Basic Operation
Advanced Opreation
Design Center
Advanced Opreation
Layout & Editing
Advanced Opreation
Programmable
Stitch Creator
Advanced Opreation
Design Database
Reference
Design Center
Reference
Layout & Editing
Reference
Programmable
Stitch Creator
Reference
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Table of Contents
Flipping patterns h orizontall y or vertical ly ....... 133
Rotating pa tterns .............. ............... ........... ....... 133
Groupin g embroidery pa tterns ............ .............. 134
Editing Poin ts in Embroidery Patterns .......... 135
Selecting points ............. ........... .............. ........... 135
Moving point s ........... ........... ........... ........... ....... 135
Inserting po ints .......... ........... ........... ........... ....... 136
Deleting po ints .......... ........... ........... .............. .... 137
Transform ing straight lines int o curves or curve s
into straig ht lines ....... ........... ........... .............. .... 137
Movi ng entry/ exit p oints an d the ce nter poi nt .. 138
Editing Stitc h Data ................. ................. ...... 140
Converting objects to stitc h data ..... ........... ....... 140
Editing s titch points o f stitch da ta ....... .......... .... 140
Changing colo rs of stitch data ............. .............. 142
Converting stitch data to blocks ............. ........... 142
Splitting off parts of stit ch data .............. ........... 143
Drawing Circles and Arcs ............. ................. 145
Drawing a circl e or an oval ............. ........... ....... 145
Drawing an arc .............. ........... ........... .......... .... 145
Drawing a fan sha pe ............. ........... .............. .... 146
Drawing an arc & strin g ....... ........... ........... ....... 147
Specifying the geomet ric attribute ......... ........... 147
Drawing a Re ctangle.................... ................. 148
Specifying the geomet ric attribute ......... ........... 148
Drawing Stra ight Lines a nd Curves ........ ...... 149
Specifying the geomet ric attribute ......... ........... 150
Creating Manual Punch ing Data ............. ...... 151
Entering Tex t ............... ...................... ............ 153
Specifying text attri butes.......... ........... .............. 154
Editing e ntered tex t .............. ............... .......... .... 156
Selecting characters.......... ........... ............... ....... 157
Specifying text attri butes.......... ........... .............. 157
Specifying text arrang ement ............... .............. 158
Transformi ng text ............. ........... ........... ........... 160
Specifying TrueType text attri butes ........... ....... 161
Converting text to outline data ........ ........... ....... 161
Entering Mo nograms.................... ................. 162
Specifying monogra m attributes ......... .......... .... 163
Editing m onograms .......... ............... ........... ....... 163
Editin g monogr am characte rs and the decorative
pattern............. ........... ........... ............... .......... .... 164
Applyin g and Edit ing Stamps ............ ............ 165
Applying a stamp ............. ........... ............... ....... 165
Editing a stamp.............. ........... .............. ........... 166
Applyin g Sewing Attri butes to Lin es and
Regions ................. ....................... ................. 167
Setting the thread co lor and sew typ e . .......... .... 168
Specifying sewing attr ibutes ............... .......... .... 171
Creating a gradation ............. ........... .............. .... 179
Specifying hole sewin g ........ ........... .............. .... 180
Using the Applique Wi zard................. .......... .... 181
Checking Embro idery Patterns ............. ...... 182
Measur in g the D ista nce B etw een Two
Points ............... ...................... ................. ...... 182
Specifying th e Sewing Area ................... ....... 183
Checking and Editin g the Sewing Order/
Color................ ...................... ................. ....... 184
Zooming ............... ....................... ................ .. 186
Zoomin g in .......... .......... ........... ........... .............. 186
Zoomin g out ............... ........... .............. ........... ... 186
Zoomin g to actual size ...... ............... .......... ....... 186
Zoomin g on selecte d objects . ........... .............. ... 186
Zoomin g Design P age to win dow ........... .......... 186
Previewing the Sewin g Image ..... .................. 187
Changing realistic pre view set tings .... ........... ... 187
Checking the Stitc hing .... ................. ............. 188
Checking Emb roidery Pattern Info rmation .... 189
Editing Use r Thread Colo r Lists ............. ....... 190
Viewing Patterns in the Reference W indow .. 193
Zoomin g .............. .......... ........... ............... .......... 193
Moving the display a rea frame............ ........... ... 193
Redrawin g the display area frame ........... .......... 193
Scaling th e display a rea frame ......... .......... ....... 193
Saving and Pri nting .............. ................. ....... 194
Saving ............. ................ ....................... ....... 194
Overwriti ng ............ ........... ............... .......... ....... 194
Saving with a new name ... ........... .............. ....... 194
Outputtin g data in a different fo rmat ...... .......... 195
Writing a n embroide ry pattern to an original
card ....... ........... ........... .............. ........... ........... ... 195
Writing m ultiple embr oidery files to an original
card ....... ........... ........... .............. ........... ........... ... 196
Adding c omments to saved . pes files .. ........... ... 199
Printing ................. ................. ...................... .. 200
Specifyin g print settings........... ............... .......... 200
Checking the print i mage ............. ........... .......... 201
Printing ............ ........... .............. ........... ........... ... 201
Changing Software Setting s ..................... .. 202
Changing th e Settings ................. ................ .. 202
Changing the grid se ttings ........ ............... .......... 202
Changin g the meas urement uni ts ..... .............. ... 202
Information for O ptional Large-Siz e Hoop
Users ......... ................. ................. .................. 203
Creating Patterns for Mu lti-Position H oops ... 203
Selecting the Desi gn Page si ze ............ .............. 203
Creating th e pattern ........... ........... .............. ....... 204
Optimizin g hoop change s ............. ........... .......... 204
Checking the pattern ............. ........... .......... ....... 205
Saving the pattern.............. ........... .............. ....... 206
Writing th e pattern to an original card ........... ... 206
Printing a Design Page for a multi-posit ion
hoop .......... ........... .......... ........... ............... .......... 207
Programmable S titch Cre ator ....... .......... 208
Main Wind ow................... ................. ............. 208
Opening a Pattern File ................ ................ .. 209
Creating a new pattern ............. ............... .......... 209
Opening a pattern fi le ............ ........... .............. ... 209
Opening an image in the backg round......... ....... 210
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