Canvas size
In the Kandi designer, set Width×Height (often default 25×10). Width = beads per row (fit); height = rounds (thickness/vertical detail). Sizing: beads per row. No Perler 29-cell red board lines.
Lock width from a fit test before choosing height. Large mid-project resizes may crop or pad — follow prompts; export PNG/CSV first for important work.
Drawing tools
Same grid tools; pony or Perler colors; optional My colors (My colors). Photos: maker. Also shortcuts, Replace all, brush & mirror.
Row-by-row
Row by row and Materials update as you paint; row 1 is the bottom. Mirror speeds drawing, but stringing still follows the written rows — not the preview’s visual top.
Failure modes: starting stringing at the visual top after mirrored drawing; shopping from memory while Materials is stale. Re-read the full list after recolors or resizes.
Export
Print/PDF, PNG, CSV, Share. Optional Show codes. Maker: Kandi maker. Also PNG and CSV, Print and PDF.