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Arranging Embroidery Designs (Layout & Editing)
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Selected points appear as small black
squares.
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Moving stitch points
1.
Drag the selected stitch points to the new
location.
■
Inserting stitch points and feeds
1.
Click a line between two stitch points to add a
new point at that position.
■
Deleting stitch points
1.
Press the
key to delete the selected
stitch point.
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Editing entry/exit points for each
color of the stitch pattern
1.
Click
on the Tool Box.
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Two buttons appear:
.
2.
Click .
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The shape of the pointer changes to
.
3.
Click the object that you want to edit.
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The stitch points in the object appear as
small empty squares.
4.
To select the entry point of the first thread
color, press the
and
keys.
To select the exit point of the last thread color,
press the
and
keys.
To select the entry point of a given color,
select at least one point in that color, and then
press the
key.
To select the exit point of a given color, select
at least one point in that color, and then press
the
key.
b
Memo:
• To select all stitch points (in the stitching
order) between the selected stitch point and
the next point selected, hold down the
key while clicking the next stitch
point.
• To select an additional stitch point in the
stitching order, hold down the
key
and press the
→
or
↓
key. To select an
additional stitch point in the opposite
direction of the stitching order, hold down
the
key and press the
←
or
↑
key.
Holding down the
key and pressing
the opposite arrow key deselects the stitch
point.
• To deselect the current stitch point and
select the following point in the stitching
direction, hold down the
key and
press the
→
or
↓
key. To deselect the
current stitch point and select the previous
point in the stitching direction, hold down
the
key and press the
←
or
↑
key.
• To select all stitch points in the next color,
press the
key. To select all stitch
points in the previous color, hold down the
key and press the
key.
a
Note
When selecting stitch points, be sure to click
the stitch point (do not click a blank area of
the Design Page), otherwise all of the
selected points will be deselected.
b
Memo:
• To move the selected stitch point
horizontally or vertically, hold down the
key while dragging it.
• Pressing the arrow keys moves the
selected stitch point 0.1 mm in the direction
of the arrow on the key.
• If
Snap to Grid
is selected, each press of
an arrow key moves the pattern one grid
mark in the direction of the arrow on the key.
• The arrow keys cannot be used to move
text on a path if just the text is selected. The
path must also be selected in order to move
using the arrow keys.
Shift
Shift
Shift
Shift
Ctrl
Ctrl
Tab
Shift
Tab
Shift
b
Memo:
• To insert a stitch point and change the
previous line into a feed, hold down the
and
keys while clicking on
the line.
• If there is a long distance between stitches,
the needle may automatically drop,
depending on the embroidery machine. To
sew long jumps, perform this operation.
b
Memo:
If the end point of a feed is deleted, that feed
segment is deleted and the stitches before
and after the feed are connected.
Ctrl
Shift
Delete
Ctrl
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