Your work is kept in two places: a draft in this browser while you edit, and the saved pattern in your account.
Save your pattern
Click Save, or press Ctrl + S (⌘ + S on a Mac). The pattern is named after its first line.
The top bar says where your latest changes are:
| It says | It means |
|---|---|
| Saved to your account | Everything is saved. |
| Draft on this device | You have changes that are not saved yet. They are kept in this browser. |
| Changes need saving | The browser could not keep a draft. Save now, or download a copy. |
Continue from a draft
A draft stays in the browser you made it in until you save. It does not travel to your other devices.
To return to a draft, open My patterns and click Recover draft. A pattern's own drafts are also listed on its Manage page.
Keep a version before you experiment
Saving replaces the saved text. A version is a copy you can return to.
Click the arrow beside Save, then Keep a version…. Give it a name if you like, such as "Before changing the ears".
A pattern holds up to 20 versions for now.
Save a copy as a new pattern
Click the arrow beside Save, then Save a copy. The text you see is saved as a new pattern, and the editor carries on in the copy. The pattern you started from stays as it was last saved.
Return to an earlier text
Open My patterns, find the pattern and click Manage.
- Previous save brings back the text from before your last save. Click Restore….
- Saved versions lists the versions you kept. Restore makes one the current pattern. Open shows it in the editor first.
A restore can be taken back: click Undo restore.
To carry on from a version as a separate pattern, Open it and click Save as a new pattern.
The same pattern open in two places
If the pattern was saved from another tab or device while you were editing, the editor asks how to keep your changes:
- Open saved pattern loads the saved text.
- Save my draft as a copy saves your text as a new pattern.
Take your pattern out
Export, at the top of the editor, gives you the pattern as a text file or as a sheet to print or save as PDF. The camera button on the 3D view makes a picture or a short turning video of the toy.