The colors are adjustable The pieces to be laid can be viewed in a window, or as a menu All windows are individually scalable The user has the option of using the cursor, menu, or "hot keys" on the keyboard to interact with lay.assyst
	Pieces can be placed using the function box or as a one hand operation using only the cursor Pieces can be split at any position, with any number of seam allowances Extensive and easy to handle stripe and plaid matching capabilities exist Splice marks can be set manually or automatically Several bump lines can be set at any given position Various blocking functions are available Several grouping functions are available Text can be added anywhere on a piece or anywhere in the marker Any predefined parameters can be altered All markers can also be displayed as reference markers Additional styles can be retrieved All marker layouts can be copied to other markers with size and style substitution where necessary Markers can be merged