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Calculated Industries Quilter's FabriCalc 8400 Pocket Reference Manual

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Manual is about: Quilt Design and Fabric Estimating Calculator

Summary of Quilter's FabriCalc 8400

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    Quilt design and fabric estimating calculator model 8400 pocket reference guide.

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    Introduction the new quilter’s fabricalc design and fabric estimating calculator is perfect for all of your design needs. The quilter’s fabricalc easily calculates your material yardage so you can focus on creativity. Your calculator helps you solve: • quilt fabric yardage for any size or style of q...

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    Table of contents introduction getting started ................................1 basic operation and entry keys ............1 fabric default values ............................2 yardage and meterage keys ..................3 converting fractional yardage to decimal yardage ..............................

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    Memory operation ..........................30 basic cumulative memory (m+) example ............................................31 calculating cost of material ....32 fabric cost example ............................32 unit conversions .......................... 33 converting fractional inches to deci...

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    P ocket r eference g uide — 1 getting started your calculator is designed to work with common fabric measurements for easy calculation of various quilt requirements. Your calculator is defaulted to display the calculated results in fractional for- mat. You can also set your calculator to display in ...

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    P ocket r eference g uide — 2 0 – 9 and • keys used for entering digits. / — fraction bar used to enter fractions. Fractions may be entered as proper (1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/8) or improper (7/6, 9/3). They will be displayed in 1/8, 1/4, 1/3, or 1/2 increments. You can also use / to toggle between fraction...

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    P ocket r eference g uide — 3 c 8 — binding cut stores the binding cut width (default: 2 1/2 inches). This value is used in the binding calculation found in the total quilt yardage function. This value should be stored with seam allowance included in the stored value (no seam allowance adjustments a...

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    P ocket r eference g uide — 4 note: repeated presses after c toggle between fractional and decimal values (e.G., 4 y 1 / 2 c y converts to 4.5 linear yards (“yardage”); press y again to return to fractional yardage). M — meterage enters or converts to linear meters. Meterage is based on the stored f...

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    P ocket r eference g uide — 5 dimensional measurement unit keys the following keys are used for entering units of measure, with ease and accuracy: i — inch enters or converts to inches. Also used with the / key for entering fractional inch values (e.G., 9 i 1 / 2 ). Note: repeated presses after c to...

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    P ocket r eference g uide — 6 centimeters keystroke 5 centimeters 5 ç 5.5 centimeters 5 • 5 ç millimeters keystroke 5 millimeters 5 c 9 5.5 millimeters 5 • 5 c 9 entering area dimensions you can enter or calculate area values for inches, centimeters, or millimeters. For instance, if you are working ...

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    P ocket r eference g uide — 7 additional functions c % — pi ( π ) constant = 3.141593. C • — access preference settings used to access various customiz- able settings. See preference settings for details . C x — clear all clears all stored values, including memory, and resets to default values (exce...

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    P ocket r eference g uide — 8 ƒ enters the finished border width (4-sided border). This value then calculates, upon repeated presses, the following: press result 1 border yardage 2 number of strips (to cut for the border) 3 border strip cut width note: border values are based on the corner (miter vs...

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    P ocket r eference g uide — 9 q consecutive presses of this key calculate: press result 1 top quilt yardage 2 backing yardage* 3 border yardage** 4 number of strips to cut for border** 5 border strip cut width** 6 drop yardage** 7 number of strips to cut for drop** 8 drop strip cut width** 9 binding...

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    P ocket r eference g uide — 10 quilt top length, top width, border and drop find the top yardage of a standard queen-size quilt (80 inches length x 60 inches width), with a finished border width of 4 inches, and a fin- ished drop width of 18 inches. Then calculate the following values: • top yardage...

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    P ocket r eference g uide — 11 keystroke display 1. Enter finished top quilt measurements: n n 0. 6 0 i t width 60 inch 8 0 i t lngth 80 inch 2. Enter finished border width: 4 i ƒ bordr 4 inch width 3. Enter finished drop width 1 8 i d drop 18 inch width 4. Find top quilt yardage: q top 4-1/2 yd 5. ...

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    P ocket r eference g uide — 12 11. Find drop strip cut width: q *** drop 18-1/2 inch cut width strips 12. Find binding yardage: q bndng 0-7/8 yd 13. Find binding number of strips: q bndng 11. Qty strips 14. Display stored binding strip cut width: q bndng 2-1/2 inch cut width *continued presses of q ...

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    P ocket r eference g uide — 13 calculating block yardage the following keys are used to calcu- late the yardage of material required for a number of blocks. B enters the block width for calculat- ing total block yardage via the b key. A second consecutive press of b also displays the diagonal of the...

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    P ocket r eference g uide — 14 rectangular block quick-entry method: you can enter a 4 x 6 inch block by simply entering the block width and height values as 4 x 6 (inches are assumed). For instance, enter the block width value, followed by the x key, and then the block height value, and then press ...

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    P ocket r eference g uide — 15 press result 1 sashing yardage 2 number of strips (to cut for the sashing) 3 sashing strip cut width note: sashing is calculated, by default, to include sashing surrounding the perimeter of the blocks (see preference settings for details) in addition to the sashing bet...

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    P ocket r eference g uide — 16 blocks (square-shaped), including sashing find the total yardage of material required for blocks if the finished block width is 10 inches and the quilt will have 3 blocks across and 4 blocks down. The finished sashing width is 2 inches. Then calculate the following val...

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    P ocket r eference g uide — 17 keystroke display 1. Enter finished block width in inches: n n 0. 1 0 i b size 10 inch 2. Enter number of blocks across: 3 a acrss 3. Qty 3. Enter number of blocks down: 4 d down 4. Qty 4. Enter sashing (finished) width: 2 i s sash 2 inch width 5. Find total block yard...

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    P ocket r eference g uide — 18 note: continued presses of b will repeat above sequence. **sashing values are not displayed if sashing is not entered. Note: you can also view sashing calculations with multiple key presses of s upon entry of the sashing width. Blocks (rectangular-shaped), no sashing f...

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    P ocket r eference g uide — 19 keystroke display 1. Enter finished block width in inches: n n 0. 1 0 i b size 10 inch 2. Enter block height in inches: 8 i c b hght 8 inch 3. Enter number of blocks across: 3 a acrss 3. Qty 4. Enter number of blocks down: 4 d down 4. Qty 5. Clear previously entered sa...

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    P ocket r eference g uide — 20 calculating the block’s diagonal find the block’s diagonal if the block size is ten inches (square). Keystroke display 1. Enter finished block size in inches: n n 0. 1 0 i b * size 10 inch 2. Find diagonal of block: b diag 14-1/8 inch *you may also calculate the diagon...

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    P ocket r eference g uide — 21 additionally, these keys can also be used to calculate the quantity that can be cut from a given size of fabric. For example, if you have a yard of fabric, you can calculate how many squares, triangles, or diamonds can be cut from that piece of fabric. Note: these are ...

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    P ocket r eference g uide — 22 o calculates the yardage required based on an entered number of 1/2 square triangles. Also calculates the number of 1/2 square triangles that can be cut from an entered amount (length or area) of fabric. O calculates the yardage required based on an entered number of 1...

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    P ocket r eference g uide — 23 number entries consecutive presses of the s o o or f keys calculate: press result 1 fabric yardage 2 number of strips 3 strip cut width 4 diamond cut length (diamonds only) length and area entries consecutive presses of the s o o or f keys calculate: press result 1 qua...

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    P ocket r eference g uide — 24 yardage required for a number of squares find the yardage of fabric needed to make 25 six-inch squares. Then calculate the total number of strips and the strip cut width. Keystroke display 1. Enter finished square size in inches: n n 0. 6 i ß size 6 inch 2. Enter numbe...

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    P ocket r eference g uide — 25 number of squares calculated from fabric (“stash”) find the number of four-inch squares that can be cut from an 18 x 40 inch piece of fabric. Then calculate the total number of strips and strip cut width. Keystroke display 1. Enter finished square size in inches: n n 0...

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    P ocket r eference g uide — 26 5. Calculate cut width of strips: s total 4-1/2 inch cut width strips note: the square calculations are based on the stored fabric width (in this example it is based on the default of 40 inches). If you have a different fabric width (e.G., 18 inch width x 22 inch heigh...

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    P ocket r eference g uide — 27 fabric storage your calculator has six individual, cumu- lative registers for storing up to six dif- ferent types of material yardages. You can easily calculate various yardage requirements for each type of fabric you are working with and store them in the fabric regis...

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    P ocket r eference g uide — 28 c 4 — fabric 4 adds the displayed value to fabric 4. Pressing r 4 displays the value stored in fabric 4. C 5 — fabric 5 adds the displayed value to fabric 5. Pressing r 5 displays the value stored in fabric 5. C 6 — fabric 6 adds the displayed value to fabric 6. Pressi...

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    P ocket r eference g uide — 29 find the yardage for each color of fab- ric and store these into the fabric 1-3 registers. Then find the total, accumu- lated yardage. Keystroke display 1. Enter finished square size in inches: n n 0. 5 i ß size 5 inch 2. Enter number of squares for fabric 1 and calcul...

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    P ocket r eference g uide — 30 memory operation your calculator has a standard, cumu- lative memory m function that is separate from the individual fabric storage keys (fab-1 through fab-6) identified in the fabric storage section. You can store values of the same dimension (unitless values that are...

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    P ocket r eference g uide — 31 r r — memory recall/clear displays and clears the value stored in memory. C r — clear memory clears the cumulative memory without disturbing the existing display. Note: semi-permanent means the value is cleared when the calculator is shut off. Memory is also cleared wh...

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    P ocket r eference g uide — 32 calculating cost of material the cost function provides the total cost for material, based on a stored unit cost (e.G., dollar per yard in us display mode, and dollar per meter in metric display mode) and an entered quantity of material. Fabric cost example find the ya...

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    P ocket r eference g uide — 33 unit conversions you may enter lengths in inches, centimeters, or millimeters, and convert between these units. You may also enter in an area (e.G., square inches, square millimeters, square centimeters) and convert between units. Converting fractional inches to decima...

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    P ocket r eference g uide — 34 area conversions enter 100 square inches and convert to centimeters and then millimeters. Keystroke display n n 0. 1 0 0 i i 100 sq inch c ç 645.16 sq cm c 9 64516. Sq mm note: you will notice in the above example, you maintain the area dimension when converting betwee...

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    P ocket r eference g uide — 35 add 5-1/2 yards to 10 meters. Keystroke display 5 y 1 / 2 5-1/2 yd + 1 0 m 10 m = 16-1/2 yd subtracting values you have 8 yards of fabric, but you only need 4-1/4 yards to finish the blocks on your quilt. How much fabric will you have left? Keystroke display 8 y 8 yd -...

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    P ocket r eference g uide — 36 your quilt consists of ten different types of squares from various fabrics, and each type of square requires 2-1/2 yards in order to make the squares. What is the total yardage? Keystroke display 2 y 1 / 2 2-1/2 yd x 1 0 10 = 25 yd dividing values you have 1-1/2 yards ...

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    P ocket r eference g uide — 37 percentage calculations the percent % key is used to find a given percent of a number or to per- form add-on, discount or division per- centage calculations. You may also perform percentage calculations with dimensional units (yardage, inch, etc.), in any format (linea...

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    P ocket r eference g uide — 38 appendix a – default settings after a clear all ( c x ), your calculator will return to the following settings: stored values us mode metric mode seam width 1/4 inch .635 cm fabric width 40 inches 101.6 cm binding cut 2-1/2 inches 6.35 cm width backing 4 inches 10.16 c...

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    P ocket r eference g uide — 39 appendix b – preference settings how to set preferences enter the preference setting mode by pressing c • (prefs ). Access each cate- gory by pressing the • key until you reach the desired setting. Within each category , press the + or - keys to toggle between individu...

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    P ocket r eference g uide — 40 to select between sashing border (include or exclude): keystroke display • (prefs) – 2nd press of • sash+ border + (plus sign) sash- border + (repeats options) sash+ border to select display output of fractions (us), decimal (us), or metric values: keystroke display • ...

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    P ocket r eference g uide — 41 you may want to perform a clear all when first setting your calculator to display in metric units so that these values also display in metric units to begin with. See page 38 for a list of us and metric default values. Appendix c – operating instructions please follow ...

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    P ocket r eference g uide — 42 replacing the battery turn the calculator over and open user guide door located at the top. Pull battery holder out (top left corner) and turn over. Remove old battery and slide new battery under tabs. Turn holder over (negative side facing you) and insert into calcula...

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    P ocket r eference g uide — 43 error codes display error type oflo overflow (too large) div error divide by 0 dim error dimension error ent error invalid entry error typ type error fabrc error fabric error* * block or square height (with seam) exceeds fabric width auto-range – if an “overflow” is cr...

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    P ocket r eference g uide — 44 appendix e – repair and return warranty, repair and return information return guidelines 1. Please read the warranty in this user's guide to determine if your calculated industries product remains under warranty before calling or returning any device for evaluation or ...

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    P ocket r eference g uide — 45 warranty repair service – u.S.A. Calculated industries (“ci”) warrants this product against defects in materials and workmanship for a period of one (1) year from the date of original consumer purchase in the u.S. If a defect exists during the warranty period, ci at it...

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    P ocket r eference g uide — 46 repair service – outside the u.S.A. To obtain warranty or non-warranty repair service for goods purchased outside the u.S., contact the dealer through which you initially purchased the product. If you cannot reasonably have the product repaired in your area, you may co...

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    P ocket r eference g uide — 47 fcc class b this equipment has been certified to comply with the lim- its for a class b computing device, pursuant to subpart j of part 15 of fcc rules. Looking for new ideas calculated industries, a leading manufacturer of special- function calculators and digital mea...

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    P ocket r eference g uide — 48 index accuracy/errors, 42 auto shut-off, 43 basic math with dimensions, 34 basic operation keys, 1 battery, replacing, 42 blocks, 16, 18, 20 conversions, unit, 33 converting fractional inches to decimal inches, 33 cost, of material, 32 default settings, 38 diamonds, 45...

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    This equipment has been certified to comply with the limits for a class b computing device, pursuant to subpart j of part 15 of fcc rules. Software copyrighted and licensed to calculated industries, inc. By specialty calculator technologies, llc, 2006. Pocket reference guide copyrighted by calculate...