Calculated Industries 8400 Operations Instructions

Quilt Design and FabricEstimating CalculatorModel 8400

USER’SGUIDE— 6Dimensional Measurement Unit KeysThe following keys are used for enteringunits of measure, with ease and accuracy:i — InchEnters or conv

USER’SGUIDE— 7CENTIMETERS KEYSTROKE5 Centimeters 5 ç5.5 Centimeters 5 • 5 çMILLIMETERS KEYSTROKE5 Millimeters 5 c 95.5 Millimeters 5 • 5 c 9Entering A

USER’SGUIDE— 8Additional Functionsc % — Pi (π)Constant = 3.141593. c • — Access Preference SettingsUsed to access various customizablesettings. See Pr

USER’SGUIDE— 9CALCULATING QUILT YARDAGEThe following keys are used to calcu-late Yardage including backing, binding,borders, and drops.tEnters finishe

USER’SGUIDE— 10dEnters the finished Drop Width (3-sided drop). This value then cal-culates, upon repeated presses, thefollowing:PressResult1 Drop Yard

USER’SGUIDE— 11Press Result10 Quantity of Strips to cut for the Binding***11 Stored Binding Strip Cut Width***Note: Continued presses of qwill repeata

USER’SGUIDE— 12Top and Backing YardageTop and Backing Yardage are calcu-lated based on a linear, or “running”method for laying out the quilt. Thismean

USER’SGUIDE— 13(Cont’d)Length of the run (e.g., the strips runthe Length quilt without having topiece material together).If your top or backing strips

USER’SGUIDE— 14Quilt Top Length, Top Width, Border and DropFind the Top Yardage of a standardqueen-size quilt (80 Inches Length x60 Inches Width), wit

USER’SGUIDE— 15Note: You will notice the Drop is outside of theBorder (this is typical for a standard bedspread). Ifyou need your Drop to be included

INTRODUCTIONThe new Quilter’s FabriCalcDesign and Fabric Estimating Calculator is perfect for all of your design needs. The Quilter’s FabriCalc easil

USER’SGUIDE— 16(Cont’d)9. Find Drop Yardage:q*** DROP 4-5/8 YD10. Find Drop number of strips:q*** DROP 9. QTY STRIPS11. Find Drop strip cut Width:q***

USER’SGUIDE— 17Multiple BordersYou are making a queen size quilt (60” x80” mattress size) that has three borders.The inner border (Border #1) is 2 Inc

USER’SGUIDE— 18(Cont’d)KEYSTROKE DISPLAY1. Enter top Length, Width, and Border#1 finished Width:N N 0.6 0 i tWIDTH 60 INCH8 0 i T LNGTH 80 INCH2 i ƒ

USER’SGUIDE— 19KEYSTROKE DISPLAY1. Enter new Top Width and TopLength values:N N 0.6 0 i + 4 i = 64 INCHt WIDTH 64 INCH8 0 i + 4 i = 84 INCHT LNGTH 84

USER’SGUIDE— 20(Cont’d)KEYSTROKE DISPLAY1. Recall existing Top Width and TopLength values, add the finished Width ofBorder #2 to each side in order t

USER’SGUIDE— 21Step 4: Find the Backing and BindingYardage to finish your quilt. Now thatyou have your outside Border Widthentered, you can calculate

USER’SGUIDE— 22CALCULATING BLOCK YARDAGEThe following keys are used to calcu-late the Yardage of material required for a number of Blocks.BEnters the

USER’SGUIDE— 23Rectangular Block Quick-entrymethod: You can enter a 4 x 6 InchBlock by simply entering the BlockWidth and Height values as 4 x6 (Inche

USER’SGUIDE— 24SEnters the finished Sashing Width(e.g., in inches). This key calculates,upon repeated presses, the followingvalues: PressResult1 Sash

USER’SGUIDE— 25bConsecutive presses of this key cal-culate:PressResult1 Total Block Yardage2 Number of Blocks 3 Number of Strips4 Block Strip Cut Widt

TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTIONGETTING STARTED ...1Basic Operation and Entry Keys ...1Fabric Default Valu

USER’SGUIDE— 26Blocks (Square-Shaped), Including SashingFind the total Yardage of materialrequired for Blocks if the finished BlockWidth is 10 Inches

USER’SGUIDE— 27KEYSTROKE DISPLAY1. Enter finished Block Width in Inches:N N 0.1 0 i BSIZE 10 INCH2. Enter Number of Blocks Across:3 A ACRSS 3. QTY3.

USER’SGUIDE— 28(Cont’d)Note: Continued presses of bwill repeatabove sequence.**Sashing values are not displayed if Sashing is not entered.Note: You ca

USER’SGUIDE— 29KEYSTROKE DISPLAY1. Enter finished Block Width in Inches:N N 0.1 0 i BSIZE 10 INCH2. Enter Block Height in Inches:8 i c B HGHT 8 INCH3

USER’SGUIDE— 30Calculating the Block’s DiagonalFind the Block’s diagonal if the Blocksize is ten Inches wide x eight Incheshigh.KEYSTROKE DISPLAY1. E

USER’SGUIDE— 31CALCULATING YARDAGE FORSQUARES, TRIANGLES, AND DIAMONDSThe following keys are used to calcu-late the Yardage required for Squares,1/2 S

USER’SGUIDE— 32c ßDisplays or enters the diagonal of aSquare (e.g., 7 i c ßenters a seven Inch diagonal).sCalculates the Yardage requiredbased on an e

USER’SGUIDE— 33OCalculates the Yardage requiredbased on an entered number of 1/4Square Triangles. Also calculates thenumber of 1/4 Square Triangles th

USER’SGUIDE— 34Number EntriesConsecutive presses of the so O or f keys calculate: PressResult1 Fabric Yardage2 Number of Strips3 Strip Cut Width4 Diam

USER’SGUIDE— 35Yardage Required for a Number ofSquaresFind the Yardage of fabric needed tomake 25 six-Inch Squares. Then cal-culate the total number o

FABRIC STORAGE ...42Storing Yardage for Multiple Fabrics ...44MEMORY OPERATION ...46B

USER’SGUIDE— 36(Cont’d)Note: You may also calculate 1/2 SquareTriangles, 1/4 Square Triangles, 45˚ Diamonds,and 60˚ Diamonds based on an entered Squa

USER’SGUIDE— 37Number of Squares Calculated From Fabric (“Stash”)Find the number of four-Inch squaresthat can be cut from an 18 x 40 Inchpiece of fabr

USER’SGUIDE— 38(Cont’d)KEYSTROKE DISPLAY1. Store new fabric Width:N N 0.1 8 i c -FABRIC WIDTH 18 INCH2. Enter finished Square size:4 i ß SIZE 4 INCH3

USER’SGUIDE— 39Number of Squares Calculated From Fabric (Length)Find the number of 4-1/2 Inch (finished)Squares that can be cut from threeYards of fab

USER’SGUIDE— 40Yardage Required for Corner andSide TrianglesYou are making a quilt with 10 Inchblocks. You need to find the cut size ofthe corner and

USER’SGUIDE— 41Step 1: Find the corner triangle (A)square cut-size and Yardage required.KEYSTROKE DISPLAY1. Enter finished Square size:N N 0.1 0 i ßS

USER’SGUIDE— 42(Cont’d)3. Enter the diagonal as the new finished Square size:= ß SIZE 14-1/8 INCH4. Enter number of sides and calculateYardage for sid

USER’SGUIDE— 43c 1 — Fabric 1Adds the displayed value to Fabric 1.Pressing R 1 displays the valuestored in Fabric 1.c 2 — Fabric 2Adds the displayed v

USER’SGUIDE— 44c 0 — Total FabricDisplays the accumulated value fromthe Fabric 1-6 keys.c 7 — Clear FabricClears all values in the Fabric Storageregis

USER’SGUIDE— 45(Cont’d)KEYSTROKE DISPLAY1. Enter finished Square size in Inches:N N 0.5 i ßSIZE 5 INCH2. Enter number of Squares for Fabric 1 and cal

USER’SGUIDE— 1GETTING STARTEDYour calculator is designed to workwith common fabric measurements foreasy calculation of various quiltrequirements. You

USER’SGUIDE— 46MEMORY OPERATIONYour calculator has a standard, cumu-lative memory M function that is sepa-rate from the individual Fabric storagekeys

USER’SGUIDE— 47R R — Memory Recall/Clear Displays and clears the value storedin memory.c R — Clear MemoryClears the cumulative Memory withoutdisturbin

USER’SGUIDE— 48CALCULATING COST OF MATERIALThe Cost function provides the total costfor material, based on a stored unit cost(e.g., dollar per Yard in

USER’SGUIDE— 49UNIT CONVERSIONSYou may enter Lengths in Inches,Centimeters, or Millimeters, and convertbetween these units. You may also enterin an ar

USER’SGUIDE— 50Area Conversions Enter 100 Square Inches and convertto Centimeters and then Millimeters.KEYSTROKE DISPLAYN N 0.1 0 0 i i 100SQ INCHc ç

USER’SGUIDE— 51BASIC MATHAdding Values You are buying 2 Yards of green fabric, 3-1/2 Yards of red fabric, and5-1/4 Yards of white fabric. What isthe t

USER’SGUIDE— 52(Cont’d)Subtract 32 Inches from 81 Inches.KEYSTROKE DISPLAY8 1 i 81 INCH- 3 2 i 32 INCH= 49 INCHMultiplying Values Your fat quarter is

USER’SGUIDE— 53Dividing Values You have 1-1/2 Yards of material thatyou need to cut 7-Inch strips from.Divide 1-1/2 Yards by 7 Inches to cal-culate th

USER’SGUIDE— 54Percentage Calculations The percent % key is used to find agiven percent of a number or to performadd-on, discount or division percenta

USER’SGUIDE— 55APPENDIX A – DEFAULT SETTINGSAfter a Clear All (c x), your calculator will return to the following settings:STORED VALUES US MODE METR

USER’SGUIDE— 2%Four-function (+, –, x, ÷) percentkey. See Percent Calculations sec-tion for details.0 – 9 and •Keys used for entering digits./ — Fract

USER’SGUIDE— 56APPENDIX B – PREFERENCE SETTINGSHow to Set PreferencesEnter the Preference Setting Mode bypressing c •(Prefs). Access each cate-gory by

USER’SGUIDE— 57To Select between Sashing Border(Include or Exclude):KEYSTROKE DISPLAY•(Prefs) – 2nd press of • SASh+ bordEr+(plus sign)SASh- bordEr+

USER’SGUIDE— 58APPENDIX C – IMPORTANT NOTESFOR OWNERS OF PREVIOUS FABRICALCSIf you are an owner of a previous Quilter’sFabriCalc calculator, the follo

USER’SGUIDE— 59(Cont’d)you may convert the displayed fractionalvalue to the actual decimal value (forinstance, c y will convert the fraction-al Yardag

USER’SGUIDE— 60(Cont’d)match this rounded, fractional value. Forinstance, when calculating Yardage for20 five-inch squares, the displayed frac-tional

USER’SGUIDE— 61(Cont’d)You can modify the decimal yardagevalue to match the displayed, roundedfractional Yardage value by pressing c/. In the example

USER’SGUIDE— 62APPENDIX D – OPERATING INSTRUCTIONSPlease follow the guidelines listed in thissection for proper care and operation ofyour calculator.

USER’SGUIDE— 63Replacing the Battery Turn the calculator over and open userguide door located at the top. Pull batteryholder out (top left corner) and

USER’SGUIDE— 64APPENDIX E – ACCURACY, ERRORSAND AUTO SHUT-OFFAccuracy/ErrorsAccuracy/Display Capacity – Your calcu-lator has a seven digit display. Yo

USER’SGUIDE— 65DISPLAY ERROR TYPEENT Error Invalid entry errorTYP Type error FABRC Error Fabric error** Block or square height (with seam) exceeds fab

USER’SGUIDE— 3RUsed for recalling entered or storedvalues.Fabric Default ValuesThese keys are used for storing valuesused for proper calculation of fa

USER’SGUIDE— 66APPENDIX F– REPAIR AND RETURNWARRANTY, REPAIR AND RETURNINFORMATIONReturn Guidelines1. Please read the Warrantyin thisUser's Guide

USER’SGUIDE— 67Warranty Repair Service – U.S.A.Calculated Industries (“CI”) warrants this product againstdefects in materials and workmanship for a pe

USER’SGUIDE— 68Repair Service – Outside the U.S.A.To obtain warranty or non-warranty repair service forgoods purchased outside the U.S., contact the d

USER’SGUIDE— 69FCC Class BThis equipment has been certified to comply with the lim-its for a Class B computing device, pursuant to Subpart Jof Part 15

USER’SGUIDE— 70INDEXAccuracy/Errors, 64Auto Shut-Off, 65Basic Math with Dimensions, 51Basic Operation Keys, 1Battery, Replacing, 62Blocks, 22, 26, 28,

This equipment has been certified to complywith the limits for a Class B computing device,pursuant to Subpart J of Part 15 of FCC rules.Software copyr

USER’SGUIDE— 4c - — Fabric WidthStores the Fabric Width (default: 40Inches). This value is used in all ofthe material functions for providingthe prope

USER’SGUIDE— 5m — MeterageEnters or converts to linear Meters.Meterage is based on the storedFabric Width (default is 40 Inches,but you may store any