crossings of the ENTIRE COLUMN in which this row column intersection is A second click then gives the other type of crossing an OVER if it was an UNDER and vice versa Note that is you select with the mouse all or a part of one or several Rows then it is each Column inside this selection that is drawn That is equivalent to drawing full or partial Row s while being in Column coded Row Coded a LEFT button mouse click on one row column intersection will draw the crossings of the ENTIRE ROW in which this chosen row column intersection is A second click then gives the other type of crossing an OVER if it was an UNDER and vice versa Note that is you select with the mouse all or a part of one or several Columns then it is each Row inside this selection that is drawn That is equivalent to drawing full or partial Column s while being in Row coded this is probably where the FREE DRAWING will be the most attractive as not every one will like the Entry Matrix Some will prefer the rigor and ease of control of Entry Matrix which has been kept available On the choi
54. n a step by step zoom using clicks on the Zoom option line in the Contextual Menu same for backward zoom using RIGHT clicks RKBuilder USER s TIPS Copyright Claude HOCHET Version date stamp 2010 Nov 24 PAGE 44 on 73 APPARITION OF NEW ICONS hovering with the mouse pointer will open a tool tip reminding user of the function Case 1 TAB NAME IS Step by Step xL yB Type of coding Help Licence Fl Boalt alle 3 i y ES 7 N HP O 5 POST IT 4 icon This STEP BY STEP TAB functions are the direct inheritors of the STEP BY STEP in Version 2 This rightmost tab is labelled DRAWING when the LEAD and or the BIGHT field in CREATION TAB are missing their number After entering LEAD and BIGHT upon being opened this DRAWING TAB will be renamed to whether it is in FREE DRAWING mode or in Step by Step mode This mode will be the first indication in the new label Having been renamed it will switch back to DRAWING when the CREATION TAB is opened BUTTON 1 took the place occupied by the now suppressed Step by Step Button in Version 2 This new button place can take TWO DIFFERENT APPEARANCES functions Illustration above is of a STEP BY STEP TAB Button is ARMED for going to FREE mode and if pushed this present Free Drawing Button will transform itself and put on screen a tab in FREE DRAWING mode see next illustration Finish Knot Free Drawing 7L 9B Column Coded RKBuilder USER
55. nglish U K Ng te oe a y a i Yi i ROWS NUMBERED FROM ZERO TO 2 B 1 which here is 4 2 9 1 17 iy aes XX FS A A MATRIX WILL BE Row 0 1 Row 1 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 Row 2 Row13 0 00000000 Important note each row is read from LEFT to RIGHT to get the order of the crossings and as read by an ODD numbered HP for the nature of each crossing There is a whole set of functionalities in this Neither Column Nor Row Coded tab The entries here are strictly constrained and controlled by the application There will be more said farther along in the topic Neither Column Nor Row Coded tab You may gain access to the Entries Neither Nor tab ONLY if GCD 1 With L EVEN L 1 is ODD so you need one Row with an ODD number of boxes and one Row with an V number of boxes first Row entered being ODD With L ODD then L 1 is EVEN you get ROWS of equal LENGTH and they are all with an EVEN number of boxes of course The number of boxes that you get is based upon the L number entered The MATRIX validation only if the number of ROWS entered is correct is made using the proper Button this will transfer you back to the CREATION tag without erasing the entries validated in the MATRIX tab When the MATRIX ENTRY button in CREATION tab is pushed that action erases all entries made in Entries Neither Nor tab Note that in the MENU bar in FILES you may access S
56. numbered or both ODD numbered TO COPY you may either use the keyboard manoeuvres or the mouse The CoPyY function is fully conforming to Windows Single row selection The ROW selected is indicated by the highlighting of the ROW number and by a change in the colour of the O and 1 digits in that ROW RKBuilder USER s TIPS Copyright Claude HOCHET Version date stamp 2010 Nov 24 PAGE 20 on 73 Those liking keyboard short cuts are not in need of any help as they are surely more adept than mouse users may be so let us speak only of the manoeuvres with the mouse The illustration here under is the possible result of Two different manners of doing things Formatted Font Default Liberation Sans English U K Done 6 Copier 1 Coller 8 0 1 First what will call the analytic method Put the mouse pointer smack on the number of the ROW to be selected LEFT mouse click RIGHT mouse click Second what will call the synthetic or integrated method Put the mouse pointer smack on the number of the ROW to be selected RIGHT mouse click Those Two methods exist with the multiple selections The easiest way to do things is shown in the next illustration Here illustrated the RIGHT upward to LEFT downward but you may use a LEFT downward to RIGHT upward way RKBuilder USER s TIPS Copyright Claude HOCHET Version date stamp 2010 Nov
57. or Column Coded Row Coding Neither Column Nor Row a button will send you to the tag appropriate for the entry of the full matrix of the knot Nether Row Nor Calan Coded SN Nn wit Cows vO kkk 1 en ee menan Second choice to be done ENTER Number of LEADS and Number of BIGHTS complying with the cco rule PGCD for lead GCD p French The ccp will be printed on l r i screen if L and B do not comply with oe L M the rule the entry will be rejected Each entry is to be validated by ENTER If L amp B entries are accepted then all the fields that were in light grey colour get digits written in them they are the results of automated calculations they are helpful if you want to study Schaake and Turner s writing and allow you to do some paper and pencil decoding Enlargement Lead Bight n L Mod B Root knot Type Delta L Mod B Root knot Type II ie Delta Nb Over E Right side Type PIN Step Nb Under E Left side Type II PINS Complementary The program works using them RKBuilder USER s TIPS Copyright Claude HOCHET Version date stamp 2010 Nov 24 PAGE 9 on 73 Once the field if any where to seed the code has been written using only 0 any other character will be rejected has been validated by ENTER or by using the button CALCULATION CALCUL the other TABS can be accessed they contain the calculation results Entries for code may be say for example
58. ot fully aware of those types The FRAME OF REFERENCE for the appellation of the TYPE is Schaake s the HORIZONTAL MANDREL with a Bight rim or border or frontier on the LEFT side and a Bight rim on the RIGHT side such as in this diagram taken from Schaake Note the HP 1 in yellow all ODD numbered HPs go from LEFT to RIGHT and the HP 2 HP2 in blue EVEN numbered HPs go from RIGHT to LEFT LEFT side x The fields where the LEADS and BIGHTS numbers for the knot are to be entered 8 Jo ff 12 A th h 16 17 x 1 CONO ve A en N lt Q I C f i o i v4 X XA yy X ae Ky we a ae x nm reat i Coi K ANY KX NA x X YY 4 VS a X AA h i SCS LOO IES S525 s fe Ni aa a aan E A e 32 0 are in the upper left corner Each entry must be validated by ENTER When the Number of BIGHTS is validated after Number of LEADS has been validated a control of the GCD rule is applied GCD PGCD is given in the field next to the Number of BiGuTs field If there is no problem with the cD then all calculations are done and printed on screen in the appropriate fields in this tab YOu may not access the field where you write the seed code before L and B entries have been validated by ENTER and controlled for compliance with GCD ee Mouse is for moves or selections in this program O1 is in built RKBuilder USER s
59. pe not being acceptable The code or matrix as is the case is on the second line If it IS a COLUMN coded the code for the HP1 must be valid if too long it will be shortened to LEAD 1 if too short an error message is given f it is a ROW coded then the coding of the rows zig zag must be valid if too long it will be shortened to BIGHT 2 if too short an error message Is given If it iS a NEITHER NOR coded the matrix must have valid dimensions and format even if not completed in all cells TXT files are no longer usable from inside RKB BUT the RKB files may be imported not only from the CREATE tab as previously but also from other tabs RKBuilder USER s TIPS Copyright Claude HOCHET Version date stamp 2010 Nov 24 PAGE 39 on 73 SUMMARY e CREATION Tab saves its content in RKB format e DATA Tab saves its contents in TXT format e XLyB Tab EDITION Tab save in TXT the content of DATA tab e ENTRY MATRIX Tab save its contents in RKB e DRAWING Tab save the grid drawn in the drawing area in JPG e Automated save of MATRIX is in RKB format the file is generated all along the entries made in rows and at each validation of row If L or B is modified then save is done in a distinct file so as not to lose the work already done A SMALL WORD TO THE WISE ABOUT ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT GOES WITHOUT SAYING BUT GOES SO MUCH BETTER FOR HAVING BEEN SAID Please remember to clean your saved documents
60. r Files Edition Tools Knots Help JI SH daaa Creaton DataGrid DataGrid 1 Edtion Entry Nether Row Nor Colmun Calculation Exit THKnot Column Coded Lead PGCD Row Coded Bight Nether Row Nor Column Coded l Enlargement Lead Bight L Mod B Root knot Type I l Deita L Mod B Root knot Type II l Nb Over E Right side Type E Left side Type It l PIN Step Nb Under All entries except for the matrix are done here and most of the essential calculations save the individual HP codes are printed on screen in this tab As shown in the next illustration you see available tool tips when you hover over the fields having a white background those white fields are for user the fields with the blue grey background are for the application to use not for user Calcul will launch the pushing the command button Calculation calculation of the HALF PERIODS H P s or HPs Calculation is also launched by validating with ENTER pushing the command button Exit Quitter will close the application which can also be done with Fichier Quitter The use of the set of radio buttons for choosing the TYPE OF CODING is fairly immediate and intuitive RKBuilder USER s TIPS Copyright Claude HOCHET Version date stamp 2010 Nov 24 Using the framed set of radio buttons select your choice of TYPE OF CODING see PAGE 11 on 73 ANNEXE if you are n
61. rting a knot complying with RKnot Builder EXPORT of the entire DATA of a knot in TXT format Saving of knots GRIDS in JPG format Automated saving of MATRICES in RKB format the only file format presently recognized from any tab is the RKB format You may not access any other tabs than CREATION prior having entered LEAD and BIGHT GCD complying Light change in the DATA tab which now also shows the Type of Coding In the xLyB tab checkable boxes were added allowing a follow on of the progression of the work when using the screen as documentation while making a knot Columns may now be put in any order Those changes in boxes and columns are deliberately not saved In the DRAWING tab some improvements a more realistic Zoom function a step by step zoom using clicks on the Zoom option line in the Contextual Menu same with backward zoom using RIGHT clicks Crossing colours management On the drawn grid now are shown pertaining to the current HP the number of the start and arrival PINS Addition of a Post It function that opens in the drawing area showing the info of the xLyB tab about the current HP This Post It can be moved with the mouse Of course the highlight of this V3 is the FREE DRAWING functionality RKBuilder USER s TIPS Copyright Claude HOCHET Version date stamp 2010 Nov 24 PAGE 34 on 73 e Two different sort of menu bar for this e Suppression of the Step by Step Button which
62. s LORY SOS SS CAST HEL KNOT Wie S U ss yp E ER INTER BIGHT e ROW coded horizontal 13 mandre COLUMN 3 coded vertical cylinder INTER BIGHT RIM YYY peer N Ws om v J PE j ROW coded vertical cylinder COLUMN coded x horizontal mandrel PARALLEL BIGHT RIM coded SOY MODIFIED FROM SCHAAKE TURNER SEDGEWICK Note that the ROW and COLUMN coded appellation are QUITE MYOPIC and change drastically with the frame of reference It is never a good idea to keep a frame dependant point of view A point of view INDEPENDENT of the frame of reference because it is INTRINSIC to the object is much much better hence my INTER BIGHTS coded and PARALLEL BIGHTS coded appellations that do NOT vary with Horizontal Mandrel versus Vertical Cylinder but stay unchanged because they belong to the knots themselves Anyway the parti pris adopted in the RKBuilder application is Schaake s horizontal mandrel RKBuilder USER s TIPS Copyright Claude HOCHET Version date stamp 2010 Nov 24 PAGE 61 on 73 IN a ROW AND COLUMN CODED knot in a GIVEN column ALL the crossings are of the SAME TYPE either OVER or UNDER and in a GIVEN row ALL the crossings are of the same type IN a COLUMN CODED knot in a GIVEN column ALL the crossings are of the SAME TYPE either OVER or UNDER n a ROW CODED knot in a GIVEN row ALL the crossings are of the SAME TYPE either OVER Or UNDER In a Neither Colu
63. s TIPS Copyright Claude HOCHET Version date stamp 2010 Nov 24 PAGE 45 on 73 It allows user to modify the grid of a Knot any CODING TYPE except the THK choice which does not enable Free Drawing by going into FREE DRAWING mode A push on the FINISH KNOT Button will switch back to the STEP by STEP mode This icon will put the grid in a finish state Finished state is with the crossing length set in the Contextual Menu unless you CHECKED the option in Contextual Menu Thanks to this icon there is no need to go back to xL yB Tab to use the INVERSION button and then return to the drawing tab Pushing this icon change O into U and U into O RKnot Builder always prioritize the knot aspect with the maximum number of OVER but you may want to have the aspect with the maximum of UNDER Using it makes sense only on a knot with its full complement of crossings In this field is inscribed the number of the current HP N HP Things can be done to this field as we will see later in the topic about space and time travel with HPs ICON 6 This one is COMMON to the TWO MODES of the DRAWING TAB ili It toggles ON OFF the CROSS RULING in the knot grid This is a way to modulate the effect of checking or not checking the CROSS RULING option in the CONTEXTUAL MENU which is a saved option RKBuilder USER s TIPS Copyright Claude HOCHET Version date stamp 2010 Nov 24 PAGE 46 on 73 You will see in the Step
64. s already done or to point the current HP being worked upon Cases are PASSIVE and do nothing else than keep a trace on the screen RKBuilder USER s TIPS Copyright Claude HOCHET Version date stamp 2010 Nov 24 PAGE 38 on 73 The Save As is changed There are now 3 different files formats that can be saved TXT RKB JPG ONLY RKB files can be imported to the application TXT and JPG CANNOT be IMPORTED BACK to RKnot Builder to be worked on TXT files are for use OUTSIDE of RKB The TXT files contain ALL the calculations and data in RKB has Importing a TXT file to RKB is technically possible but cumbersome and bothersome to program due to the formatting translation and controls to be done Anyway those calculations are useless as IMPORT RKB will do the whole set of them So it was decided to go for a minimal format RKB format containing only the necessary and sufficient data for RKB Note that this RKB file is written in pure TEXT for those who want to access it to get their work back There are constraints to comply with the very first line in the RKB file MUST contain each STRICTLY separated from the other by ONLY ONE space character LEAD BIGHT Type of Knot THK 0 Column code 1 Row coded 2 Neither Nor 3 e g 1740 stands for a 17L 4B THK A control is done on this line and ANY error detected stops the importation and user is informed by an error message about the file ty
65. some COLUMNS in fact LEADS COULD NOT BE PRINTED IN THE AVAILABLE AREA ASHLEY page 234 of ABok limits the reasonable to 40 L 26B Fig 5 1314 A knot of three leads and one bight only is here illustrated A Census or ALL Sinore Lrove Turx s Heans Containing Nor More Tuan 24 Bicuts anv 40 Leaps X stands for an impossible knot all others may be tied XO OF LEADS 19 39 50 e EEPHSS VRQ OIA ESSTEQSTI SESE TRO OTE GES ETESS ie a oe oe fe hee i ok i he i ee z mM amp oe oe it i i a r z ze erune x z x x x EE EES EGES ES EE A a z x x x x x EXXK E EES E ZAK E FEE X KFN E EEE E REE x x x x x x BEEE SESTE ERC ASBR SEE SBEBASE F x x x x x v E x x x x x r Ee SRE S amp BRERA BE HE EEE KR KR KR REE RE z x we 8 k u na ee amp amp z x EXXK E JEK E ERK E XEK K EXE K ERS E EEE x K x x Ne or boms Zn E RBS ERE RREHEEETC ERR HR RABE EE E x xe ea x E xz xx x x x xz zx S888 2 N 2 M Bub 2 38 x x KARR K XXK E EER K EXE EF REX K KEK E EEE x x z EE EEK K K E BER E X K ZEK E KE H XXK E C Ix x AX x x r BE S m xx u 0 9 4 Aue ay x I4 EXIM E YK X NEK X ERE E EXE KR ENE N FRF Those dimensions are traced by RKnotBuilder and the grid should be visible in the window on most modern screens RKnotBuilder will draw all of those the calculation for the HPs coding is not limited to any number of LEADS and BIGHTS The visible part of the drawing
66. t dimensions for the width and length of the crossings That is why a new option was added in the contextual menu see FIG 5 1 PDF This create a pdf file in the Working Repertory Configuration This PDF contains the characteristics of the knots the codes and the grid 2 Init HP put HP number to zero This reset the HP number to ZERO 3 One of the two blue arrows icons was suppressed the one for forward 4 The POST IT icon is now this one and in the text on the POST IT now appears the whole count of Over and Under for the knot on the screen so that just a glance allow to know in which configuration user 1s RKBuilder USER s TIPS Copyright Claude HOCHET Copyright Claude HOCHET Page 73 sur 73 APPENDIX 2011 May FIG 5 New option in contextual menu E Regu ars Anco Ss i ICULATION Vou BY b gt File Edition Tools Knots Help _icence g WA s Zw bl Free drawing 2 fit HPnumber 26 InitHP Create DataGrid 21L 138 Edition Entry Neither Row Nor Colmun Step by Step 21L 13B Turk s Head Knot THK Finished Knot with maximized crossing length Crossing thickness Isometric line thickness gt Cross Ruling Finished Knot Copy area in red frame Outwarrd Zoom Checking this option WITHOUT CROSSings is this session only until un checking as it is not saved in the Configuration file RKBuilder USER s TIPS Copyright Claude HOCHET
67. tion You may also select a crossing then use RIGHT mouse Click to open the menu and use Done the selected crossing s will turn R83 A LEFT Click and moving the mouse pointer over one HP selects it and highlights it in blue A RIGHT Click opens Edition a LEFT Click on Edition transfers the selected HP to the Edition tab Mouse WHEEL moves forward or backward allow you to go from one HP to the other After selecting radio button Neither Nor in CREATION tab not forgetting to enter LEADS and BIGHTS the activation of button Entry Matrix will send you to this tab when using a pre entered Neither Nor knot using MENU KNOTS you only need to push the Entry Matrix button and then when in the Entry Neither Nor tab you will need after making a full verification to push the button Matrix Validation The frame of the matrix has been built for you L 1 columns numbered from 1 to L 1 numbering is for orientation of user a special column the leftmost one titled Row holds the numbering of the ROWS 2 B starting from 0 as seen and numbered in the a la Schaake diagram of the finished knot Between button Matrix Validation and the matrix proper you find one cell leftmost in the line with digit s Digit s denote the ACTIVE ROW in the matrix To the right side of this cell are L 1 cells of alternate colouring RKBuilder USER s TIPS Copyright Claude HOCHET Version date stamp
68. tions which are now implemented lea a J x Treaie DoteGed LH Edim Enty Meihe Row Mor Camon Dreng PINS HP 3910 of 160 immer 47 HP Fre Ain 2 HPJ 1 25 HPS Ol 20 HPE Of Create CateGed TL 28 Eston Eniry Nether Flow hor Coun Oryang V3 Py 02 7 HPS 03 WOME PRS HP care FHI HPJ 03 Free Run Wrap Ho MPi is HPI 03 From Run Ha HP if HPH oo Free Run a HFS 3 HPI Ul o3 i vig HPS Ale HPI Wt 03 nih oe eR 1 HPH Ul O1 Ul o2 oz 10 HPG l4 PTS Ui Ore Unto oz H3 MP Te HPI Ui 01 Ut 01 U1 01 o3 I7 HPS 2 MPU UT 01 UN o1 uT o1 o3 E3 6 HPI U1 O1 U1 o1 U1 01 03 O6 HPI 0J Pie Pq UT 03 3 HP amia Das ni Edition Eey Medher Faw Mer Coimun Drawing in Pi HPL HP PINS Oe ISU inven raping attest n a 1 HPH MPT M0 frooRun 1 Wrap MESS S af ee ea Sk U1 O1 U1 O1 L1 o1 8 HPI sae EG ca TEETE TETE Hara nny iT ene Ge U1 O1 U1 01 Un o1f Fie HPI1B This modified order is not saved upon closing This is an on the spot only option asked by someone wanting in case of a mistake on some crossing s in a real knot to go in reverse not only in the actual knot but also when reading this TAB For making room for a new disposition of the headers the INVERSION Button has been pushed rightward as far as possible NEW a LEFT click in the nO mU header acts in the same manner as a push made on the INVERSION button CHECKABLE CASES ADDED to keep the count of all the HP
69. to put In CroSsiIngs if CLICKING Q THIS ICON WHEN THE GRID IS AS and only if the CODING TYPE IN THE LOVER CORNER LEADS TO THE SECOND lect A CERN IE ONE INJHIS COMPOSITE ILLUSTRATION Seen NARS note SELECTION PSDS DNA tO put the mouse pointer on one crossing or an intersection then mouse clic then immediately use the KEYBOARD NA mr nu Ctrl C or C will do the ENTIRE COLUMN containing the crossing Ctrl R or R will do the ENTIRE ROW containing the crossing NINN NAY NVA NINN KKK TAn TAN ANTAN VIVIAN AAV S Ea N Ea EA F EN DZ S Fai id eae NZ AZAR VNZ lt gt iw all De Ea a Ai SS P SS e j ZINS ZES YNIA VYNNA ANNAN ANAS ANN WIAZIVIENZ AVIV ANNAN NANA ANV ANA VNNANANAN NANN a S Fa DRJ Eza BS Palin PS e Ka e se a oe Sa I se eed ICON 6 this one is COMMON to the TWO FORMS of DRAWING TAB iiij It toggles the CROSS RULING ON OFF in the knot grid This is a way to modulate the effect of checking or not checking the CROSS RULING option in the CONTEXTUAL MENU Next illustration IF you click outside the RED frame then the default result of your action will be to do something in the LEFTMOST COLUMN in a Column coded Alternatively in a Row coded it will affect the TOPMOST ROW RKBuilder USER s TIPS Copyright Claude HOCHET Version date stamp 2010 Nov 24 PAGE

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