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1. The needles bar displays the colors and order of the needles of an embroidery If it has a white color border it shows an embroidery section of this needle selected and the angle in the left shows the quantity of needles used for this embroidery Stitch Era User s Interface Hotfix Objects When you select the ribbon tab Hotfix the Options Ribbon changes and offers the creation tools for this kind of designs Hot Fix N E Sg F i a PA r WT s E EI a E E EEN E d uo Kee Path with Auen wb Hot Ex Manual Het Fix Hot Fix Hot Fie Text Hot Fi conflicts Ineert If you select any of the tools for the creation of Hotfix will visualize a hotfix bar in the same place of the color bar for vectors and the needles bar for embroidery Selection Tool Again the same selection tool is able to select also hotfix objects Has the same functionality as for the vectors and embroidery objects Creation tools Bae Path Displays the menu of the options to create with Hotfix Create Hot Fix Create Path with Hotfix ss Create Area with Hotfix Area with radial disposition of hotfix Area with G i GE flexible disposition of hotfix and Area with fixed filling of hotfix Other Create Text with Hotfix re Manual Creation with Hotfix Edit HotFix a With this button you have the opportunity to move manually the hotfix of a path or fill Hotfix Catalog el Clicking in this button displays
2. Hot Fix Conflicts Yoli as a H V Hot Fix Area 2 is over Hot Fix Area 1 B Hot Fix rea 3 is over Hot Fix rea 1 v Stone 39 is over other 1 stone s When objects A and B are overlapped one of them let s suppose A is over B This implies the idea of object s sequence A over B is different than B over A Most of the time this situation doesn t care for hotfix designs however it cares when overlap conflict exists and when you use overlapped sequins The object sequence is visible with the Object Manager view the top most object in the list is the first object created and the rest of them are over it So the rule is All the objects following a given one are over it The Conflict Window contains a tree list where each Stone 40 is over other 1 stone s J Stone 41 is over other 1 stone s J Stone 42 is over other 1 stone s Y Stone 43 is over other 1 stone s Y Stone 44 is over other 1 stone s J Stone 45 is over other 1 stone s J Stone 46 is over other 1 stone s v Stone 47 is over other 1 stone s Y Stone 48 is over other 1 stone s Stone 49 is over other 1 stone s Stone 50 is over other 1 stone s d Stone 51 is over other 1 stone s main item represents a conflict between two objects mz Idi Hot Fix Area 4 is over Hot Fix Area 1 and the items description declares what object is over what other If you expand the tree to explore the sublist associated to each main object you ll find
3. Digitizing modes The previous paragraphs described methods to create objects almost automatically from vector images Those methods are called Conversions However there are other methods to create embroidery objects from artwork images This section describes them Manual Digitizing E Manual The term Manual Digitizing means that objects creation is accomplish Eemere by tracing the artwork shapes manually You need to select the proper Y Autotrace creation tool path and area basically and place the nodes using the background image as reference and trying to reproduce the features of E Ki 2 Auto Complete the shapes in the artwork Selecting the object type you will use and setting the fill mode properties may be done before or during creation or after creation in a task known as edition Usually the basic settings are done during creation and then adjusted edited This process is repeated for each shape in the artwork Asisted Digitizing Autotrace Autotrace is a time saving tool that automates the process of tracing the 4 Manual artwork Instead of manually placing the nodes to capture the shapes in E Autotrace the artwork the system automatically detects them based on its color A and creates the objects reference for you To use this feature you just need to select Autotrace within the Digitizing Method group located at the left side of the embroidery objects ribbons Autotrace is disabled if n
4. 1 Click in Fix Angle and draw a line as indicated in the figure 2 Releasing the mouse button appears a dialog box to set the new angle Set the value 0 3 When pressing OK the image will be rotated to the point in which the hand is totally vertical E 3 7 Stitch Era Users Manual Mirror Rotate The application gives you the possibility to rotate an image to Mio specific angles and to mirror vertically and horizontally in the Rotate 90 working window Display the menu from the button Mirror Rotate to Rotate 180 obtain the specific angles Rotate 270 Scale rotate and move images manually Press the Selection button point the mouse over the image and click The image will be selected with a surrounding rectangle with the corners and center highlighted You can manipulate the corners and center to expand compress move and rotate the image freely Also you can use the command rescale to a precise adjustment Do the necessary changes over the image before starting to create the design If you have created sections and changes the size move or rotate the image it will result very difficult to change the sections to be adjusted to the new reference image Click on the image and drag any of its corner nodes so as to adjust size proportionally When dragging a determined corner node the scaling will leave the opposite corner fixed in its position right figure If you drag w
5. Jabeue YY palgo Bi Char r Section Pack Char r Section Pack Char a Section Pack CH E gee Mm E You have the chance of editing characters as if they were sections you will be able to drag nodes create new ones etc E 5 26 Texts and Monograms Object Inspector In this window you can visualize or modify from the different edition modes several aspects of the active design though its most important function is the total control of the main properties of the sections since you will be able to control many parameters that affect the generation of stitches These properties define fill tyoe and the values of underlay controls and available effects The window is organized in different panels which we will describe next The correct use and configuration of the sections properties will be one of the decisive factors in order to achieve satisfactory results in less time getting the most out of Stitch ERA Object Inspector organization Object Inspector Column Body Border Morel Fill Mode AV Zig zag D Color 2 Density 5 00 lines mrn Stitches Ho Adjustment amp Compensation Ht iH From the edition mode the Object Inspector shows from its different tabs and drop down panels all the properties that can be used in the selected section These properties depend on the type of section you are selecting and they are organized acco
6. Hot Fix ge warde 3 Show Hide a 3D Draw View l Enable disable the realistic view way of the design on screen Wo Needle Marks Shows or hides needle marks that is to say the place where w Marks embroidery machine stitches On some occasions it is useful to show the needle marks to have a more accurate view of the design Others it will be convenient to hide them and obtain more speed in the design drawing ug Stitches o Shows or hides generated stitches On some occasions it is useful to w Stitches hide the stitches to edit the parts of a design only viewing on screen the necessary references D A Connectors l Shows or hides the connectors or jumps between sections They w Connectors connect the section s outgoing points with the incoming points of the subsequent sections VW Commands Shows or hides the design commands how give orders to be carried w Commands out by the embroidery machine Se Hoop Shows or hides the Hoop from the Main Job View El 2 13 Stitch ERA User s Manual w Start End wf WW irelrame Measure Design Start End Shows or hides the point in which the design starts Start and where it ends End Wireframe Shows hides sections references 1 Run the Measuring option from the Ribbon or from the corner quick access cm 2 Place the mouse button on the first point 1 and drag d it to the second point 2 3 During the displacement the application will show you the di
7. Once a creation tool is activated the ribbon changes to display the properties and controls that apply to that specific object All creation ribbons contain a group called Nodes that let you control node s properties There are two basic node types use a Straight line to connect them with the previous one ep Curve Nodes Represented by a circular mark instruct the system to use a curve to connect them with the previous one La Straight Nodes Represented in the screen with square marks instruct the system to There is an extra property for both type of nodes althought it effect is more visible for curve nodes LA Normal Nodes Curvature of the segments at both sides of the node is the same Normal nodes are displayed in white color D Corner Nodes Displayed in cyan color the curvature of the segments at both sides of the node may be different letting you get a sharp point in the shape Note If you switch a straight node between Normal and Corner you will not see any difference in the shape just the node color will change However it may have impact on the beads placement because the system will always try to place a bead at the corner nodes Curve nodes have also a special control that lets you define the curvature of the segments at both sides of them These controls called handles are small segments with a dot at the end that you can move by dragging them with the mouse to set how the curved segm
8. Short Stitches When you verify that the section has been designed is likely to pile up points in any part of the section or curved corners can be very pronounced the application allows you to distribute these resentments piled without having to affect the overall density of that section Internal path All the filling that you applied automatically often need to make connections between them under the main filling or base layer so that the program adds a few stitches that connect different parts of the sections The settings can be applied to this internal path is the stitch length the place where you want to add center or borderline and if you choose the borderline can control the rate of approach to the borderline of the section Underlay In this item different underlay filling are grouped The important thing is that you understand when to apply them In general the fabric on which is embroidered are flexible in relation to other materials which also apply embroidery So the densely fillings with stitches such as zz and patterns need a layer of embroidery stitches before the main filling This layer tends to give a certain rigidity hence it overboard before the main filling to support then the main filling stitches If displays the button of Modes filling of the item you will check that you have several possibilities to adjust the underlay and once you choose the mode you want to make your underlay will be deployed to control more proper
9. 1 Place the pointer over the center in the middle of gt the design until the pointer changes the shape HF El 8 10 Blocks and Object Manager 2 Press the Ctrl key and drag the figure In doing so you move the axis of the block b While positioning the center in the desired place release it 6 After placing the axis in its new position take any of the corners and rotate it with the Ctrl key pressed c Observe that the block rotates over the new rotation center 4 To finish the process press the Enter key so that the block remains in its new place Repetitions The following functions allow you to duplicate one or more times the selected block You can access these commands from the Ribbon Block or from Go Duplicate the context menu aun pa Circle Repetitions o 23 Kaleidoscope Repetitions 4 Curve Repetitions Gua Matrix Repetitions Duplicate This command performs a copy and paste of the selected block in only one step It always works on the active document Circle Repetitions Use this function in order to duplicate the block a certain number of times the copies a of the blocks will appear blended on the area of the circle The duplicated blocks flow throughout the edge of the traced circle You choose the number of blocks copied the size of the circle and the slant angle Ele 11 Stitch ERA User e Manual AUD Repetitions 7 Rotate g Radious E
10. A 1 Text RobinllHood FAA Des Zu b Alea Zig Zag Sechon Branch brea ZigZag A 5 Char n Area ZigZag fhea ZigZag A 7 Char Area ZigZag Fe 8 Char H Area Zig Za Stitch ERA User s Manual Templates on grid In this mode the texts are shown in a grid that appears on screen When selecting this option a field appears in the Team Names box were you can configure the amount of lines and columns columns and rows the horizontal and vertical separation the sequence and Sort colors An embroidery for each template Tony Steve Macalpine Wai Alex Steve Ritchie Lifeson Hackett Blackmore Robert Steve Fripp Howe Grid Column E Row 2 Sep H 0 1 mm Sep Y 0 1 mm Sequence Horizontal Sort colors An embroidery is automatically created for each row entered in the table You must choose the name code and location where you wish to export the embroideries Import List To enter the required information you may import a data table from a text type file separated by commas or tabs MS Excel or MS Access To do so click on the option Import List in the main window corresponds El 5 24 The Import Table wizard will appear on screen follow the instructions given Click on the Next button to continue and follow the instructions given by the Wizard When the Wizard requests it select the file to import in its correct format Then specify the columns in the
11. User s Manual Stitch ERA Users Manual Sierra Technology Group S A 2010 This work has been registered according to the law All rights reserved Total or partial reproduction of this software its physical media and or its manuals by any procedure and or for any purpose whatsoever is strictly prohibited Stitch ERA software can only be run on a computer by those authorized to do so by means of a License Agreement Every use beyond the license or the lack of such license is a violation to the author s Intellectual Property rights constituing a crime according to local laws and international treaties protecting Copyrights This manual is not for sale It is available at no charge to users that acquire the license to use Stitch ERA Information on this manual is subject to change without notice Due to ongoing product updates features and other functions may have been modified replaced or added including but not limited to manuals operating guides quick guide charts help training material etc Although a big effort was made to ensure this manual is complete and correct Sierra do not warranty that the products behavoir reflect the descriptions contained in this manual Functions and operations available are limited according to the level of software acquired This manual has been created with the only purpose of making easier the learning process of this product Sierra Stitch ERA Embroidery Office and Embroidery Explorer are
12. e Mirror and up down and down up position Horizontal A Mirroring For this to happen select those tools from Ribbon gt di Horizontal Mirror Size and Shape box gt Rotate Mirror b Vertical Mirror KA Rotate 90 al Rotate 1800 ae Rotate 270 Rotate freely You can make a series of changes on the block by clicking and dragging the centers and corners While doing so it is sometimes necessary to capture a corner or center for this to happen move the mouse pointer onto the element to capture for example a corner When the pointer is over the corner the drawing will change its shape and then you must drag the corner ae a a To freely rotate a block simply drag any of the corners keeping the Ctrl key pressed The rotation is made around the central node l While releasing the mouse buttons Stitch ERA shows the rotated block according to the chosen angle The block dimensions are not altered when the above operation is completed Changing the position of the block rotation center You can alter the position of the rotation center before making a P A A rotation Remember that the central node is the element that acts as the block rotation center and is initially located in the center of the block figure a In this way after modifying the position of the rotation center of the block the figure rotates around the new center position For this to happen you must do the following
13. i figure In order to insert a guideline proceed as follows 1 Place the mouse pointer on one of the side rulers vertical or horizontal 2 Drag it a blue dotted line will follow the pointer movement EN 3 When you reach the desired position release the mouse Gegen Repeat the operaio as many times as guidelines you need Er gt Once a guideline has been added you can move it or Delete Reference Line X delete it i 7 In order to delete a guideline drag the mouse to the m yellow rectangle over the ruler press the right mouse button and select Delete reference line Or you can delete all the guidelines of the present document using cuidelnes the command at the ribbon view Delete All Guidelines Senp PR Cear Guidelines E Guidelines Options To drag a guideline place the mouse on the reference line atthe level om H 1 1 of the yellow rectangle on the ruler The mouse pointer turns into a if line with two ends right figure While keeping the left button pressed E drag the triangle so as to move the reference line up to the desired y position Once there release the mouse button Stitch ERA User s Manual Cross Cursor You can set Stitch ERA to display a large cross cursor instead of a simple arrow Access to Options Preferences gt Workspace gt General gt Check the option Use large Cross Cursor Snap to Grid SE When you activate Snap to Grid the mouse p
14. Click on the Copy command from the toolbar or click on Ctrl C so that the clipboard holds the selected block Then paste it wherever you want Paste This command copies the clipboard content in the active document To use this command you must have previously copied or cut a block Click on the Paste command Paste in the toolbar or press the Ctrl V keys Paste in Place This command copies the clipboard content in the active document but exactly in the same place of the copied object original Access this command from the Ribbon Home gt Paste gt Paste in Place El8 6 Blocks and Object Manager After pasting from the clipboard to the active document it is possible that the block is not on the right place Move the inserted block to the chosen place To do so place the mouse pointer inside the rectangle the pointer will change its shape into a cross and drag it This does not modify the position of the block in the sequence just its physical position Block Scale and Rotation Scaling is the variation of the block size Basically there are two types of scaling e Proportional lt does not produce any deformation in the sections that form the block e Non proportional lt makes a size change of the block but with changes in the shape of the sections that form it Proportional scaling This function allows increasing or reducing the selected block size without changing its proportions without deforming the de
15. Compensation Useful values so as to correct offsets to fabric shrinking Stitch Effects To define changes applied to stitches Connections Functions In order to configure the properties of the Entry and Exit points insert locks commands and thread cuts Stitch Fill group Remember that both the Ribbon and the Object Inspector are dynamic so always refer to the section type is selected in the main work and therefore show you only properties that belong to that section Stitch ERA User s Manual Types of fillings Main fillings on Paths Basic Fillings Running Stitch E Stitch Zig Zag Programmable Stitch Advanced Fillings Sequin and Chenille Main fillings on Columns Basic Fillings Zig Zag Stitch E Pattern Programmable Stitch Advanced Fillings Fur with Zig Zag Fur with Pattern Main fillings on Uniform Areas Basic Fillings Pattern Programmable Stitch Applique Cross Stitch Radial Texture Advanced Fillings Radial of Sequin Chenille Main fillings on Rotated Areas Basic Fillings Zig Zag Pattern Stitch E Programmable Stitch Advanced Fillings Fur with Zig Zag Fur with Pattern Main fillings on Flexible Areas Basic Fillings Macro with Running Stitch Macro with ZZ Macro with Stitch E Macro with Programmable Stitch Advanced Fillings Macro with Sequin Note that the types of filling not the same as the types of sections are relatively few but the combination with the type of section makes
16. From the list choose the type of stitches there are three al options Cross stitch or borderline back stitches diagonal or stepped being these two last ones different ways to work on the borderline of ry the boxes _FillMode The difference on the borderline between the two types of traces is the way in which stitches behave when creating slant lines The two possible options are diagonal or stepped GE Eraser From here choose the size of the stitch eraser Eraser 1x1 H Eraser 4x4 El Eraser 10x10 Elo 11 Stitch ERA User s Manual Creating Objects from vector images Conversion modes Stitch ERA allows you to convert all types of vector based artwork images into a section thus simplifying the creation process When you select a vector object the Convert To Embroidery ribbon offers To Embroidery Se d a Path Uniform Turning Flexible Area rea rea N CR automatic AP Sieh rore E E L n Assisted b j Images Modes Ti e a Convert Vector to area path section Automatic e b Convert Vector to area path section Assisted Mode e c Convert using a predefined Style Automatic Conversion to Area object When the selected vector has a body fill Stitch Era allows automatic area object creation You may select different fill types to use for the created object Take a look to the following examples where two different fill modes were used El o 12 Assited an
17. Print Format Ribbon By clicking the Print Formats box you have different configuration options rising from the ribbon El 4 37 Stitch ERA User s Manual SES Alter current informaton 7 Page Set ap Seene Information to print iQ Preview Basic Information i Gas Accessories to print Print Palette Print Information Select Print Format Information Setup Select Print Format Tee In first place you can choose the layout portrait or landscape A a orientation and the Basic Information with the different styles mest ec zl IW print formats available 4 Informaci n B sica We will hereunder list the elements presented for each template b RK Hoja Tec Bordado Basic Information Secuencia de Colores The drawing of the embroidery design Leg General information of the design al Hoja de Simulaci n File information er Bar code E _ Info Tec Completa mm p ariaciones de Colores Technical Information The drawing of the embroidery design General information of the design File information e Thread information e Sequence of commands e Barcode Color Sequence e The drawings of the embroidery design separated by colors e General information of the design e Thread information e Barcode Simulation sheet e The simulated drawing of the embroidery design e General information of the design e Thread information e Barcode Stitch Editi
18. build with straight and or curve nodes in a process very simmilar to the Path object creation To add a direction you just need to click the Direction button located at the Element group in the ribbon bar Area objects support a combination of fill modes one for the inner region and one for the borderline Borderlines are simply processed as closed paths For the inner region there are three fill modes available where the basic difference among them is the style the beads are arranged producing different visual effects Areas with Radial Hotfix Radial Hotfix is a fill mode designed to produce the better possible coverage of the area region The placement algorithm tries to generate the most uniform placement possible considering the shape the bead size and the specified beads separation The picture at the left shows an Area object main reference with two corner nodes in cyan and two normal curve nodes At the right the same object with radial hotfix and borderline El 10 5 Stitch Era User s Manual When creating and editing area objects the ribbon displays to tabs named Body and Border Body tab contains all the controls to set the properties for the inner region fill and Border tab for the borderline Controls in the border are the same you find for a path object The properties to control the radial fillmode Body tab are nos Beads Spacing Controls the space between beads A distance of 0 Zero means that be
19. etc When you accept the Print dialog a small box will prompt you to click Ok when the device were ready Load and align the media in the device and press ok to start cutting This sequence will be repeated for each page in the output El 12 7 Stitch Era User s Manual Printing Hotfix Use the Application Menu and select Mii Print Print Hotfix to access the box Page design Beads and marks shown at the right Print header 1 This command lets you print SA e Se placement sheets to use them for Z Print Frame 2 example as a reference for manual dnd p lacement Print design boundaries 3 ES Print alignment marks 4 ESS e Print the placement sheet Ms ER Color MN Y e Put a transparent transfer sheet JRotate design 90 5 adhesive up over the Scale um ei placement sheet e Manually set the pieces using the placement sheet as reference e Set the transfer sheet on the ne garment and apply heat Page design Beads and marks The print dialog is organized in two tabs Bead Qty Mark Color page 1 Rt Round Clear 2 1411 i Bead Rt Round Clear 2 0 Page Design 2 Rt Round Lt Siam ep Bead Rt Round Lt Siam 3 3 Rt Round Lt Rose 250 Bead Rt Round Lt Rose 1 Lets you control the reference a Bee 5 Rt Round Siam 1 7 317 Gel Page 3 elements that will be printed 6 5q Flower Orange 372 a Page 4 information header design frame
20. in this case you must specify the direction towards which the text volume is projected Then the lines that form the text outlines are projected towards a direction that will be given by the angle but they do not converge i e do not merge in a vanishing point instead they are parallel one to the other Shadow Produces a shadow effect according to its horizontal and vertical coordinates From the X and Y displacement parameters define the desired slant The rest of the properties are similar to those already mentioned gt gt gt gt 11 ED 15 20 4 12 ED 15 20 A ED 15 25 mm 4 14 ED 20 30 4 C gt gt gt d 15 ED 20 40 4 C 16 ED 20 40 4 C ED 25 50 mm 4 ED 25 50 mm 4 gt gt ED 35 60 mm 4 ED 35 70 mm 4 AA EDP 30 60 mm EDP 30 60 mm EDP 30 60 mm EDP 35 45 mm A A EDP 35 50 mm EDP 35 60 mm EDP 40 70 mm EDP 40 70 mm kd 2 Di h D A lt gt EDP 40 70 mm EDP 45 70 mm Perspective Ortogonal El 5 13 Stitch ERA User s Manual To apply any of the effects created simply choose the one from the list that meets tre Perspective Shadow i 07 ED 25 50 08 ED 25 50 09 ED 35 60 your expectations From the preview you e ZE E will have a partial result of the effect A A A achieved 10 ED 35 70 01 EDP DO 02 EDP 30 In the upper right sector of the box the A A A l
21. tool ant he respective fillings Path Create Paths with backstitch with zz with stitch E and siesta Sections peg with programmable stitch Create Columns with zz with stitch E with patterns and olumn e with programmable stitch d Zi ns Create rigid Areas with patterns with programmable stitch E SA ea Settee with applique with cross stitch with radial filling and with O ig E ac Es texture Create Areas with rotated fillings with zz with stitch E with e patterns and with programmable stitch ANLA amp Create Text Other sections Create Monograms A CH E Create Manual Stitches Turning Elastic Fill Stitches Selection Tool a The selection tool for embroidery objects is identical than the one for vector objects The tool is able to recognize the object type and triggers the contextual interface to display the ribbon and controls that apply to the selected object Stitches Edition This button allows you to access to the options ribbon of embroideries in machine a format also known as expanded designs dst jef pes etc etc El 2 17 Stitch ERA User s Manual Keeping pressed the button it displays a menu list that will be explain in the chapter dedicated to stitches edition in the subsection Stitches Blocks f a Select all stitches Select All Stitches be Select Stitches by Rectangle Select Stitches by Rectangle Gah Select Stitches by Outline Select Stitches by Ou
22. 11 3 Stitch Era User s Manual Step 3 Enter the text Using the box in the Text group type in the word Sierra nee SS Sierra with upper and lower case letters The cha ac System will play an error beep if the character you a V are typing is not available in the selected font You Text may also use the Character table button to check what characters are available Alignment controls will be enabled if the text has more than 1 line To enter multi line texts you need to press Ctrl Enter key combination to move the text cursor to a new line When you finish typing press Enter Stitch Era will create the object text displays it within the working area with a box around it and set it ready for edition a rant el ales ER et Fe a A The handles on the letters and around the text let you change the text position size and rotation use Ctrl to rotate and letters size position and spacing graphically by just dragging them Editing Texts One of the most useful features of text objects features is the persistence Once a text object is created it is preserved with all its properties and you may edit the font size words fill mode bead type size position etc Anytime you select a text object Stitch Era highlights it shows the text handles and displays the text ribbon allowing edition of text properties and geometric aspect Editing Text Properties The text ribbon is the main tool to edit
23. 1127 Te Processing blocks Dime 127 ma Te 1127 e Density Compensation It allows you to make modifications in the selected block both for Zig Zag sections and Field fill patterns or running stitches specifically as if for the entire block You can access the corresponding controls through the different tabs General Zig Zag Pattern and Running Stitches Changes on Sections General ZigZag Pattern Running Stitches Change Shape Outline Clean Outline Random Outline Width Change Density Change Angle Change Fill Type Add Split No Action Both Layers 100 fk mm 0 0 mm Defaut General From this tab you can filter delete the small stitches according to the value entered You can also modify the density in percentages and the outline either in percentages or in mm millimeters Zig Zag lt allows you to clean the outline making the stitches be closer one to the other specify a random outline value or outline width All this can be to either sides or only to one side of the Zig Zag You can also modify the total density and the angle of the Zig Zag stitches add a division in the percentage or a specific value in millimeters From the option Change Pattern Type you can modify the Zig Zag in the chosen field from the drop down list Pattern This tab is similar to the Zig Zag tab Here you can specify a change in shape density or fie
24. 12 X3 oe and X4 if this application is installed in the computer ga Get From From the tools Get from Corel Draw available from the drop down cet from CorelDRAW options on the Get From button in Ribbon Home amp Vector you can insert in the working area a drawing created in Corel Draw Sh T Gi Open File Bee From the button Get from Corel Draw in the Vector box of the ribbon Artwork you can insert in the working area a drawing created with Corel Follow these steps Design amp a Open the document of Corel that you wish to insert in Stitch Era b Click in the button Get from Corel Draw c Displays a dialog box that warns you of the import action in case that you have multiple documents the dialog box allows you to choose y EP DROB pi oe aT RE El 3 15 Stitch Era Users Manual Copy and Paste from Corel Draw It is also possible to copy a drawing from Corel Draw and paste it from the clipboard to the working area of the Stitch Era document it will remain inserted as background vector Getting Vectors from Adobe Illustrator Proceeds the same way as with Corel Draw Getting Vectors from Clipboard A When copying a sketch selected from Corel Draw you can paste it normally or you may choose among the options Paste in place available from the menu Paste special in the ribbon We will describe each of them hereunder where the cursor is currently pl
25. Body Border All aw in the following tabs oo w Body This option defines Area type stitches with a oo E pattern generally converting each setter in a single section Border Running stitches or Zig Zag forming the outline of each letter Column Several sections with Column type stitches are formed which reproduce the geometry of the original text rest eters using male sectors Body Border Combines both stitch types allowing new possibilities 01 Small 5 7 02 Small 7 1 03 Small 10 04 Medium 06 Medium L 09 Medium 10 Medium 11 Large 40 Default If you do not modify any of the options hereunder the application will use the default values or those values used in the last job section Customized fonts If after having selected a Stitch Type you do not _ Body Borderine achieve the desired result you can modify the e characteristics of the stitches The Preview always Gottes m shows a partial result while you are defining the fill Density 5 00 linesZmm stitches characteristics Z Stitches No From the Body and Border tabs you can modify the stitch properties until you get the desired result The items that appear here depend on the stitch type selected and are organized in a similar way as they are presented in the Object Inspector From this tool similar to the Object Inspector you will be able to modify the properties of the text stitches
26. Corner and Curved Nodes Nodes defined as corner have handles that are not aligned that is they are not 180 apart from each other Please note in the right figure that the angle formed by both handles is acute Example of handle edition In a normal node with two handles both keep aligned and of a fixed length o A maintaining the smoothness of the curvature D Please note the result of dragging a handle in the left figure However to modify only one of the handles drag it while keeping the Ctrl key pressed Note that only this handle changes direction and the node turn into Corner mode right figure You can define the direction of the handles when creating the j outlines of the section If at the moment of clicking to locate a node a you drag the mouse without releasing its left button a handle M moves in the direction of the dragging Its angle is set when releasing the button Seu Stitch ERA User s Manual Area Directions ICH The direction is the element that indicates the direction of the stitches that fill the section and these can classify the type of parts you can build Stitch was represented as a dotted line with yellow ends since these nodes yellow ends can move and change its position You can insert these elements in the same time creates the section proceed as follows after drawing the shape of the section and before confirming your creation select Address from the contextual me
27. Output Contents geen Bra el gd TEE EXPO StONG MESA ee stone Flenor CAMS Dinar aa Stone FIE TOF AAS Rea EXpor to A PGE File AAA Sequin Pile TOR CSM O ano seguin Fle Tor AASR ge gege deg Sending information to Cutter PENN OL e Stitch Era User s Manual At the time to set a hotfix design on a garment you will need to use any of the known hotfix technique methods From the manual method to the automatic setting machines you will need to get information about the beads type and position for your design At this point the output formats become important This chapter is dedicated to the output methods available in Stitch Era Basically there are outputs for stones outputs for sequins and outputs for spangles In case of stones some outputs are prepared for direct to garment technique and others for transfer technique Please note that most of the output methods are optional features Your system may have one or two of them activated but not all of them Stitch Era Outputs The following table lists all the output modes available Output Format Intended for Hotfix Stone file for CAMS SRT file format for CAMS stone machines File should be transported using the pen drive interface Hotfix Stone file for AAS DST file format for AAS stone setting machines direct to garment and transfer Hotfix HPGL File PLT file with standard HPGL format for use with cutters and milling machines to create stencils May require s
28. Similarly Hotfix functionality is an optional feature not included in the standard version and it is available for Stitch Era only Chapters 1 and 2 are dedicated to introduce the product basically the user s interface the screen elements and the visualization tools Chapter 3 includes information about the tools for working with artwork graphics raster images and vector files and objects Chapter 4 presents the basic tools to work with expanded designs also called machine format designs For beginner users this is the first step into the embroidery world Chapter 5 is dedicated to a couple of very powerfull Stitch Era objects Texts and Monograms The basic notions about embroidery objects creation and stitch fill types are addressed in Chapter 6 Chapter 7 and 8 goes deeper into embroidery object properties and introduces the tools to work with groups of objects Chapter 9 describes the tools for assisted and automatic embroidery design creation from artwork graphics Chapters 10 11 and 12 are fully dedicated to hotfix design including hotfix objects texts and output formats Chapter 1 Stitch Era Basics Contents Staring oeM Etre santana idas Basic Usel Interrace Elements es Se dee SE SES ous Start Page ana System tabla cis Application button and Application menu QUICK ACCESS TODA Fira ardido TMS VVORKINGVAT EE RIDDON Dare cias triada as EE e a Standard RIDDOMN SNOTCUTS EE Application Shortcuts Get
29. Stitches fis Allows you to create a block with the Zig Zags in the design Detect Pattern Stitches EA Allows you to create a block with those fill patterns that form the design El 4 18 Stitch Edition Sensitivity Control In some cases low density embroidery or with very irregular stitches it may be useful to adjust the stitch detector of Stitch ERA indicating to be more or less flexible at the time of detecting the different types of sections For this to happen activate the Detection Parameters function highlighted in the right figure from the Block List box Detection Parameters The Detection Parameters box has separated sections in order to adjust the detection parameters for running stitches Zig Zags and fill patterns next figure The following table summarizes the available controls Zig Zag Width Density Detection Parameters Block List ae e ei Sel From i Kind 113 3657 5339 5347 5352 5359 5367 5372 5379 5386 5391 Sp Y wi Y wi Y Y Y vw Y Y Default ei Width 10 0 3 TAULEI Density l 520 A0 SS 2 Running Stitch ees Stitch Length 13 3 Zei wit z ATA Fill Line Length 25 0 Laun Stitches per Fill Line 67 Lo Density 18 3 Te Leet Number of Fill Lines ECH 3 This control allows you to indicate the mini to be recognized as such EET Apply To Stitches Kind 6000 5999 ME 6780 780 E 6988 207 E mu
30. as Favorites Views i Show System Styles It drops down a list with the visualization options available and Show User defined Styles the filters that allow you to choose among the styles created by w Show Both the user and those already available in the application vw Icons Icons and details Ki If you wish to keep a fill for its later use you should create a new style with it Follow these steps Creation of a new style 1 Select the configured section with the desired fill El o 14 Assited and Automatic Digitizing 2 Inside the Style window click on Save Style 3 A dialog box appears showed in the next figure Style Properties Introduce the new styles name and define from the boxes whether the new O Don t save this is a temporary Style style will be saved it is then said that the Pla style is permanent otherwise it is EE temporary or will be included or not as a author Favorite Stitch ERA automatically builds the simulated style sample icon When the style is temporary it will no longer appear in the following program sessions If you create a style that will be used several times in the future do not check the box Don t save it is a temporary style Using Styles Sy Use Style gt Stitch ERA provides predefine path and area sections styles Look at this samples both are make Path Styles kl y or Ep gt Stitch ERA User s Manual
31. both in the selection and in the edition of stitches At all times you can use the Undo command which will allow you to correct any mistake when working with the stitches Remember that you can use the auto increase and auto decrease modes during the edition Move In order to move the selected stitch drag without releasing the mouse button the point to the desired position Stitch ERA will automatically compensate the design in a way that the resulting effect will be to move the pick point without altering the rest observe the right figure Move with compensation is the default mode for working with stitches El4 8 Stitch Edition Move Without compensation In order to activate this function unselect the check box Keep in Place then drag the stitches This mode allows you to move a stitch without compensating the rest of the design In general the rest of the design will be displaced when moving the selected stitch ff Once you activate this mode the l l application remains in this job working d y mode Insert Move v Keepin Place Once you have selected the stitch as from which you will make Sp the insertion activate the Insert stitch command and click on the S places where you want the pick points of the new stitches YA Delete E Jumps to Stitches Stitches amp Jumps ser E Stitches to Jumps Examples In the following sequence of figures you can observe an original embroidery
32. can control the Brightness and the Quality stitch definition of the on screen simulation The changes you make from the control bars are automatically visualized on the design presented on screen AA A Additional Views Simulation View Window It is the embroidery design simulation on the Main View Even though the result is not perfect it lets you appreciate in a realistic way which would be the result of the design after being sewn on the embroidery machine Shortcut Ctrl F7 Satellite More Windows In the panel you will have the chance to configure some options For this you have to open the context menu clicking inside the panel with the right button of the mouse Then you will be able to perform different operations zoom print etc The simulation adjustments available to improve the visualization of this View are accessible to the user from the Properties command Opening the context menu of this panel you will also have access to the following commands Zoom Area en Print 3 PE a ae L L Refresh 5 A of F re Taf 1 Simulation Palette Synchronize with Main view Zoom Options Similar option of the available from the toolbar but applied to the design presentation in the panel of the Simulation View Print Prints the design showed in the Simulation View Simulation Palette Allows modifying the needle color directly from the Simulation View You can access to this c
33. column lets you include or exclude a bead type from the exported file Two different tyoe of AAS machines are supported those that set the stones direct to the garment and those that place the stones on a transfer sheet Check the Use with transfer mark for this last case When you press OK the system will display a file box with your disk units and folders Name the export file it ll be DST extension and press Save E 12 4 Export AAS Stone Beads Bead Type Y Rt Y Rt Y Rt Y Rt Y Rt 4 Nh Y Rd Round Clear 2 0 mm Rhinestone Round Lt Siem 3 0 mm Rhinestone Round Lt Rose 1 7 mm Rhinestone Round Lt Siam 1 7 mm Rhinestone Round Siam 1 7 mm Rhinestone Square Coffee 10 0 x 10 4 Nailhead Square Gold 8 0 x 8 0 mn 34 Rhinestud Check the beads to be included in the export Use with transfer Hotfix Output Export to HPGL File HPGL files are a very popular format for cutting and milling machines The idea is you export this format to cut stencils for hotfix placement using the template technique By default you should export a different file for each different bead type your design uses However stones of very different sizes may be grouped into one stencil as long as you set the largest one first and then the smallest one When you select the command Export HPGL file the system opens the dialog shown at the right It s organized in two ta
34. design Bead type selection Tabs located at the top of the panel let you access the catalog by bead type rhinestones rhinestuds nailheads etc Just activate the tab corresponding to the type you want to browse and the list will show the available pieces of that type Views Two libarary view stlyes are available Icons the default and list Use the 5 controls located at the top right corner to switch between them Controls for the Icon View Filters A group of filters by category shape size and color help you to narrow your search within the library You can set one or more than one filter at a time The system will display the pieces that match all the specified filters Favorites ltems within the library list have two special controls located at the right we side One of them the star icon is the Favorite mark A When you click on it the corresponding piece is marked as Favorite You can easily list all pieces marked as favorites using the star icon located at the right of the filters control El 10 20 Creating Hotfix Designs Add Remove from bread bar Also within the list elements an arroe icon at the VS right allows you easily add to and remove pieces from the bead bar Cy If a piece is listed with a left pointing arrow means it s not currently included in the bead bar and you can click the arrow to do it Instead if the piece is listed with a right pointing arrow means it s already included i
35. e Move the mouse pointer over the shape representing the indian face and click on it The shape borderline will be recognized and will be surrounded by a flashing dashed line In the group Area Fill set the properties according to your needs x Hit the enter key The object will completed and the system will pe i generate the stitches Step A Continue creating Once the first object is created the system will be ready for the next one Move the pointer to red shape above the face click on it and hit enter Repeat the process with all red shapes in the artwork Hide the image to check the result To do it just click on the green dot near the word Images at the top right of the working area Vectors EN Hot Fix During tracing you have the chance to modify the recognized region before creating the object main reference The context menu lets you expand and contract the recognized shape These tools are usefull to create objects slightly smaller or larger than 2 Expand Detection the artwork shape You can also remove small regions and inlets Contract Detection and smooth abrupt shape changes using the tool Remove Narrow 4 Remove Narrow Regions Regions 0 E 9 17 Stitch ERA User s Manual Filtering example Note how narrow inlets were removed by the filter Autotrace helps you to create one reference at a time lf the shape you are tracing has a hole once you created the main ref
36. figure Node Properties Node Properties Z Coordinate Side H ER mm Curve It opens the Node Properties dialog box This option is very useful to define certain A mm O Line features such as the exact node coordinates whether the node is straight or curve and the corner model if it is a node of this type Corner When you are editing nodes of a Split Line or Variable Density Points the Edit Delete Insert and Add commands may show slightly different names however its operation mode is identical to the one described for the outline nodes Using the node handles Both for the creation whether with Bezier or Circular Arcs curves and edition of outlines and sections of references you have shape control elements known as handles The handles are little control points associated to each node that allow you to define the angle slant of the line that passes through them A node can have one two or no handles depending on its properties Straight Curved and Normal Corner El 6 10 Creating Embroidery Designs Handles in Circular Arcs curves Normal and Curved Nodes These nodes have two symmetric and aligned handles If you drag one of them the other one will move symmetrically When moving any of the handles the other one also displaces accompanying its movements That allows you to adjust the geometry to both sides keeping the smoothness of the curvature Handles in Circular Arcs curves
37. image Min Area It eliminates the small surfaces according to the value specified in the sliding control It is useful to exclude the smaller elements from the vectorization Observe the result that the chosen values will produce when vectorizing the bitmap image from the Vector tab in the Preview frame If you click on the OK button you will confirm the values entered to create the vector figures These will reproduce the shape presented in the Vector tab of the Preview E 3 13 Stitch Era Users Manual pte Imm i S e COI EE corno Ma Error El ie 180 ct aes Reduction Et ES saz T gt e T Wirascraeg Shapes GA 1 Hofes Gn e e ME Vecina Genen x SP W i si Mr Area Gi 10 Ki Door Wees And Coors Verner Bare deci Vector Images Stitch Era allows you to work with vector based images a type of object that allow ae F Tr Pue easy and better edition shape operations and E rk better convertion into hotfix objects Closed Open Text d FreeHand Vectors may be also imported from popular Shapes Shapes applications like Corel DRAW and Adobe Closed Shapes Illustrator The vector images are files that contains information of objects with their shapes and fillings The shapes are stored a s a sequence of nodes tied by lines vectors that defines their shapes This kind of images allows the scale without losing definition Also is easier to change colors and other properties of every shape and th
38. in terms of their physical position within the design In order to group two or more sections 1 Create a block with the sections which may or may not be next in the section sequence 2 Select the command Group from the Ribbon As from here each time that you click on any of the grouped sections Stitch ERA will automatically select the whole group You can delete a section from a group without ungrouping just selecting any element of that group and delete it You will observe that the group has all the original sections with the group and activate the command Ungroup from the Ribbon or from the context menu Branching Se al A branch is a group of sections linked in a particular way having only one entry and exit point and the stitches are generated by taking the group as if it were only one section The sections that make up a branch are layed out El e 16 Blocks and Object Manager automatically one after the other in the sections sequence Their layout is controlled automatically by the system You can be accessed either from the context menu or from The Ribbon Block 2 det In the next figure there are four sections of the Area type S tin which were created randomly To connect them in a t branch you must follow these steps 1 B YA x 7 NN Y 1 Enable the Setect Object mode E and create a block s N CN that contains all sections MIN al 2 In the Ribbon or context menu se
39. is available in the ees Moraes deng Convert To Embroidery tab Area du Photo Stitch Auto Datz Remember that the images to be used from this mode should not be less than 16 cm wide From the stitches editor you will be able to modify the result obtained since the application offers a complete editor of this type of stitches Hereunder we will describe the sections of the corresponding window El 9 9 Stitch ERA User s Manual SS eral di Cader en poro BEZE zen 100 w Horizontal E a Width 2 Saari EA AA gt Ch KEE fa a lU ag A Keep Aspect ban e Popea i and Colors d JE A e A A oa d Kn E ER S Dez acte pm Cross zen Dalette stech Select Area Clipboard Toos Fal Wade ev Accept The Ribbon CrossStitch have 1 Control panel of cells 2 Control panel of Size 3 Needle and Colors 4 Generation button 5 Edition tools selection 6 Clipboard tools undo and redo 7 Drawing toolbar 8 Fill mode option 9 View 10 Accept and return to main window At the bottom of X Stitch window is the status bar which displays design s information Click in the starting point 31 14 si Cel 2 0x2 0 mm IO Design 122 060 0 mm nb When the main view shows the stitches that represent the reference image you will be able to edit them delete stitches insert them change their color etc Once you have finished the operation press the Return button so that the result is displayed in Stitch ERA s wor
40. it to the edition area this is specially useful when you need to enter unusual characters which are not available through the keyboard mainly used in creation of letters based on TrueType fonts Color list The color list allows you to establish the color of each selected letter word or line You can choose the desired color before typing the character in the editor box or select the words and afterwards apply the color Adding a multicolor text 1 Before making this procedure remember that you have to insert and define all the colors that you wish to apply Leave the color used most of the times activated 2 Open the Lettering box and define the font type to be used either digitized or TrueType El 5 7 Stitch ERA User s Manual 3 Then type in the text edition box This text will have the color of the color option that we enabled 4 Select the word or letter you want to modify the color to From the color list choose the one you want to assign to the selected text 5 Continue inserting the rest of the text parameters Sort colors This tool is very useful when designing a text that has two or more colors and you wish to lower the number of color changes When this tool is enabled all the sections of the same color will be embroidered before the next color change 8 Spell check Spelling Mot Found Sierra ignore Ignore Al Replace With Suggesbona Add After adding the wo
41. k a alignment marks design rotation and general scale 8 si Beads and Ma rks S Drag the beads between pages to create pages with more than one bead on it Includes two lists A bead types list at the left and a Pages List at the right Use the bead types list to select the mark style and colors that will be printed for each bead type Use the Page list to arrange the different bead types into different pages or to group some or all of them in the same page To organize pages just drag the bead from any page to any other this action will produce pages with several beads and pages with no beads with a red cross The system will print all listed pages except those with the red cross no beads You may preview your print and adjust the page and printer using the controls in this box El 12 8
42. machines or devices attached to the embroidery machine Filling types for Path objects Path with Sequin Main properties Thread color density or spacing between sequins diameter style and maximum stitches length inicial offset stitches repetition adjust to path exclusion margin Path with Chenille Main properties Angle Filling types for Column objects Column with Fur with ZZ filling Color Stitch Length Minimum Sequin ss 2mm m 5mm af Flake hi Line Fill Wm Chenille ah Sot S Line Fill The stitches are oriented according to the section direction while the end effects will be determined from the Object Inspector side in which is going to be applied and transformation percentage Main Properties SE y Colors density random effect side and value o E 4 S da sa ees Llenado de hector Creating Embroidery Designs Column with Fur with Pattern filling kWp Filling types for Uniform Area objects Uniform Area with Spiral with Sequin filling Main Properties Colors name pattern density random effect side and value AS amp Al 40 cen Llenado de vector FTG 0066 They are stitches for sequins arranged according to the location of the radial stitches The correct functioning of this design depends on the sequin device since it must allow the location of sequins in any angle Main Properties Comb
43. most cases a 256 colors mode is enough if you use more color the resulting image will be better viewed but will take more memory If you wish to capture the image in black and white you can use 256 shades of gray Take into account the following recommendations when scanning images Only scan the area of the image that you will work on This will result in smaller manageable images E 3 4 Images and Vectors Use low resolution settings On most cases a 300 dpi resolution is enough If you are going to work with the Photo type the image used must have a high contrast level Scanner Setup The scanner is a device that reads the images printed on paper or fabric Stitch Era works directly with any Twain compatible scanner already installed on your Windows system Most scanners come with Twain interface SE software Refer to your scanner manuals to Connectix QuickCam 32 bit obtain further information on the controllers PaperPort TWAIN and how to install them Once a scanner has been configured you will not need to repeat this process unless another device is used in replacement or Stitch Era is re installed Cancel Since you may have more than one Twain device installed on your system for example a scanner and a desktop digital camera it will be necessary to indicate Stitch Era which device to use Proceed as follows 1 Select Setup gt Select Hardware gt Scanner setup 2 A Select Source dialog box o
44. nodes E 4 Then enter the following sequence of nodes 5 Click on the design s area for the first node 1 to 5 following the suggested shape 6 When creating node 6 do not forget to press the Ctrl key for a corner node 7 When creating nodes 7 and 8 do not release the Ctrl key and also press the Shift key in this way you create a straight and a corner node 9 8 Release the keys before creating node 9 9 Continue the sequence as shown in the figure up to node 12 10 For node 13 press the Ctrl key you will create a straight corner Example 2 Digitizing a Column Section You may define straight curved corner nodes etc by working with the nodes properties Besides this type of section accepts split lines You must proceed as follows WI 1 Select the Column creation ma 00l Pia 2 Verify that the Curved button ES is activated in order to produce curve nodes 3 Verify that the Normal button is activated in order to produce normal nodes Then enter the following sequence of nodes Stitch ERA User s Manual 4 Enter the nodes 1 and 2 following the order and layout shown in the diagram In this way you would create the first pair of nodes 5 Place the nodes 3 and 4 in the corresponding location With this second pair of nodes the column begins to take shape 5 Enter node 5 press the Ctrl key while laying out point 6 corner and then release this key 6 Insert the nodes pair 7 and 8
45. objects totally inside the rectangle are selected If you click and drag right to left the tool lets you select by crossing rectangle In this mode objects totally or partially included in the rectangle are selected If press and hold the Ctrl key a click on an object adds it to the selection set Once an object is added a new click on it removes it from the selection set The selection tool button has an small triangle mark on the bottom right corner Clicking on it and also doing a long click anywhere on the button unfolds the selection menu with extra selection tools Select by Rectangle Is the default mode mentioned in the above paragraph Select by Outline In this mode you create click by click a free shaped outline surrounding the objects you need to select Once did it access the context menu and select Ok to instruct the system to select all objects included inside the defined outline ES Select All Automatically selects all objects in the design Invert Selection Creates an inverted selection set that is all currently selected objects are unselected and all currently unselected objects are selected Hotfix piece edition tool Once the tool is activated and a bead selected Drag to move the piece This tool lets you modify an individual hotfix piece no matter if the piece belongs to an object filling or is a manual hotfix piece Press and hold Ctrl key to display the rotation handles Drag
46. of the sphere place the mouse pointer inside the circle and drag to displace it If you wish to correct the diameter drag the mouse pointer towards the outlines of the circle and drag it E 4 27 Stitch ERA User s Manual Power selector On the right side of the sphere there is a knob vertically located Drag it up or down in order to specify the power applied to the effect As you configure the intensity to apply you will see the result displayed on the Graphical View observe the upper figure you will note that the cursor is displacing the power selector In order to finish select again the context menu and click on Confirm or simply press the Enter key Noise applied to the transformation This effect alters randomly the location of the stitches pick point within a specific factor thus creating a block or of stitches slightly disordered according to the power factor Click on the block and drag the mouse in order to specify the area where you will apply the effect You can either move it to the block s area you wish or even vary its size At the power sector please specify the degree of the changes to apply Once you are satisfied with the result obtained go to the context menu and click on Confirm or press the Enter key Speed It allows you to give the block a scanning effect towards the direction you wish 4 28 Stitch Edition Click within the design s area and d
47. or compressing the text and maintaining the inside and outside radius Corner C Node When dragging the entire box this moves on its radius zooming in or out of the arc center modifying its width proportionally Mid point D Node Allows you to control the height of the curved box maintaining the lower side fixed and displacing the upper side Corner E Node Allows you to expand and or compress the box combining the properties of points B and D at the same time Corner F Node Allows you to rotate the box around the arc center Center G Node Allows you to modify the arc radius maintaining the height and width of the box Double Arc It allows you to curve two text lines at the same time the upper line upwards and the lower line downwards Letters modify their layout based on that bending Both arcs are synchronized so that the changes performed in one of them are also reflected in the other When applying these changes the same text box nodes used for upper and lower arc transformations activate Therefore the purpose of each handle is the same in both cases Remember that this transformation is only available for texts with two lines E 5 20 Texts and Monograms Line defined by user This option allows you to move the text based on an arbitrary shaped line Every change described previously is based on the text layout according to a default geometrical form line and arc In this transformation you define th
48. page any time you need by clicking the tab with the home icon shown above Start Page Ribbon bar The System tab At the top area of the screen you will find a very important component of Stitch Era user interface the ribbon bar This is a dynamic component that changes contextually Although it contains most of the commands and controls you will need to work it will display just the ones required for the object you are working with and for the activity you are performing When the Start Page is displayed it s also displayed the System tab at the ribbon bar z x x x e Stitch Era 1 Unknown gt Activation Pending 2 Free gt Not Activated Stitch ERA Liberty Plus 7 Name Alejandra 4 Version 11 0 Company Sierra Technology Group Create Open Version Embroidery New v Serial 400025 BEZQ4 Updated e mail aschiavoni gosierra com AB MOL Acc Sted Activate 14 gt Mok Act ated days left System Status File Product amp Release x Licensed To 1 From the File group you can create a new document or open an existing one 2 Product and Release group displays relevant information about your system version serial number and update status Clicking the small mark at the bottom right of the group lets you access to the System Info box with complete details about the installation Optional modules components etc 3 The License group shows the basic user registration information you pro
49. path Tangent Beads are oriented considering a direction tanget to the path Fixed This is the default option All beads are placed at a the fixed angle indicated in Angle Value F Angle value Available only for Angle Mode Fixed indicates the angle used to rotate the beads The default value is O zero Angle is measured respect the document horizontal axis 4 El 10 4 Creating Hotfix Designs Bead Type This control lets you select the bead you will use for the object e Clicking on it unfolds the current bead palletes that allows you to select any y of the pieces cointained on it Note The distance between beads is not exactly preserved all the time In order to fit beads properly the system smoothly adapt the distance using the entered value as a mean value Areas The term Area refers to an object defined by a closed boundary Normally beads are placed in the inner region of the area and optionally also along its boundary Stitch Era defines some additional elements for the area objects E Holes Are regions inside the main reference where no beads are placed Once the main reference was created select Hole from the Element group at the ribbon to add a hole to the area object Holes are closed shapes so if you created an open shape the system will close it automatically 1 Direction lines Are special geometric references used in some filll modes to guide the beads placement Directions are open shapes
50. provides a context help system for the object properties To get help on a property select it and press F1 A floating window containing a brief description of the property will appear Use the small X incon located at the top right of the box to close it sce curras Veen Ea path with running Options and Preferences There are several aspects of the user interface and system behavior you may configure according to your preferences The Options and Prefences box groups all the configurable items in Stitch Era Use the application button select W E Application Preferences and click on Options and S Project Preferences item The system will display the ints SE E box shown in the picture at the right Se E Dacia The left panel contain a tree list with the main D sen configurable topics while the right panel lets Era a you set the options according to your eras 1 preferences Once you finish press Ok to save your changes or Cancel to discard them Reset All to Defaults Default Settings The Default Settings button restore the factory settings for the topic displayed on the right panel while the button Reset All to Defaults set the factory values for all the system options For example to set the Stitch Era interface Application language select the Application item in the left Enable Live Update AE panel Then click on the Language row in the EN SS Engish 8 right panel press the arro
51. reference The added nodes will appear before the selected node and are captured by the mouse pointer i e they move with it until you click to fix their position Delete nodes This operation deletes the selected nodes from the reference Another way of deleting nodes is by pressing the Delete key thus achieving the same result over the selected nodes Rotate elements Allows you to rotate the figure from the selected node After selecting this command mark the node and rotate it Corners gt Corner Swept This is the default option for grouping the stitches in the corners On the right figure you can observe that the stitches type zigzag in this case stretch to form the outliner producing some parts with high density stitches Corners gt Corner Mitered the vertex of the corner In the right figure you can observe that the stitches density shown in the previous figure has disappeared Corners gt Corner Capped a Pore ere In this type of corners stitches tend to be perpendicular to the corner such as shown on the right figure Also the stitch density in this kind of corner is not very high Corners gt Auto Corner Activate this option whenever you wish the application to set by default the corner type assigned to a node El6 9 Stitch ERA User s Manual Open and Close These options allow you to modify the selected section opening or closing a
52. sech ez S A To make a zoom of the Holes E D wen Ona TE HY sample set out in the preview in any of the tabs using the command window available in its lower left corner you can make a specific zoom zoom in whole or pan CCH Basically you can follow two steps in order to vectorize the image These are explained hereunder EB 3 11 Stitch Era Users Manual Step 1 Clean the image This first stage implies reducing the complexity and noise of the graph for the result to be as clean and clear as possible Since Stitch Era vectorizes the image scanning its changes in tone this first task is important in order to obtain good results Take into account that the cleaner and clearer the image Stitch Era will better interpret its shapes From the first sliding controls of the Vectorizer you can optimize the image trying to leave it as clean as possible clearly defining its shapes and borders and getting out the colors mix that dirty the result causing the so called impure images These controls are the following e Reduction Moving the slider to the right you reduce the number of colors in the image this is the first filter you should control reducing the colors without deforming the image e Holes This control eliminates the noise in the image this noise is composed by small pixels dissociate color called holes As you move the slider towards the right the application will eliminate the bigges
53. section introduces you to Stitch Era editing tools Editing Hotfix objects Once created modifying the hotfix objects is a very simple task You just need to activate the selection tool and click on the object you want to edit Stitch Era will highlight the object display its nodes and refresh the ribbon toolbars and other views to grant you access to the object properties and geometric elements Selected objects are surround by a set of special handles that allows you to move scale and rotate it Also within the ribbon bar appears a tab named Layout with aligment and repetition tools among others Selecting the objects for editing is a topic by itself The following paragraphs introduce the available selection tools Object Selection tools The first button in the vertical toolbar located at the left of the working area is the selection tool Pressing the button activates a powerfull multiple function selection tool El 10 14 Creating Hotfix Designs Select by Rectangle Select by Cutline Ckril Fid Select All Objects Chr Unselect objects 8 DEL See Salsr biet Invert Selection If you click on an object it is selected If you click and drag left to right the tool lets you select by rectangle A shaded rectangular box with one corner fixed at the position you start dragging and the opposite located in the current mouse pointer position is displayed on the screen When you release the mouse buttons all
54. text properties Any property displayed there may be changed and the object in the graphic view will immediately reflect that change Using the Font group you may edit the font style and height using the Text group you may change the letters and alignment the Spacing group lets you modify the characters words and lines spacing the Fill mode group Body Border or both of them allows edition of bead type and fill style and finally the Arrange group allows changes in text layout and effects The Object Inspector may be also used to edit the fill mode properties El 11 4 Hotfix Text The Text dialog box At the bottom right corner of the Text group you may note a small icon Clicking E d i on it displays a dialog box with text properties related with the font and characters t The box contains pictures that clearly show the meaning of many of the text properties Leblioning Editing Text Geometry As mentioned when you select a text object Stitch Era displays a box and a set of handles on each letter and around the text Most of the handles around the text box operates in the same way that the handles around any other object dragging the corner handles scale the object proportionally keeping the opposite corner in place and dragging the handles located at the middle of the sides scale the object horizontally or vertically keeping the opposite side in place If you hold the shift key while dragging the p
55. the overlapped beads one by one The check marks at the left of the items let you include exclude them from cleaning At the same time the graphic view shows red crosses for each bead in conflict that are checked in the list The toolbar at the top of the box lets you Clean Refresh the list Check all items Uncheck all Items Expand all list and Collapse all list mentioned in order from left to right Check the conflicts you want to solve and press the Clean button The system will remove the beads in conflict from the back object preserving the beads of the front object When all conflicts were solved or when there is no conflicts in the design the Conflict List will appear empty El 10 23 Chapter 11 Hotfix Texts Contents HO MA A nr A A O ee Sutch Era Text ODE Sia A A Ad TEX ODI ECE LY DCS adios Creating Texts Text ADDON urna id Example Creating simple text in 3 stepS AN Step 1 Select the font and text heat Step e2 Set Till mode DIO DENS essa A A ne o A O Seltelyte Text Properties aid ias The Text dial DO saco EqItind TEXEGEOMES EE DR Age Bea eleng le EE iregular BOX EE User line ana User DISTOMION EE Salle tal teg Rue Stitch Era User s Manual Hotfix Text HEEE This tool lets you create a hotfix object based on text characters using a library of XG predefined fonts or the TrueType fonts you may have installed in your computer eru Po Texts are very powerful objects This e
56. the rotation centre Holding Ctrl you can also drag to move the rotation centre where you need Scale proportional Non proportional scaling Rotate Note During these operations a floating legend called tooltip with current size size change and angle is displayed to help you to work more accuratelly E 10 16 Creating Hotfix Designs When an object or block is selected Stitch Era activates the tab Layout within the ribbon this tab is the default when the block contains multiple objects The Layout tab contains a set of tools specially prepared for block operations Scale and Shape group gt Rescale This tool lets you define a segment in the object and then 3 Rescale indicate to system the size you need that segment to be So you can AL Rotation Angle scale your block considering the size you need for an specifc shape En on it the height of a given shape the diameter of a circle etc A Rokate Mirror Scale amp Shape Proceed tis way 1 Define the block 2 Activate the Rescale tool Move the mouse pointer into the working area and click to set one end of the reference segment and drag to set the end point 3 When the mouse buiton is released the scale box will appear The measured length of the defined segment will be highlighted and ready to accept your input Just enter the size you wish and press Ok The block will be scaled so as the segment you defined now measures the size you entered Rot
57. the job area With the slider define the intensity of the effect When you are satisfied with the result obtained go to the context menu and click on the option Confirm or press on the Enter key Whirl This effect will allow you to deform an area of the block into a whirl You should proceed in a similar way than with the effect above mentioned click within the design s area drag the mouse to determine the diameter of the effect being able to displace it through the surface of the job area towards the place where you wish to apply it With the slider define the intensity of the effect When you are satisfied with the result obtained go to the context menu and click on Confirm or press the Enter key Explode It allows you to deform the block s area radiating the stitches as if exploding In order to use this command please follow the steps hereunder El 4 30 Stitch Edition You should proceed in a similar way than with the Lens and Whirl effects click within the design s area drag the mouse to determine the diameter of the effect being able to displace it through the surface of the job area towards the place where you wish to apply it With the slider define the intensity of the effect Please state whether you wish an implosion or an explosion by displacing the control upwards or downwards Over the top left margin of the circle where the effect was applied you can observe a small red dot Ch
58. with a collection of icons This is a special toolbar called Quick Access toolbar lt contains very frequent used commands like Save Undo Redo Clipboard Cut Copy Paste and Delete and Generate recalculate hotfix objects This handy element is always visible and avoids you to switch ribbon tabs or access the Application menu for accessing these commands The Working Area The term Working Area or workspace refers to area within the screen where the design task are done Basically it s a large rectangular region called graphic view surrounded by a collection of elements containing the commands and controls you need to display create and edit your hotfix designs Cl As mentioned when you open Stitch Era the Start Page is displayed To take a l look to the workspace elements we will need an active design document So we will create a new one using a quick method Just click the tab located at the right of the Start Page tab Stitch Era will create a new blank document and displays the workspace Eli 4 Stitch ERA Basics The main elements you ll find in the screen numbered in the above image are 1 Document tabs As you may note a new tab named Design1 appeared when you clicked the New document tab and this last one is still present You may click the new document tab again to create as many documents as you need because Stitch Era has a multi docuent interface All them will be listed in this area Switching among doc
59. 1 G Ise rest Ss SI Exit Point 12 j ee Direction along the figure 13 g The flexible areas support holes Elements of the Embroidery Objects Main Reference The main reference for any section of embroidery is basically the contour of the shape When you want to create a section of any kind always have to draw the outline to be filled with stitches In this outline we call a Principal Reference Section of Embroidery Note that when you want to create a section of any kind should be placed nodes Nodes Nodes of the Main Reference Nodes are points through which passes a line that defines the contour Operating with nodes The following properties determine the trajectory that the line that goes through the node will have both in the B zier curves and the Circular Arcs The type of nodes that form the figure of a section conditions its geometric shape Fa Straight Type Fa Curve Type Represented by square nodes Represented by circular nodes En Normal Type env Corner Type Represented by white nodes Represented by light blue nodes El6 5 Stitch ERA User s Manual Toggling between Straight and Curved In order to toggle between the straight curved mode in the middle of the creation of a section press the Shift key before creating a node For example if the activated mode is the Straight while you keep the Shift key pressed the mode changes to Curve You can also modify the mode of a section alread
60. By Outline Ctri F10 By Color By Properties Invert Selection Select by Outline z This tool enables you to mark several sections with the possibility to enclose b elements within the selected area The Ve block is formed by all sections totally the area Having pressed this button click repeatedly around the sections to select Press the Enter key to end the process A0 included within Ela a Unselect objects Select All If you wish to select all the sections of the active document click on the Select All button Available in the Ribbon Block Unselect objects Use this command to unselect the active block More pH Select by Rectangle In this mode you define a rectangle and the system select the objects included in it Select the tool move the pointer to the working area click and drag The system will draw a rectangle following your mouse move If you drag left to right the selection will include all objects totally included within the rectangle If you drag right to left the selection will include objects totally and partially included in the rectangle When the object were totally surrounded hit ENTER or use the mouse middle button The selection will include all objects totally included inside the defined outline El s 3 Stitch ERA User e Manual Select by Color This tool allows you to create a block with all the design sections that have the same dk color Without making any selectio
61. CUS ii AA 19 Selection TOO liado 19 egene e Le Sidi ad 19 Edt HOFI dcwacauinnes lend uaa Niesues din antd ds 19 POLI Alek e Aa rai aia iaa 19 BUELON Background Colon rada 20 HOUND o e O Lo da LEN S 20 Stitch Era User s Interface The View ribbon tab has all the common visualization tools of every type of object that you are working with Stitch Era The options of this tools area are displayed in all the interface to make you work more agile that is why in this manual you can have deep explanations of the usage of every one of them and then will show the place from where you can access every one without going to the View ribbon tab The most part of the work with hotfix designs is made on the Main Working Window meanwhile the other views panels and windows are auxiliary The View Ribbon Bar Stitch Era offers several ways of viewing the same document at the Main Job where the design edit process takes place Next we will describe some of the windows and views of the Application ew eho fia P Fa a mw rw 9 See 2 VE Le E rn d More Recre Mete S aon E ag Rekasa ep E T Pearu 100 Setup Saup Setup a To Hot Points Zoom Cokes Drauwe Mode More Windows Referenc Toots Shap Togh Zoom Tools Zoom with the Mouse Wheel If your mouse has a scroll wheel you can use the scroll wheel to zoom out in by scrolling forward backward from you Mouse wheel scroll should zoom in out over mouse pointer location Zoom Area Select
62. EE EE 13 Selec da e ee 13 BIOCK DC ENEE 16 Recognition A Block Processing rrei A 17 Detectar danes arsenal 18 Edit SUCEM DIOCKS aria aaa aaa 20 Deel EE 20 EE Ee ee ee 20 PROCESSING DIOCKS ida ta 21 Converting Stitch Blocks to WirefraMe NNN 22 Transforming BIOCKS da 23 Regular TESTEN a a A 24 Sut Nee 26 Gr OO 27 ll 27 Vleit 28 RE 28 VV e 29 EE 29 nr cris cea NO 30 ne el 30 IAW GEG EMIL Ee EE eae dees 31 FINISHING TOO Sita AAA A A 31 Filter Small Stes rn dud aac na deinen shea EE 31 SOF SULENES DY COLON sat facie AAA AA A eae eae ees 32 Start nd end POE ee cared alsa da 32 CONtenind TOO id a Noa 34 DESIN NAVIGAUON enero ad 34 Priming DESIGNS aosan n raras al 35 Basic PANCING EE 35 Advanced PANA a il EO 37 Print FOFMAURIDDON aislada 37 SCICCE PRIME ege 38 Information SetU reiros ainin a ESAE 39 Information to PHN EE 40 ACCESSOMES LO EE 41 PANEINTA Gl ONS a 41 Printing as Catalog Embroidery Explorer 42 Stitch Edition Working with embroidery files Condensed Files Condensed files contain the structure and objects of the design It s like having the skeleton of the building All the references required to make an embroidered design like shapes nodes directions entry and exit points type of filling stitches controls etc are stored within them Are not commonly read by the embroidery machines and are dependent on the software with which they were created The Stitch ERA Condensed files have th
63. Ei These utilities offer you alternatives for the visualization m Vectors 6 od of the element being created or edited Images Vectors fj Sections 11 amp 8 and Sections either to see it with more detail or to visualize the sequence view or to block or show hide Sl some of their parts or features JBGHEUE alq There is an icon for every section and vector type The icon color for an specific section match the section color fill and border except for multicolor fill types The Object Tree view is strictly hierarchical and displays the object packs simple sets of sections or connected sets with their contents Some options to control the tree look are available at the context menu E Small caption Small caption Large caption Let you control how many information D Large caption is displayed for each element EZ Collapse al Collapse all Expand all Expands or contracts the entire tree SC Expand all Groups Packs amp Branched Packs In Stitch ERA terminology groups are sets of object geometrically linked This means that all the objects in a group will be moved scaled and transformed together as a whole Objects in a group may be in any position within the embroidery sequence and not be consecutives Groups are not shown in the Object Manager in a special way Just all the sections belonging to a group are highlighted when you select one of them A more advanced concept related with sect
64. Images mtoVectore cece cece cece eee eeeeeeeeee eens 11 Step i Clean the Mage aria 12 SUC 2 EE ee 13 Ni AA A een soe ata ace A Mina ee late add de 14 AO en 14 Loading Vector Images from diSK NN 15 Getting Vectors from Corel Draw 15 Getting Vectors from Adobe IIIUStrator cccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenenns 16 Getting Weigel ed Gene eine El EE 16 Stitch Era Users Manual E 3 2 Loading Vectors from Images Gallery 17 Creating Vector OD eC Si raoba 17 Closed SDSS HE 17 ODE Si CS antro 18 Vectors based on TrueType texte 18 Saving Vector Images to e EE 18 Fating Vector MODIS Cs usa isso tad 19 Vector Objects Selecti n assess ds 19 Selecting several vector objects 00oooccccccccccccccccncncncccncncncncnonononononoss 19 Scale and Rotate graphically ini 20 Accurate Size amp position Control 20 Editing VEClOl ee 21 Working with Vector NOES cece eee cesses esse eee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee 22 Reshaping Vector gl Me Sinarcas 23 Modifying Vector Objects SEQUENCE E 23 AllgmnNng Vector 8 le Sra 24 Repeting Vector Obiecte rr rr rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrnnos 24 Group amp Ungroup VW CCEO Suscritos 25 Vector Object Operations s sssssssussnannnnssnnnnnnnnnnnnusennnnnnnnnnnnnssnnnnnnn 26 Images and Vectors Stitch Era lets you open and manipulate raster images and vector images of several formats to use them as a design reference or to convert them to hotfix objects This chapter describes the available tools to
65. L elen have purchased p g Export as Hotfix Sequin File CSM references gt Y Export the Sequin Design for the use on Sequin Spanale Design Making Machines E To ole The following sections contain details for each format E Close a a Export as Hotfix Sequin File AAS Stone File for CAMS When you select the command Export as Hotfx Stone File CAMS the system starts a process that optimize the machine travels saving production time Optimization make take some few seconds or up to some minutes depending on the number of pieces and computer speed When optimization is completed a dialog Risas box like the one shown at the right will med Beads and trays CAMS 1 2P Bead Tray Angle appeal O CAMS 1V 6P Basic po bie M0 Inside it you will find controls to O CAMS 1v 6P Option a a O CAMS 4H 3P Rt Round Lt Slam O Select the CAMS model Several models Rt Round Siam 0 are available CAMS with Option feature AER allows placement of pleces In any angle Trays 2 Set the tray used for each piece The number of Note 1 Max fires 50 Sodan errs depends on the chosen machine Beads orientation Fixed SS Beads and Trays list This list allows you to Ud real a ee wg al a decide what pieces are included in the exported file and set the machine tray and default angle for each bead type For any bead type row in the list e Click on the first column to include or exclude a bead typ
66. Licensed To System Status E desio n Latest News Promos New Stitch Era version 10 available ws eo design era of Stay connected Upcoming new Stitch Era release ees verson i wibe ek Se a Coming soon purchase a design era promotions Stay connected New Stitch ERA version 9 20 available tor Sth ERA users DN indude Bunn met Messages Board ls there a free rotate option anywhere lan s method of Cirl click is a lot easier but if you ever need to be super precise like rotating a line thats a hair off and you need it to be EZ Daniel lt x095 in Advanced Dinitizing Features Creating amp Editina Stitch Objects 9 9 2009 bean stitches Thank you 0 The Enchanted Cottage XXX148 in Advanced Dinitizing Features Creating amp Editing Stitch Objects 9 7 2009 y10 y Woo hoo can hardly wait Thanks for the update 0 GER Stitch ERA Basics Sta If your computer is connected to the internet the Start Page allows you to get access to on line videos and Quick Guides and to keep informed with the lastest news and promotions available for Stitch Era suite If your computer is not connected to internet Stitch Era will show you a default off line start page When you work with the system the start page will not be visible because your workspace will occupy almost the entire screen However you may return to the start
67. R Wi eg al Start angle 0 e y with the original block In order to work with this tool follow the steps explained hereunder changing the values until obtaining the desired result 1 Select a block activate this function and click on a point in the working area and drag without releasing the mouse button A circle will be drawn on screen When it has achieved the desired size release the button of the mouse figure 1 2 When you release the mouse button the Radius box appears Here define the number of repetitions the radius of the circle and the angle 2 In order to visualize the result obtained before confirming the modifications click on the Apply button Once you are satisfied with the result press OK The result obtained will appear in the design document together Take into account that when you uncheck the Rotate item the duplicated blocks will remain vertical among each other Kaleidoscope Repetitions DD This tool also produces a circular repetitions but lets you control the size and position of all the repeated objects by manipulating just a couple of grips El 8 12 Blocks and Object Manager Observe en la figura los puntos de desplazamiento ellos modificar n la relaci n AA de los bloques con el centro del circulo de 2 Renetitons 4 referencia E 3 Radius 20 Start anale 0 Size Grip dragg this control to resize all the Keep or
68. Script cursive Fixed pitch Serifed roman Sans serifed swiss EE ricino ABCD abcd 0123 i L Arial Black ABCD abcd 0123 a idti eee s K 123 pr 3 AgC o ABCD Reset Transformation Texts and Monograms Font J If you have decided to work with digitized fonts you Source True Type C Digitized can apply a filter to visualize only the ones that meet a aier certain size To do so choose one of the available Mame options from the Filter drop down menu Sans serifed swiss Decorative Font In the case of working with TrueType fonts you will be Source O True Type Digitized able to filter by family of letters symbols serif Sans Filter serif etc If you do not want to apply any filter simply do not select any of the options in that item Name Character Map It shows the available characters in the selected font since not all the fonts have all the characters available small caps accents symbols etc Remember checking that the selected font has all the characters needed to complete the text available When clicking on any character it will appear on a bigger size square to allow a better visualization Text MG g Ke t ny Y Character Map H A I amp W e 1 f 0 1 Z Height 20 0 E mm 3456789 Width 100 Gs le C Order by color Double clicking on a character will automatically take
69. Stitch ERA User s Manual Automatic Conversion using Styles It is a list of fill styles available in the system s library Styles are components that contain a complete definition of all their fill properties for the different section types The only feature not defined in a selected Style is the color that the new section will have lts election is independent of the specified style Only by selecting a style from the gallery you define the features that the next section you create will have In the style gallery toolbar the first button allows to show the style components according to the section type path column or area It also allows to show the styles alltogether since this might help to find the desired one Style Gallery Mw gn velcro da Path Styles pi lt Ze Add to favorites A E q Column Styles fi i i UE area Styles ii If you right click on any Style icon you will see the context menu d auer E Be From here you can execute related commands to the selected 3 style delete it edit its Properties or add it to Favorites KL zit tes qA O E Vd Aire ge Ad g ff j 27 y ao wwe D ei IN gn wi ci Z gt 4 Add to Favorites d w Loi Ki Delete Style i Properties ae When choosing this last option the style defined is copied to the list of favorite styles Later on you will be able to click on the Favorites button to visualize only the styles that were designed
70. Stitch Effects Object Inspector Area e All the panes of this tab offer the same criteria to set and modify those presented in the Body tab and have been explained above You will note that when working on this tab Borderline create or modify only the borderline of the section that is currently selected and not the body itself To apply adjustments or effects section itself switch to the tab body and shows you the body of the section that is selected All borderline options in the Object Inspector tab will be presented at the borderline of the Options ribbon except that from the tab borderline and its ribbon you can separate the borderlines of these sections an option also on the contextual menu of the selection More Tab From this tab you access the parameters for controlling the direct relationship with the design and the machine H Connections amp Functions El 7 10 The Object Inspector Size and Order Group Size You can control the size of the section ie putting different values adjust the size of the section and sees in the work window Order ls the order in that section will be embroidered into the design and allows you to modify that order will be reflected in the Manager tree view objects Connections and Functions Group From this panel you can modify the properties layout optimization locking etc of both the Entry and Exit points It also allows you to insert Commands Locks and threa
71. ace You have the option to em change the size of the vector in the time to take it A S to the main working window using the same ay procedure as for raster images seven rag AG Creating Vector Objects With Stitch Era you can create vector i ii a Y AC Bezier figures in different ways from the Ribbon f TIN Art as the Ribbon Vector you can choose Closed Open Text A FreeHand gt Shapes to create also you have the Shapes Shapes possibility to choose among freehand or Closed Shapes Bezier curves The geometrics figures available to insert are classified in closed figure open figure and text figure Also you can create manually vector figures with bezier curves or freehand d pas B zier This tool is based on the sketch possibilities that allow Bezier curves d FreeHand i FreeHand To trace freely open figures drawing directly in gt the working area Also you can choose to create perfect Create Perfect Figures figures where the application will improve automatically your OO line Closed Shapes If you want to insert any of these shapes select from the Artwork ribbon or sesos Vector the one that adjust better to your needs Press the left button of the a ol mouse over the point area of the working area and drag without releasing goer a while doing this the shape will be showing in the area Pressing the key Ctrl at the moment of dragging it will generate perfect squares if you work with GPSA r
72. aced within the sequence of Paste in Place Pastes the sketch in a sequential order or A Paste Windows Metafile fi A Paste Enchanced Metafile SS Paste Bitmap Paste Windows Metafile Pastes the sketch made in Corel Draw in the working area as a group of vector based figures the conformation of such figures will correspond to each of the drawings made in Corel They can be uncombined and ungrouped so as to work with them independently Paste Enhanced Metafile Similar to the previous the difference is that this type of vector format has a better level of detail thus it is recommended for certain sketches with a high level of elements or when it is necessary to obtain more precision You can also decompress it in different vector based figures Paste Bitmap Inserts the drawing in BMP format this will allow you to work with the different types of traces available in the application E 3 16 Images and Vectors Loading Vectors from Images Gallery When you click on the tab Image a Vector Gallery opens and displays a divided pane The top pane has three tabs that allows you to select the image gp fete de you want to import You can choose between a O Shared Doers raster images b vectors c all images From the gt ee top pane navigate between folders while the pa bottom pane dynamically displays the views of ARE the images Once identified select and drag to Mim the document worksp
73. ads are touching its neighbours If bead type is sequin a negative value that produce some overlap is allowed al 0 Margin Set a distance from the borderline where no beads are placed Initial Layout Radial fill is based on a special algorithm that starts from an initial placement and then moves the beads to set them equidistant Initial Layout property lets you select two possible starting placements The Radial option tends to produce a placement that slightly follows the shape of the object and the Hexagon option produces a more uniform shape independent placement As in all fill modes you can select the bead you will use with the control at the right of the Area Fill group This control always displays a real view of the bead type currently selected for the object Areas also let you change the fill mode on the fly Pressing the control at the left of the group unfolds a menu with the available fill modes Areas with Flexible Hotfix Flexible Hotfix is a powerfull fill mode that allows you to create a beads placement that is guided by an almost arbitraty direction line This fill mode requires that a new element be defined the direction line It s a simple open line built from a sequence of nodes straight and curves Basically the placement is generated using a set of imaginary lines with the same shape than the direction line Beads are then placed along these line in a row by row basis So this fill mode i
74. ads are included in each page Pen and Speed are common parameters for plotters and milling machines Margin is a value used to enlarge the mark exported for a given bead type so the piece can be easily trapped by the stencil hole Send to Cutter Page design Beads and marks Design Untitled Origin Bottom left al Size 175 2 x 203 1 mm Beads 1686 C Include frame Send to cutter Send to Cutter Cancel Page design Beads and marks Bead Pen Margin E a Page 1 Rt Round Clee 1 0 25 Bead Rt Round Clear Rt Round Lt S 2 0 25 S fg Page 2 Round LE R 3 0 25 Bead Rt Round Lt Siam Round Lt 5 4 0 25 a Page 3 Round Sian 5 0 25 Bead Rt Round Lt Rose Flower Ora 6 0 25 En a Page 4 Bead Rt Round Lt Siam L Page 5 3 Bead Rt Round Siam v fa Manns E ajajajaja Drag the beads between pages to create pages with more than one bead on it Send to cutter To organize pages just drag the bead from any page to any other this action will produce pages with several beads and pages with no beads with a red cross The system will generate a different file for each page listed but pages with the red cross no beads will be skipped When you press Send to Cutter the system will display the standard Print dialog where you need to select the cutter device and through the Properties button set media size pen properties
75. age Do not use landscape or background images as you will not achieve the desired result Use foreground images always otherwise you will miss the small details Step by step operation Once selected image with the criteria previously considered we are going to follow a series of steps to get stitches type photo from controls on the Ribbon Photo Body RENNES z 3 Ap 2 e e d A ES Cch by Chick ect Dighizir Lei EH El Entry Pom al ae BT 2 From GH From La No SE ENEE i isj iQ Autotrace e Gp serch direction 2 Y E m To ZP None tis Closed 3 shapes y 6 0 5 DE None gt Digtizing Methods eg Nodes zx Elements S d Area Fal Locks Defauks kh Select the method of applying a section area layout and with the desired format on the image imported recommend using clipart figures Choose the stitch mode from the drop down list Choose apply a border if desired Apply the changes by pressing the Enter or the Generate key Move the sliding knobs contrast modifies separation height and width of the cells Re apply until the outcome is expected for you 0 Images y Observe the result obtained to do so it is advisable to hide the image temporarily by clicking on Show Hide Image MS E Remember that the result obtained will depend on the properties assigned and these are not same for all the images Adjust parameters to the properties and perform several attempts until reaching the desired result Ph
76. al geometric references and allows you to control column and row spacing beads angle etc Properties available in the Body tab for this fill mode are do 1 Columns spacing controls horizontal beads separation e Rows spacing controls vertical beads separation Sd Beads Offset Sets an initial displacement for placement of beads in even rows Grid fill mode produces regular vertically and horizontally aligned placement but sometimes shapes require a bit irregular placement Offset helps this avoiding the vertical aligment The value is a percentage Best effect is obtained with 50 offset Beads angle Set the rotation around its centre angle of the beads Usefull for non round pieces GE 4 El 10 7 Stitch Era User s Manual LE El Border mode Instructs the system how to plave beads at the object mm boundaries Inside option left forces to remove the beads that are not completely inside the object boundaries Outside option right allows beads that are placed crossing the object boundaries Placement Tolerance Usually if columns and rows spacing values are considered strictly some beads do not fit and should not be placed However sometimes the placement would look better if some pieces in that situation were allowed Tolerance controls how strictly the system behaves in these limit situations A value of 0 zero means no tolerance at all and larger values relaxes the placement rul
77. also allowing you to save the changes for a later use El 5 12 Texts and Monograms Using Effects In this group you will find a list of options to apply different effects These effects will allow you to modify the texts appearance in a simple way Choose on of the options from the right field where you have a series of Effects controls to set the configuration parameters of the selected effect Have in mind that if you want that the effect applied on the text has the required highlight it is necessary to specify at least two needle colors in the design This is because it is convenient that the effect does not have the same color than the one applied to the letters The available effects are Offset It applies a border within the text limits The displacement value specifies the thickness of such border it can also define the Color and Type body first right image or text border far right image Perspective This option allows you to apply a 3D perspective on the text to create a depth effect simulating 3D images Its main parameter is the Size when increasing or reducing the Size value the text will approach or recede from the vanishing point Other characteristics are Ref X and Y horizontal and vertical coordinates of the vanishing point Color and Type body first right image or text border second right image Perspective Orthogonal It produces a similar result to the above mentioned however
78. an You have a Auto Panning mechanism on the Working window Note that in the entire 4 working window perimeter there s a border less intense that the background color This region is called Auto Panning Area Note that when you place the mouse pointer within the Auto Panning Area it changes its traditional shape Keeping the pointer in this area for a few moments will start the auto panning in the direction indicated by the mouse cursor From Quick Access Button gt Options amp Preferences gt Working window tab you can control the size of the Auto Panning Area the time that the mouse has to remain in it to start the panning and the speed it must have Form the Stitch Era button gt Options and Preferences gt tab Working Window you can establish the bounds of the working area setting the max dimensions of the design in width and height adjusting the working area to the new values of Max Width and Max Height Stitch Era will not allow you move the mouse pointer beyond the bound area defined for those values and will show a warning message when exporting the design if objects are outside the maximum area Zoom In f Enlarges approaches the work area visualization Zoom Out Reduces the work area visualization in a proportion defined by the Zoom Out Factor in Quick Access Button gt Options amp Preferences gt Zoom Settings tab GER Stitch Era User s Interface Actual size Zoom 100 gt This butto
79. an existing expanded design into Stitch Era you may use several methods One of them is the Open command System From Start Page Ribbon gt From Stitch Era Button gt File gt Open folder symbol ay Open folder symbol w l a Start Wizard In any of the choices will open a dialog box that allows you 4 SE en E ae sn to search the place where the files are and have the option SE ve were Of looking at the files with different views and data before cen opening ee Large Icons small icons and list common on Windows gt 2 Mef SE F The view details gives the number of stitches ce The small and larger image view gives the design drawing The small view details and view larger image details B w n provides the drawing details of the design number of j Maia stitches number of colors quantity and type of controls oa layout size plus the date and time E 4 5 Stitch ERA User s Manual Loading Designs using the Galleries The galleries are panels that let you work with repositories embroidery designs frames ornaments pictures etc swiftly and effectively The galleries are displayed by clicking on their tabs located on the left side of the main window Appears with the preview pane of the elements organized by categories In this way you can easily operate with multiple elements Designs Gallery Embroidery Designs When you open this gallery you see a divided 2 p
80. and Automatic Digitizing Contents AULOMAUC DIGMIZING aaa aa di aime andadas 2 ARE EO RE daa Dai veces 2 Basic Sedano iio ocaso ocaso 3 Color Setting DEE 4 KSE dn e EE 4 Sg e SELLING EE 5 Image to Photo Uta aaa 6 Step DY Step Opera MN REENEN 7 PHROCO SHTCHING Features naaa 7 Mage to Cross SU as 9 Creating Objects from vector Images 12 CONVerS OM E uni 12 Automatic Conversion to Area obiect nn 12 Automatic Conversion to Path object ee ENNEN NEE EE EEN E EE EEEEEEEE EE 13 ASSISTEd CONVE SON mesi 13 Automatic Conversion USING Givles ee NEEN NEEN EE EEN 14 SING SUV E 15 DIGIEIZIN GIMO GSS iia 16 Manual Digitizing Ai AAA AAA 16 Asisted Digitizing AULOWACE ii 16 Automatic Digitizing Autocomplete cnn nn 18 Digitizing using Geometric Ghapes NN 18 Stitch ERA User s Manual This chapter introduces the tools available in Stitch ERA for assisted and automatic embroidery design creation from artwork images Automatic Digitizing Art to Stitch Art to Stitch is a tool that allows you to automatically convert all of your images and vectors to embroidery designs The system automatically recognizes open and close shapes using the most adequate type of stitch for each of them You will be able to modify the choice performed by the system It works both with pixel based images bit maps and vector based images automatically creating the necessary sections Suggestions for the correct use of Art to Stitch The image attribu
81. anel The top panel has three tabs that lets Ze Alfonsi a you select the type of embroidery design M format you can choose between a system Ee amp format design b machine format design c eet LibEJEMPLO_ all formats From the top pane navigate LIbEJEMPLO 6 between folders and in the lower pane LIEJEMPLO 9 dynamically show views of the design Having identified the design point and drag 20 the document workspace E EJEMPLO 10 EJEMPLO 108EJEMPLO TOBEJEMPLO 10C EJEMPLO 1 You also have the option to change the design size when you insert it into the workspace double click design go with the mouse to the workspace and verify that the cursor changed shape Draw a rectangle with the mouse and then release the mouse button Dialog box appears asking if you want to keep the needle design and original colors When you press OK the design will be presented with the dimensions chosen by you Thus specify not only its position but also its dimensions Press the Ctrl key when the drag will ensure that the design will not change its proportions solas Motifs Gallery This panel shows the pre ornaments frames shapes signs balloons etc Others can acquire distinguished with a padlock icon or you can create yourself Stitch ERA includes a series of embroidery designs with different shapes and aspect These are sorted out in categories based on the different representations To
82. ar Underlay Custom 7 Some sections allow you to create automatically the stitches um None ep underlay The underlay is used to tighten the fabric enough to Sort avoid its deformation when the section is completed with the ili Medium stitches of the main fill If the parameters are the suitable ones the Hard Se stitches in the underlay stitches remain hidden under the main fill The fill properties of the base or underlay including the underlay fill type are found in the Underlay and Compensations tab in the Object Inspector These properties are described in the chapter that refers to the Object Inspector El 6 27 Stitch ERA User s Manual Pull Compensation SOT According to several factors such as the stitch density the type of fabric the thread pull etc there could be fabric shrinks causing IW Fixed hard or visible variations in the stitches length uy No pull comp wo Prop 5 This group of properties has the purpose of correcting these Prop 10 defects Basically they make a stretching on the edges of the mo stitches ed soft Fixed medium Fixed hard Short Stitches eta Short Stitches allow you to compensate the lack and the heaps of stitches This group of properties is very useful in zones of sharp curves or differences in lengths that leave as many spaces i Level3 without thread as spaces with thread heaps Even if the short i s
83. at line with straight or curved segments according to your selection and Stitch ERA creates the text curving it according to the line ES To work on such changes you must follow the steps below Sy OS 1 Once the transformation is o o u AN o activated make several clicks lt a jil Ge in the working area to establish a SST different nodes these give direction to the base line To draw the base line you can insert curve or straight nodes By default nodes will be straight but pressing the Shift key you will create curved lines After confirming pressing Enter the inserted text will appear following the shape of the base line 2 You can modify the line s shape from the nodes the text will follow those changes If you want to modify the line that acts as guide line please consider the following You can change the nodes properties straight curve corner by positioning the mouse pointer on them and clicking on the right mouse button You can add a node by placing the mouse pointer on the line where you wish to insert that node the cursor turns into a cross arrow Then press the Insert key If you wish to eliminate a node place the mouse pointer on it and click on Delete You can move the letters along the baseline For this to happen drag any of the character control nodes that are placed on the base of the letter Once the desired shape is determined click on Enter for Stitch ERA to insert the text foll
84. ation Angle This tool operates quite simmilar to rescale Once activated the system waits you define a segment click for start point and drag for end point Then the rotation box appears with the measured angle highlighted and ready for input You just need to enter the desidered angle and press Ok The block will be rotated so as the defined segment has the entered angle This tool is very usefull at the time of aligning a shape with the axes Define the angle reference segment aligned with the shape and then set the new angle to O or 90 degrees Rotate Mirror Simple tools that produce common fixed angle rotation 90 180 270 degress and mirrors vertical and horizontal Position and Size Groups This groups contain controls that let you set the position and size of object blocks accuratelly Just enter the desidered value in the boxes and hit enter Align Group This group contains tools for aligning objects respect other objects inside the block and the hole block respect the design To Object This tools aligns the objects inside the block to left right top and bottom using as reference the leftmost rightmost upper and lower object of the block You can also align the objects centre horizontally vertically or both To Design Contains tools for align the hole block with respect to the design that is with respect to all other objects not included in the block Center tool Moves the centre of the block to the system origin poin
85. bs Page Design This tab contains controls to set the page size and design origin You may also indicate to include a frame around the design Beads and Marks This tab includes a bead list where you define what bead types are included in the exported file and select the Pen number speed and margin and a list of Pages where you organize what beads are included in each page Pen and Speed are common parameters for plotters and milling machines Margin is a value used to enlarge the mark exported for a given bead type so the piece can be easily trapped by the stencil hole Export to HPGL Page design Beads and marks Design Untitled Origin Eottom left J Size 182 2 x 210 1 mm Beads 1352 Size Aa Y width 210 0 E mm Height 2970 1 C Include frame Save to file Export to HPGL Page design Beads and marks ES Bead Pen Margin E 8 Page 1 Round Clez 1 0 25 O Bead Rt Round Clear Round Lt S 2 0 25 3 L Page 2 Round Lt R 3 0 25 O Bead Rt Round Lt Siam A Round Lt 5 4 0 25 L Page 3 Round Sian 5 0 25 Bead Rt Round Lt Rose Square Col 6 0 25 g Page 4 Rd Square Gol 7 hee Bead Rt Round Lt Siam al L Page 5 Bead Rt Round Siam fl nana ys y KIKI 3H OS G r Drag the beads between pages to create pages with more than one bead on it Save to file To organize pages just drag the bead
86. d the design is automatically loaded Stitch Era allows you to open a previously saved bead bar at any time In this case the current bead bar is replaced by the loaded one keeping the bead s order piece 1 of the old bar is replaced by piece 1 of the new one old 2 by new 2 and so on When you create a new design the system loads the default bead bar You can set what bead bar should be used as the default one using the Set as default command inside the hotfix catalog window El 10 22 Creating Hotfix Designs Cleaning overlapped pieces Most materials used in garment decoration with hotfix beads do not allow overlapped pieces The exception to this rule are the sequin beads type enough thin and flat to allow overlap Rhinestones rhinestuds and nailheads instead are too thick and curve to allow overlap When objects are overlapped totally or partially beads calculated for them are probably overlapped too The system will not display any warning about this situation 2 until you try to export the design using any of the output formats At that moment a message will notify you that the design has overlapped pieces we Stitch Era includes a tool to automatically cleans overlapped pieces called Hotfix Conflict Window To launch the tool you need to use the button located in the Hotfix ribbon This tool requires you know some details about your design basically the order of the objects in the design sequence Confirm
87. d Automatic Digitizing Automatic Conversion to Path object When you select a vector object with border in this example the vector has border only Stitch Era allows you to automatically create a Path object To Embroidery Stitch From Ai Look the example it shows the result obtained selecting Path with Zig Zag Assisted Conversion When you use the automatic tools Stitch Era creates a complete object for you including direction lines entry and exit points etc Assisted mode creates automatically the object boundaries including the holes if any and lets you the chance to create the direction lines entry and exit points emboss lines etc e Select the vector object to get access to the convert tab In the tab To Embroidery set the mode to Assisted e Select the area type and fill mode you want to use e Seleccione un vector para obtener las herramientas de la cinta y elija Modo Asistido e Elija el tipo de Area a la cual desea convertir su vector Stitch Era will create the object boundary the ribbon will switch to Area object and the system will be ready to accept a direction line definition You may define the direction or you may press Enter to let the system create an horizontal default direction Entry point Arci with Eds Ha reido Exit Point pirenaica Direction Lines Choose Assisted Select Section type Main reference You enter the rest of the Mode created automatically elements E 9 13
88. d cuts Remember that in some cases certain values of this panel can be graphically modified from the main window such as the entry and exit points From here you control a major item of embroidery which are points of entry and exit and other commands that can be inserted from the program for controlling the embroidery machine Re read Chapter 4 to understand the commands you can apply by the software and what kind of control applies over the embroidery machine 7 411 Chapter 8 Blocks and Object Manager Contents Siet EE 2 EFSatInd BlOCKS iaa 3 Selecta aaa 3 KEE dees 3 MO ala a le o ac 3 Creating Blocks using the Ctrl key 5 Selecting arange OFODE tea liada 5 Block ODeratiONS secesvasnsiwatecneategeruends teens a an 6 BIOCK Scale aNd ROCHON didas 7 Accurate Scaling and Rotation sssssessssssssssssnssnesnsnnsnnennrnnrsnennrnnrne 8 Be 9 AMOO A Gl EE 9 Rotate Gi MIMO Fassa 10 ROpetilliON Sus rersswavacwnived toidevanatoinves teasers ls a 11 AUTOM E aa 14 ODIECE to OD Ce EE 14 ODJectto desidia ads 15 Advanced BIOCK TOO Siria ada 16 GrOU PING ness nao as 16 A e 16 DINO OM aid isa alee 18 DISCO E e EE 18 The ODCCEM Let EE 18 Groups Packs Branched Packs cccccccccuseecccuscecccueeeccureeeeeuseecuueeeauurs 18 Stitch ERA User e Manual Blocks A block is a group of one or more vectors sections that merge to be temporarily treated as a unit You can use this type of edition to make for exam
89. d or delete them Observe in the left figure how the commands are viewed from the Graphic View These are circled in black for their better identification Remember that the embroidery machine must recognize the command for this to be reflected at the time of embroidering KI When the selected stitch is a command you can use the Change Command Control with which you will be able to change the type of command Insert Control E Insert This allows you to insert a machine command following the selected stitch From the Insert Command option select that you wish to insert right figure Similar to the Insert command function allows you to insert a machine control besides the selected stitch Delete AN Delete Also in order to delete controls you can use the Delete Control tool q Insert Stop Insert Cut j Needle ay Sequin El Chenille de Borer Gol Frame A Speed VW E Home W User d Converting Stops to from Color Changes You can transform a stop control into a color change and vice versa Simply select the control and activate the desired function When activating any of these functions all the color changes or stops according to the command you selected of the embroidery design will turn into its opposite control Stitch Edition Using the Go To tool From these options you will be able to easily browse by the stitches of the design If you know the number of the
90. design formed by three stitches that make an inverted V Note that as from the last stitch every mouse click inserts new ones forming a garland Ela 9 Stitch ERA User s Manual On the other hand in the next sequence you can see a garland formed by Zig Zag stitches Note that the shape of such column is bent When inserting stitches as from the a stitch the necessary pick points are defined so as to complete the entire figure di Move Insert Stitches JAA Delete Stitches More ay Convert Stitches to Jumps Ki Insert Command x The application will compensate the design at all times so as to avoid the displacement of the remaining stitches When you finish with the insertion press Enter to confirm Insert without compensation Unselect the check box Keep in Place and click on the places where you wish to establish the pick points of the new stitches This command is similar to the previous one but in this case the new stitches will not be compensated El 4 10 Stitch Edition Delete VA Move v Keep in Place Use this command in order to delete the selected stitch keeping the rest of the design compensated You can activate this from Cat EN i EEN es stitches to JUMPS he Delete Stitches command or just pressing the Delete key E ete Jumps to Stitches Ss Stitches amp Jumps Delete without compensation In the same way as in the previous case this command all
91. destination database to which each column of the imported files When finishing the process you have all the imported data in the Team Names list Texts and Monograms Monograms Stitch ERA enables the text insertion in the shape of monograms These correspond to designs with an exclusive style generally formed by one two or three capital letters Embroidery Para ingresar este elemento Si SE seleccione la pesta a Bordado f Er ta dy A y haga un click en el elemento ach ee G i Path Column Rigid Turning Lettering denominado Monograma s Area Aren e To insert this element in the Insert r ribbon Embroidery click on the Monogram button in the insertion box Maiaga The Monogram options ribbon will appear From there you will be able to choose a template style of the monogram and its Characters Select he ak 4k AF Ab Template gt E characters colors with their Template Characters amp Colors Size amp Position mm SIZES Inserting Monograms ei To begin with choose the desired style from the Select AA y all Template button MG1 0002 MG1 0003 MG1 0004 Type the desired characters in the Characters box and press Enter You can also modify height and width NH values at the corresponding fields wem meros Press Enter so that the monogram appears in the oi working window MG1 0009 MG1 0010 MG1 0011 MG1 0012 Editing Monograms Once the monogram has been inserted you
92. drag the corner nodes next figures s You can change the position of the block s axis before rotating Remember that the block s axis is located in the center of the block If you modify the central axis of a block the figure rotates on the basis of its axis new position For this you should follow this procedure 4 25 Stitch ERA User s Manual 1 Place the pointer on the axis in the center of the design while you press the Ctrl key until the pointer changes its shape O 2 Continue pressing the Ctrl key and drag in that way you move the block s axis When you position the axis in the desired location drop it 3 After placing the axis in its new position take one of the corners and rotate it Remember that you should not release the Ctrl key The block will rotate on the basis pa of its new rotation axis 4 In order to finish with the process release the Ctrl key in this way the block remains in its new layout Stitch Effects Sphere Noise Speed Wind Lens Whirl Explode OI a ig LE EE p Cr i gn El 4 26 Invert Stitches Stitch ERA allows you to distort a block following complex geometrical patters by means of the so called effects In the next paragraphs you will find a description of these effects and the instructions to use them All the effects are available both from the Ribbon Stitch Editing gt Transform gt Effects and the sub menu Effects of the context menu Re
93. ds showing the bead ar ei Geert description quantity used and bead type A check Round Lt Rose 1 7 mm Rhinestone mark in the first column lets you include or exclude a pine reali kiana Siam 1 7 mm Rhinestone bead type from the exported file By default the Flower Orange 3 0 mm Sequin system automatically includes the hotfix sequin types and excludes all others When you press OK the system will display a file box with your disk units and folders Name the export file Check the beads to be included in the export i ll be DST extension and press Save Z Use with transfer El 12 6 Hotfix Output Sending information to Cutters Vinyl and laser cutters are the preferred tools to create stencils for hotfix application Most of them includes a Windows driver so they are usually installed as printing devices The drivers also allow control of pen speed pressure or power media size etc From the Application menu select Send and then Send to Cutter The system will open the dialog shown at the right It s organized in two tabs Page Design This tab contains controls to set the origin You may also indicate to include a frame around the design Media size should be set from the driver Beads and Marks This tab includes a bead list where you define what bead types are included in the exported file and select the Pen number speed and margin and a list of Pages where you organize what be
94. duces a proportional scaling When you move the mouse out of the handles a four RA arrows pointer shape indicates that you may drag to move the whole text Arc Lets you bend the text in an arc shape The handles to control this transformation are Handle A controls the vertical size of the transformation box keeping the superior arc in place and moving the lower one Handle B Controls the horizontal E size of the box but preserving the arc shape Handle C Controls the distance of the box from the arc centre Handle D Also controls the vertical size of the box but it preserves the lower arc and move the upper one Handle E Scales the whole box combining the effects of handles B and D Handle F Rotates the box around the arc centre Handle G Controls the arc radius El 11 7 Stitch Era User s Manual Irregular Box Allows free distortion with no predefined geometric shape When you select this Wi O transformation the system activates handles at a g the corners and at middle point of the sides Handles in this transformation have three states free straight and curve State may be changed on the fly by clicking them with the mouse right button Changing handles state allow you to get different box distortions like the one showed in the picture above User line and User Distortion These transformations are available at the time of creating the text object only When you edit a previ
95. e allowing some limit pieces to be included ror 30 4 Manual Hotfix This tool lets you insert one isolated hotfix piece anywhere in your design Very usefull to add some special pieces sometimes large ones normally used in very low quantities or to complete the placement generated by the system for a given object To add manual pieces just activate the tool select a bead from the bead bar and click where you need to place the bead When the Manual Hotfix tool is active the ribbon shows position angle and bet type properties that let you control accuratelly the bead placement Hotfix Texts Texts are very powerfull objects that allows you to easily create legends with hotfix pieces Stitch Era lets you to create hotfix text using a set of detailed pre digitized fonts and also using the TrueType fonts installed in your computer Stitch Era Text features includes a complete manipulation of size orientation spacing charactes words lines of texts and characters inside texts text layout effects like arc bridge diamomd etc and more Due extense possibilities text objects offer we have prepare an special chapter the next one totally dedicated to texts object Creating Hotfix objects Producing a hotfix design from the idea o the garment basically involves Artwork Some kind of drawing sketch image or good specification related with the art behind the design El 10 8 Creating Hotfix Design
96. e extension DSG Expanded Files Expanded files are much simpler files that store just stitch information They can be read by embroidery machines because it contains coordinates corresponding to the movements of the machine information about color changes and other commands or controls that the machine can execute like thread trims and stop orders Stitch and control information may be stored into expanded files with different structures called Machine Codes or Machine Formats Several formats are currently used in the embroidery market and different machine brands use different formats Usually most embroidery machines can read more than one format and Stitch Era reads most of the commercial formats available nowdays This chapter is dedicated to introduce the tools to work with expanded designs Machine Codes and diskettes Some machines are still using diskettes to get the design information Most modern machines use USB storage devices memory cards or get the designs using some type of connection with a computer In order the machines read a design from a disk it needs to be prepared using a special procedure called formatting Different machine codes requires different formatting so at the time to format a disk you will need to select the machine code you will use In order to format a diskette open Embroidery Explorer from the Quick Access Botton to format the diskette with the desired code When you format a diskette you are
97. e from the exported file e Click the tray column and select the machine tray you will use for the bead type e Click the Angle column and set the default bead angle The number of trays available depends on the machine model If the design uses more different bead types than trays in your machine has you will need to export more than one file with different beads each one El 12 3 Stitch Era User s Manual 1 Load the machines with stone types included in file 1 and execute the placement 2 Without removing the transfer sheet load the machine with stone types included in file 2 and execute the file 3 Repeat for all files you exported Using this procedure there is no limits to the number of different bead types you may use no matter how many trays your machine has Default angle depends on bead type Round stones has a default angle of 0 Check the machine documentation to find out teh default angle for the beads your design uses When you press the Ok button the system will display a file dialog box where you can select the unit folder and file name for the exported file Once saved you will need to copy the exported file srt to a USB pendrive and read it in the machine Stone File for AAS When you select the command Export Stone File for AAS the system presents the dialog shown at the right It contains a list of beads showing the bead description quantity used and bead type A check mark in the first
98. e horizontal axis occurs keeping the opposite side in its place and maintaining the vertical size e of the box Ba wt E If dragging towards the center of the rectangle a compression in the horizontal axis occurs In the same way while dragging D and H the block expands or A 4 Te compresses in its vertical axis and keeps the size of the horizontal axis In the non proportional scaling by keeping the Shift key pressed when dragging you make a proportional expansion or compression maintaining the center position fixed l This is an useful option to increase or reduce one of the block dimensions keeping it in its place Accurate Scaling and Rotation The changes in Scaling and Rotation allow you to establish the size and slant of a block in a graphical and interactive way on the graphic view In those cases where it is required to alter the dimensions or angle of a block in an accurate way you count on these two tools to specify a block size or angle and then establish the value you wish to set los Blocks and Object Manager Rescale Rescale This tool allows you to make an accurate adjustment of a block size To do so please follow these instructions CA Rotate Miror gt 3 If necessary use the Zoom level that allows viewing the block in detail ET This action is highly recommended co 2 Select a block Select Rescale toll from the Ribbon Them click on a point in the block and d
99. e node To solve this problem press the Alt key to drag the point in question ignoring the node Optimized by the system The system connects the sections by the closest point When the property indicates Optimized in the Connections amp Functions tab of the Object Inspector the application assesses which is the most convenient position in order to achieve a close connection between the consecutive sections E 6 13 Stitch ERA User s Manual Holes It is a closed path that can be included inside the main reference of the Area type sections According to the properties that are assigned the hole can be 1 Empty there is no thread in it 2 Zig Zag type has a Zig Zag fill covering the entire surface 3 Pattern A pattern is produced in the hole and it can be different to the one applied to the main reference You can insert all the holes you want The nodes of the outline of the hole have the same characteristics than the ones of the main reference you can define curve or straight and normal or corner In the design of the figure observe the section that forms the right wing of the butterfly It contains three empty holes 1 2 and 3 while the section of the left wing has two holes with pattern 4 and 5 The hole can be empty or can be filled with another pattern when this option is available When you insert the first hole in a section with several directions the first direction created will be the
100. e that will frame the result Please observe the image on the right it is a bitmap inserted as image in Stitch Era which background is gray You should apply one or other method depending on the result you wish to achieve Step 2 Vectorize Here you should transform the image free from noise in vector figures Once you have created the vector based figures you will be able to work on them freely you will be able to scale them modify their shape changing the nodes change their color etc The creative possibilities when the original bitmap image is vector based are many It all depends on your imagination Max Error Or 120 4 For this to happen you must configure well the items NN that define the characteristics of the created vector Sharpness On 1 E y Vectorize right figure These are described hereunder Min Area Sl 100 Vectorizer setings Max Error This control defines the curvature degree that the trace will have It increases or reduces the precision the vector curve will have with regard to the original bitmap Sharpness If you increase this value the number of nodes that the created vector based figure has will decrease thus obtaining a sharpened result These two controls define the curvature degree that the vector will have High values of these controls results in rounded outlines If these items have small values the trace of the vector based figures will adjust to the outlines of the bitmap
101. e views Stitch Effects for paths with Programmable Stitches These sections may be open figures can be modified by the effects of beginning end and modulation However we suggest that you use with care because programmable stitches starts from a small stitch pattern drawing that are repeated throughout the section When you apply some of these effects is changed that picture by changing the size of the stitches and that can cause some loss of quality in the embroidery of that section Stitch Effects for columns and area sections Both types of sections filled with ZZ E and pattern have the potential to be affected by the effects of variable density and random effects and how your sections are not open figures the effects of beginning end and no modulation place in this section The support sections filled with sequins macros have no effect on texture stitching Stitch ERA User s Manual Connections and Controls Group This panel allows you to insert and modify locks of all sections you have created or edited in the workspace These controls are also available from the Ribbon to each section selected in the workspace Borderline Tab With this tab you can create a borderline to a column section type and area as well as edit adjust and apply effects And if the sections with holes from this tab IS ae automatically creates such borderlines if you want HU 00 you can disable it Adjustment Compensation E
102. eE Selle chapter will introduce the extense list of features available in Stitch Era texts Stitch Era Text Objects When you create a path or area you build the object shape using any of the creation methods manual assisted etc Shapes for Text objects instead are built from characters you type with no need for graphic input you just need to select the font set the size usually the text height and fill mode and type the characters Stitch Era creates shapes for each letter and applies the specified fill mode to them Text object types There are two basic text types those based on digitized fonts and those based on TrueType fonts Digitized fonts Are quality pre built fonts included with the system These type of fonts were created character by character using special groups of basic objects generally paths and tested for a range of sizes and bead types When you create a text using a predigitized font the system uses those pre built basic objects to generate the placement of beads TrueType fonts Text based on TrueType fonts are built on the fly using the shapes contained in the font to automatically create objects for each character you type Then all objects created for a given text are packed properly to allow easy manipulation and edition It s important to know that not all TrueType fonts have the same quality and not all of them are good for hotfix Proper selection of text size basically related with t
103. eck it in order to change the type of normal explosion to the expansive mode When you are satisfied with the result obtained go to the context menu and click on Confirm or press the Enter key Invert stitches Ais Inv ert lt lt From the context menu this command will allow you to revert the iy Invert embroidery sequence After executing it the first stitch of the block will become the last stitch and vice versa Stitch ERA automatically adds the necessary displacements to maintain the block in place and compensate the design Finishing Tools Filter Small stitches A Sort It allows you to remove the design s stitches which displacement Gl Startiend value is within a given range In order to work with this tool you must follow this procedure se 1 Fiter Smal Small Stitches Filter 1 When activating the command a dialog box where you can specify the filter limit will appear Length 2 Enter the value and click OK to start the lt filtering E 4 31 Stitch ERA User s Manual Sort Stitches by Color B Sort This command allows Color Sequence El Start End you to change the order O Sort by Nesds number 1 2 3 de of colors of the Manual fuse DraghDirop i SS expanded design which Sy ME sp can be activated from Eier the ribbon stitch editing SY Stitches 1101202 or from the context WTA a gt 2 EPA EE 5 menu T Curent oder 2 A Curre
104. ectangles or perfects circles if you work with ellipses Once the silhouette XOS A has the size and shape desired release the mouse button immediately after ti jf you create a figure the same will be available for you to adjust the size and Oe an wl he sh the shape HAD El 3 17 Stitch Era Users Manual Open Shapes The gallery of Open Figures displays organized in several categories to make easier the search and selection of a shape and among the categories proposed you can find angled corners and squared borders frames and finials deg To insert any of the open figures select from the ribbon Artwork or from the tab Vector the desired figure Press the left button of the mouse on a point in the work area and drag without releasing while you are dragging My you can see the silhouette of the figure Pressing the key Ctrl at the gt dragging time will generate provided figures a The open figures respond successfully to the path conversions with backstitch and path with hotfix if you want to put other type of filling you have to edit them Vectors based on TrueType texts Pressing this button opens a dialog box KE K that allows you to type text or lines of text UE piy f Bezier including selecting the font and size Clased Sc alignment and presentation Press the FreeHand green check Shapes Shapes Closed Shapes Press CTRL Enter to create multi line texts Vector Test E m
105. ected vector has no border the Border Color and Thickness commands are disabled There are several types of controls in the ribbon bar A Bezier Buttons Clicking on them launches the command they represent e Toggle buttons Clicking on them you change a state For example turn grid nz on off Combo buttons When clicked a menu or gallery is displayed Theses FreeHand buttons has a small down arrow at the left or bottom E O la Option groups let you select an option among a few predefined ones Edit boxes Allow you set a value either by typing it and pressing enter or by e using the small arrows buttons called spins to increment decrement the i displayed value If your mouse has a wheel you may also click them to activate and the use the wheel to increment decrement the value 24 3 Minimizing the Ribbon To save screen space you may minimize the ribbon by double clicikng any of its tabs or by using the command located in menu at the right of the Quick Access Toolbar 1 Click Customize Quick Access Toolbar the small arrow at the left 2 In the list click Minimize the Ribbon 3 To use the Ribbon while it is minimized click the tab you want to use and then click the option or command 4 To restore the ribbon to its normal state repeat the steps You may also use the the shortcut to minimize restore the ribbon Ctrl F 1 Shortcuts Shortcuts are keyboard sequences that triggers a command exactly a
106. ectors and blocks of embroidery sections If you keep the button pressed will display the selection modes B 2 45 Stitch ERA User s Manual select by Rectangle Select by rectangle for every object Select by Outline CErFLO Select by outline for every object Select hy Calor Select by color for embroidery select bye Properties Select by properties for embroidery Select all sections for embroidery Select all vectors for vectors Select all objects for every object Unselect objects for every object Invert selection for every object ge Select All Vectors Select All Objects Ctri 4 E Unselect objects E Invert Selection Edit Palette With this button access the possibility to change the color palette when working with vector figures If you keep pressed the button for a while it will display a list of options that allows you to save the palette load saved palettes previously and configure one by default every time that you work with vectors Fill color and Border color a The first color button pail points the background color of the vector figure Eg The second color button pen points the border color of the vector figure Doing a click en every one of them you can edit the color of the vector object Design Background With this button you can configure the color or fabrics that you wish to see in the back of the document Color bar for Vector objects H The first button of the color bar of vec
107. ed SUE FINA WWDCS iia 24 Filling types for Path obecte NN 24 Filling types Tor Column ODJECES ca a 24 Filling types for Uniform Area obiects nn 25 Filling types for Turning Areas obiecte nn 26 Filling types for Flexible Area objects ooccccccccccccccncnnnnnnnnnn nn 27 Adjustment amp COMPENSATION oo cccccccceeee eee eee rr rr rr rr rr eee EEE EEE EEE EE EEE SEES 27 Undead 27 PUMP elen el ato aaa ia 28 SORE SUCCES ira a a EN 28 DOTA aia 28 Object creation example 29 Example 1 Digitizing a Path eechon 29 Example 2 Digitizing a Column Section 29 Example 3 Digitizing a Turning Area Gechon 30 Example 4 Creating an Uniform Area with a hole and emboss line 32 Creating Embroidery Designs Object types and creation tools Each of the sections that can be used in creating embroidery has properties and characteristics of their own The choice of tool used depends on the figure from which to start the capture and the desired stitch type In general the creation tools have similar characteristics not equal to each other For example In the one case where you can create open figures using the tool Path however in the case of sections of the type Column should always add pairs of nodes to create a section of this type Creation Tools 7 To create sections using the manual creation mode is by crea e Sections A Pa Column pressing the button Tools of the bar pu Ss gu su A Menu is disp
108. ed clicking any color within the pallete will fill that object with the pointed color Clicking the color with the right mouse button sets the border color for that object 3 21 Stitch Era Users Manual Managing Color Palettes GOH Edit this Palette bee Load a Palette ka Save this Palette The first element in the color pallete is a special item It represents the No color entry and may be used to remove the border and fill color of vector objects Clicking the no color item eliminates the vector fill color Clicking the no color item with the right mouse button eliminates the vector border Edit this Palette Allows you to access a dialog box with options to select and edit a color palette Load Save and Delete a color palette Get a dialog box that lets you work with color palettes Working with vector nodes Node types Set this Palette as Default Each time you open a AC Delete ap aletten document vecior this color palette appears SE Set this palette as Default The vector based figures are made of nodes that behave similarly to those that make the embroidery sections Once the vector based figure has been created you can modify the nodes that give shape to it as well as the layout of each node s handles Once the figure has been converted into curves you will be able to alter its geometry modifying the location of its nodes and the layout of its handles You can also el
109. ed to a mold in the shape of cells El 8 13 Stitch ERA User e Manual The duplicated blocks adapt to each matrix cell You define the number of rows columns and the horizontal and vertical distance from the matrix cells In order to work with this tool follow the steps explained hereunder 1 Select a block and activate this function The Rows 2 g Cols 2 lg figure shown in the right will appear z Dist Hi 15 0 8 Distw 15 0 8 2 In the Matrix box define the number of rows and S a o ER en columns and the distance between them Order by Row O Order by Column Keep original sections When you accept the values entered the result will appear in the working area the block will be reproduced a certain number of times depending on the values entered In the example of the left figure we have applied this transformation defining a number of rows equal to 3 while the Columns value corresponds to 6 Alignment Layout Also in the block context menu or from the Ribbon there is a fa Object to Object group of alignment tools available Oberto Desan gt These utilities are divided into two groups E Center of Design e Object to Object Align e Object to Design Object to Object Allows you to align the block sections to left right top bottom and center in both axis or in either of the two The alignment function considers the section which is closer to the left right upper or lower borders or
110. edles by click on the select one Stitch Setting from here you choose the pattern type by click on the pattern image and determinate the running stitch length Besides from advance settings button you can modify the fill mode underlay and compensation options Fabric Settings Drop down and choose the fabric type for the design From advance settings button you access to material editor Shape Recognition Minimum ZZ width Running Stitches will be created for shapes thinner than this value Maximum ZZ width Pattern fill stitches will be created for shapes thicker than this value Stitch ERA User s Manual Image to Photo Stitch on Art bo Stitch Intelligent a To access this tool follow the ke same procedure you used to Ne access Art to Stitch i HIR d A Art to Stitch Imageto fimageto Image to Photo Stitch is available Area only A Photo Stitchs Stitch in the Convert To Embroidery tab Auto Digitizing This operating mode performs an automatic trace of the image captured and creates Photo stitches based on the embroidery design preferred by the user a La SE KR Zi ERR NEES NEE SERA d a F e EF leg TREF L E rere d EE d EELER Sege er Set O ARA E C er Tr D 1 i D VER F EE E rs or E a 118 re Fe e de ce SZ EE E AS ri d e er ee re raro z z There are many advantages offered by this tool for example Works wi
111. ee 8 Tr ad Hi bw T S 2 men E E EE SE a a E N p POINT Saving Vector Images to disk to modify the vector graphics and then save directly from the application Distribution tab gt Export button Save the file under format EMF compatible with all programs working on vector graphics FJ You can work on vector figures and using the many tools that provides application Save Export When you import or open vector images composed of many vectors you must ungroup to start editing each one of them If these vector shapes are not removed before saving the document is saved with the design This is useful to change in later editions created forms E 3 18 Images and Vectors Editing Vector Objects Vector Objects Selection All vector figures inserted in Stitch Era are editable such transformations are done using them together or modifying nodes individually To select any object located in the main work area press this button click on the object you want Immediately see a box on it that lets you manually resize while the Ribbon changes to provide the tools you need to edit the object Holding down the button will display options for selection Select by rectangle From left to right Select the objects that are fully included in the box From left to right Select the objects crossed by the rectangle Select by outline Draw an outline node to node around the figure you want to select When you fini
112. efines a needle exchange which allows multiple colors defined in the section Main Properties TE Colors density random effect Tal algo E side and value a BER cl BT The stitches are Area Fill oriented according to the section direction while the end effects will be determined from the Object e Inspector side in which is going to be applied and transformation percentage These types of filling introduce a random effect one side or both making irregular ends of the section El 6 26 Creating Embroidery Designs Filling types for Flexible Area objects Flexible Area with Sequin Notice in the figure that the black line indicates the direction curve was applied L Main properties Style diameter spacing margin repetition device s layout maximum stitch length adjust to path meee Sequin Bd 2 20 2 BSmm of Fla 7 gl Area Fill Note the curve direction and how have been targeted the sequins Adjustment amp Compensation Compensation stitches in the borderline of the section All this adjustment are Soft Sections have some properties like complex types of stitches These properties are Underlay Pull Compensation Short Stitches or adjustment to create stitches with the purpose of tightening the II Level 2 is 7 fabric thus avoiding deformation and the Border to produce lll Prop 15 gt applied and configured from the Ribbon b
113. either on the stitches only or on the borderline only back stitches A E LA IN Pen and Line It is used to draw or create straight lines Depending on the button you press right or left it will take the color of the foreground or background In order to choose the thickness of the line select any of the Line options from the Fill Mode box A o E Sj Rectangle Ellipse and Polygon They are used to draw geometric lines With the left button you select the foreground color and with the right button you select the background For the filled or empty option select any of the alternatives presented in the Fill Mode box B A Font Used to introduce a text When activated the window where you have to introduce the text font size etc pops up This is similar to any Windows application that allows the insertion of texts 3 r 15d Fill with Color It is used to refill a sector with stitches or make a Fill Made B selection with the same color Depending whether you press the left or ON right button it will take the color of the foreground or the background hid Fill with Eraser lt is used to delete an area with stitches or a selection of stitches with the same color Cl Pick Color It picks colors from a design for this to happen you have to click on the stitches chosen Clicking on the left mouse button you select the foreground color and clicking on the right mouse button you select the foreground ES Stitches type
114. eline produce a stair layout Characters are not Arrange la e Ges distorted just their position is modified In addition to this classification Stitch Era organizes the transformation in two groups Defaults and Templates Default transformations are simple basic transformations like cis 3 Rotation Irregular Arc upper and lower and Stair Using the default po la gt transformations you may build envelope and line distortions with any en e tonos shape KE Templates Although using the default transformations you may create transformations of any shape the system includes a set of pre built shapes so you don t have to do it by yourself They are so ooo meee encsi called Templates Shapes like Bridge Panoramic etc are included _ G within the templates eee eee i Si Reset Transformation El 11 6 Hotfix Text Using Transformations All transformations have a number of handles or grips to control them Depending upon the transformation the system displays different handles that produce different effects The following examples describes how behave the handles of some default transformations Stair Stair transformation has three basic handles located at the right side of the text Handle A controls the angle of the baseline Drag it Era down to get a descending stair drag it up to get an ci D Zeen ascending one ep al Handle B changes text spacing proportionally 1B Handle C pro
115. ents behave at the node e The picture at the left shows the e WM same curved node with three different le p positions of the handles Handles may be moved near or far the node to get a sharper or smoother curve and may be rotated around the node to change concavity There is a property for normal curve nodes that adds some extra control for the handles Symmetric Force that both handels are of the same size making the curvature of the 7 segments at both sides of the node equal When you move one of the handles the opposite ones is automatically moved at the same distance with respect of the node Uniform Both handles may be set at different distances with respect of the node eg although they are forced to remain aligned wc When the curve node is marked as a We corner its handles may be set at different distances from the node and may have different directions The picture shows the same corner curve node with different positions of its handles Note that handles may be set at any distance from the node and they are not aligned Stitch Era User s Manual Paths Paths are linear objects with beads arranged along them They are simply defined by a sequence of nodes lt may be opened or closed may have smooth or sharp curved segments controlled by the properties of its nodes and also may intersect themselves One basic fill mode is available for this type of object beads are arranged along the pat
116. eometrical shape choosing among Zig Zag areas and pattern type stitch areas Auto Fill type sections automatically insert cut lines according to the geometry of the main reference In the lower figures observe three examples of auto fill sections Take into account that you can insert more than one cut line per section In order to apply a cut line when creating a section trace the main reference from the ribbon or from the context menu select Cut Line and insert inside the section area a pair of nodes for each cut line you wish to create To finish open the context menu and select Process amp Confirm Ctrl Enter El6 15 Stitch ERA User s Manual Cut Line and Direction A cut line can also influence the orientation of stitches as if they were direction lines For this to happen edit the cut line by clicking on one of its blue nodes A round yellow dot appears at the side of the node shown in the left figure when clicking on it you will modify the cut line attribute also turning it into a direction line This will result in stitches of the subsection oriented according to the cut line direction You can specify a cut line to also be a direction line from the very beginning of the section To do so create cut lines but pressing the Shift key Basic Stitch Filling Types Filling types for Path objects Type Path sections support different types of stitch They are listed below Path with Backstitch Th
117. er You have just createda spes asus path object with an aspect simmilar to the one showed in the picture at the SAH ose right wed ESS Converting Artwork images into Hotfix Converting vector artwork objects into hotfix objects is a fast and automatic process that lets you get a complete and editable hotfix design in seconds El 10 12 Creating Hotfix Designs Step 1 2 51 Graphics Images x D a Raster Images Vector Images Al Images Load Image S Create a new design Then open the Image Gallery and 3 on using the folders panel select the All Images tab and point le to Era Images vector folder see Note You can find E a details aboutthis in chapter 3 Working with Images and Vectors D Can sa I For this example we will use the vector image named e TS ASV 035 If you select a different one be careful with the e Ai F vectors grouping and overlap Use the Combine Vectors Am ASV 025 ASV026 ASV 027 tools if required Drag the image into the working area to load it Set Size and center image Switch to Layout tab and using the Size group set the horizontal size to 4 around 100 mm The image will be proportionally scaled to around 4 00 x 3 64 inches Finally center the image using Center at Origin group Align To Design tools ASV 029 ASV 030 ASW 031 ASV 032 ASV 033 ASV 034 szg ASV 036 ASV 037 ASV 038 ASV 039 Note The default installa
118. er Right Corner Stark Point At Lower Left Corner Start Point At Lower Right Corner Stark Point t Upper Center Stark Point At Center Left Start Point ot Lower Center Start Point At Center Right Sonne aaa Start Point AE First Entity DOnCGODOdoO Move End Point End Point At Center End Point At Upper Left Corner End Point At Upper Right Corner End Point At Lower Left Corner End Point At Lower Right Corner End Point At Upper Center End Point At Center Left End Point At Lower Center End Point At Center Right End Point At Last Entity End Point On Start Point vw Start End Icons of the Start Point End Point of the design When the option Start_End on the Ribbon View is activated Stitch ERA draws the icons of the Start and End points on the Graphical View 3 When activating the option Show Start End of the Design two small icons will appear in the Graphic View These icons are the symbols for the Start arrow upwards or the End arrow downwards of the design Observe these two icons on the figure Location of the start and end points As from these options you have a series of commands that allow you to place the start and end points in predefined locations commonly used In order to use any of these commands it is enough to select them by clicking on them This makes the mentioned points move to the indicated location Also you can change its position manually by means of the commands Move Sta
119. er at least one direction line a horizontal direction line will be automatically inserted In the same way if you do not insert the start and end points manually these points will appear directly in the first and last node of the main artwork Remember that you access to the selected section properties from the Ribbon or deeper from the Object Inspector and from there you can change the values Correct geometry Observe that the following figures answer to all the requirements for the correct geometry of the sections in an Area section El 6 30 Creating Embroidery Designs Y nm Incorrect geometry In the first figure below observe that the outline crosses over itself In the second figure you can see that within the section the two direction lines cross over each other When creating a section such as the one shown in the right picture a big concentration of stitches on the upper part occurs this can lead to some inconveniences when embroidering the design Observe that the directions contribute to the concentration of stitches Creating simple turning areas ES 1 Select the Area creation tool Turning 2 Verify that the Curve button is activated in order to produce curved nodes 3 Verify that the Normal node is activated in order to produce normal nodes Then enter the following sequence of nodes 4 Enter the graph s node sequence by clicking on the design s area from the first node 1
120. erence you need to select Hole and then use the autotrace again to capture the hole reference Even more you may switch to manual mode on the fly and eventually create the hole reference manually Automatic Digitizing Autocomplete ES Manual Autocomplete is a full automatic digitizing tool Althought the procedure e to use Autocomplete is almost identical than the Autotrace procedure it H Autotrace creates all the object references at a time that is the main reference and the references for all holes the shape has 4 Auto Complete Even more Autocomplete lets you trace several shapes at a time creating several objects of the same type and fill mode Once the first shape was traced press and hold the Ctrl key and trace another one When you press Enter two objects will be created at the same time Digitizing using Geometric Shapes Creating objects from Geometric shapes is another semi automatic yA H digitizing method It helps you to create the object references main kel Tech reference and holes from a library of opened and closed geometric Closed Open shapes Shapes Shapes Both libraries are available for path objects and just the closed shapes library is available for area objects Using this tools is very simple See the example below E o 18 Assited and Automatic Digitizing Creating a path with a geometric shape Step 1 Select the path tool and set the Digitizing Mode to manual For this
121. es etc From the Graphic View you will be able to visualize the changes made Filling types for Turning Area objects The completed sections of this type of stitches placed following the directions that are closer so they look more to accommodate the shape of the section E 6 21 Stitch ERA User s Manual Turning Area with Zig Zag Notice in the figure as provide directions to make the filling ZZ covering the entire figure in a uniform way Main properties le Pot BS Color stitches density or spacing Ee regular type or Z type random Me Slines effect width pull compensation short or mid stitch automatic Rezaya stitches separation variable density drawing with a Zig Zag stitch length Turning Area with Stitch E Figure shows the stitches guided directions to cover the figure and form an E on one side of the central path In the properties box of the tape you are offered opportunities to change the drawing side of the Stitch E d KW E Stitch Ge properties A S wi 0 5 tin t olor stitch type E EE or Square MOZA ee stitches density or spacing jagged E HT i Pea Fl edge of the E stitch random effect width pull compensation automatic stitches separation Turning Area with Pattern The area with flexible pattern supports more than one direction line but does not support holes or a primary reference complex Elastic Pattern Main properties se Ss MS line
122. es and or change needle colors manually Color Assignment Artwork Change Needle Color New needle palette 1 KE 3 gt cl Stitch Setting Basic Settings Color Settings Needle Settings Stitch Settings ERA A b 1 12 D a EEES EI o Stitch Settings Pattern type AZ Running Stitch Lenath 20 S Mmm Advanced Settings Default Fabric Settings Fabric Type Neutral Advanced Settings Shape Recognition Running stitches will be created for Minimum 22 width shapes thinner than this value Pattern fill stitches will be created for Maximum ZZ width shapes thicker than this value me finished Hide the reference image and observe the results While pressing the OK button the automatic trace of all geometrical images in design is performed based on the configurations setup The design will be 1 Use free needles skip those already in use and redefine their colors according to the artwork colors 2 Do not use skip the lowers needles Start using needle and redefine needle colors according to the artwork colors Using this strategy a new needle palette will show you at bottom of the box 3 Do not use skip the lower needles Start using needle but don t change needle colors design colors may result strange 4 Assign artwork colors to needles and or change needle colors manually From Color Assignment box you can change manually the color ne
123. ese conditions give versatility reason which are preferred by Vector Formats The following formats are compatible with Stitch Era e Windows MetaFiles wmf e Enhanced MetaFiles emf e CorelDraw cdr e Corel Presentation Exchange cmx e Adobe Illustrator ai e EO Imaging El 3 14 Images and Vectors To use the formats cdr and cmx you will have to have installed in your system Corel Draw R and the file opened in the application To use the format ai you will have to have installed in your system Adobe Illustrator R and the file opened in the application Loading Vector Images from disk E eme MEE A way of inserting background vectors is to use those created A a using a graphics program taken from a clip art or downloaded af Get vectors From gt meshand from the Internet Designs ERA allows you to load vectors from Add Vectors disk through the button Open File on the Ribbon Home The Open window appears showing the images available on disk in different formats In the lower part of the window the box Files of type allows you to select the image format To load an image 1 Select drive and folder on the left side 2 On the right side click on the image 3 Click on Open If you want to delete a vector from the active document simply select the image from the select object mode and press the Delete key Getting Vectors from Corel Draw Stitch Era is compatible with Corel Draw versions 10 11
124. etc You can access the following options from the Ribbon Stitch Editing gt Block Select amp recognition Selecting blocks Select all Use this command in order to select all the stitches In this way a block with the complete design will be formed El4 13 Stitch ERA User s Manual Select by rectangle E Using this selection mode you form a block that includes the stitches within a rectangle In order to make the selection follow these steps 1 Activate the command 2 Mark the first corner of the rectangle by clicking on the ee graphic window SC d 3 Drag the mouse while the dotted rectangle forms and Jl ms take the cursor for this rectangle to close a section of the design left figure until including the area that contains the desired stitches Then release the button 4 If the block has non adjoining stitches check the corresponding ranges in the Block Conformation box and click on OK 5 Stitch ERA will form a block with the selected stitches which will be drawn highlighted and with a dotted box surrounding them right figure FA SSS 1 Activate the command nn 2 Mark the first corner of the rectangle by clicking on the s A graphic window SC s 3 Drag the mouse while the dotted rectangle forms and s ww take the cursor for this rectangle to close a section of the design left figure until including the area that contains the desired stitches Then release the butt
125. example we will use a path with running stitches Step 2 Click on Open Shapes Within the gallery scroll down to the category named Square Corners and select the shape showed in the picture at the right Move the pointer into the working area and drag The shape will appear and will start to scale up following the mouse move Set a size around 200 x 140 mm You may press and hold down the Ctrl key to scale the shape proportionally Step 3 Release the mouse button and hit Enter You have just created a ppp aoum path object with an aspect simmilar to the one showed in the picture at the 7 SCH right der E o 19 Chapter 10 Creating Hotfix Designs Contents Stitch Era HOT OD GEES a aaa 2 ADOUE Ve e a sxc concise ter ius EA AE ota 2 PATAS erte de 4 Area EE 5 Areas With Radiant sd 5 Areas With Flexible TIO et ad 6 Areas WIT GAO HON road tesa 7 Mandalas 8 o O 8 Creatina ele ek ODESSA AAA A 8 Mantel DIG ZAG a O A 9 Asisted DIGITIZING er 9 Automatic Digitizing Autocomplete o o o onnnncccccccccccccccccncccccnccnnnnncoos 11 Digitizing using Geometric Shapes NN 12 Converting Artwork images into Hof 12 EALING o Tei 14 Object Selection ee EEN 14 HOX Dece Cano Nte 15 Working with Hotfix Objects BIOCKS cccccccccce cece cece eee e eee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeennes 16 Object Manager and Object Inspector 18 Object eet 18 ODICCH ee 19 Hor PIECES DIARY wind cassia aos 19 Bead bar behavior for exis
126. ffect width pull compensation automatic stitches separation iii 5 S Bi PTR O003 vector Fill Creating Embroidery Designs Programmable Stitch Decorative stitching applied to a column section Is transformed into a dynamic filling because in the wide parts of the cell section takes 100 of its size and the narrowest part accommodates the width of the cell Look carefully at the figure Main properties 5 um 2 RE Colors stitch name we e DS i A ey horizontal and vertical d Ze stitch scaling rotation wm me 0 Pz20015 and number of stitches Hector Fill lines Filling types for Uniform Area objects This type of section supports a single direction and in some cases not needed Area with Pattern The filling consists of a series of stitches that cover the entire section The modification of certain parameters transforms the appearance of the pattern as the stitch length angle or sequence Offering a range of patterns that provides the Application Dates Main properties ra H p MiS lines Color library pattern spacing fill hole features width pull compensation avoid small width outline free of stitches Area Fill Area with Programmable Stitches Programmable Stitch sections can be applied to complex shapes and holes but will have a single direction and appearance of the stitches can be changed with the percentage of the cell and other properties accessible from t
127. for the present font yo can define height and width but if you work with a TrueType the Width value will be disabled head Tar Se Thread Tar Se Lo d er Fa pock atl ce e Width and Height To modify text height and width Spacing Spacing A Letter E mm O Kemmg i g ps tt D Word ae E Use L R Margin Abc 1 23 1 6 C Line x IVA Se l E Encloses a series of options related to the text spacing Defines the spacing value in mm existing between Letters Words and Text Lines Also you can activate or deactivate the Left Right margin and the Kerning Its options are the following Options are the following e Letter Expands or compresses the text horizontally according to the value introduced e Word Expands or compresses the space between words measured according to the percentage introduced corresponding 40 to the normal spacing default El 5 9 Stitch ERA User s Manual e Lines Increases or reduces the spacing between text lines and it is measured according to the percentage introduced corresponding 120 to the normal spacing default e Kerning This option is only available for digitized fonts It is the spacing between the letters joints The Kerning box allows the activation of automatic spacing and the value in the box adjusts its factor accordingly Your options are e Letter Expands or compresses text horizontally depending on the value entered e Word Ex
128. from any page to any other this action will produce pages with several beads and pages with no beads with a red cross The system will generate a different file for each page listed but pages with the red cross no beads will be skipped When you press Save to File the system displays a Save dialog where you indicate the path and file name for the PLT file If multiple files are generates the systems will automatically append a number 1 2 etc to the file name E 12 5 Stitch Era User s Manual Sequin File for CSM When you select the command Export Sequin File for Ha CSM the system presents the dialog shown at the right Type It contains a list of beads showing the bead S es anno vrei description quantity used and bead type A check Round Lt Rose 1 7 mm Rhinestone mark in the first column lets you include or exclude a Marena edge bead type from the exported file By default the Flower Orange 3 0 mm Sequin system automatically includes the hotfix sequin types and excludes all others When you press OK the system will display a file box with your disk units and folders Name the export file check the beads to be included in the export i ll be DST extension and press Save Sequin File for AASO When you select the command Export Sequin File for HARTA AAS the system presents the dialog shown at the right Type d TRE Clear 2 0 Rhinest It contains a list of bea
129. g In the left figure observe the stitches when configuring a cell width with a 2 mm value In the right figure you can appreciate the same design but with a cell width value of 0 9 Color contrast According to the configuration define in this property and the base image color contrast the application will associate tones with types of stitches creating a sweeping in running stitches or Zig Zag stitches in each sector of the photo area layer A We a From this options you can define the sensitivity the creation of d gt stitches will have according to the different color contrasts of the Zh ESA image Once you have created the stitches the application will relate the brightness of each pixel in the image with a length a SRW Cora density and a type of stitch We will hereunder explain the controls and visualization elements of this box 1 Gradient level visualization box from maximum brightness to minimum brightness 2 Relation slider control between types of stitches brightness level 3 Relation slider control between variation of Zig Zag sweeping width brightness level Image to Cross Stitch This option automatically creates a Cross Stitch based design according to the contours formed by the color count of the picture To access this tool follow the same see Os procedure you used to access Art to a la Stitch f eg OC f Artio stech Art to Stitch re dl Image to X Stitch
130. ght figure Press the Ctrl key to rotate the figure or modify its rotation pivot Press the Shift key to modify the size of the figure fixing its center If necessary before you continue working with the figure adjust its aspect and location since by dragging the corners you can proportionally modify the height and width at the same time while by dragging the pivots you expand or compress the figure in one direction either the height or the width To move the figure to another location of the working area simply place the mouse pointer to the center of the figure and when this pointer changes its shape cross with four arrows click and drag towards the desired position In order to perform modifications in more than one figure at the same time simply select the figures that will be involved in the modification and perform all actions on all of them at the same time These figures are placed following the order in which they were created reason why some will be on top of others Accurate Size amp position control Once you have the image on the screen whether it was in the disk or scanned you can perform certain operations such as expand compress slant or rotate the image To access these tools select a vector and press the Distribution tab El 3 20 Images and Vectors Since this button commands the movement on the vertical axis and the horizontal axis of the figure Take the center line marking the upper left b
131. ght of the text a and the small arrows on each character b The dots a are known as text transformation nodes and control the shape and layout of the text box a These text transformation nodes allow you to modify the aspect of the dotted rectangle known as base line or text wrapping depending on the transformation type chosen When doing so the text layout is modified as it adapts to the shape of the text box These modifications are known as line or wrapping transformations Also points b are known as character control nodes which enable the individual control of each letter as you can adjust interactively the character position within the text box its size right top node its vertical position central node or its horizontal position bottom node etc In the next paragraphs you will find further information about the use and possibilities of some changes available The rest of the options including those created by the user have a similar performance to those explained hereunder El 5 16 Texts and Monograms Character control nodes All transformations allow some or all changes of location or size of individual text characters thanks to the character control nodes In the figure the control nodes on one of the characters are circled Their respective functions are explained hereunder Horizontal displacement This is defined by the node that is placed in the basis of the charac
132. h trying to keep the same distance between them The properties to control this placement the fill mode properties in Stitch Era terminology are 0a t Beads Spacing Controls the space between beads A distance of 0 zero means that beads are touching its neighbours lon AN A fs Fitting mode This property controls how beads are spreaded along the Km path Four options are available from left to right Path This is the default and more common option Beads are uniformly placed along the path but considering Always a bead is placed in the position of the first and last node Always a bed is placed at the nodes where direction of the segments changes abruptely References The system places beads at the position of nodes only The value entered for Distance value is ignored Path References The system places beads at the position of the nodes and fits additional ones between them using the entered Distance value Paths Corners Simmilar to the Path option but with an extra rule Always a bead is placed at the corner nodes de de EH Angle mode Non round beads may be oriented that is place rotated respect its center at different angles Orientation may be fixed all beads at the same angle or may be variable considering the path direction This property has there are three options that let you control beads orientation from left to right Perpendicular Beads are oriented following a variable direction perpendicular to the
133. he Object Inspector or the ribbon t l Main properties PY Programmable Stitch Colors stitch name horizontal 100 and vertical scaling spacing between stitches rotation and number of files It only supports the first direction el 100 Area Fill E 6 19 Stitch ERA User s Manual Area with Applique This type of stitching done sprints on the borderline of the section and it needs an extra fabric It is attached to the garment produced by the stitching on the borderline usually with Stitches Zig Zag type gt R ppligue E mr o O 2 5 m o Main properties E prop ERD lin Color Reference Cut enabled Area Fill running stitches Zig Zag MEA ORUS A Ae NN K em ali e ai AR al a i ER AR E A When creating this type of sections you define the appliqu s shape reproducing its geometry and embroidering a section with this type of fill the machine first applies an artwork reproducing the figure with running Stitches then it inserts a machine stop to allow the embroiderer layout the garment Afterwards you can proceed with the fastening embroidery In the right figure observe the result of working with an appliqu Area with Cross Stitch These are stitches with the shape of a cross All the crosses have the same size and are linked one to the other covering the entire section s area resulting in an apparent manual embroidery Define the stitche
134. he bead type you will use is the key for getting good results Creating Texts Text ribbon The Text ribbon contains most of the commands and properties you will use to create your hotfix text objects The following paragraphs contain a brief description of them group by group Font This group contains controls to select the font type digitized or TrueType the font itself and the text height For TrueType fonts you can also select the font style Bold and Italic Text Inside this group you will find the box where you will type your text characters the character table especially useful for digitized fonts to know what characters are available in the currently selected font the alignment options for multi line texts and the spell checker For El11 2 Hotfix Text TrueType fonts you may also activate the preview mode forcing the system to display the typed characters using the selected font instead of the default one Spacing This group includes controls to manage text spacing among letters words and lines Body Fill Border Fill These groups controls the fill mode of the text object Depending upon the selected font both groups or just one of them will be displayed Usually both groups are presented for TrueType fonts and just one Border Fill is displayed for digitized fonts Arrange This group contains the commands to change the text layout allowing you to arrange it following simple layouts like arc upper lo
135. he right figure a vertical mirror was applied to the original design E 4 24 Stitch Edition Rotate 90 180 and 270 It allows you to rotate the block defined according to an angle previously set These operations are carried out with no need to pick or move corners or mid points Select the rotation option according to the result you wish to obtain and then choose the angle you wish to apply so as to rotate the block Move blocks In order to move the block simply position the mouse pointer inside the rectangle the t pointer will change its shape and drag it to the desired position K You will see that the rectangle moves together with the pointer When you release the buttons the block will remain in the new position Deform blocks In order o deform the block proportionally click on one of the block s transformation nodes in the corners and drag it to the desired position To deform the block in one of its dimensions drag the nodes placed at the mid points of its sides The mouse pointer will change its shape depending on the corner or E midpoint you place it e e a Rotate blocks When you press the Ctrl key you activate the rotation mode At this point the four corner transformation nodes will transform resulting in a round shape while a rotation center will also appear In order to rotate a block to a certain angle press the Ctrl key observe that the mouse pointer changes its d shape and
136. her the results Also has zoom tools and pan for your convenience When you are satisfied with the result press Ok to return to the main working window Editing Image Properties Saturation Brightness and Contrast This type of edition is the same as with pi ear any basic image editor Moving the crank DQ ess of the controls to the extremes and i combining the controls to edit the Art CiMransparency From the box Properties you can modify le Lo E i anes i EE the level of visualization of the image MO Sea Ee S you have in the working area If you SATA reduce the percentage of transparence to the minimum the image will tend to disappear Move the crank to the extremes to check the level of visibility which you want to work with Properties Link and Embeed When you work with an image in the application this one offers several modes to store with the document Saving to disk a design document that has an image if you do not specify that the image save attached with the design if will add a link to the image so the next time that you open the design the image loads with the same properties at the same exact position the same size and E 3 9 Stitch Era Users Manual rotation angle To do this the image must remain in the disk with the same name and in the same location folder when it was added to the design From the option Attach to Design you indicate to save a copy of the image inside the desig
137. hes P Length O e Aol e ABCO Reset Transformation AA AAA J Lock Stitches 2 To define the insertion of a lock stitch in characters words and color changes from the item Use you define if you use this feature and at what moment it must be applied The Lock Stitch Types can be Classic Sequin Star Twist Cross and Arrow Trims Thread Cut Ve This option is used to apply thread cuts in letters or words Managing Stitch Types Stitch Types This property applies to TrueType fonts as the Digitized respecting the quality of both types of letters When working with TrueType fonts if you click on the center button will appear a gallery that allows you to quickly access and preview filled with different styles The system offers a flexible working method as simply choose the desired stitch type from a list of possible alternatives If you do not modify any of the options discussed below the application will use the default or last used in the workshop The items explained next appear when clicking on the option Stitch Type in the Lettering ribbon and on its lower right corner From here you can modify the fill properties The system offers a working S method of agile operation in which you just have to choose the desired stitch Stitch Type type from a list of possible choices F D Els 11 Stitch ERA User s Manual First choose one of the available fill types grouped Column Body Border
138. hile pressing the Shift key the scaling will be performed keeping the center of the image in its position while all the corners scale following ner movement of the mouse But if you drag the pivot of any of the sides you can change only one of the dimensions horizontal or vertical depending on the dragged side as shown in the left figure If you hold down the Shift key while dragging you will be able to move both vertical and horizontal sides in a symmetric way A If you take the mouse pointer next to the central zone note that the Xs cursor changes its shape left figure In this situation you can move IN the image freely dragging it to any place in the design area While holding down the Ctrl key click and drag any corner node to rotate the image Observe how the image border is modified as well as the mouse pointer right figure To finish this operation simply release the mouse button h El3 8 Images and Vectors Cropping Image Click the button Crop Image and the cursor will change indicating na that it is suitable for cutting Draw a rectangle over the area of the image that you want to Color preserve and all the part inside the rectangle will be preserved the Reduction part in the outside will be deleted If you click the button shows another working window that allows you to quickly reduce the number of colors of the image The window is divided in two panes one shows the original and the ot
139. hort ii stitches attributes are activated they are only executed if the Ul Mo pull comp ER Level 1 section being worked on really needs it Level 2 Level 3 The Levels are the number of short stitches to be introduced when there is a sharp curve in any area of the section Borderline Some sections allow the automatic creation of a path over its outline producing stitches in the border of the section This is a way of providing the section with a better finish than the standard one When a section type has a main fill that allows you to use an automatic outline the ribbon bar shows the Border box This box contains the fill properties of the outline including the fill type and color of the outline The options for these filling type are similar to the options for a Path fill Border with Zig Zag Border with E stitch AA zig zag MM TITE Stitch MN la EA EMO 6 lin 2 amm 4 50 DL am HH o uan Line Fill Line Fill El 6 28 Creating Embroidery Designs Object creation examples Now that you know thoroughly the types of sections you can create and the tools you need will show an example of manual creation of the most used sections in the manual scan Example 1 Digitizing a Path section WA 1 Select the Path creation tool 2 Verify that the Curved button is activated in order to produce curved nodes A 3 Verify that the Normal button is activated in order to produce normal
140. ighted points such as e The direction lines nodes are yellow e The entry point is a green diamond e The exit point is a red diamond e The cut lines nodes are blue Other node properties More configuration and node edition options are available from the context menu the toolbar or the toolbox panel by clicking on the right mouse button while having at least one node selected If you have selected only one node when activating a function this will only be applied to that node However you may also activate a function on the group of nodes previously selected There are three modes available for the corner type nodes placed in the main outlines The Corner Swept option is active by default You can configure different corner types mainly Zigzag Paths or Columns E stitch and some patterns Remember that if you are not working over a corner these modes are disabled Observe the list hereunder where you will find the available functions when selecting nodes Bear in mind that if you have several nodes marked it may be possible that some of these options do not appear Insert nodes This function allows you to insert a node between the one selected and the previous one The new node is located halfway between them and has the same features of the selected one This function is available when you have selected only one node Ee Creating Embroidery Designs Add node This command is used to add several nodes to a
141. iginal sections objects of the repetition simultaneously and xX A using the same scale factor d e 7 Position Grip use this control to move all the objects at the same time regarding the center of the repetition Curve Repetitions Use this function in order to duplicate the block a certain number of times the copies of the block will appear blended over the curve area you traced The duplicated blocks flow throughout the traced line You choose the number of blocks copied the baseline and the position of the blocks regarding the baseline measured in percentage In order to work with this tool follow the steps explained hereunder 1 Select a block activate this function click several times on the working area in each mouse click you will insert a node You can create curved or straight nodes by clicking on the Shift and Ctrl keys respectively Press the Enter key when you have defined the E baseline the box shown in the figure will appear Bepettions 3 8 a 2 In the Radial box define the number of repetitions the position and whether they rotate or not throughout the baseline A Position 0 ERA Observe the figures above In the first figure Repetition was set to 0 Position in the second figure the Position value is 50 while in the third figure the value is 100 Matrix Repetitions agg Use this function in order to duplicate the block a certain number of times the copies of the block will appear adjust
142. iminate nodes create new ones etc Operate on the nodes in a similar way to that used when you work on the nodes of an embroidery section These options are available from the context menu The following properties of the nodes of a vector path that will determine the line that passes through the node The types of nodes that form the figure of a section affects the geometry of it SD Straight Displayed with square marks produce straight lines between nodes Normal Displayed with white marks produce smooth curves Symmetrical force the same curvature at both sides of the node Dragging one El 3 of the handles force to move the other symmetrically Both handles remain aligned 22 a yA Curved Displayed with circular marks produce curved lines between nodes Corner displayed with cyan nodes produces abrupt changes in curvature Uniform curvature at both sides of teh node may be different Handles may be moved independently but both remain aligned Images and Vectors Reshaping Vector Objects Vector Split This tool allows you to split a vector object using an arbitrary line defined Remove Holes by a sequence of nodes Once the splitting line is defined press the Enter key to execute the operation Y split Vector This tool is also available from the context menu EE D O D Li D D H a D D O O Remove Holes Automatically deletes the holes of the selected vector objec
143. ines the properties of the Radial Stitch with the ones from the Sequin stitch Does not support directions Uniform Area with Chenille This fill produces needle picks that form a soft tufted cord Main properties Color Stitch Length Spacing Margin Distance from the edge at which no Underlay stitching will be placed Trim Length Minimum Angle Border Finishing type in the figure 2 ep 2 5 Spiral with sequin Le Area Fil Chenille gt H 2 mm 2 O mm Area Fill D el es ak atk You can observe the resulting effect for this stitch E 6 25 Stitch ERA User s Manual Filling types for Turning Areas objects Turning Area with Fur ZZ The effect lines have similar characteristics to a direction line These fillings does not support holes nor a primary reference too complex Using a combination of the supported options the filling offers multiple possibilities facilitating the creation of stunning embroidery ji Main Properties We FI oP Colors density random effect S side and value Al 20 3 The stitches are moe mp oriented according to the section direction Area Fill while the end effects will be determined from the Object Inspector side in which is going to be applied and transformation percentage Turning Area with Fur Pattern Not only support more than one direction but also supports the inclusion of multiple lines of effect Each line d
144. ing the magnifier icon you enable or disable the Zoom Area F6 It enlarges the visualization of a working area sector It is useful for examining a certain design area closely In order to use this tool you have to define a rectangle that includes the area you wish to enlarge For this to happen follow these steps 1 Enable the Zoom Area command from the Ribbon view Tool bar mode or use the shortcut key F6 2 Mark a corner of the rectangle clicking on it for example on the upper left corner Do not release the button 3 Drag the pointer towards the opposite rectangle corner for example the lower right corner 4 Release the button The content of the marked rectangle will be shown on screen E 2 3 Stitch ERA User s Manual Zoom Total ll Allows you to see the whole design in the maximum size possible To use it press the corresponding button on the Ribbon View or Menu Mode View Shortcut Ctrl F6 Pan amy Panning is the action of moving the design area manually without using the scroll bars It is useful when creating or modifying a part of the design and you have to continue in another part which is not visible on the Main Window Remember that panning does not modify the Zoom level To pan the design select it from the ribbon view them drag the image pulling it until the desired area appears inside the working window that is visible on screen and then release the mouse button Auto P
145. insert any of these designs open the gallery of motifs select a category from the dropdown menu and locate the desired shape and proceed the same way as for the designs Stitch Edition Saving Expanded Designs Gi Save the design using the Save as command select the unit select the code i in which you are exporting and give an allowed name to such design If you E NM e wish you can select a new machine profile otherwise the default profile will E be used You can also change the profile properties See Profiles further on in this same chapter In order to export a design to a diskette it must be previously formatted in the exportation code and it must have enough space to save it File Editing expanded designs Stitch Editing is the process of opening modifying and saving expanded embroidery files machine format files see below The stitch editing is the only way to work when you want to edit a design file format expanded Tajima Barudan Brother or any of those supported by the application a Open a design file in expanded format check that the Expanded to Condensed option is not enabled since the design would be edited as sections In this case we will edit the design from the stitches mode In order to select a stitch for its edition you only need to click on it from the Graphic View Stitch ERA highlights the stitch and draws a small rectangle and an arrow in its bottom end indicates the direc
146. ion from the Quick Access Button gt Print Print El 4 35 Stitch ERA User s Manual When doing so the print dialog box Diesign Information appears left figure scad v 9 Print Design Information From there you can define several print e _ Full fle name features scale copies etc From the Full file name on footer Y Print Jumpstitches Y Customer Print box you can change the scale of the M Use dotlines for jumpstitch Y Owner drawing the position of the information d ramem Font Times NewRoman LJ and font type and other settings Print Page Border ia SEI Scale Drawing s scale on the page 100 is real size scale 1 1 This option is useful when the design is very big and does not fit in the page or if it is too small and you need to present it with more detail Print needle marks and Print jumpstitches Highlights or deletes from the printing the points where the needle and jumpstitches penetrate Use dot lines for jumpstitches Defines a dotted line for the jumpstitches Print rotated To rotate the design in the print out in a 90 angle This option is useful in those cases in which you wish a landscape type print out Draw frame Outline of the drawing frame File name Full name and position of the design file in the page including path folder Customer and Owner Information on the customer and the company Font Changes font and size of letters Print Page Border Let you cont
147. ion grouping is the Section Packs Section packs are groups with members that lay consecutives within the embroidery sequence Section packs are El a 18 Blocks and Object Manager shown in the Object Manager as one element with its members inside it Section packs are created automatically by Lettering and Monogram You can also create your own by dragging a section or multiple sections and dropping it over other one The stitches generated for each element of a Section Pack are not related In a section pack the embroidery order inside it is defined by the position in the sequence of its components Finally you can use the Branch tool to connect the stitches generated for a section pack so the whole pack has just one start and end point and the stitch order inside it becomes controlled by the system Although the section components are display in an order the embroidery sequence may not proceed as displayed Select and Drag Drop in the Object Tree The tree panel of the Object manager is a powerful element at the time to select sections and explore the design sequence The context menu allows you to perform many of the block Operations and the drag drop schema is useful to modify the design sequence and to create section packs The tree may also be used as a feedback element when you select elements within the graphic view Editing the Sequence Dragging an element while doing it move the mouse pointer slightly at the left u
148. is the result of the applied operation _ Most of these operations require that the initial vectors are partially or totally overlapped The available operations and an example of the resulting object are listed below Lge Tein Sage a rico Greer All the examples will use the couple of vector objects shown in the picture at the right Vectors are partially overlapped and the triangular shape is over the rectangular one This will be important for some operation where the vector order produce different results Addition Substraction Intersection d D Simplify El 3 26 Chapter 4 Stitch Edition Contents Working with embroidery THES EE 3 Condensed E 3 Expanded Ple urna ata 3 Machine Codes and diskettes eg n Ve gege Kee A ENEE NEEN paved eee 3 Diskettes e e 4 TAE OPEN COMA o 5 Loading Designs using the Galeries 6 DESIGNS Gallery lt qoemncicarcias EE 6 leie EE 6 Saving Expanded DESTINA ee ewes 7 EGItING expanded deside iraina a A T a N A E a 7 Selecting and working with G tches 8 Klee 8 MOV A A SAA A 8 Move Without compensation NV 9 Une e SE 9 Insert without compensation 10 Klee 11 Delete without compensation NN 11 Converting Stitches to from JUMPS cccccccccce cece cece nn 11 WWOF KING WICH Ee unt e CEET 11 EGE CONGO lorrr ioner NAAA a 12 Insert elei Ola aaa 12 Delet AA E E A 12 Converting Stops to from Color Changes E 12 Using the GO TO toldo t 13 SUECO BIOCKS aaa e
149. is is the most popular filling of these sections The stitches are placed one after the other along the path laid out and you can set its properties to get more design possibilities E 6 16 Main properties Color running stitch type length stitches repetitions lef short or long steps adjustment m of stitches in between references etc Running Stitch 2 2mm Zei z emam Line Fill Creating Embroidery Designs Path with Zig Zag In this type of filling the stitches are placed perpendicular to the track With the adjustments properties set on you get interesting possibilities with this filling Main properties Color stitches density Zig 2ag gt column width random ZS Main effect centered regular type EE or Z type stitches a compensation short or mid Line Fill Stitch split stitch etc 25m Path with Stitch E In this type of filling the stitches are placed perpendicular forming a main reference E Setting properties allow for more possibilities on this filling Main properties 3 Color type stitch density ply SEL ae column width centered onthe lt gt nh ZS m artwork jagged edge random sy PA o THE Im ann effect pull compensation split Lime Fill stitch Path with Programmable Stitches This type of filling place the stitches on the pattern of the decorative stitch The many adjustable properties allows you to vary the pattern and adap
150. ite ukam 35 DD HD Yes m Sabhanumero Reac Wite_ 3 5 DD HD Yes vip alphanumerioc Read Write Wilcom T01 TOS T04 3 5 DD HD 101 t02 t03 t05 8 alphanumeric T05 3 5 DD HD 8 alphanumeric Read Write Komtekct 3 5 DD HD 8 alphanumeric Read Write Alphanumeric Indicates all the letters from A Z normally capital letters only although Stitch ERA turns them into capital letters if you type in small letters and the numbers from 0 to 9 Within the valid alohanumeric characters to create the name of an expanded design you can El 4 4 Stitch Edition include letters numbers and the middle dash Although it is not recommended some other characters are accepted The blank space is not a valid character Codes marked with are not supported on 64 bits Operating Systems and on computers with USB floppy drives You can work with the codes indicated in the table either from diskettes or hard disk for those ones that can support it In some codes the name you assign is not really the name of the file you will use the name of the file is usually a sequential name that the application assigns automatically but it is a reference that is saved together with the design and that you can view in a field of the information In these cases there might be several designs with the same identification in the same unit Nevertheless we suggest you avoid the repetition of such names The Open command To load
151. ition amp Block Processing SS VE Resize Select the type of section you wish to detect or choose the Auto EE iid Processing Detect all Sections option if you wish to find all the design s types GE den of sections The available options are the following eq Wirelrame Recognition and Block Processing El 4 17 Stitch ERA User s Manual Detect AE Detect All SS a Running Stitches CH Zigzag Stitches a Pattern Stitches st Sensitivity Contral d ee as From To Stitches Kind 3347 0 ER zz 3 Ke 27 Ke 13M 2 EZ EZ 28 Ke 14M 2 20 Ke 701 E e Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Detect all sections Ei Stitch ERA in its stitch edition mode has tools to recognize shapes which will allow you to select blocks with the Stitches of the running stitches Zig Zags or fill patterns of a design Use Detect All sections in order to open the Block List box Here the application will list all the detected sections check the ranges you wish to include in the block Check or uncheck the boxes of the Sel column to include or not the different sections The Type column shows the type of section the row refers to When you have selected the desired sections close de window From the Detection Parameters button you can define the values with which the application recognizes the different sections Detect Running stitches E Allows you to select a block with the running stitches in the design Detect Zig Zags
152. king area Accept Operating mode The working area contains boxes with a network pattern From the different drawing tools you can work on them to apply either Cross stitches or back stitches These back stitches insert stitches by the borderline of the boxes Observe these two types of stitches in the right figure Color selection From the boxes up to the color bar you can visualize the colors defined as primary and secondary Wi In order to establish the foreground color click on the desired color box This gt color will be used for lines shape borders and text It is represented by the upper square i e it is over the square with the background color In order to establish the background color right click on the desired color gt which will be used to fill the inside of the closed shapes The background color replaces the image area that was either cut or moved It is represented by the lower square i e it is under the square of the main color El 9 10 Assited and Automatic Digitizing Drawing tools as Use the different tools in the drawing bar to draw the finishing of the Ger design Such tools are explained hereunder Sq Ea Select Al a rectangle to copy it move it or work on it Select Stitchs Select Area From here you can define the mode for working on all of m Select Border the design s elements default operation mode
153. l Information Machine Commands Thread Consume vd Stitch Statistics controls of the design From this view you can for example reestablish the original commands in those cases that they have been modified when converting to the current code Shows and allows you to change The needle sequence Number of stitches per color Thread length per color The color assigned to each needle description or code of any color chart Shows and allows you to change although it is not recommended The needle sequence Number of stitches per color Thread length per color Number of stitches in every stitch length range Information to Print Alter current information Accesories to print El 4 40 From Print Ribbon gt Information Setup gt Information to print you can define the information you wish to print design information file information functions threads and statistics and the order in which such information will appear Stitch Edition If you check or uncheck the verification boxes you disable KOR ER or enable the printing of each of the items These Statistics Need changes can be applied to all the printing styles Design Infa WM Stitches vw First Stitch Last Stitch i Functi vi Length You have five tabs each of them embosses all the TTT l A Thread Maker pe information that will be grouped in the print out and LEE MI Pantone Thread Code organized in tables Descrip
154. layed offering creation tools available on the 20 OR system with the potential fillings of each Stitches Paths Turning Elastic Fill Stitches Columns Areas and Lettering Monograms and Manual AR Si A amp Stitches Other sections Then define the geometry of the section in the workspace A EI This way of working is known as manual tracing method You also access to the creation tools since Embroidery Tab gt changing the ribbon choose the type of section gt Click by Click and start building in the area of work Embroidery objects types To help you choose the right tool must first know the different sections its elements and the stitches that will generate at creation and must also know the more frequent use of each section Paths r What are the Paths S Are sections that present a continuous sequence of nodes aligned and is the only type of embroidery section that may result in a figure open or a closed figure 5 Main Reference nodes from 1 to 6 2 6 Entry Point 7 7 4 A 3 Exit Point 8 d El 6 3 Stitch ERA User s Manual Columns E What are the Columns bo Are sections that are constructed by placing pairs of nodes if the sections of road Column are linear Sequences of nodes columnar sections are sequences of pairs of nodes Main Reference nodes from 1 to 8 Pairs of nodes 1 2 3 4 etc Entry Point 9 Exit Point 10 The column supports relief lines Uniform Area A Wha
155. ld fill pattern type Also you can turn the section into Zig Zag E 4 21 Stitch ERA User s Manual type of section Running stitches From the option Repeat you can control the number of repetitions for this Converting Stitch Blocks to Wireframe This tool converts the stitches of the selected block into sections The example application automatically recognizes the type of block s stitches and converts each of these stitches type into the most appropriate section type This tool will be useful if for example you wish to change the properties of the stitches of an expanded design or the way in which you create a group of stitches Hereunder it follows an ih We As SC X has EEES al 1 In the first figure left you can observe a wa i A at o as 1 CH block of stitches which is formed by all of RY d the design e stitches SH eege D The Convert Into Sections command was applied to such block 2 In the right figure one of the sections formed as from the sections blocks edition mode was chosen 3 In the next figure such Inspector in the Doc Map section was selected to edit Likewise you can work on every section that the application has formed ee Fill Mode mm Zig Zag B Color DE Di Density E EE 5 00 lines mm Ho 4 22 Stitch Edition Recognizing Sections After converting an expanded design into sections you will be able to easily recognize that the applica
156. lect Branch x 3 Move the pointer towards the A zone and click to set the entry point for the entire branch In the same way move the pointer towards the B zone and click to set the exit point The group of sections has been connected in a branch Stitch ERA generates the stitches taking into account the entry and exit points of all the group optimizing the runs The embroidery sequence for the previous design is the following You can create branches by using any type of section and combination Use any stitch type except programmed stitches and Variable Density stitches with more than one density curve The connection of sections into branches does not affect their physical position although they do affect their location in the design sequence which is automatically controlled by Stitch ERA 3 The sections that are connected through branches appear in 1 Sections DI 6 E the Doc Map view a box sign de 201 El 8 17 Stitch ERA User e Manual Branch off o D w GE In order to disconnect a branch please proceed as follows Select the entire branch and select Branch Off command from the Ribbon Block or contextual menu Disconnect If you want to disconnect a Branch and keep with the embroidery secuence established by Branch you must use the Disconnect command The Object Manager a The Object Tree shows up as a docked window at the a right side of your screen u E Images 1
157. lected in the main working window The effects of stitches Stitch that Era allow to do with the type of section in addition to the filling type ie the effects applied to the sections of path type will not be equal to the effects applied to sections of type area Stitch Effects for path sections The paths are the only type of section that are open sections ie both ends are at stake and a body of stitches Stitch Era provides controls to modify this and get amazing effects Start and End From here you can change the shape of the end of the beginning of the open figure and choose from many pre made proposals and editable at a time Modulation This control lets you change the segment between the beginning and end of the open figure with several preconfigured options as well as controls to further modify the preconfigured options In the case of mathematical filled E and ZZ have more options for effects on the stitches Random Effect Produces an irregular borderline with the percentage you set you can also choose whether to apply to a particular borderline of the section or both Stitch Angle This effect can tilt the stitches of this type of filling Variable Density With this effect automatically obtains a gradient of 1 2 or 3 colors you can choose between preset offered by the program or modify controls at your disposal All the effects of stitching on all the sections are on the ribbon and display galleries with previews of the sam
158. line then type Last Name in the second line ames 2 Configure the text features si 3 Click OK and generate the text 4 Click on the Team Name button which is at the end Slee Ebbe 20 min pas of the Ribbon Lettering Si dao oe i Lines 120 El 5 22 Texts and Monograms Team Names s A window will open displaying a table l with columns that are labeled as the pa lines you entered in the text window ame List i NOAA 5 Enter the data in each of the lines 8 FirstName LastName and columns such as shown in the figure From the Behavior field you can select the configuration options such as text alignment 6 Define a visualization mode and a behavior and then click OK Mode Templates separated with Stop on OO OI Pe GA FA A Import List Team Names Design Creation Modes There are three possible creation modes for the data entered Mode Templates separated with Stop Templates separated with 5 top Templates on grid An embroidery for each template e Templates separated with Stop e Templates on grid e Anembroidery for each template Please specify the selected mode as from the drop down box that appears in the top of the window Based on the selected mode you obtain a different result The texts are shown overlapped on screen To visualize them better open the object manager Each text is separated from the following by a stop control
159. lock with a group of sections of a design use the command Edit gt 1 Invert Selection to obtain a block containing all the sections except for those that were already selected This command is only available when there is a block already defined GER Blocks and Object Manager Creating Blocks using the Ctrl key You may create blocks by manually selecting the objects you want to include while hold the Ctrl key Use the following pocedure 1 Activate the Selection tool 2 Click on the first section of the group that you wish to select 3 Keeping the Ctrl key pressed click on each section that you want to add to the block a gt Ki In the same way that you can add new sections to the block by pressing the Ctrl key and clicking on the section you wish to include in the block to remove a section already included press Ctrl and click on it You can also work in a similar way with ranges of sections using Shift click Selecting a range of objects A range of sections is a consecutive group of sections within the sequence of sections You can select a range of sections to define a block for this to happen 1 Select the Select Object mode 2 Click on the first section of the chosen range 3 While keeping the Shift key pressed click on the last section of the chosen range g While In the selection of selecting a range of sections the block will contain all the existing sections between the first
160. m width a Zig Zag should have Use this control in order to adjust the minimum density a Zig Zag should have to be recognized Running stitch Stitch length This control allows you to adjust the minimum stitch length a running stitch should have for Stitch ERA to recognize it as such Fill pattern Fill line length A fill pattern is formed by several parallel these lines are the ones whose stitches length control allows you to adjust the min to be considered as part of the fill pattern lines known as Fill Pattern Lines form the fill pattern The Fill line imum length a fill line should have El 4 19 Stitch ERA User s Manual Stitches in fill Establishes the minimum number of stitches a fill line should have to be line considered as part of the fill pattern Number of fill Allows you to indicate the application the minimum amount of fill lines a Fill pattern lines Pattern should have to be recognized Density Use this control in order to adjust the minimum density a fill pattern should have to be recognized as such While you adjust the parameters you can use the detection buttons available in each section in order to verify the result of the changes carried out E Once adjusted you can save them using the Save button at the right of the drop down liston the top side of the box If you wish to return to the original parameters select Default the Default option in the Predefined drop down list If y
161. member that the Undo command is always available in case you wish to undo after having applied an effect to a block Stitch Edition Grid This effect allows you to place the block on the rectangular grid In order to form this grid open the context menu and add or delete rows or columns left figure next according to the result you wish to obtain The rows and columns entered will be arranged along or across the block forming a grid By clicking with the mouse on the grid s points i e the intersection between rows and columns you deform it and the block s stitches transform as well observe the right figure next Insert Edit Mode Select zoom Y F F YF Drag the grid s points to obtain the desired shape When you proceed to deform the grid Stitch ERA will calculate the stitches showing the result on the Graphical View In order to finish select the context menu again and click on the option Confirm or simply press the Enter key Sphere This effect will allow you to deform the block giving it a spherical shape In order to use this command please follow the steps hereunder Move the mouse towards the Graphical View area exactly where you wish to set the center of the sphere Click and drag the mouse Stitch ERA will draw a circle while you are dragging the mouse thus defining the sphere s diameter Release the buttons when you are satisfied with the result If you wish to modify the position
162. n In this way if you transfer the design to another computer it will not be necessary to take the image too since it will be included in the document itself If you specify that the image is not to be attached to the design when saving in disk a design document that contains an image Stitch Era will add a link to the image so the next time you open the design the image will load with the same position size and rotation angle For this to happen the image that you insert as reference must be kept on the disk with the same name and in the same folder where it was when it was added to the design Embedded Screenprinting Form the option Embedded you can save a copy of the image inside the design This way if you move the design to another computer it won t be necessary to move the image too as it will be included in the document itself Reloading Images This tool bring back the original image without the modification you had done over it Saving Images If you are planning to work with an image taken from the scanner in several sessions you must save the image on your disk so that it will be available the next time you open the design To save an image Reload File e Select the image e Click on Save over the Ribbon Image e Inthe Save box choose folder name and format with which you want to save the image and press Save El 3 10 Images and Vectors It is recommended to use the default Image folder
163. n The properties of embroidery section are in two places in the application a The Options Ribbon e The ribbon is dynamic ie changes depending on the type of object you draw in the working window Working with embroidery works the same way if you select a column type section of the ribbon it changes to the Body tab and this ribbon is all that can be used to edit the column If you select a type section area the Body tab appears but with the properties of the type section area b The Object Inspector e The Object Inspector is also dynamic responds to what is selected in the work as the ribbon and has more parameters and more properties to control Therefore it is used by by professional embroidery The Object Inspector If you do not select any element in the design area the Object Inspector will not ge show anything You may keep the Object Inspector open roll up or roll down while you work so as to interact between it and the different sections you are designing a KE D CH CO qu z D vi D Th In order to open the Object Inspector click on the Object Manager panel or press the F8 key List of properties It is the table on which you visualize the values of properties Some items are groups of properties which can expand as a tree to be edited and are highlighted with the sign Jabeuey palqo A If for a couple of seconds you leave the cursor on any field SERVER Zo Za heading a box ap
164. n click on Select by Color and then click on any of the sections that have the desired color A block with all the sections that share the same color is created Select by Properties JE With this tool you create a block from a selection based on the section type the Er color and the stitch type Stitch ERA forms a block with all the sections which boxes have been checked Afterwards work on the block as you normally do While activating this command a box similar to the figure below appears The left window shows a tree with all the select Block by Properties Ji section types of the design If you have already selected sections and wish to add elements to the selection by LI means of the Block Selection by E A Properties check the Keep Current Section option before clicking OK Click on the symbols on the left of each type to open the branch corresponding to that type Keep current object In this way you obtain a list with all the existing design types for that kind of section In the same way expanding the branch of every stitch type you will find a numbered list of sections along with the color that corresponds to each one On the right side of the list a group of checkboxes allow you to select in every tree level from the most internal branch that selects only a specific section to the most external one that selects all sections of a specific type Invert Current Selection pi After creating a b
165. n shows the actual size of the current design Also by clicking on the arrow at the right of this icon you can select one of the zoom presets The zoom presets that you can chose from are 25 50 75 100 150 200 and 500 From Setup gt Options amp Preferences gt Zoom Settings tab you can modify features such as Zoom In and Zoom Out factors enable or disable the use of mouse wheel etc Dynamic Zoom It enables a practical method of performing quick operations of approach or distance To use this tool select the Dynamic Zoom tool from the list over the job area click and drag The point in which you clicked is considered the Zoom center and the image starts to distance if you drag upwards or to approach if you drag downwards More Zoom Options e Several zoom options are available in the zoom menu you may unfold by clicking ke 2 the More button at the group Zoom in the View ribbon Zoom Scale They are fixed scale zoom factors Zoom 1 1 shows the design on the working area in a size approximate to the real one Zoom 2 1 corresponds to the visualization of the design in a double size The rest of the options increase the design s approach on screen Zoom Previous Returns to the last visualization scale It is very useful when toggling between a close and a distant view repeating this function Maximize Object EL Enlarges the design maximizing and centering the selected object If there s no object selected it perfo
166. n the bead bar and clicking the arrow will remove it Controls for the List View Rhinestones Rhinestuds Nailheads Sequins Sorting Small triangle marks besides the column header texts let you sort the list by that column ial Autofilter This option activates a by column basis Shape Size Color Code Maker a Round 2 0 mm Crystal Unique International fi Ite r ve ry S i mm i lar to th e O n e u sed i n Round 2 5 mm Crystal Unique International S F Round 2 8 mm Crystal Unique International spreadsheets Just click the blue mark In the Sel opel Den aa column headers to unfold a list of values found in Round 2 0 mm Dk Esmerald Unique International th at col umn Th en se ect th e val ues yO u want to be Round 2 5 mm Dk Esmerald Unique International A s S S Round 2 8 mm Dk Esmerald Unique International ncl u d ed In th e fi Ite red ist Round 3 0 mm Dk Esmerald Unique International F Round 1 7 mm Esmerald Med Unique International Favorites As in the icon view this control filters Round 2 0 mm Esmerald Med Unique International th e ist e h owi n e h b k d f b Round 2 5 mm Esmerald Med Unique International g just t e pl eces Marked as Tavo rites D GENEE eebe papilla When the filter is not activated favorites pieces are Round 1 7 mm Esmerald Unique International l isted with bl ue te xt S Round 8ss 2 5 mm Jr l Crystal color n Undefined Part Maker Unique International c gt Bead bar This panel is ju
167. navigation controls a MEE tg A A EL EF bm MO b By disabling the button the controls disappear and extends the navigation bar L A A Coma O The components of the Navigation Bar are El 4 34 Stitch Edition b d a Control Activation of Navigation View Z b You can have it as color list y reference because all the a C design colors appear in it c When dragging the navigation bar button with the mouse Stitch ERA draws the stitches in normal brightness for you to see how the design sequence progresses d Edit Stitch where you stay with C f e In the buttons bar there are L commands to move from the design s start to end between IMA GY 6452 Y te O O tT sections between colors eT T TO between controls etc g h f Transparent navigation g From the Play button you can make the system redraw the design automatically in doing so this button will turn into a pause button that while being pressed it stops the redrawing for a while h Redrawing Speed Control Printing Designs Stitch ERA has two ways of running the printing of embroidery Standard printing and Formats printing The standard printing has restrictions in the configurations of printing templates while in the second case formats and printed information can be totally personalized by the user Basic printing E A Ba Fir In order to print the active document design run the Print funct
168. ncludes properties not only to control beads spacing along the imaginary rows but rows spacing as well IW Once you complete the input of the main reference look at the Elements group in the area ribbon and click on the Direction icon Then just start creating a line that cross the main reference like in the picture below os VV Direction line is not mandatory you may enter it or not In the last case the system use an internal not visible horizontal straight line E 10 6 Creating Hotfix Designs The Body tab of Flexible fill shows the following properties Beads Spacing Controls the space between beads along a row A distance op lE of O zero means that beads are touching its neighbours If bead type is sequin a negative value that produce some overlap is allowed ei Rows spacing Controls the spacing between rows al O S Margin Set a distance from the borderline where no beads are placed You can select the bead you will use with the control at the right of the Area Fill group This control always displays a real view of the bead type currently selected for the object Areas also let you change the fill mode on the fly Pressing the control at the left of the group unfolds a menu with the available fill modes Areas with Grid Hotfix Grid Hotfix fill mode produces a regular column by row based beads placement Better suited for large or very geometric shapes it does not require addition
169. ns arrangement Border Stitches You can select the number of rows and 7 columns you want for your catalog printout Stitch count SE and what type of information will be included v Path Page setup for each design Price You can also set your printer options and Information define the page size and margins 2 Bottom Right El 4 42 Chapter 5 Texts and Monograms Contents ee ie iio 3 Inserting texts it 3 Steps aaa bs 3 Setting Text properties from the Ribbon NN 5 Properties in detallan rra ceases 6 Fontana Te dass 6 Spacing Trims amp LOCK SUENOS rra 9 WIdthrana Heidi 9 SPACING o 9 EXAMP E asco naaa 10 BBI and LOCKS E 11 Managing Stitch TYDES EE EE 11 SUECA DES tia 11 customized Tonts srai o a E ads 12 USINO EMS AAA A 13 EINEN EE 15 The text pox and tS NOGES ir dt 16 Character control NOES iia A ads 17 Arranging Tex iaa datada lada 17 Text d ELE egal rein bel d e 17 Text La yo Saa taci n 18 Det 19 Biet LOWER 20 DOUDIS ATC dd lid la 20 Life aeraed DY USC aaa 21 Mregular e EE EN User RE ee len EE 22 Team Names Optional Feature NNN NNN ANN NNN 22 Team Names Design Creation Modes cccseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeegueenennes 23 NN E 24 MONO Ie ATV NS ui sarc eer eaves id ba 25 Inserting Monograms EE 25 Editing MONOGEAINS ida Rca 25 Using the Object Manager with Text and MonogramsS s sessssersrrersrens 26 ODJECES RCC sarna E a 26 ODIECE INSOCCLON nara uds 27 Text
170. nt or choose the total fill for the TrueType ones Column Border Body Border Stitch Type Ta El 5 4 Texts and Monograms Setting Text properties from the Ribbon A Texts Modifications Character Table You can add characters and or symbols from the table of special characters Alignment From here controls the alignment of the text the same way as it does from a word processor Spell Check From the dialog the application suggests a word that appears in the text box on the tape To apply the changes press ENTER B Text area Modifications Letter Spacing controls the separation between the letters Line spacing Controls the space between lines of text embroidered if any To create a leading must press CTRL DEL after a line in the text box from the ribbon Lettering Spacing between words From the dialog the application suggests a word that will appear in the text box on the tape To apply the changes press ENTER C Adjustments to the embroidery text Apply trims You can override this by choosing the option NO you can apply trims between letters or between words The machine will cut thread where finds this control Apply locks It has the same options as above but as the application allows you to make multicolored text also provides controls for this situation Apply locks to every color Apply locks to letters and colors Apply locks to words and colors SE Letters 2 SL Word
171. nt order 5 Slicher 1208 to 2134 EH Sbiches 3185 t0 3715 DEI 3 Kam Cent cider 3 Sleches 2135 lo 2462 Sorting stitches by color is a normal embroidery practice used to minimize the number of color changes This procedure should be made carefully because it affects the design sequence Stitch ERA lets you use the tool to sort stitches by color in either automatic or manual mode When you activate this command Stitch ERA shows the Color Sequence box where you need to select the sort method Sort by needle number to automatically sort sections starting with the ones using needle 1 then 2 etc or Manual to use the graphic list to manually move drag and drop or select and use arrow keys objects according to the color sequence you want to get Finally press Ok to close the box accepting the new sequence or cancel to keep the sequence unchanged Start and end point Mu Sort In order to modify the location of the start point and end point you have a stare series of tools to determine the start and end of the design either SE automatically or manually More 7 Finish From the Ribbon Stitch Editing gt Finish gt Start End Point of the design or from the context menu you can use a series of commands that allow you to place the Start and End point in default locations El 4 32 Stitch Edition Move Start Point Start Point At Center Start Point At Upper Left Corner Start Point At Upp
172. ntil a blue horizontal line appears let you change its position within the embroidery sequence y L Sections 6 amp 9 A Area Pattern OO 2 Area Pattern 3 Ares gt Pattern LA 4 Ares Pattern Creatings Packs Object Manager Object Manager To create packs drag an element 8 1 Sections 5 EI 1 Sections 6 e ig or a set of them and drop it over another one Stitch Era will create a pack formed by the entire element you dragged and the element where you drop over Figure 1 Dragging an object contained in a pack outside it extract it from the pack Figure 2 A 1 Area Chenille A 2 Area Macro with Zig Zag A a 4 S Fur Fill 22 O 6 Macro with Prog Stitch Figure 1 A 1 Area Chenille EH 2 Area Macro with Zig Zag A 3 Section Pack A 1 Area Macro with E Sstitch 2 Area E Stitch A 4 Area Fur Fil ZZ C 5 Area Macro with Prog Stitch Figure 2 El 8 19 Stitch ERA User e Manual Branched Packs A Section Pack 1 Area Macro with E Sstitch 2 Brea E Stitch E 8 20 Finally you can use the Branch tool to connect the stitches generated for a section pack so the whole pack has just one start and end point and the stitch order inside it becomes controlled by the system Although the section components are display in an order the embroidery sequence may not proceed as displayed Chapter 9 Assited
173. nu or the ribbon make a few clicks to define the location of the direction then confirm the creation of the section from the context menu or press ENTER Unique directions and Multiple directions When you put unique directions to all the stitches they will locate in parallel to that direction such a situation is more frequent in uniform areas When you put several directions multiple the stitches are arranged to accommodate turning the direction that is closest This situation occurs in rotated areas Unique direction uniform area Multiples directions rotated area Curved directions By placing a curved direction guide the stitching along the contours Stitch was allowed that option when you create flexible style sections NA y The figure shows an area with flexible filling Y Hy of macro type with backstitches Le A dr SZ sc meng oe her za RO 4 We have marked the dotted line to recognize ty 8 the curvature of the direction The stitches S BE are placed within the form following the M direction h El 6 12 Creating Embroidery Designs Entry and Exit points The first section stitch is generated from a reference called entry point since this element determines where in the section the thread will come in from IS Likewise the exit point defines the place by which the thread comes out of the section the stitches end in the closest place to the exit point The entry point is represented
174. o a brief example about Autotrace usage We will use a raster image called ASR 025 included with the system and scaled to 5 125 mm wide We will digitize the indian face using an Area with Radial Hotfix Due the shape size Step 1 Select creation tool is not so large we will select a small 4 SS round rhinestone crystal red E Manual Step 2 Select tracing mode E Autotrace gt In the group Digitizing Methods at the left side of the Area with Steeg Flexible Hotfix select Autotrace When you move the mouse pointer Auto Complete into the working area you ll note a special mouse cursor Step 3 Trace Move the mouse pointer over the shape representing the indian face and click on it The shape borderline will be recognized and will be surrounded by a flashing dashed line In the group Area Fill set the Bead spacing to 1 mm and select Radial as initial layout Also set the margin to 0 Hit the enter key The object will completed and the system E a will generate the beads placement Ss Step 4 Continue creating Once the first object is created the system will be ready for the WS Wi next one Move the pointer to red shape above the face click on in et it and hit enter Repeat the process with all red shapes in the verses artwork k oon terre Boe Mates wer ooo Cpe tne ite Hide the image to check the result To do it just click on the OS green dot near the word Images at the
175. o image was loaded When used with raster images pixel based images the key for sucess is the image quality The minumin recommended image size is around 125 pixels per inch 5 pixels per milimeter So if your design have to measure 4 x 4 the image size should be at least 500 x 500 pixels Image colors have to be solid for proper recognition Sometimes a region that seems to be light blue is made of a mixture of blue and white pixels Sg Auto Complete Shape borders should be well defined Usually the process of scaling an image introduces an effect called blur that is not good for automatic recognition A shape border in a good image is a clean edge with different colors at both sides while in a blured image you can note a graded transition between colors Shadows and light effects are also bad for automatic tracing Take a look to a brief example about Autotrace usage We will use a raster image called ASR 025 included with the system and scaled to 5 125 mm wide E 9 16 Assited and Automatic Digitizing Step 1 Select creation tool We will digitize the indian face using an Uniform Area with fill pattern E manual Step 2 Select tracing mode d In the group Digitizing Methods at the left side of the Area ribbon select 7 Aubokrace i FS Es Autotrace When you move the mouse pointer into the working area Auto Complete you ll note a special mouse cursor Step 3 Trace A _
176. obviously main reference for the areas because the areas are closed figures Textures and Cross Stitches This type of filling is based on a predesigned layer of stitches of Backstitch patterns with which you are applying to the figure you drew In general the textures are better in the sections of large sizes This type of stitches you can control the disposition ie the angle of rotation horizontal and vertical separation the scale and length of stitch This last item should be used with care because some drawings of the textures are complex and change in size means that if you change the stitch length affects all grounds large and small of the texture applied In the case of cross stitch works as a decorative stitch so you can modify the properties are the width and height of cell replicates and cutting the borderline Stitch ERA User s Manual Appliques This filling is another case in which not only fills an area with stitches but used materials that are combined with the stitches The properties that gives the application are specifically designed to make an area of applied automatically So you have to control the following parameters Reference This control makes the machine will mark the location and shape of the fabric you wish to insert So here it controls such as the stitch length apply a command to stop the machine stops or not if you want to mark the hole where the section contains this element etc Backsti
177. ointer will automatically PR EZ To Grid fit within the closest grid With Snap to Hot Points you may adjust the position of the nodes according to the geometry of sections already Release f To Hot Points Snaps 4 created and others elements either at the time of creating them or Snap while being edited since when creating and dragging the node you may place it in different adjustment sectors of the destination section center border etc known as insertion points When the pointer is close to an insertion point this is highlighted to indicate that it is the destination where the node will be placed See picture below From the Ribbon View gt Snap tab you can define whether to activate the creation mode or deactivate it completely You may also define the elements that will participate in the adjustment enabling or disabling the node dragging function the center of the section borders middle points intersections quadrant etc In order to activate or deactivate all of the insertion options quickly click on Release Snaps option El 2 12 Stitch Era User s Interface Embroidery References Stitches Commande 4 The visualization controls explained now are Mats SE available in the ribbon View 1 below the options Se E ribbon 2 and in the status bar 3 IPE ame EU Fl gp ena All of them work as switches turn on show and ow Embroidery Signs 2 rmi hide Images Vectors Embroidery
178. olumn that is generated And if you want these to be located exactly in the middle of it or separated a little in relation to it Pattern In this type of filling stitches are grouped into mathematical patterns charts manuals or in combination When using this filling type the application repeats the pattern of the original module as many times as necessary to complete the section you have created So the properties controlled by the Object Inspector helps you extend this pattern regularly in the figure you have chosen The first option offered by the Object Inspector in this panel is to edit the type of pattern you want Also in this type of filling manipulates the density of stitches which will be found as well as defining whether the borderline will be formed by stitching parallel to it or that the stitches form acute angles at the borderline If you work with holes in uniform areas the controls appear to play the hole Programmable Stitches These decorative stitches are formed by a small pattern locked in a cell When you apply the decorative stitches Stitch Era repeat this cell to complete the section that drew Many variations can be achieved by manipulating the cell of the decorative stitch width and height arrangement the wish to separate each cell and whether to rotate etc Additionally you can decide if you want to fit perfectly on the borderline of the section or that stitches protrude or otherwise they are further into the
179. ome post processing with machine specific software Hotfix Sequin file for CSMO DST file format for CSM sequin setting machines Hotfix Sequin File for AAS DST file format for AAS sequin setting machines Send To Cutter Interface for Cutter and milling machines installed as Windows Printer Devices to create stencils May require software driver provided by the equipment manufacturer Print Hotfix Standard printer output to be used a reference generally for manual stone placement Note Mentioned brands and trademarks belong to their respective owners The term Stone is used to refer to Rhinestones and other type of hotfix pieces the specific machine may support like rhinestuds and nailheads El 12 2 Hotfix Output Exporting Stone files Save as Save the current Design Document in the system Format with a new name The commands to export stone files to the different formats are accessed through the Application Menu option Save File The side submenu lists all the output formats enabled in your system Export as Hotfix Stone File CAMS Export the Stone Design For the use on Rhinestone Design Making Setting Machines vw Export as Hotfix Stone File 445 Export the Stone Design for the use on Remember that Output Formats are optional B rr Rhinestone Design Making Setting Machines plugins so the list may contain just one or e Export HPGL File two formats depending on what formats you
180. on 4 If the block has non adjoining stitches check the corresponding ranges in the Block Conformation box and click on OK 5 Stitch ERA will form a block with the selected stitches which will be drawn highlighted and with a dotted box surrounding them right figure Remember that the Block Conformation box only appears if there are SE EE non adjoining stitches El 4 14 Stitch Edition Select Stitches by outline This method allows you to create a block with the stitches included in the interior of a polygon that you define In order to make the selection follow the procedure described hereunder through straight lines forming a polygon left figure A 1 Activate the command we S 2 Mark the start point of the outline by clicking in the Graphic a SEN 3 Click on different points You will observe how they connect 5 If the block has non adjoining stitches check the Block List corresponding ranges in the options of Block Conformation Remember that this box also known as Block List only appears if there are groups of non adjoining stitches 6 The modifications will be applied to the design Sel SCH w w w w w w w w w w Select Start and End of Block From 1739 1744 lora 1323 sed 4176 4205 To 1742 1792 1901 1957 3351 4182 4259 stitches E CH SCH E SCH m 61 Ei GB 54 W 38 14M bl E 37 Ml SS 4 Once the polygon incl
181. on Complete Technical information The drawing of the embroidery design General information of the design File information e Sequence of commands e Thread information e Statistics information e Barcode Color Variations e The drawing of the embroidery design e General information of the design e Thread information e Barcode Information Setup General information m Dise o Info Dise o Machine Commands Thread Consume Stitch Statistics Estadisticas Disefio N Elo C digo Tajima Precio 0 00 Fecha This view displays information referred to the design to print Puntadas 5980 Categor a Paradas F 0 Colores 8 Usuario The application allows you to change the content of all the om Weien Palabras ce items related to the file information but these changes can be mwe Gs dae es i Ubicaci n ADocuments and Set Tama o KB only made for the printing not in the design That means that you can change the name or number of stitches in the printing but that does not imply a change in the design you only modify the information to be printed E 4 39 Stitch ERA User s Manual Machine Commands _ This view displays and allows changing the commands General Information wo Machine Commands Thread Consume Stitch Statistics Thread Consume General Information Machine Commands ow Thread Consume Stitch Skatistics Stitch Statistics Genera
182. on was applied to define a number of rows equal to 2 while Select a vector Star and from the the value corresponds to 5 columns Distribution tab press vee Repetitions Group amp Ungroup Vectors Group 8 Groups gt It is possible to group two or more vector based figures to be considered a l Group unit In this way it will be possible to move them apply the same transformations in shape and other changes to all the figures in the group at Ungroup All the same time It is also possible to merge other groups already created thus creating nested groups In order to create a group select the figures so as to activate the Group command from the Ribbon or from the context menu To ungroup the figures that form a group select the group and then choose the option Ungroup Ungroup This option is very important whenever you insert wmf or emf images since it is made up by a series of grouped vector based images In order to edit any of these figures you must first apply this function While using this tool activating it from the Ribbon or context menu you will be able to drag the different elements independently For this to happen select the desired element to drag it later Also you can modify its aspect modify the height and width reduce enlarge rotate pressing the key Ctrl El 3 25 Stitch Era Users Manual Vector Object Operations These tools get two or more vectors and produce a new one that
183. only one active In order to insert holes in a section select the Hole command from the context menu or the ribbon and click repeatedly inside the section where you wish to place the hole Take into account the following considerations If you insert more than one hole and they intercross that is have an area in common you obtain the equivalent to a hole formed by the joint of each one When finishing the insertion of a hole the first and last node automatically joins closing it In order to define the properties of the hole s nodes activate the straight or curved modes using the Shift key or predetermining the property from the ribbon buttons You can also toggle between the Normal and Corner modes Emboss line Produce new needle marks inside the reference that is define a trace over which the penetration of the needle is forced El 6 14 Creating Embroidery Designs Observe in the following figures that the marks produced by the split line highlighted in the first figure make a split effect in the embroidery interrupting the continuity of the fill Cut line A e Bal The cut lines are two blue dots joined by a line that goes E el through the main reference which divides the section in two D Bif thus creating a subsection within a same section The area limited by the specified outline and the holes if necessary will be filled with the type of stitches the application judges more appropriate for its g
184. ontrol the application will eliminate the biggest holes 4 Choose colors From the colors view select those tones that are similar and click on the Combine button for them to merge It is convenient to reduce the number of colors of the image when possible in this way the application will be able to distinguish easily the changes in tone In order to select two or more colors in the color view press Ctrl and click on the color to merge then press the Combine button If the result must be better use the undo combination buttons 5 Transparent color you have a drop down list with the colors of the image where you have to select the background color for the image so that the system understands the figure to create Needle settings From this tab you can select the strategy to assign the artwork colors to your needle palette You have four check box strategies El 9 4 Assited and Automatic Digitizing Basic Settings Color Settings Needle Settings Stitch Settings Select the strategy to assign the artwork colors to your needle palette Use free needles skip those already in use and redefine their colors according to the artwork colors O Do not use skip the lower needles Start using needle and redefine needle colors according to the artwork colors O Do not use skip the lower needles Start using needle but don t change needle colors design colors may result strange Assign artwork colors to needl
185. ontrol from the Ribbon View like Geisen shows the right image More Views Stitch ERA User s Manual Auto Redraw Synchronizes the Graphic and the Simulation View Each time you generate stitches design modification in the Graphic View the Simulation View redraws the design showing the changes produced It is not advisable to disable this button Synchronize with Main View When activating this option the location of the design in the Graphic View and Simulation View synchronize Both the Zoom level modifications and the design panning in the Graphic View will be automatically reflected in the Simulation View Simulation Properties From this control you can define the Simulation View parameters the value EMET EJ of these adjustments will be applied on the active simulation view e Light angle e Brightness e Contrast e Quality e Maximum stitch length without trims value in mm In order to modify the values for Brightness Contrast and Quality simply move the corresponding sliding control To change the value assigned to the maximum stitch length without trims type in the value in the corresponding box In order to change the light angle drag the dot located on the border of the circle of the box s upper part left figure Apply these adjustments over the Simulation View by pressing the Apply button You can also save the new values in the system for the following simulations saving them as default
186. open and modify raster and vector images to create vector objects directly within the system and to convert raster images into vectors for automatic hotfix creation Raster Images Raster images or bitmaps may be thought as a grid of colored points called pixels As larger the number of columns and rows of the grid larger resolution will have the image and it will look better and how many colors are available for the points known as Color Depth also affects image quality For example an image composed of 200 columns and 100 rows with points of just two possible colors black and white is a monocromatic 200x100 pixels image Image Formats The following formats are compatible with Stitch Era e Bitmaps bmp e JPEG jpg e PCX pcx e Targa tga e Clipboard Format CLP e Gif without compression gif Loading Images from disk A way of inserting background images is to use those created using a graphics program taken from a clip art or downloaded from the Internet From the Artwork ribbon the application you have the possibility to handle the different classes of images that you can insert inside the working area Drbawork en bet el My Capture Paste To Open an image click on the icon Open Image from the Bitmap box Raster Raster E 3 3 Stitch Era Users Manual Open Image The Open window appears showing the Look pe E images EE images available on disk in different formats In the lower pa
187. osition of the object centre is preserved instead and if you hold the Ctrl key you may rotate the object and change the position of the rotation centre El 11 5 Stitch Era User s Manual Text objects has an additional handle located on the left side between the lower and middle handles The spacing handle Dragging it you may proportionally scale the letters and words spacing Handles on letters allow control of letter size and position ina A per letter basis 2 j Dragging the handle near the letter baseline A moves the letter horizontally the middle handle B moves the letter vertically and the corner handle C scales the letter The example letter S was scaled up using the corner handle and move a bit down with middle handle x Text Transformations In the previous section was presented a simple geometry edition tool that basically allows you to scale and rotate texts This section introduces tools that let you produce more flexible geometry manipulation the text transformations Transformation types Stitch Era allows two basic types of text transformation Envelope Transformations Are based on the distortion of the box that contains the text For example bending the box containing the text produces an arc layout Characters are distorted according to the envelope distortion E Line Transformations Are based on the distortion of the line where characters lie For example tipping the bas
188. oto Stitching Features From the drop down list choose the photo mode you wish to use The mode will determine the result of the creation of stitches on the image chosen The values of the remaining parameters are defined according to the option chosen in this item In the lower figures observe the result of using different modes for a same design they can use one or several needle colors W Lines Spacing 0mm Stitch Mode 50 Gat ie SEAS es Cell Height 2mm A vee Cell Width 2 mm El 9 7 Stitch ERA User s Manual Row margin Distance of the stitches during each sweeping either Zig Zag or running stitch type This value impacts on the design s density and the number of stitches the design has In the following figures you can appreciate a design created with a spacing of 2 and the same design after applying a 0 5 spacing Cell width and height Size of the cells produced in each sweeping Each cell corresponds to an area of the reference image and can be filled with Zig Zag type stitches or running stitches according to the color contrast in each part of the image Increase or reduce these values according to the concentration of stitches you wish to obtain the smaller these parameters are the smaller cell width and bigger the design s number of stitches Assited and Automatic Digitizin
189. ou wish to use the last saved parameters select User Add to the selection Once you have defined a block the application draws the block defined highlighting the stitches and with a dotted rectangle you will be able to add a new group of stitches to it just by choosing a selection mode and keeping the Ctrl key pressed while you define the rectangle polygon indicate a section or color etc Once you have finished with this second selection Stitch ERA will add it to the first one forming a new block that includes the selected regions You can repeat this process as many times as necessary Editing stitch blocks Recognize They are a sections group of stitches running stitch Zig Zag or fill pattern Activate the mode and click on a stitch of the desired section Stitch ERA will recognize and automatically select the section and will form a block with its stitches Resize Through this box you can set a horizontal or vertical variation percentage next figure Stitch Edition For this to happen move the slider located under the Horizontal and Vertical fields either left or right while you observe the measures shown in the box You can also vary the percentage by typing the desired value in the corresponding box Check the Density Compensation box to automatically level the block s density Change Dimension Honzontal 50 D Dim 127 Wertical 50 D 100 io z mm To
190. ould be manipulated Deeg as any other section you may create A Reprocess This Shift F9 Both functions are available from the context menu when al rte YOU select a text object Confirming the text insertion When accepting the changes Stitch ERA inserts the text within the design area activating the selected transformation If you want you can modify the text box to apply the selected transformation Once the adjustment of the final shape of the effect is confirmed click on Reprocess This The application will create all the stitches that correspond to that text Editing texts After the creation of a text sometimes you can do before is always the possibility to change or redesign by many editing tools Since the text is a complex element itself for using the editing tools to benefit you need to know which elements of the text be modified and what results we get after editing these items El 5 45 Stitch ERA User s Manual The text box and its nodes When inserting letters in the working area Stitch ERA surrounds the text with a dotted rectangle known as text box and activates certain points for you to control graphically the text transformation H In the figure you can observe that the text outline is surrounded by dotted lines forming a rectangle around the text The number of lines as well as dots and their functions depend on the option chosen on the Text Transformation field Note the dots on the ri
191. ously created text none of them are available To use these transformations you need to select them after typing the text but before pressing Enter The User Line allows you to freely create the baseline where text characters lies Each click sets a straight node of the baseline Shift click sets a curve node The tab key deletes the last node Hit Enter to finish baseline definition Stitch Era will create the text placing the characters along the baseline The User Distortion lets you create two lines one at the base and one at the top using the same procedure that the one for User Line Both lines define a box used to distort the text The first line you enter will be the box base line Hit enter to continue with the box top line and hit Enter again to finish El 11 8 Hotfix Text Exploding Texts The term Exploding is used to make reference to the action of converting text Ir E Sp Re 7 objects into its primitive basic objects paths thts L t Cop and areas Haces Gaz 1 HEL Pate the Once a text object is exploded edition as text is no more possible but you get total A i E rio control over the shapes and properties of leie ese A Bees the objects used to build the text characters To explode a text object 1 Select the text PER 2 Access the context menu and select de ewe E ic Zeie mor E Ce tal Leet Hat Split Hotfix Text command El 11 9 Chapter 12 Hotfix
192. owever you may want to create an entire new one starting from zero This tool located at the bottom left side of the catalog window clears the entire bead bar producing an empty fresh list Save the bead bar Once you create your own bead bar or modify an existing one you can save it to disk for permanent storage To do it click the Save command and in the save dialog box enter a name for your bead bar and click Ok Load a bead bar from disk Previously saved bead bars may be loaded using the 5 Open command When you activate the command the system displays a list with the names of all previously saved bead bars Just select the one you want to load and click Ok Deleting a bead bar from disk Use this command to permanently delete saved bead x bars Just activate the command select the bead bar you want to delete from the displayed list and click Ok Set as Default The current bead bar may that is the one curretly displayed in the left panel may be set as the default bead bar This means that every time you create a new design that bead bar will be automatically loaded and displayed in the vertical toolbar Bead bar behavior for existing and new designs Stitch Era maintains bead bars in a per design basis That is everytime you save a design the hotfix pieces pallete is packed and saved inside it So when you open a previously saved design no matter what you current bead bar is the bead bar you was using when you save
193. owing the defined shape Irregular Box It allows you to modify the text without the need to follow a specific geometric shape This type of modification is wrapping type When selecting this effect the four corners and mid points are activated These nodes can change their properties free Straight and curve allowing different deformations of the box by only right clicking on them Stitch ERA User s Manual User Distortion This effect allows defining the upper and lower sides of a box and distorting the text according to it The definition of the sides is made in a similar way to the definition of a user defined baseline that is to say it has straight and curve nodes and corners that can be moved deleted and inserted while applying this effect Make the lower line click on Tab and continue with the upper line Press Enter to generate text Team Names Optional Feature Stitch ERA includes as an optional feature a tool for design creation with different texts based in a list of words This tool is perfect to apply in those cases where a big amount of designs of the same type have to be carried out and where the only thing that changes is the text Team Mames content but not its shape or layout in the working area We illustrate its use through the following example First Name 1 Type the names that correspond to the table fields Last Name one in each line In the Text field enter First Name in the first
194. ows you to delete stitches but without compensating the rest of the design You can activate this from unselecting the Keep in Place check box command Converting Stitches to from Jumps vA Move v Keep in Place You can transform a jump stitch into a stitch and vice versa Sl Insert 157 Stitches to Jumps For this to happen simply select the element to convert from nce eT the Embroidery View and activate the desired function Convert A AAA Jumps to Stitches or Convert Stitches to Jumps Stitches amp Jumps As a result the selected element will transform into the opposite either a jump or a stitch Remember that the jump stitch is the movement of the pantograph and rotation of the sewing head without the needle moving down It is used to move the head from one point in a design to another or to create stitches that are longer than the machine would normally allow Working with Commands Pr Edit a Stop to Color Commands also known as machine controls are used to tell the machine the way in which a design should be embroidered Insert a Color to St i prinser prora P Different makes have created their own commands AY Delete Ga To k Commands E 4 11 Stitch ERA User s Manual Edit Control From the Edit Stitches command you can apply several commands color changes thread cuts speed changes start and end of borer insertion of sequins etc You will also be able to modify the commands applie
195. ox nodes Each predefined transformation format has different control nodes that behave differently when they are moved Templates Bridge O Diamond 0 lastic Envelope C Elastic Shape 1 0 A ll iy Elastic Shape 2 0 Elastic Shape 3 0 Elastic Shape 4 0 Elastic Shape 5 0 2 E Reset Transformation El 5 18 Texts and Monograms Rotate It allows you to modify the text following the geometrical shape established by the deformation of the rectangular text box that surrounds it Such transformation allows you to enlarge and compress drag and rotate the texts When selecting this effect the four corners activate as well as the four middle points and a rotation center You can observe them in the figure The following text transformation nodes will appear in the figure Corner A Nodes To control the corners by applying a proportional scaling Corner B Nodes For horizontal scaling Corner C Nodes For vertical scaling D spacing Nodes For the control of spacing along the text box these nodes allow you to modify the spacing between letters By dragging the corners you expand and compress the text proportionally in both axis at the same time whereas if you drag the mid points it is possible to expand or 1 compress the text to a single dimension o When pressing the Ctrl key the text box changes its mode into rotation mode while four nodes appear to control the text rotation 19 A If you
196. ox surrounds the figure jt 20 3 3 dk zk Position rnin S 42 a From this button you can control exactly the size of the vector figure as the a proportionality of the change in size with the button with a padlock icon When UL 19 3 7 this occurs with background color as in the figure the changes you make will ka be proportional ie just put one of the measures If it is not painted you must ER SH manually change both The options to rotate a vector by setting the angle of rotation work the same way as for bitmap images Editing vector colors Fil Color gt The box Format from the ribbon Vector allows you to add d remove or change the color of the border or padding of figures Border Color gt mp to create or modify created E Thickness La Ca x You can choose to create an array filled only with only the EE outline or both From the same box you can change the thickness of the border This utility is useful for cases where it must operate on several figures that are one above the other ADC Mama Om seeeeee Observe the left picture that has predefined color figures In the right figure please note that the color of each figure has been modified improving considerably the visualization of the elements Setting colors from the color pallete The color bar or color pallete may be used to set or change the border and fill color of vector objects With a vector object select
197. pands or compresses the space between words as measured by the percentage entered corresponding to 40 at normal spacing default e Lines of text Enlarges or shrinks the space between lines of text measured by the percentage entered corresponding to 120 the normal spacing default e Kerning This option is only available for digitized sources Is the spacing between the junctions of the letters Kerning box to activate the automatic spacing and the value of the table sets the same factor e Use Margin I D This option is only available for digitized sources Specifies to use the left and right alignment of the letters Examples Stitch ERA This is the result of increasing spacing between S t i tc h ERA letters and words Stitch ERA Here you can observe the result of increasing the value of spacing between lines This feature is only applicable to texts with two or more lines Stitch ERA A Result of using kerning over the Y and the o Observe that in h the first figure this feature has not been used whereas in the g u rt second example a kerning over the text was used In the latter spacing between these two letters is less it is not the case of the Yogh u rt rest of the letters El 5 10 Texts and Monograms Trims and Locks Trims and Locks At letters AL words At colors Lock stitches settings Thread Trims PE Thread Trims Ke Lock stitches Vat Type Classic wt Lock stitches P Lock stitc
198. pears showing you all the possible values for that A Color a property as shown in the right figure This happens in all the etre ae panels jill Pe Value 4 80 e After clicking over each command of the object inspector and Sue Minimum 0 10 Sa Maximum 20 00 res pressing F1 a context window help will appear to give you a UT description synthetic and a example plot em El 7 2 The Object Inspector Get direct help in the Object Inspector Stitch Era offers this tool for you to get the property definition to edit and some advice on desirable values for that property For help on each of the items available click on the name of the property in question and press F1 it will open a new help window with information about the chosen property in the language you are working on the application Tab Body Borderline and More The Object Inspector has 3 tabs Body Borderline and More and each is divided into panels each panel comprises properties as the object of embroidery that you have selected Body Tab From this tab defines the main fill settings of the selected section in the workspace the properties appear divided into panels Object Inspector Area Body Borderline More E StitchFil G Adjustment amp Compensation E Stitch Effects El Connections amp Functions Stitch Fill This panel gathers the most important items such as fill type density of stitches color etc Adjustment amp
199. pens showing all the available Twain sources Click on the source that corresponds to the device to be used and press Select Getting Images from clipboard Artwork To paste a bitmap for the supported formats of Stitch Era you have to make a copy of the image from any graphic application that support images In this moment the icon Paste Bitmap will enable and clicking over it the image will be presented in the working area Open Capture Image Raster The galleries allows you to work with images those supported for the system in an agile way Displayed by clicking over the tabs located in the left side of the main window It displays the pane with a preview of the elements organized by categories In this way you will operate easily with multiple elements E 3 5 Stitch Era Users Manual MA a x When you open the image gallery displays a divided pane The superior pane has three tabs nn n Gg that allows you to select the type of image that e GN Shared Mex ai you wish to import You can choose among a il alae tna l GH ERA mugei raster images b vectors c all the images From St H H Hector l the superior pane navigate among the folders Pi etti e while the inferior pane will show the dynamic DI shared mes mode the thumbnails Once identified the image select and drag and drop to the working area of the document You have the option to change the si
200. ple the same modifications to a group of sections Generally this is necessary when there are several sections forming an only figure such as explained below The job sequence to create blocks is the following pz 1 Select the sections or images that will form the block from the Select Object z mode 2 Work on the block by using the necessary commands in the Ribbon Block to modify it expand rotate etc Block NM More 2200 2 15 GRescale ooo Gi 55 Object to Object Goo v SC al Group Objects gt Branch GIAI Unselect objects Ui 96 2 0t Spe lt 4 Align Ange SE SR t Object to Design Explode Au By Color fw 5 c kE 1 68 Z aj A Rotate Mirror vector 3 Center of Design Ungroup Objects t level Disconnect Select Size amp Position mm Scale amp Shape Repetitions nee Align Group amp Combine Sort Objects 3 Accept the modifications and unselect the block and save it Stitch ERA highlights the sections included in the block with dotted lines Then modification points will appear in its corners and centers surrounding the selected block On the figures you can see that the design has 6 sections In the last figure observe the frame that Stitch ERA displays after creating a block with all its sections El g 2 Blocks and Object Manager Creating Blocks More ll E Select By Rectangle
201. preparing it so as to store designs on it You must indicate the code in which you want to prepare it and from then on you will be able to save designs on that same diskette but only in that code The formatting process takes some time in some cases it can take several minutes Consider the following e By formatting a disk all the information in it is lost e To change a diskette code you must format it in the new code Use the appropriate diskette type 2DD o 2HD according to the code 2 4 3 Stitch ERA User s Manual Diskettes codes Hereunder we will describe the codes supported by Stitch ERA Here we mention the diskette format they require the compatibility with Windows file system that allows saving in the hard disk and the admissible characteristics in the embroidery names format EU e names Native Expanded 3 5 DD HD Yes Yes 8 alphanumeric 35 DD__ No 8alphanumeric Read Write Deen sto no 8aphanumere HesdWite Barudan HD 35 DD_ No wor 8alphanumeric Read Write zsk Lasep No g8nmmeie ReadWrite format EU a TT names Toyota 35 DD HD Yes EE a es T ase muen 35 H0 Tres oo abnanumero me 3 5 DD HD Yes 8 alphanumeric Yes 3 5 DD HD SingerCompucon as pomD yes ww aalranmeno Read 3 5 DD HD yes eta Teapnammene Besame 3 5 DD HD ves Ps Baframimero Readrte Yes 3 5 DD HD 3 5 DD HD Yes ped B alphanumeric Read Wr
202. rag it Stitch ERA draws a line between the point and the pointer position 4lign Angle 4 Release the mouse buttons The Block Scaling HARTA box will appear allowing you to see the size of the drawn line and enter a new value Dem cullen EES Length b D mm While clicking OK the block will be scaled in such a width 86 4 mm way that the line drawn will have the new value you have chosen You can also use the Width and Height commands to give the block an accurate size Height 65 7 mm Align Angle In a similar way to Rescale this tool allows you to accurately adjust a E Rescale block s angle To use this tool please proceed as follows Saali Angle TA Rotate Mirror 1 Select the block and use the Align Angle tool from the Ribbon Sige amp Shape 5 Click on a block point and drag towards another point right figure If you draw a perfect horizontal line with the Align Angle tool the value shown in the New Angle of the Line window from the Block rotation box will be 0 You can achieve this by pressing the Ctrl key while drawing the line 3 When releasing the mouse buttons enter the new angle for the line drawn in the dialog box right figure Elg 9 Stitch ERA User e Manual Rotate amp Mirror LRescale The mirror command is a modification of the design in order to E Align Angle invert the block from the left right and right left position Vertical
203. rag the mouse in order to define the area where you will apply the effect you can move it or modify its size Then specify the orientation left right up or down clicking repeatedly on the triangle on the top of the effect box Specify the intensity of the effect from the power selector left figure When you are satisfied with the result obtained go to the context menu and click on Confirm or press the Enter key It allows you to deform the block applying the changes to the pick points Its application on the block is similar to the Speed effect since you have to define the angle and the intensity of the effect from the sliders Click inside the design s area and drag the mouse to the area where the effect will be applied You can move it to another position or modify its size Apply the intensity you wish from the power selector located on the left of the box when defining the angle of the effect that is to say the wind direction from the upper slider Once you are satisfied with the result obtained go to the context menu and click on Confirm or simply press the Enter key Lens This will allow you to deform the block giving it the effect that is obtained when viewing an area through a magnifying glass El 4 29 Stitch ERA User s Manual Click inside the design s area and drag the mouse to define the lens diameter This will be the zone where to apply the effect You can displace the lens surface through
204. rding to their functionality Editing a Column section you will find on the Body tab e Stitch Fill controls the section s main properties e Adjustments amp Compensations Controls the fabric underlay the pull compensation the stitches overlap internal paths etc e Stitch Effects Different distortions that can be applied to the stitches e Connections amp Functions Manages the optimization and lock stitches of the entry and exit points the machine controls the cut at the end of the section etc El 5 27 Chapter 6 Creating Embroidery Designs Contents Object types and creation LOOMS aaa 3 Creation Tool Saad 3 RISIKEN 3 BC nn ava veucnien vee apace TO O N TOAN 3 CONTIN Sra 4 UNTORTTACES vta A A C ENA 4 TUNING AGa O ke miner rene cr 4 FHEXIDIS Aled rin rt vn aguante ia ene EAA AA 5 Elements of the Embroidery Objects NN 5 Main Referente ocra tenaire AS 5 Klee 5 Arca Kale ei Neu KEE 12 ENTRY and EXIG DOMMES EE 13 MO ES ia 14 EMBOSSING EE 14 CUCINO chia wicca van cade baa boca inte a a aia a peau oe 15 Seilen enge Titel 16 Filling types Tor Pano eS a te eee ties 16 Filling types for Column objects cece eee eee e cesses ee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee 18 Filling types for Uniform Area objects cccceeeee cece cess sees ee eeeeeeeeee 19 Filling types for Turning Area obiecte cece cece cess eeeeeeeeeeeeee 21 Filling types for Flexible Area objects cess cesses eeeeeeeeeeeeeee 23 AGV anc
205. rds in the Text box you can make a search for orthographic errors by clicking on the Spell Check button In the figure observe the Spelling dialog box It works in a similar way to Microsoft Word spell check tool Drobopz Cancel When activating the command a box showing the terms unrecognized will appear at the same time that it will show a list of the suggested words Besides you will be able to add terms to the dictionary enlarging the number of recognized words by your system or ignore the replacement In the box will appear one by one all the unrecognized words accompanying each one with a series of suggested words ignore buttons if the text is well written change to replace it by the suggested text that you have selected or add to a list of recognized words You can configure several options of this utility customizing its Ed E way of operation To do so drop down the options from the activation button and select Configuration A dialog box will Y English appear showing several configuration options language Polish dictionaries etc Portuguese Spanish El 5 8 Texts and Monograms Spacing Trims amp Lock Stitches Loberia SP Letters 2 S zo 3 pa Cy Tra Teo Giap TL Words 50 Se Ee ABa ie Lines 120 Ge 4 lin A A gt AS Spacing Trims Lock Stitches 5 DZ Wi 7 Devise Click on the arrow to mark the EE a circle a gree Rg _ Abc 123 EVA t Have in mind that
206. registered trademarks of Sierra Technology Group S A Other brands and their products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders 1st edition Printed in Buenos Aires December 2010 Edited by Sierra Technology Group S A Rivera Indarte 565 1406 Buenos Aires Argentina Ver 11 00 01 EN Editorial Welcome Thank you and congratulations for choosing a product from our multimedia garment decoration suite Design Era We have put our best effort developing this product as we have been doing for the last 20 years to always offer you the most advanced and competitive system on the market We hope you enjoy it About this Manual Stitch Era is a multimedia garment decoration product It includes a full featured embroidery design system and an optional powerful module focused on garment decoration with thermofixed materials like rhinestones and sequins Stitch Era allows you to create impressive designs quicly and easily The advanced user interfase unique in the market for this kind of product is based on contextual ribbons that displays all the time just the tools you need to work with the selected object no matter it is a raster image a vector graphics an embroidery or a hotfix object This manual was written for users of Stitch Era and Stitch Era Universal Users of Stitch Era Universal need to consider that some features described in this document may be not present or may be limited in that version
207. rid For a better visualization the grid will have the opposite color to that of the background Grid Setup i Grid You may customize the configuration of the grid either manually and interactively or by defining the exact values from the corresponding dialog Es On Screen Grid Setup ji box H Grid Settings On Screen Grid Setup the cursor will turn into a ruler You must then specify the grid size by clicking on any place in the working area and dragging the mouse without releasing the button until achieving the desired grid size You will be able to see the grid size from the status bar The grid size can be seen interactively if the visualization is enabled in the working area while dragging the mouse Release the mouse button to achieve a suitable size El 2 10 Stitch Era User s Interface Sc Grid Settings In this type of configuration you will not only be able to define the grid size but its color layout Below or Over style Dot Cross Plus Line etc and the subgrid layout too Guidelines Lesser Also known as reference lines They are used for an accurate alignment and placement of objects as they allow you to insert the Setup Setup Setup objects over these lines ee You may define whether to visualize them or not from the Show Guidelines control in Ribbon View Hoop El Grid There are two types of reference lines o o Bo Moi rr o M horizontal and vertical observe the right
208. ring you access the Units and Measure quick menu Using it you may quicly change the system units metric or inches launch Ruler Calibration the measure tool and calibrate the ruler to match your screen Ruler calibration is usefull because once calibrated objects in the screen will be displayed with their real size anytime your zoom level is 100 mn x To calibrate the ruler you will need a real phisical ruler or a piece of paper with a known size around 100 mm 4 inches Access the units and Measure menu and click Ruler Calibration The small group shown at the left will be displayed and the zoom level will be adjusted to 100 Put the real ruler over the screen below the virtual ruler and match the 0 coordinate horizontal or vertical with the O of the real ruler Press the button lt or gt to match the real ruler 100 mm or 4 inch with the same mark of the real ruler Then press the green button Your ruler will be calibrated Note that this procedure may not be required if your display is propertly installed because it reports its size and the system matchs the ruler accordingly Ribbon Bar The ribbon bar is the key element of the user interface As mentioned it contextually changes according to the selected object to display the tools and controls that applies to that object Commands and controls within the ribbon are grouped according to their function into tabs Some tabs are fixed always visible and some are d
209. rms a Zoom Total action Shortcut Shift F6 Zoom Limits D Reduces distances the work window visualization to the maximum value available E 2 5 Stitch ERA User s Manual Hoops Border a Approaches or distances the working area visualization until the Hoop is positioned in the visible area limits It is not enabled unless you select a Hoop All the zoom and pan options and are available at the bottom of the main working window This allows you as mentioned before speed your work in the program Remember also that all these tasks may be controlled by shortcuts customized as mentioned in the previous chapter a Zoom Options b Pan tool c Zoom bar AP O mo SS 09 Normal amp 3D View Modes Stitch ERA provides a mechanism to visualize the designs on screen as an embroidery or hotfix simulation in the scale they are and without the need to call the Simulation Window For that to happen select the icon True View on the Ribbon View or from the bottom left of the window The design shown on screen will be then viewed in a more realistic way 6 Normal e v i WW Ar kr ee Hi aa sd SEB rie Draw Mode OTI a at the bottom of the working area 3D Simulation Properties 8 Normal Select View gt Draw Mode group and Setup gt 3D Light and Quality Setings do 1 1 as ee neal Draw Mode El2 6 Stitch Era User s Interface You
210. rning to node 1 13 Run the Holes command from the ribbon or from the context menu Then enter the nodes 16 17 18 and 19 which correspond to that hole 14 Now you can proceed to insert the direction the start and end points and a split line For this to happen enter the following Sequence 15 Open the context menu select the Start and End point and click on an area close to point 22 Follow the same procedure with the End Point placing it on point 23 in the figure 16 Again from the context menu run Direction and click on 20 and 21 17 Activate the context menu and choose Add Split Line setting the nodes from 24 to 27 18 Click on Confirm from the context menu or press Enter Create stitches with ctrl F9 key 22 IK El 6 33 Chapter 7 The Object Inspector Contents Properties of embroidery Sections NNN 2 The OD CCE INSP CClON aan A a 2 BOU Fada A seas 3 gen SI ele le ME 3 Adjustments and Compensation Group 7 SLILCH EFeECGtS EU aa 9 Connections and Controls Group 10 B rderine TDi NA ot 10 M re TaD ENEE 10 SIZE ae Order Group iia 11 Connections ANd Functions Group 11 Stitch ERA User s Manual Properties of embroidery sections Now you know in depth the types of sections used to create embroidery All sections detailed in the previous chapter different properties arise that you need to know to get higher quality embroidery and more ample resources in the desig
211. rol the printout of a border all around your page Preview button Presents a preview of how the print will be like It is recommended to examine the print preview before printing it We highly recommend you to perform a preview of the design before confirming the print out During the print preview you can configure the page length the layout horizontal or vertical and define the page margins For example when opening the design shown in the figure below El 4 36 Stitch Edition And pressing the Preview button from the Print dialog lt Print Preview box the design will be presented as shown like this right figure Advanced printing dy H IAEA EE ETE Printing of designs with formats allows a wide range of varieties giving you the possibility to perform your printings in a personalized way If you wish a print out with formats select the Print Formats option available from the Quick Access Button gt Print Print E Prints the design using a simple layout The Advance Print Format box will then appear The application supports many preset formats and styles for you to use them in design presentations of different purposes as for example show the technical information of the design the presentation page with simulation etc Ubesoder C DocunertsandSe Tano 20 KB Also you can access an advanced configuration in order to change the printing appearance in detail
212. rt Manually and Move End Manually You have to simply activate the command and drag the Start and End point up to the desired position E 4 33 Stitch ERA User s Manual eit ove Skart Point za Move End Point End Point At Center F Ena pu 41010018 Start Point At Center Start Point At Upper Left Corner End Point At Upper Left Corner Start Point At Upper Right Corner End Point At Upper Right Corner Stark Point St Lower Left Corner Gen End Point At Lower Right Corner Start Point At Lower Right Corner End Point At Upper Center Stark Point Gt Upper Center End Point At Center Left Start Point At Center Left End Point 4t Lower Center Start Point At Lower Center End Peint At Centar Right Start Point At Center Right d i End Point At Last Entity LS DODDODOda Th Start Point AE First Entity End Point On Stark Point Centering Tool This command produce a design centering by automatically Ed StartiEnd moving the design start and end point to its geometric center a By Color at once The result is identical to the one you get by moving TE Center Design the Start Point at center and the End Point to Center separately Finishing Tools Design navigation In order to make the recognition of a design s structure and sequence easier Stitch ERA includes the Navigation Bar tool The toggle button lets you see the bar in two ways The toggle button lets you see the bar in two ways a with automatic
213. rt of the window the box Files V Ki SA of type allows you to select the image format E wl To load an image AID_BO HAN bnp AI_C TLENS bmp Deskop a E e 1 Select drive and folder on the left Me Documenta E SA side WT o a e 2 On the right side click on the Mp Computes image E Ficome y e 3 Click on Open My Network Files ol bere All meges bmp Fa por gil s chien e Adquiring Images from scanners From the Artwork ribbon use the button Capture Image The corresponding scanner dialog box will open Complete the information required mainly resolution and color mode Taking into account that it depends on the scanner installed the normal process follows these steps 1 Pre scan to preview position and center image 2 Select the area to be scanned 3 Capture the selected area Once the scan is complete the image will appear on the Stitch Era s active document Bear in mind the following parameters they are very important when obtaining an image from a scanner Resolution It is normally measured in dpi dots per inch or points per inch and it defines the brightness of the digitized image The higher the number the neater the image but it will also use more system s memory Except on 5x5 cm or smaller images a 300 dpi resolution is correct Color Mode You can capture an image in color or black and white If you capture it in color you must indicate the number of colors to be used On
214. s Planning You need to know the size of your design and what hotfix pieces will be used The knowledge about how the design will be transferred to the garment machine stencil manual may also help Object Creation As mentioned this task known as Digitizing refers to the process to convert the artwork into objects and set the properties that control the beads placement Export the design Once the design is finished you need to produce some type of output to move the design from the computer to the garment In this section we will focus on the Object Creation task or Digitizing We will assume that an artwork image of any type unless specified is displayed as screen background The chapter Images and Vectors contains detailed information about the Stitch Era tools for working with artwork files Manual Digitizing EF Man taral The term Manual Digitizing means that objects creation is accomplish eee by tracing the artwork shapes manually You need to select the SS Autotrace proper creation tool path and area basically and place the nodes using the background image as reference and trying to reproduce the Y Auto Complete features of the shapes in the artwork Selecting the bead type you will use and setting the fill mode properties may be done before or during creation or after creation in a task known as edition Usually the basic settings are done during creation and then adjusted edited This process i
215. s The better value largely depends on the chenille thread used so it is recommended to perform some tests with the machine to define it Adjustments and Compensation Group The operations performed from this panel can also be done from the tape but it is first necessary to clarify some concepts of work and embroidery From this panel will give you the tools to correct errors or shifts that may occur at the time of embroidery for example the type of material the density used the amount of backing to use etc So depending on the filling and use the application section that shows you edit certain properties The dynamic condition of the Object Inspector lets you display the properties to adjust to what is selected in the main work Running Stitch In this type of filling the property is the adjustment of the curve itself on which the application allows the stitches still generated as is the drawing of the main reference for that will change the stitch length in some parts of travel or to respect the stitch length you set the whole way Zig Zag and Pattern In any section you find these fillings the application will offer the settings by the same criteria The Pull Compensation adjustment is essential in these filled as other because it tends to control the shrinkage experienced by the fabric when sewn to it you can choose several ways to compensate for this shrinkage GER Stitch ERA User s Manual
216. s Color library pattern spacing fill hole features width pull compensation avoid small width bone ill outline free of stitches l El 6 22 Creating Embroidery Designs Turning Area with Programmable Stitches The Elastic Programmable Stitch will be applied on sections with a simple section shape and no holes accepting several direction lines Also stitches will deform according to the area s geometry and the layout of the direction lines i i d KW Elastic Programmable Stitch Main properties r y E 100 t Color horizontal and vertical ai 100 eo scaling stitch name horizontal Brea Fil spacing rotation number of lines Stitches are oriented according to the directions of the sections Filling types for Flexible Area objects The Macro filled type whether paths Zig Zag E Stitches or Programmable Stitches needle piques produced in rows parallel to the direction line Note the curved direction of these fillings Macro with zig zag gt Ed ME R E ne Area Fill Macro with Running ES 4 gt lee ZS Area Fill E cd Macro Path with ZZ Macro with Prog Stitch L f i teq 0 7 50 ai 50 Area Fill Ga toea e 3 Sms som i EN Area Fil Macro Path with E Stitch Macro Path with Prog Stit El 6 23 Stitch ERA User s Manual Advanced Stitch Filling types Many of these fillings also need special
217. s 50 oi Lines 120 ie Irie Lok E 5 5 Stitch ERA User s Manual Properties in detail i To edit the properties of a text once you have inserted it in the work area you can access the Text Properties from the context menu Ta You can also access it from the button located on the lower right corner of LH 2 the Select Font box Text and Spacing one and Trims and Lock Stitches _ This window has all the items and controls for defining the text properties a also mostly shown on the Ribbon Lettering Fort Source O Tme Type Digtced The other Ribbon Lettering boxes Stitch Type sre a ABa Arrange Effects and Team Names have and independent configuration window with there own ee AD Sierra gt b features JASON l 2345678 Width 100 C Order by calor Spaci A Letter 20 D M Keming a Word 10 Ss Use L A Margin Abc 123 C Line in 4 wa Ve q At letters At words At cokes Lock stitches settings Thread Tse 52 Thread Tams Y4 Lock sttches 4 Type Classe Lock stiches 4 Lock stitches 4 Length 1 Ren 2 Ze ABCD Resat Tiarsiomation L e J coca Font and Text From the Filter drop down menu you can also make the system show you only those fonts that meet certain features Lettering Font Source TrueType Digitized Filter All Fonts Name gi Arial TrueTypes Fonts All Fonts Filter E Height 20 0 mm Width pio
218. s and Monograms Texts TN GES ERR VE E The lettering design is activated when Fe TT gebei PE eke pressing the corresponding button that So appears in the Ribbon Embroidery in the Section box cite In this way the Ribbon Lettering will be displayed as a solution to create outstanding font designs al g y i es EE Sah Cakran ia a a Are D Letras MANTEREET EE Jess SP Letras 2 Si ap A Digitalizada ABa B Z E n a A A ABC E SS Sg a l Palabras 50 ria etra e True Type SE e hy L neas 120 a Fuente Fa Texto E Espaciado y Ajustes D Tipo Puntada Arreglo Efectos Nombres de Equipo Inserting texts in 3 steps The best way to create a lettering design is by following the recommended sequence given by the application Here we will introduce a model step by step and further you will find the most advanced options in detail to get the most out of this tool 1 Select font and height First you must select the font to be used either a previously digitized or a True Type one To do so select one of these two options from the Ribbon Lettering gt Select Font Digitized fonts e ABa B z You have a pre digitized font library These are fonts specially created to be used in embroideries E True Type Font Arial Al 20mm according to the most common requirements Select Font cursive or script type letters block type letters or Sans serif letters wi
219. s if you were activated them with the button or control in the user interface One of the most known one is Ctrl C the shortcut for Copy command available in most of the Windows applications El 1 7 Stitch ERA User s Manual Standard Ribbon Shortcuts a Open Image DPOB z Artwork DS Lapture Raster eh tsp i fn del REH command Typing 3 keyboard Open Get From File Application vector on It Application shortcuts The following table list the application shortcuts El1 8 Ctrl A Ctrl C Ctrl O Ctrl S Ctrl Alt S Ctrl V Ctrl X Ctrl Z F1 F3 F4 F5 F6 Ctrl F6 F7 F8 F9 Ctrl F9 Del Selects all objects Copy selected object to clipboard Opens a design from disk Saves design to disk Saves design with a different name Paste from clipboard Deletes selected object Undo Context Help Hide Show vectors Hide Show images Redraw Zoom Area Zoom Total Toggles 3D Normal View Shows Hides Object Inspector window Generate hotfix object Forces hotfix generation for all objects Delete selected object element When you pulse or press for a while the Alt left key the system displays the standard ribbon shortcuts as small legends near each the characters corresponding command In the example at the left typing Y3 activates the View tab as if you were clicked activates Stitch ERA Basics Getting Help Stitch Era
220. s repeated for each shape in the artwork Asisted Digitizing Autotrace e Autotrace is a time saving tool that automates the process of tracing 7 Manual the artwork Instead of manually placing the nodes to capture the E Autotrace shapes in the artwork the system automatically detects them based SS on its color and creates the objects reference for you ig Auto Complete To use this feature you just need to select Autotrace within the Digitizing Method group located at the left side of the path and area hotfix object ribbons Autotrace is disabled if no image was loaded When used with raster images pixel based images the key for sucess is the image quality The minumin recommended image size is around 125 pixels per inch 5 pixels per milimeter So if your design have to measure 4 x 4 the image size should be at least 500 x 500 pixels Image colors have to be solid for proper recognition Sometimes a region that seems to be light blue is made of a mixture of blue and white pixels Shape borders should be well defined Usually the process of scaling an image introduces an effect called blur that is not good for automatic recognition A shape border in a good image is a clean edge with different colors at both sides while in a El 10 9 Stitch Era User s Manual blured image you can note a graded transition between colors Shadows and light effects are also bad for automatic tracing Take a look t
221. s size according to the effect you desire Main properties Cross Stitch Color and size of the cross stitch It only mear supports the first direction Width re NM Height and Repetition Clipping em St dmm 5 Area Fill Area with Radial Fill This is an artistic fill method that creates a series of concentric paths projecting the section s shape towards its center El 6 20 Creating Embroidery Designs SN Radial Fill Main properties sam E 1 6m Color length repetitions type di amp aa spiral or concentric variable eg Jee density This fill type does not support directions Area Fill In the previous figures you can observe the result after applying this stitch type in different sections Bear in mind that the path varies according to the configuration chosen since this may be either Spiral or Concentric Area with Texture This filling is used to create designs with more complex fantasies decorative stitches in general the textures do not vouch for only a geometrical pattern El Main properties PR e Colors name horizontal and vertical E SE scaling displacement rotation A ri B i stitches length repetition random ESA border cut length It does not support directions In order to apply this fill type you simple select the appropriate texture wood clouds etc and establish some parameters referred to its aspect scale displacement angl
222. s slant changing the relative positioning between letters Mid point B Node text transformation When dragging the corner left or right it produces an increase or reduction of the spacing between letters The size of letters is not modified Corner C Node text transformation When dragging the corner to any side it expands or compresses the entire text proportionally Character control nodes they modify the layout and size of each letter as from these nodes 2 At the same time when dragging the text box this will be moved S along the working area until dropping it in the desired position 3 Once the desired shape is achieved use the context menu and click Cy on Confirm Then create the stitches by clicking on the Ctrl F9 keys la Text Layouts As mentioned above the text processing nodes can modify the appearance of dotted rectangle called baseline or wrapping of text depending on the chosen transformation Doing so will adjust the text layout as they adjust to the new form of the text box These changes are called transformations line or envelope From the options in this group you can Pit gt change the shape and arrangement of the gt o o gt text From here the changes are activated _ gt ee vv S where the text is aligned according to a rose Irregular Uer a Lower arc Arrange E predetermined geometric shape Step Text Once you select a transformation you can modify it from the b
223. s will y vary the result obtained Beside some effects can be applied on several layers In the figure a Shadow effect was applied to a text increasing the number of Stages layers to 4 To achieve an optimum visualization of the effect each layer was assigned a different color El 5 14 Texts and Monograms i Stages he Shadow 1 Ebmm 3 0mm UA Body gt Shadow 2 S Omnm 20mm 3 Body Shadow 3 40mm 1 0mm M2 Goody Increasing the value of Stages you can define particular features for each of the fill levels The best way to apply this type of effects is by testing repeatedly the effect achieved until reaching the result you want to obtain E 2 U mm O lt FOmn Bl Body Text lt E Explode and Explode into Chars D ee MI n Stitch Era manages texts as special section packages that could be manipulated with specific tools allowing you to Save Template nodos modify the font layout etc e Explode However sometimes it is required to break the text object i E d Cut Cl into its components To do this the system offers two Ea Copy CH functions Explode and Explode into Chars A Paste Ctl Y Explode into Chars converts the text object in a set of Paste Filing Type package objects one for each letter in the original text Explode lets you break a text object into its basic section Ue Delete Object Da Components Once a text is exploded you will get a collection of normal sections that c
224. ser s Manual Copy Cut Paste and Paste Special Use the Copy command to place a copy of the block on the clipboard in Stitch ERA keeping the original block Use Cut to copy the block to the clipboard and remove the design at the same time When you paste into a new document block is displayed on the workspace To paste the block in the same design follow this sequence a select the point from which pasted the new block of stitches you just copied or cut b select Paste To place the block after the insertion point the selected stitch c or Paste in place to hit the block after the insertion point but at the same place where design copied or cut the block These commands are available on the Quick Access Toolbar and context menu Copy Cut Paste and Paste in Place To use the options in the Windows Clipboard Regular Transformation dh Regular dh Horizontal Mirror Horizontal or Vertical Mirroring vertical Mi Je vertical Mirror It allows you to mirror the block defined according to the horizontal Ki Rotate 90 j i gt or vertical axis CH oe Rotate 1800 These operations are carried out with no need to pick or move ee Rotate 2709 corners or mid points Rectangle Example In the following figures the original design is presented in the first figure to which the different transformations described will be applied In the middle figure observe the result of applying a horizontal mirror to the original design In t
225. ser s Manual To select a determined hoop go to the option on the Embroidery Tab gt System Library gt Hoops gt Select Hoops and choose from the dialog box the most suitable for your needs from the Hoop Name list left figure When applying the Hoops visualization tool no aspect of the design is modified am Set Seanad Veis D 0x 290 1 60 0 x 434 1 40 0 0 0 430 1 g 6 1 1 1 1 1 30 3 4 Es 3 Defining new hoops There is a tool for creating new hoops which also allows you to EEN adjust the parameters of the ones that already come defined by Setup default You can also specify a security margin from the border selectHoop which will appear on screen as a dotted line Hoops Database To open the Hoop editor use the sequence Embroidery Tab gt System Library gt Hoops gt Hoops database A window appears below in which you must complete all the information required for the new hoop name brand shape dimensions etc Grid The grid consists of a series of lines or dots visible or not that are useful to align and place objects accurately on the design area If the grids are not active you will be able to move the nodes freely Hoop Grid e Guidelines p sawp v seum Activate the grid to create sections limiting the areas where the nodes can be inserted In this way the mouse pointer will automatically fit within the closest g
226. sh surround the object press ENTER or mouse middle button and the object will be selected This mode of selection is really useful when you have overlapping figures Select all objects Select all objects vectors images embroidery and or stone that are in the work area Invert actual selection Change the selection excluding selected items and selected those that were previously outside the selection Selecting several vector objects To select several figures close between each other you can click on the working area and without releasing the mouse button move until the dotted box embosses the figures you wish to work on next figures E 3 19 Stitch Era Users Manual You can also select more than one figure by pressing the Ctrl key and clicking on the elements you are going to work on Instead if you press the Shift key at the time of clicking two figures you will select all those objects that are between both figures in the corresponding sequence Scale and Rotate graphically In certain figures triangle and rounded rectangle the modification points appear active left image These allow you to change the original shape The vector based figures either created from Stitch Era or imported from Corel Draw are liable to transform modify their Curves merge and convert to embroidery sections You can expand compress rotate and move images manually in the same way you can do it with any other image ri
227. sign In the right figure it can be observed that while dragging any of the corners A C E G of the figure outside the shape of the rectangle a proportional 0 D expansion of the block took place keeping the opposite Ci e e corner in the same position In the same way if the corner is dragged towards the center of the rectangle a proportional compression Ge af takes place ie A H G E E Ho 111 641mm Dv 111 mme In the left figure note that when BA making any change in the size of the block some values appear next to the mouse pointer These e values correspond to the modification percentage and the new sizes height and width of the S block When you release the mouse buttons Stitch ERA will show the expanded or compressed block Press Enter to confirm the modification GER Stitch ERA User e Manual In the proportional scaling by keeping the Shift key pressed when dragging one of the corners you make a proportional expansion or compression but maintaining the center fixed instead of the appositive corner This is very useful when you wish to change a block size keeping it in its place Non proportional scaling It allows you to change one of the block dimensions horizontal or vertical distorting it towards that direction In the right figure observe that while dragging the centers C D E B and F towards the outside of the rectangle an 3 expansion in th
228. sing Process Major Overlaps Process All Overlaps D kl Remove Small Holes And Inlets On Basic Setting tab you have to choose the criterion for the automatic sorting of the sections There are seven check box options that will be enabled according the type of image or vector and each characteristics The examples shown here are the same manner as in the dialog box of A2S Object to fill 1 Fill Areas and Borderlines 2 Fill Areas Only 3 Fill Borderline Only Artwork Processing 4 Artwork Unaltered No processing 5 Process Major Overlaps 6 Process All Overlaps 7 Remove Small Holes And Inlets d E 9 3 Stitch ERA User s Manual Color Setting 1 Preview box from where you can see the Basic Settings Color Settings Needle Settings Stitch Settings result s obtained 1 2 Previews tabs show the Original Filtered and both arts Reduce up to ER colors Color tolerance Original Fitered Both Reduce up to 32 w colors Smal areas fite 0 S pixe 3 Small areas filter piselz ot S CO es 4 aB O Bas Filter Transparent Color 5 v 3 Reduce up to allow you to reduce the number of colors in the image this is the first filter you should control reducing the colors without deforming the image Small areas filter eliminates the noise in the image this noise is composed by small pixels dissociate color called holes As you increase this c
229. st a more detailed view of the bead pallete displayed at the left of the working area lts an ordered list of hotfix pieces you can freely arrange by reordering adding and removing elements The list must have at least one element and may have as many elements as you need Changing order To arrange the order of the pieces just drag the piece you want to arrange and drop it at the desidered position While dragging you ll see blue horizontal marks appearing and disappearing between the items they are indicating the position the piece will take if you drop it in that moment You can also use the context menu to move a piece up or down into the list one position at a time Removing pieces Just click on the item you want to remove access the context menu and select Remove You can also drag the piece outside the list into the right panel for example Adding pieces Simply pick the piece you want to add from the library drag it into the list and drop it at the desidered position Be carefull to drop it between items and not over an item Replacing pieces If you need to replace a piece for a different one you may proceed to remove it and then to add the new one or you may take a shortcut pick the new piece from the library drag it into the list and drop it over the piece you want to replace El 10 21 Stitch Era User s Manual Clearing the bead bar By default the system shows a predefined bead bar to let you start working H
230. stance information 3 To exit the Measuring mode press the Escape key Kaes Di rarra1 Objects Display and Locking E Hide Sections pe Hide all but Sections gt Lock Sections Lock all but Sections Visibility of Sections Embroidery Show hide or block the embroideries sections El 2 14 Hide Vectors Hide all but vectors 25 Lock Vectors Lock all but vectors Vectors Show hide or block the vectors gt Lock Images Hide Images Hide all but Images Lock all but Images Images Show hide or block the images 2 Ka Distance 4 0 mm Angle 90 0 degrees It measures the distance angle and difference between the coordinates of two points in the Main Window no matter the visualization scale of the design Hereunder you will see an example of how to use the measuring tool Dh 0 0 mm Dw 4 0 mm ZE Hide Hot Fix pas Hide all but Hot Fix 25 Lock Hot Fix rr Lock all but Hot Fix Hotfix Show hide or block the hotfix sections Stitch Era User s Interface The interface for different objects Vector and raster artwork images Stitch Era provides you with tools for multiple works without changing the window this is why we will explain the changes that you will see according the type of selected object in the working area raster images and or vectors hotfix or embroidery and stitches When you open copy or impor
231. stitch you wish to select use the command Go to Stitch Number If you wish to select the first and last stitch use the command First Last Stitch If you wish to select a command toggle between the commands with Stitch use Next Previous Command E al hal Pi Go To Stitch Number Previous Stitch Next Stitch First stitch Last stitch Previous Command Next Command Normal No Auto Increment Increment 1 Mode Decrement 1 Mode Increment 2 Mode Decrement 2 Mode Use the commands Increase Decrease mode in 1 or 2 stitches for the application to automatically select the stitch preceding or following 1 1 or 2 2 the selected one Stitch Blocks A block is a range of stitches selected in order to work on all of them at the same time The procedure to work with blocks of stitches basically consists in E bal te Ne E List Block Select 1 Selecting the Block Stitch ERA has several and versatile ways to select blocks of adjoining and non adjoining stitches using the traditional methods rectangle outline color etc and through advanced modes such as range auto detect of sections running stitches Zig Zags fill pattern etc 2 Working with the block Once you have selected a block you have a powerful group of commands to work with it in order to displace it rotate it deform it with different effects or altering features such as the width of Zig Zags density type of fill pattern
232. t Split vectors This tool is also available from the context menu Reshape Modifying Vector Objects Sequence When working with multiple vector objects will often find that an object is covering up another When editing vector figures from the ribbon Vector gt Order button or from the contextual menu you can change the order of vector figures This is because the figures are stacked in the order they were created and those recently created in the cover the previous ones The possibilities are D D A y Move Esclrard 1 position e Bring to Front lt sends the selected element to the front before the rest of the objects placing it in the forefront e Send to Back It places the selected object behind the rest of the objects e Bring Forward The figure selected moves one level forward e Send Backward The figure selected moves one level backwards El 3 23 Stitch Era Users Manual Aligning Vector Objects The Align group in the Layout tab contains tools for aligning objects respect other objects inside the block and the hole block respect the design To Object This tools aligns the objects inside the block to left right top and bottom using as reference the leftmost rightmost upper and lower object of the block You can also align the objects centre horizontally vertically or both Layout La To To Object Design Align To Design Contains tools for align the hole block with respect to
233. t system shows a list being its items the FI Perspective 1 effects applied and the text Both erro oeores SC Bow elements are showed in layers one over A JA FlMode Paten the other In the columns you will find the A ay a values of the effects parameters from 1 ep e there you will be able to modify the values custom oer for the chosen effect _ Area Fill Pattern 5 5 mm In all the effects you can apply an Overlap to achieve a stitch overlapping and avoid the creation of zones free of stitches due to the thread tension Preview If you want a major control over the effect parameters you will be able to operate on the tabs in a similar way as if working from the Object Inspector Once you have successfully configured an effect you will be able to save the values of its parameters this will allow you to use them in other opportunities Save effects r modifying all the stitch properties for the effect you consider convenient you will be able to sa the effect by pressing the Save button a box will appear where you must type a descriptive name This effect will be saved together with the new configuration both the parameters for the effects and the properties for its stitches Setting the effect stitches order 4 You will be able to change the level location of the effects by the buttons up down they can remain above or below the text layer or of other levels of effects Thi
234. t 0 0 El 10 17 Stitch Era User s Manual Object Manager and Object Inspector the bottom a T CT mi a cu I ou Ta T R editor Object Manager ZA Object Manager l 3 El Images 1 6 e 1 ASR 001 bmp 967x1174 ray ectors 3 9 E Ce 1 vector Pack 1 4 Sections 2 Ellipse Border 1 0 mm de 3 vector Border 0 0 mm 52 Hot Fix 7 6 B 2 1 Path Path with Hot Fix 2 Path Path with Hot Fix 3 Path Path with Hot Fix 13 gt 4 Area Radial Hot Fix Border Path with Hot Fix 7 5 Path Path with Hot Fix The object Manager is a special technical view that displays a map of your designs showing all the objects it contains vector images raster images and hotfix objects At the right of the working area a vertical tab named Object Manager lets you open a group with two panels the Object Manager itself at the top and the Object Inspector at Object Manager is an important tool to check what objects the design has and it s also a method to select objects while Object Inspector is a detailed object s properties The Object Manager OM is a special type of list Known as a tree list much similar to the one used to display disk units folders sub folders and files The main items the parent items using the tree list language are the basic object types Stitch Era works with Images Vectors and Hotfix objects Inside them a lis
235. t Used NailHead Round 4 0 mm Matt Purple color Not Used Rhinestone Round 6 0 mm Lt Siam AB color Not Used NailHead Rectangle 4 0x 2 0 mm Dark Green color Not Used NailHead Star 5 0x 5 0 mm Peridot color Not Used NailHead Sanare Y CH a x Set as default Rhinestones Rhinestuds Nailheads Sequins All categories All shapes All sizes All colors Heart 7 0 x 6 0 mm Clear color Part UR 67 Maker Unique International Octagon 6 0 x 4 0 mm Clear color Part UR 64 Maker Unique International Oval 7 0x 4 0mm Clear color Part UR 47 Maker Unique International Rectangle 5 0x 2 5 mm Clear color Part UR 255 Maker Unique International Rectangle 4 0x 2 0 mm Clear color Part UR 24 Maker Unique International Square 4 0x 4 0mm Clear color Part UR 44 Maker Unique International v le Clicking the Hotfix Catalog button in the vertical toolbar opens the catalog window F Inside it there are two main panels the bead bar at the left and the library at the right The main idea behind this box is that you build your bead pallete or bead bar by selecting the pieces you want to use from the beads library The following paragraphs explain how to do that and also describe the panels and related tools in depth Beads Library The Beads Library is a collection of thousands of hotfix pieces organized by type that you can easily browse to choose the pieces you ll use in your
236. t an image inside the main window of the Application the Options Ribbon changes displaying the tools to work with an image image Ia A d s Set Size le cb GK C Transparency i Ai CR 2 O ase A 6 S 3 gt I a Crop Color i S m ep Reference Reload Save image Reduction CA Mirror Rotate Y Go LP e E Edition Scate amp Shape Properties Fie When you open copy or import or create a vector figure inside the main window of Stitch Era the Options Ribbon changes displaying the tools to operate with vectors Tabo E E Curve Fill Color gt i i rT Y 7 Bezier is Corner Bordar Cono Cased pen Text A Freet Aros L Sol Wertors Shapes Shapes Symetric ECO Ga z SE Se Dart Inisert Nodes Formar Reshape Combine apra Ora Selection Tool The selection button is the tool that allows you to point any object images vectors embroidery sections or hotfix sections inside the application allowing that the Options Ribbon changes according the selection Remember the mentioned before any object selection vectors images embroidery stitches hotfix call the right ribbon that brings the specific tools for the selected object Also when you select a group of elements the ribbon will change immediately to the distribution ribbon that allows to access the operations with blocks of objects Stitch Era provides you different modes to select objects This modes will be described in detail in chapters of blocks of objects of v
237. t are the Uniform Areas VE Are sections that are constructed by placing nodes placed in sequence like a Uniform path and closing at the end The main feature is that this type of section is one Area way to guide the same way all the filling stitches A Main Reference nodes from 1 al 10 wat T s Entry Point 12 el A A zf Exit Point 13 T een ee ae Direction line 11 1 ae ue e The uniform areas support relief lines cut lines and holes Turning Areas ly What are the Turning Areas Are sections that are constructed by placing nodes in sequence like a path and Turning Closing at the end The main feature is that this section requires at least two rea directions to turn progressive orientation of the stitches 3 a Main reference nodes from 1 to 10 a Pi ae d 2 a S Entry Point 11 CCT w ee eg Exit Point 12 UN wi la Direction lines 13 14 etc au E a The turning areas supports relief lines cut lines and holes El 6 4 Creating Embroidery Designs Flexible Area What are the Flexible Areas Be Are sections that are constructed by placing nodes in sequence like a path and closing at the end The main feature is that this section allows you to set the foe directions accompanying the figure so it has access to addresses curves that guide the stitches in that regard 2 R f Sen A E Main Reference nodes from 1 to ni 43 Coen e vl eee 10 R Get Sec 2 Ja Entry Point 1
238. t holes In the left figure please observe the Preview after inserting an image After configuring the controls click on the Filter button for the application to show you the result in the Clean tab of the Preview im va el LL corts Max Eror e 180 Redan gt BBDD gt Tarrprert Surpr 1 is Pater a ig p E tone Pat According to the result obtained modify the values of the controls previously mentioned until the product look like what you expect Do this as many times as necessary After cleaning the image and having obtained the convenient result use the two following controls Their function is explained hereunder Final Colors From the colors view select those tones that are a similar and click on the Combine button for them to merge Itis convenient to reduce the number of colors of the image when possible in this way the application will be able to distinguish easily the changes in tone thus obtaining more precise vectorizations In order to select two or more colors press Ctrl and click on the color to merge then press the Combine button You also have the undo combination option to go back e Combine M Transparent kal Fra Colors El 3 12 Images and Vectors Transparent Stitch Era automatically scans the image and captures the background color of the image so as not to include it in the vectorization since when vectorizing the background color of the image it will form a figur
239. t it to your path Main properties e um Gen Colors stitch name horizontal i i Gi and vertical stitch scaling E stitch spacing rotation and mas mb era number of stitches lines adjust Line Fill stitches to the shape distortion El 6 17 Stitch ERA User s Manual Filling types for Column objects The columns are sections made with a pair of nodes and the most popular filling is known as Zig Zag Columns with Zig Zag Place the stitches perpendicular to the borderlines of the main reference and properties settings allow different effects with this filling Column with Stitch E Main properties Color density of stitches or spacing normal type or Z type random effect width pull compensation short or mid stitch automatic stitches split 8 A8 r vector Fill Operates the same way as above but does not form a Z but an E from a section borderline to the other borderline Column with Pattern Main properties Color type E EE or square stitches stitches density jagged edge random effect width pull compensation automatic stitches separation Woe 3 yo EE oH ueu vector Fill Stitches placed in the direction of the section and drawing the pattern chosen E 6 18 AEEKO Ry ji NINH AG d Main properties Color type mathematical pattern graph manual combined or masking density of stitches or spacing random e
240. t of items the child items represent the loaded images vector artwork objects and hotfix objects respectively 27 6 Path Path with Hot Fix 7 7 Path Path with Hot Fix Selecting any child item within OM produces the syncronized selection of the object it represents within the graphic view and viceversa selecting an object within the graphic view selects the corresponding item within the OM Object selection is just one of many operations available from the OM You ca copy paste and delete objects one by one or by blocks hold the Ctrl key and click items to create multiple selection sets click an item hold the Shift key and click a second one to select all items between them in the list Drag items within the same parent group to re arrange their order within the sequence remember that object sequence may be meaningless for rhinestones rhinestuds and nailheads but may be important for sequins and spangles and also for vector objects The icons beside each parent group let you Block and Hide that object type Blocking an object type makes impossible to select delete or modify any object of that type hidding an object type make that type invisible E 10 18 Creating Hotfix Designs Object Inspector E Object Inspector Hot Fix Area The Object Inspector is a complete browser and editor for Body IN object s filling properties 2 Bead Fil Get with i o SE lts organized as a categorized lis
241. t with items arranged in G Bead Type 5 rows Each row controls a property SIE e For hotfix Area objects Object Inspector Ol displays 5 Margin 0 0 mm separated tabs for body and borderline fillings for path Adjustment Compensation CS SC objects just the borderline tab is displayed Rows in Ol has two columns one with the property name and icon and one with the property value Clicking the property value activates the property editor to modify the value Once activated properties may display H Bead Type i A ci A down arrow to select the value among fixed options Beads spacing 0 9 e A spin button to increase decrease value or type in directly Hotfix pieces library The vertical toolbar that appears at the left of the working area displays a collection of hotfix beads you can easily pick to create your hotfix objects This collection that also appears as galeries within the hotfix objects ribbon and that is quite simmilar to a color pallete is called Hotfix Pallete or bead bar To choose what hotfix pieces you ll see in the bead bar you need to use a large set of hotfix pieces called Hotfix Catalog Using the catalog you can define and change the bead bar create new ones and save and open them from disk So the Hotfix Catalog is also the management tool for bead bars El 10 19 Stitch Era User s Manual Palette Current Beads Bar NailHead Round 3 0 mm Lt Green color No
242. tch this controls the sewing fabric applied to the garment sometimes known as seam grip and of course the parameters that gives the application have to do with this time of applying Zig Zag This parameter has two uses low density can be used to reinforce the first stitching or you can use as sewing and decorative end that hides the borderline of the fabric applied Within this list Stitch was offered a gallery of fabrics from which to choose To view the simulated material must go to the 3D view on the screen and uncheck the section applied area Properties of Advanced Filling types Sequin The sequins are sewn ornaments planes in clothing and many textile items As you may know these the sequins have different sizes shapes and colors to give striking decorative effects Sequin embroidery machine must have a special device Stich Era proposes to use these ornaments with the knowledge we have about embroidery so the properties of filled with sequins have to do strictly with them Among the properties that can be adjusted from the filled panel is the spacing between the strands of radially applied sequins in uniform areas the controls according to the diameter of the sequins and the effect you want for example if you want it overlap or who resign or take the exact measure of the sequins you re using You can also choose the type of stitches with which you sew the sequins etc Chenille This fill mode is designed to be used with embroider
243. ter When dragging this node the character will be moved horizontally along the basis of the text approaching or receding the letter from the rest Vertical displacement It corresponds to the node placed at the center of the character and enables the upward or downward movement Size modification lt corresponds to the node placed at the right upper part of the character and allows you to reduce or increase the letter size without modifying the total size of the text In the changes based on a box deformation regular irregular and user only the horizontal displacement or the size modification options are available Arranging Texts Text transformation grips Let s use the example of the transformation staircase to explain the main elements to consider Allows you to arrange the text unevenly with a step effect A from top to bottom or vice versa Letters remain in a SS ei c vertical position altering the arrangement among them E ie RA During these modifications the right and bottom sides of a Sry pa rectangle will appear and two corners will be activated as s di EI well as a middle point on the sides and a node in each letter Mic e To apply this transformation proceed as follows once you have inserted the text box in the working area 1 Capture the chosen text node El 5 17 Stitch ERA User s Manual Corner A Node text transformation When dragging the corner up or down it modifies the step
244. tes are the key to obtaining the expected result These are some suggestions to get optimal results when using A2S e The system will recognize areas with pure colors only Avoid color gradation and mixing colors in the images e The automatic vectorization works perfectly with borders of clearly defined colors Use images with well defined shapes and borders e Avoid small areas e Image Resolution is very important too Use values around 250 pixels per inch 100 pixels per centimeter lf you do not take into account these suggestions the application might show and error message Given the case correct the image and try again The Convert ribbon tab When you select a raster or vector image the ribbon displays the tab corresponding to the object type and an extra tabs under a group called Convert Within the tab To Embroidery you will find the automatic tools for converting the selected object into an embroidery design Artwork E Convert SW F in D ir E ae kK E SS 4 Art to Stitch Art to Stitch Image to Image to Intelligent Area only d Photo Stitch Stitch E Digitizing Image Layout To mb Mery El 9 2 Assited and Automatic Digitizing Basic Setting Basic Settings Color Settings Needle Settings Stitch Settings Objects to Fill Fill Areas and Borderlines O Fill Areas Only O Fill Borderline Only Artwork Processing Artwork Unaltered No Proces
245. th black and white images gray scale and color images Produces monochromatic and multi color embroideries Multiple photographic effects in each mode Enables to choose controls and parameters adjust quality and speed levels contrast of black and other colors resolution spacing between tracking lines width of cells and margins compensations and small stitches filters stitches width and density etc To change adjustments in order to obtain other results you must only change the properties of stitch creation and generate them again Considerations on the images to use It is necessary that you take into account the characteristics of the chosen image as based on its particulars color count definition contrast etc results will be the expected ones or not Optimum images could be those that meet with the following Elo 6 Images with big shade contrasts for instance a black and white image Should not be less than 16 cm width It is advisable to have objects or a specific element for example a dog football ball etc in the foreground Assited and Automatic Digitizing e The foreground must be very well defined e Try with images with no background as this will produce a blurred and undefined result especially if it is a landscape a dark background or similar Select the image carefully As the resulting embroidery is not an image it will neither have the same resolution nor definition of the original im
246. th ornamentations or serif etc A Digitized Font B 7 A meam ABQ BMA TrueType fonts Arial Al 20mm l l 4 These are fonts that are installed by the Windows EE operating system and that are available from most of the applications installed on the computer Stitch ERA allows the use of these fonts to be converted into sections of embroidery designs and can set its properties similar to digitized sources El 5 3 Stitch ERA User s Manual Digitized Font Did Fonts list ae mm E Once you have chosen the font type you ABa HD ABA can unfold a list where you will find all the Abbess Adage Alaric d available fonts Choose any of the listed ABs fonts pu A La f Alefbet Allegro Amelia Arabian Before typing the text you can define its height if the letter will be bold and r SSC ABa ABa ABG Cursive Arabic Arial Artistik Avant Garde LNA e y ABO ABG ABa ABa Avantage Balon Bauble Bauhaus K 2 Insert text ita Jaran In the Text field type the words to be included in the CH design giving it a format in a similar way as when char using a text editor define the text alignment left MY centered right or justified and the color Text E If you want to create a paragraph with several text lines press Ctrl Enter to start a new line and continue typing the text characters 3 Select Stitch Type By clicking on the option Stitch Type you can modify the fill properties of a pre digitized fo
247. the design that is with respect to all other objects not included in the block Center tool Moves the centre of the block to the system origin point 0 0 Repeting Vector Objects Duplicate e ggu The following functions allow you to duplicate one or more times the i ggg selected figure You can access these commands from Ribbon Layout gt Repetitions box gt Duplicate Duplicate Matrix fe petitions first time Matrix Repetitions i Duplicate daa Matrix F Spe Repetitions 1 Select a block and activate this feature Box appears shown in Fig 2 In the Matrix box set the number of rows and columns and the distance between them Order by Row Dist H mm Repetitions Pressing the button more times copy again the selected object for the Apply this function to duplicate the block a certain number of times copies will block fitting into a mold shaped cells Duplicate blocks are arranged in each cell of the array you define the number of rows columns and horizontal and vertical distance of the cells in the matrix To work with this tool follow the procedure below Cols E Dist w S men O Order by Column Keep original sections El 3 24 Images and Vectors By accepting the input values the result will appear in the work area the blocks will repeat a number of times depending on the values entered de A de In the example of Fig this transformati
248. the amount of possibilities that you have will be enlarged If you remember the quality of each type of filling you will operate on the ribbon or in the Object Inspector with greater ease Properties of Basic Fillings types Running Stitch The backstitches are stitches placed one after the other along the outline of the figure as if it were a common fashion Given these characteristics arise the properties you can control from the ribbon gt Body of the selected section gt Fill button the selected section type ie Stitch length repetition as often happens the needle for each stitch repeat type adjustment of the stitch on the road or the reference this is used when the length of the stitch chosen does not match the figure he wants to outline etc The Object Inspector Zig Zag This type of stitch the type found in sections of Path Column and Area also found in sections of areas filled flexible macro ZZ Knowing the properties of these stitches can understand the properties of all these sections Stitches Zig Zag ZZ from now on are placed next to each other so perpendicular to the main reference form a regular Z or similar Given these characteristics arise the properties you can control for quality in embroidery or to achieve design effects In stitches ZZ has to control the density of the stitches ie how will the chop together the stitches If ZZ stitches are on a path section type you can control the width of the c
249. the maximum size in order to perform the corresponding alignments On the next figures you can see a block which is aligned to the left a top b and centered c El 8 14 Blocks and Object Manager 49 H Object to design This function allows you to place the block on the left right top bottom or center in both directions or in either of the two These tools do not alter the position of the sections inside the block instead they move the whole block In the figures below you can observe a block of two sections inside a bigger design a then a block with an alignment to the right side b centered c and finally to the bottom side d Alignment example In example 1 the center of the circular section is in the origin of the design Using the Edit Block tool a block with its three internal sections was created 2 E 8 15 Stitch ERA User e Manual Then the Align Top command was applied 3 Finally the block was centered according to the design 4 using the Align Centered command Advanced Block Tools Po Branch To maintain permanently a group of sections in a block there is an function Known as Grouping which can be accessed either Branch OFF from the context menu or from the Ribbon ZS Disconnect Group Lingroup Group amp Combine Grouping g Group The groups creation does not alter the sections sequence it only links them
250. the window that allows you to choose the hotfix to show in the hotfix bar El 2 109 Stitch ERA User s Manual Button Background Color ela It works the same way as for the other objects A quick Ley Ls Edit Background Color way to change the background color is to rotate the bal Edi distri mouse wheel over it With this technique lighten or B Fabris darken the color of the actual document Hotfix Bar In this bar visualize the different types of stones If you double click with the mouse in any of them you access the hotfix catalog and add or remove stones to see in the palette In this palette you set an order for the stones so of you change the Stone n 1 star any section of hotfix that has the star will change to the new stone E 2 20 Chapter 3 Images and Vectors Contents Raster IMAG SS ei 3 Mage Fonda iria ai 3 Loading Images TOM CISK a O N A AR 3 Adquiring Images from SCANNESS cceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeececesccccccsscssssees 4 Getting Images from clipboard ooccccccccccccccnnnnnnnnnnnn nn 5 Loading Images from the Image Gallery cece eee cece eee e ee eeeeeee 5 Editing GE wen E e 6 CHaNGinGlitiaG G SiZe EE 6 Rotating Made EE 7 MIFFOF ROtates stan cial 8 Scale rotate and move images manual 8 gelee e EE 9 Modifying Image Colo Strada ais 9 Editino mage gelen 9 Reload unt et 10 Saving Mage const t e once EE 10 Deleting Ma CS AAA AA vatanaed 11 Converting Raster
251. them always holding Ctrl to rotate the piece Rotation centre may be also dragged to move it where required Press Delete key to remove the piece Press Shift key and drag to initiates an on the fly piece insertion El 10 15 Stitch Era User s Manual Click on the bead bar or use the beads gallery within the ribbon to change the bead type You can also use the Position and Angle controls within the ribbon to accuratelly edit the bead Working with Hotfix Objects Blocks Any time you use the selection tools the resulting selection set even if it contains just one object is considered as an object block As described previously on Object Selection Tools you can create a block using any of the selection methods Once created Stitch Era draws a dashed box around the objects The box has eight grips or handles in the corners and in the middle of each side Drag any corner handle to produce a proportional scaling of the block keeping the opposite corner in place Press and hold the Shift key and drag a corner handle to produce a proportional scaling but keeping the block centre in its place Drag any side handle to scale horizontally or vertically Keeping the opposite side in its place Press and hold the Shift key and drag any side handle to scale horizontally or vertically but keeping the block centre in its place Press and hold the Control key and drag the corners to rotate the block around
252. then 9 and 10 7 Insert the start 11 and end 12 points 8 Go to the context menu or ribbon and click on Confirm or press Enter Then create new stitches by pressing ctrl F9 Example 3 Digitizing a Turning Area Section You may use the straight curved normal and corner properties to give the desired shape to the outline of an area section this type of section also admits Emboss Line except for the Texture fill type If you do not do so Stitch ERA will automatically fix the start and end points and at least one direction Consideration for the capture During the creation of area sections you should take into account some necessary requirements since there are certain conditions to be met You should bear in mind the following points e Itis recommended that the direction line s cut the outline at list in one point e The outline does not have to cross over itself e When entering two or more direction lines these lines do not have to intercept within the section e When entering two or more direction lines observe that they do not force the stitches to rotate more than 180 If you need to produce an ef fect of this type add a middle direction line e The order you follow to create the stitches that define a direction is not important When designing an area type section you must enter the nodes that define the area s outline or the main artwork and then insert holes split lines directions etc If you do not ent
253. ties throughout the layer Exclusion range avoid very small stitches on the borderline because they provoke an irregular border and messy Overlapping You define how many fill lines will be overlapped to avoid unfilled spaces Adjustments for Sequin and Texture fill Wonder why two such different types of fillings have similar adjustments Note that sequins fillings and textures use running stitches The sequin filling use different path of running stitches to sew the sequins on the fabric and embroidery with texture are embroidered with fancy stitching So the settings are similar and for example do not need any underlay In the sequin fillings the application will provide some parameters to control the internal connections between the paths that make the filling Adjustments in Macro fill This type of filling is a combination of the basics so setting the properties offered are largely to do with them So if the filling is quilted macro settings that will allow the application has to do with the backstitches so does the zz macro filling E and programmable stitches You should also note that in these types of fillings the number of stitches to be inserted is spread based on fantasy without high concentrations of stitches for that reason does not need an underlay The Object Inspector Stitch Effects Group From this panel you have access to design resources implementing significant changes to the filling of the section that is se
254. ting Henao aaa aa Options and Gg e e Stitch ERA User s Manual Starting Stitch Era When you start Stitch Era from the desktop shortcut icon ebtch Es LA Den or from the programs list of the start menu you can see the software splash screen If it is the first time you run the application it will appear the welcome screen as shown in the picture of the right showing at the button the legal notes Take a couple of minutes to read it and if you agreed with the terms and conditions of the license then click Yes to complete the Stitch ERA load Check in the Please do not ask me again box if you want to avoid this step in the next time you run the mmer program a Techaology Ger SA mg Hecta dl Sepa gg ms da We PAE dos Rang Maa ee de sais Protibes la peewee 100 0 pec Oe a Bipra i qu cabra a D Cet sstedlcnoncon o pain vimi Ticha Ern DO O Li be Pipe np ee A pee Ha Basic User Interface Elements Start Page and System tab Once the system is loaded the default screen will be displayed This is a special screen called Start Page 4 5 e IS Hotfix Era JE ES System F Py Hotfix Era V Name Alejandro Rosa KI 1 ALEJANDRO gt License Activated d 4 d 4 Free Version 11 0 Company Sierra Technology Group 5 4 2 Fre E not New Open Version E f Embroidery S Serial 400017 BXRNW Updated e mail arosafMgosierra com ABC 3 Free gt Not Activated File Product amp Release Ta
255. ting and NeW Oesidns cece cece eee 22 Cleaning overlapped PIECES cia daa ads 23 Stitch Era Hotfix Objects Stitch Era offers four type of hotfix objects to create your hotfix designs paths areas texts and manual beads Choosing what object type is better depends on the design feature you are working on open shapes should be digitized with paths closed filled shapes with areas etc Every object type has specific features properties and a specific tool to create it SE 9 O f 7 da Path Artwork Hot Fix view il a gta e Pata ELN ata BRETT Sy 40 Y AOS Path with Area with Hot Fis Manual Hot Fix Other Hot Fix Hot Fix Text Hot Fix conflicts Insert The Insert group In the Hotfix ribbon contains the tools to create hotfix objects These tools are also available from the vertical toolbar at the left of the working area by clicking the Create Hotfix button the menu showed at the right in the above picture unfolds and lists the object types and fill modes available for them About Nodes The following paragraphs introduce the Stitch Era objects their elements fill modes and properties The object s boundary what we call the object s main reference are built by inserting a sequence of points called nodes Nodes are more than simple points they have some properties that let you control how the system connects them with a straight line with a smooth curve or with a sharp curve
256. tion ET kl Box o File Info To change the order in which this information is presented in the printing take any of the items and drag it to the new position If you prefer the printing not to include the table borders uncheck the Box option from each of the tabs Accessories to Print Uncheck the Rectangle on Outline option in this way you remove the box where the embroidery is drawn Pae Soas uncheck the Bar Code option if you want to remove it Alter current information 7 e Information to print ra Rectangle on Cutline le sf Bar Code Palette Change the thread s color palette of the print out Font pia dedo If you wish change the type and size of the fonts used in the printing B 7 U Al to present the information To do so select Font Style and Size from the corresponding fields You will see an example in the Sample Y Arial MV i window Fuente F Print Information From Print Information you can Setup Page size source orientation L Page Setup margins So as you can activate the Preview on the same window and LG Preview pressing the Print Preview Form button the design will be presented in an Print independent window ZE At last you can confirm the printing accepting all the changes carried out in the configuration El 4 41 Stitch ERA User s Manual We highly recommend you to perform a preview of the design before confirming the print out During the print previe
257. tion has automatically formed the design s sections For this to happen simply click on the Shift key from the selection object mode when moving the cursor along the design You will then note that all of the design s sections are marked as semi transparent except for those sections which are pointed with the cursor You can observe this in the two figures above Transforming Blocks Blocks can be subject to several deformations In order to apply any of these dh Regular commande follow the sequence of Ribbon Stitch Editing Once you have finished with the block selection step you will have access to a powerful group of tools to work on it You will be able to P Transform e Copy Cut Paste and Paste Special In order to use the options of the Windows Clipboard e Transform block in order to deform it regular or irregularly e Mirror Rotate In order to rotate or mirror a block horizontally or vertically e Apply effects In order to deform the block as a lens whirl grid etc Modify dimensions Proportionally in order to maintain the density or disproportional without maintaining it Modify sections Changes the features of the component sections such as density number of running stitches repetitions width of Zig Zags and type of fills Most of these functions are in the Ribbon Stitch Editing In the following paragraphs we will go through details of how to use each command El 4 23 Stitch ERA U
258. tion of the stitch right figure If it is necessary to advance or go back few stitches from the selected one to the desired stitch use the cursor arrows in the keyboard Once you have selected the stitch you have a series of functions to use on it move delete insert new stitches etc These commands are available from the Ribbon Stitch Editing or the context menu Stitch Editing Move v Keep in Place Edi top to Color II e RE a sort Stitches amp Jumps Commands Block Select Recognition and Block Processing Transform Finish E 4 7 Stitch ERA User s Manual Selecting and working with Stitches Once the design is open activate the stitches editing mode and define the stitch which you wish to use so as to work on it later After selecting it you will be able to displace it delete it create new stitches etc You can create a block of stitches selecting several stitches you can make this selection on all the stitches or a series of them adjoining or non adjoining The selected stitches are known as a block you can create effects on a block apply transformations etc Move Basically you can move the stitches selected on the basis of two edition modes move with stitch compensation Keep in Place default mode and move without stitch compensation modes fe w Keepin Place eu Insert E Stitches to Jumps Ww Delete E Jumps to Stitches stitches Jumps Remember the following issues
259. tion path for Stitch Era sample images is Documents and Settings All Users Shared Documents Shared Pictures Era Images The subfolders named Raster and Vector contains images of that type gt WM 0 S E artwork Convert Artwork Hot Fix View Vector Layout To Hot Fix py J i Tr f Bezier Curve Fill Color ARA Ei roup RB SE Corner Border Color E Ungroup Closed Open Text 4 FreeHand Thickness Split Vectors Combine H Shapes gt Shapes E Symetric CO Ga Si vectors E Ungroup All Insert Nodes Format Reshape Combine Grouping Order Anyyime a vector image is selected Stitch Era displays the contextual ribbons groups Artwork with Vector and Layout tabs and Convert with To Hot Fix tab El 10 13 Stitch Era User s Manual Select Convert To Hotfix tab and inside it click Area with Hotfix to unfold the menu and finally select Area with Radial Hotfix Stitch Era will create area objects for each shape in the vector artwork automatically In our example three area objects Vector artwork will still be selected so click outside it to unselect and view the hotfix objects created All objects will be created using the active bead by default the first in the bead bar Step 3 Finally we will edit each hotfix object to change the bead type One by one we will select them and while selected click on the bead bar the piece we want to use for that object The next
260. tline OA Select Start End of Block Select Start End of Block 2 Pointed Command Separated Block Pointed Command Separated Block 2 Pointed Color Pointed Color Unselect Stitches Unselect Stitches Needle Pallete and thread colors With this button you can Access the possibility to edit the colors in the needles bar predetermined in your embroidery design selecting thread color charts of brands or simply editing the color of this needle on the same way that the image processors software of the market actually do Keeping pressed the button for a while it will display a menu of options that allows you to save the palette load palettes saved previously and configure one by default for every time that you work with embroidery same way to remove from your list Optimize needles Remember that when working with embroidery the application shows the colors of the needles This button allows you to use the colors that you wish from the needles bar and put them contiguous before saving or exporting an embroidery design Active Needle El This button points the needle color you can start to work with in the creation of a section or the neddle color selected Background Color we SS If you rotate the mouse wheel over the button of the ka Edit Background Color background color you can lighten or darken the Lal Edit Background Fabric configured color Also allows to edit the color or add a Sint simulation of fabric for the background
261. to 7 Hi El 6 31 Stitch ERA User s Manual 5 From the context menu select the Direction command and draw the line 51 between points 8 and 9 Then draw the second direction line between points 10 and 11 ES 6 From the context menu select the start point and click next to point 1 SH 7 Then select the end point also from the context menu and click next to point 4 8 Click on Confirm from the ribbon or context menu or press Enter The section uses two directions The second example shows the procedure to make a hole and how a split line is inserted Example 4 Creating an Uniform Area with a hole and emboss line E 1 Select the Area creation tool Les 2 Verify that the Curve button is activated in pets order to produce curved nodes Area 3 Verify that the Normal node is activated in B order to produce normal nodes Then enter 8 the following sequence of nodes pa 4 Enter nodes 1 and 2 in the sequence 9 Shown on the following figures 5 In node 3 click on the Ctrl key 10 6 Follow the same steps for capture nodes 4 5 and 6 7 In node 7 click on the Ctrl key 13 12 8 Then enter nodes 8 9 and 10 El 6 32 Creating Embroidery Designs 9 In order to capture node 11 click on the Ctrl key again 10 In nodes 12 and 13 press on Shift 11 In node 14 press both the Ctrl and Shift keys 12 Follow the sequence capturing node 15 Finally finish the figure retu
262. to save the images even to save the new graphic files that you copy or produce Deleting Images If you want to delete an image from the active document simply select the image from the select object mode and press the Delete key Converting Raster Images into Vectors vector objects Vector objects are preferred because are better suited for automatic design creation Convert To work ona bitmap image select it and activate the command Vectorize from to veckor the Ribbon Image Convert SV Stitch Era includes a complete vectorization tool to convert a raster image into f En The Vectorizer box then appears In it you will find a series of controls on the Ribbon Vectorizer while the rest of the box will show a preview Displays then the vectorizer box From there you can access to several controls while in the views you can see the original image as the resultant one from the filter and resultants vectors these last ones organized in tabs H pix ee Man En TA n Iren Reduction E tz err Ka 4 ve May Error Ka 120 Se ora ie rareparent Sharpness 3 ui Tf 1 Sr fa en Er ersten Er ofr 1743 dia Ki SS 2 He ren CG Sieve Ge 100 z Se Coo Hiers Fal Colors Vectonner setos Arip Observe at the top of the Previews there are three tabs each of them allows you to visualize the three stages by which a vectorized image should go through the original figure the clean figure and finally the vectorized result Ope Ommi
263. to the last one selected including both of them mag I 1 I I l H Y P I H f d E Na SHIFT Els 5 Stitch ERA User e Manual Sections sequence of a design It has to do with the order in which sections are created the sections will be embroidered by following this same order In other words it is the order in which the group of stitches and controls are executed in the embroidery machine Stitch ERA takes the order in which you create the sections as the design sequence Block Operations It is possible to take some actions with a selected block such as copying it to paste it in another document delete it etc All this command operation are possible to use the by clipboard The following operations are available from the Ribbon Home and they can also be reached from the context menu Delete Block Use this command to delete a group of sections without modifying the rest of the design First of all it is necessary to select a block Then access the context menu and click on the Delete Block button or press the Delete key Cut This command copies the block selected into the clipboard and deletes it from the current document without modifying the rest of the design The block cut remains in the clipboard Activate the command from the toolbar or click on Ctrl X Copy This command copies the block into the clipboard without altering the current design or deleting the original block
264. top right of the working area He u ga 78 Fe ests Takon Gace es DER A H Per Vectors Hot Fix 10 10 Creating Hotfix Designs During tracing you have the chance to modify the recognized region before creating the object main reference The context menu lets you expand and contract the recognized shape These tools are usefull to create ai Expand Detection objects slightly smaller or larger than the artwork shape 22 Contract Detection You can also remove small regions and inlets and smooth Remove Narrow Regions abrupt shape changes using the tool Remove Narrow Regions Filtering example Note how narrow inlets were removed by the filter Autotrace helps you to create one reference at a time If the shape you are tracing has a hole once you created the main reference you need to select Hole and then use the autotrace again to capture the hole reference Even more you may switch to manual mode on the fly and eventually create the hole reference manually Automatic Digitizing Autocomplete Autocomplete is a full automatic digitizing tool Althought the procedure to use Autocomplete is almost identical than the Autotrace H Gutotrace procedure it creates all the object references at a time that is the main reference and the references for all holes the shape has S Auto Complete Even more Autocomplete lets you trace several shapes at a time creating several objec
265. tors proposes to remove the background or the border of the vector according the mouse button pressed The buttons of the palettes has a similar behavior to the first one only that this one adds color depending of the mouse button pressed Embroidery Objects When you select the Embroidery tab the options ribbon allows to Access directly to the tools to create embroidery El 2 16 Stitch Era User s Interface Embroidery _ A E gt a a Pri cp Gi A G SS Bs gt E y Machine Code Input Eat E Ta By Color eege Path Column Pigid Turning Lettering Monogramming Create ge o Center Design eons Materials Componente E Machine Code gt Output fees Ares Stitches z 2 ngert Fintebna Tool System Libraries syslen When you open copy or import embroidery design in machine format the Options Ribbon changes to provides the tools for this types of embroidery design Stitch Editing e Keep in Place i 13 Stop to Calor Gel lla aa Beats Sart EEN el a Detect OL eet 7 Stitches to Jumps pM insert LyColorto Sten AN BE BM Proces B Start End i _ x E CA r i D apl Wy Delete Sto Stitches alete Beate Eb ua St Recognize o Stikchies fi amen Commands Bock Select Renoondbon and Block Processing Trarsform Finish Creation tools K The tools button allows you to display a full menu to create different sections of embroidery In the chapters related to embroidery creation will describe in detail every
266. ts of the same type and fill mode Once the first shape was traced press and hold the Ctrl key and trace another one When you press Enter two objects will be created at the same time CT Manual El 10 11 Stitch Era User s Manual Digitizing using Geometric Shapes SE Creating objects from Geometric shapes is another semi automatic TH SE digitizing method It helps you to create the object references main EE nen reference and holes from a library of opened and closed geometric shapes Both libraries are available for path objects and just the Shapes Shapes l l d E closed shapes library is available for area objects Using this tools is very simple See the example below Creating a path with a geometric shape Step 1 Select the path tool and set the Digitizing Mode to manual For this example we will use a round nailhead with a diameter of 3 mm around 1 8 Set Bead spacing to 1 mm Angle Mode to fixed with Angle Value of 0 zero degrees Set beads fitting to Path Step 2 Click on Open Shapes Within the gallery scroll down to the category named Square Corners and select the shape showed in the picture at the right Move the pointer into the working area and drag The shape will appear and will start to scale up following the mouse move Set a size around 200 x 140 mm You may press and hold down the Ctrl key to scale the shape proportiionally Step 3 Release the mouse button and hit Ent
267. udes the desired area use the context lt S menu and click on Confirm or simply press the Enter key Stitch ERA will create a block with the selected stitches End a WM Use this command in order to select all the stitches In this way a block with the complete design will be formed Pointed Command Separated Block EH They are a group of adjoining stitches delimited by machine controls E 4 15 Stitch ERA User s Manual Activate the command select this mode and click on a stitch from the graphic view Stitch ERA will form a block with all the stitches between the selected and the previous control and between the selected and the next control Pointed color El They are a group of adjoining stitches of a same color Activate the command and click on a stitch of the desired color A block will be formed with all those adjoining stitches either in front of or behind the selected stitch and having the same color Cleaning a selection ler Use this command to unselect the active block Block List E i When you select any of the detection tools it is possible that the block created includes groups of non adjoining stitches In those cases Stitch ERA opens the Block List box where it displays a row with each group of adjoining stitches for you to decide which one you wish to include Those stitches that have not been checked in this list will not be considered by the new block The Graphic View will update
268. uments just requires a click on the corresponding tab to activate it Each tab has a small X icon at the right that is a shortcut to the Close Document command 2 Create and Edit tools Artwork images Embroidery and Hotfix objects creation and selection tools are included at the top of the side toolbar The whole toolbar dinamically changes according to the selected object 3 Color palette Needle bar Hotfix palette The system will show one of these elements according to the selected object 4 Rulers These will serve as a measurement parameter in determining the inclusion of the guidelines 5 Working Area or Main Graphic View Most of the creation process will take place within it 6 Display controls 3D Simulation Grid Guidelines Zoom and zoom options Pan Tool Zoom Bar 7 References Controls Tools to control the visualization of differente reference elements Objects Stitches Stitch Marks Hotfix beads 8 Status bar With different information related to the file the chosen creation tool etc RH OH 482 mm 94364 227 661mm Stitch ERA User s Manual Most of the screen area is occupied by the graphics view At ram 187 7 9 s the left and top of it the system displays a couple of rulers that a English Units help you be aware of the design size distances and position E Metric Units of the objects all the time At the top left corners an icon showing the systems units lets i Measu
269. values by pressing the padlock button Satellite View This view allows you to have complete control of the area you are a working on simulation It is a small window that shows the complete design Stitch Era User s Interface On the right side of the figure you can appreciate both the Satellite View window and the rectangle that corresponds to the visible area of the Main Job window If the design is not visualized completely in the Graphic View a rectangle in the Satellite View window appears This corresponds to the visible area in the Main Job window Satellite View NN To pan the visible area from the Satellite View Enable the view more comfortable to you Make a Zoom Area on the zone on the Main window where you wish to work on The rectangle indicating the visible area of the main window appears on the Satellite View Move the pointer inside it lt turns into a hand Drag the rectangle to the desired zone and see how the main window changes lower figures Hoops You have the possibility of showing on the design area the Hoop s figure that will be used Setup Setup Setup at the moment of embroidering In this way you will be able to conveniently adjust the location of the embroidery inside it H Grid Fa Guidelines Reference Tools The hoop has the purpose of having a reference taking into account the hoop you will use for the embroidery El 2 9 Stitch ERA U
270. vided when install the system Having this at hand could be usefull when you need to login to the User s area on the product website A link included in this group lets you access to the product website where you ll find assistance as a user specific tutorials and tips to get more from yopu system 4 The Activation group presents the current activation status and the list of machines where you have activated the system up to three different machines Please review the Installation Guide for more information about Activation process and Multiple Activation Feature MAF Stitch ERA User s Manual Application button and Application menu At the left top corner of the screen there is a round button called Application button that lets you launch another important element of the user interface the Application menu The Application menu contains all the commands related with F Geng SS the system input and output ME ope as e Creating saving and opening designs H kung i i e Exporting designs as machines format files for cutters Ni and automatic rhinestone setting machines WER 86 e Printing designs Send e Sending information direct to machines or cutters Preferences gt be el The menu also includes a command to access the system rr preferences box to close the current design and to exit the feet system Close Quick Access Toolbar 7 At the right of the Application button you will find a hal Di 07 Bes strip
271. w you can configure the page length the layout horizontal or vertical and define the page margins Printing as Catalog Embroidery Explorer you organize copy move rename etc your embroidery designs lt pl res looks and behaves quite similar to Windows R Explorer but it is ner espe fully specialized to embroidery files You can access Embroidery emm Explorer from the bottom area of the menu that is presented when you press the Application Button ege Stitch ERA Embroidery Explorer is a companion application that let Once loaded you will find a tree panel at the left side Ren with your units and folders and a right panel with the My Embroidery Std embroidery files stored inside them Try the several js Des Ubi available views you can switch the view mode using p Desktop DEN the toolbar button GG Ey Bordados EX You can select multiple files by clicking on them 3 Borra cut while pressing the Control key you can also select a heho eon range of files by using the Shift Click standard y Test Windows procedure Y Delete The mouse right button let you display the context sos menu where you will find among other options the Print command Multiple Print EJ When you call the Print command with Sen multiple files selected the Multiple Print box x SEHR appears 2 e mowi 2 columnis f a i E Pint preview Multiple Print produce a basic catalog type Show print a row and colum
272. w button and select the desidered language in the list Press Ok to I Spanish confirm the changes Language interface change H French will take effect the next time you open the y listan ua Polish application LA Portuguese Chapter 2 Stitch Era User s Interface Contents THe VIEW RIDDON TEE 3 ZOOM Kee rca deas cena sas aan ronan wena coa 3 ZOOM with the Mouse Whee l ccscceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeceeceeeeeuueeeesneseseuugeeennns 3 LOMAS as 3 ZOOM TOA surta dara 4 Ps oi 4 A tanscieecna O E teem nitcarshie EN E 4 ZOOM DUES Ns ci 4 Actual SIze ZOOM ire 5 DYNAMICO samaa a A Ai 5 M re ZOOM le gen EE 5 Normal amp 3D View Modes ENNEN ENNEN EEN 6 Additional VIEWS ana Seanua Ketentaniiea oa hea ed hiuaaht aa 7 Simulation View WINdOW EEN 7 Satellite VEW ormare lada idas 8 HOODS A e EE Ke eg 9 ER e EE 10 GUIAS slds eebe Ee AE 11 CrOSS CUNSOP aaa aleros 12 Shap O a 12 EMProldery Referentes as 13 SNOW AIGE AA DA A Da 13 Me Sas UT a a da 14 Objects Display and LOCA Tia 14 The interface for different objects NENNEN REENEN 15 Vector and raster artwork Images 15 CIE Pal ether atan Adan 16 leet e and Border Cold 16 Design leed lte BEE 16 Color Dal Tor Vector ele Et a 16 EmbBroldery OD Tec Saint 16 EEN ege Ee ee 17 selection TOOL estrada 17 EE EE ee Eed 17 Needle Pallete and thread colors ccccceceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 18 Optimize lt 18 ee El EE 18 Back Ground Colas aca 18 HOX OD
273. ween the Normal Corner modes while you define the shape of the section Use the Ctrl key to do so For example if the Normal mode is activated while you keep the Ctrl key pressed the mode changes momentarily to Corner Example In the following section we will use a Path with curved nodes We will modify the mode of one of its nodes to appreciate the result a El Section formed by Normal Nodes a In these types of The right figure shows a section formed by the combination of Normal nodes the Nodes a and a Corner type corresponding Node b button on the In the corner nodes the toolbar appears corresponding button on the deactivated toolbar appears activated Observe that the following figures have different types of nodes a b and c These correspond to a Straight Normal a b Curves Normal c Curves Corner In order to create the examples shown we used a Running Stitch a a Path Nodes color Through the color assigned to the different types of nodes Stitch ERA will help you visualize the elements of the design during all the working stages El 6 7 Stitch ERA User s Manual e Nodes that belong to the section s outlines are white in the case of normal nodes or light blue for the corner nodes whether curved or straight e Curved nodes circular figures e Straight nodes square figures e Cut lines square figures Oo Other elements are also represented with e highl
274. wer or both for multi line texts stair etc or more elaborated templates like bridge diamond etc ee eee UI kuer se e 6 obbo 99 yo A Diptized For ABa BZ el as ee R d P RRE mi Words 50 m ki A ge lt 3 1 Z d in e Ka ue i Arial t e Cha v0 0 A eck Am lt AY o mes 120 lt EG i z e Font Text Ia Spacing Body Fill Border FE Arrange Example Creating simple text in 3 steps In this example we will create a 40 mm height hotfix text with the word Sierra using the digitized font BlockLetter and a golden rhinestud 2 mm diameter See the procedure below for a basic guide for creating texts Step 1 Select the font and text height In the Font group click Digitized Font ice zen Then click the Font button to open the font gallery and select e AMA the font named BlockLetter pana e geg W s The system includes a standard pack with 10 digitized fonts Act Aba Apa Additional fonts may be available at special prices upon pen ses gn Sese request A la Ss Click the height control and type in 40 if you are using Metric sn meng system or 1 6 if you are using Imperial system Step 2 Set fill mode properties The font we have selected is based on path oo 4 5 a 20 03 objects Due this the system displays a Border d mp E Fill group with the same fill mode properties epee PA you find in a path object pE e Set bead spacing to 0 5 mm and select a gold Border Fill rhinestud of 2 mm diameter El
275. will be able to perform changes in it either partially or totally El 5 25 Stitch ERA User s Manual With the Selection button click on the monogram and make some of the following a Change the style of monogram alternating between the various options from the gallery of Monograms Ribbon b Clicking on one of the monogram you will have the option to apply transformations resize etc c With a new click you can alter the location of the nodes that define the shape change the entry and exit points directions etc d From the context menu right mouse can exploit the monogram and get the sections e Also from the context menu can turn the monogram into stitches Using the Object Manager with Text and Monograms Objects tree Object Manager 11 Sections DI o ey IBU 1 Monogram E Style MG1 0071 ar 1 Section Pack 2 Text Sierra Font Arial n 1 Char 5 Column 49 289 E Ef 2 Char i Section Pack 3 Char e Column ZigZag The Object Manager shows up at the right side of Stitch ERA These utilities offer you alternatives for the visualization of the element being created or edited or to visualize the sequence view or to block or show hide some of their parts or features Once you have the text in the Graphical View you will be able to edit freely the shape of each character to do so just click on the character the nodes that define its shape will appear
276. wish to rotate the text drag the rotation point by pressing the Ctrl key You ah can drag any corner 1 to rotate the text to the required angle In the left figure 2 you can observe the shape that the mouse pointer takes when positioning on any of the nodes pressing the Ctrl key From the rotation point you can modify the axis on which the text rotates For this to happen place the mouse pointer on the central node of the box 2 when pressing the Ctrl key then drag In the figure you can observe the shape that the mouse pointer takes when positioning on the central node of the box and pressing the Ctrl key El 5 19 Stitch ERA User s Manual Upper Lower Arc It allows you to curve the text in an upward or downward arc shape letters modify their layout although not their font type based on this bending You can manually move each of the letters displacing the node horizontally making the letter move in an imaginary curved line D When activating any of these two changes a text box with two corners three mid points and a character AV UG IP Tr A Cas i Ak a ap d a CS D E H H D KC a COS e R To use this transformation take into A SY Y account the function of the box nodes BS G UB of the box nodes A F Corner A Node Allows you to adjust the height of the curved box keeping the upper side fixed and displacing the lower one Mid point B Node Allows you to control the center angle of the arc enlarging
277. with a green diamond a while the exit point with a red one b While you are creating a section you can insert these elements for this trace the shape of the section and before confirming the creation select Entry Point from the context menu or the ribbon and click where you wish to place this reference Follow the same steps with the exit point and then confirm the creation of the section On the example of the left figure you can see the representations of these elements in the shape of small diamonds If they are not defined manually at the time of creating sections such elements are defined by the application generally at the points closer to the ends of the sections This entry and exit points are known as defined by the application IL Every time you generate a design the symbol showb at the left will appear somewhere in it Please note that all the designs have this mark That symbol indicates the exact place where the last stitch for that design will be made It always appears in the last section of the design sequence and is generally close to the exit point You can relocate the place of the entry and exit points of the sections The possibilities are By user The user assigns manually the location of those points You can drag the entry and exit points to place them in another location but in the case that these are located over a node you will have difficulties to drag them since you will tend to drag th
278. with the choice you make so as to identify each group of stitches in the design e The Sel column contains the boxes that you must check or uncheck in order to form the desired block Check the rows of the desired stitches to form the block with them e The From and To columns indicate the range of stitches that form each of the design s sections e The Stitches column shows the number of stitches of each section e The Kind column indicates the type of section to which the rows refers the ZZ type corresponds to sections of the Zig Zag type RS to paths with running stitches and FP to fill patterns El 4 16 Stitch Edition a a a fia From the button bar of the Block Composition dialog box you have access to the following commands Block List Stitches Kind Add range 1 om 20m Adds to the list of Block Composition Y EN the stitch that follows the last one 1047 1046 E selected in the sequence of stitches 204 E Delete range Deletes from the stitch list the one i selected in the Block Composition box EE AN FEEF irr gd Select all Forms a block with all the stitches that form the design Unselect all Unselects the active block Detection parameters Activates the Detection Parameters box Click on the Detection Parameters button in order to open the box explained hereunder In it you will be able to configure the default values of stitch types recognition Recogn
279. y created To do so select one or mode nodes and toggle between straight or curved nodes from the buttons in the ribbon This will modify the state of the node Examples You can make sections combining different types of nodes In the following figures the variation between sections is given by the configuration of their nodes properties straight or curved La Section formed by Straight Nodes Pa Section formed by Curved Nodes Section formed by the ee combination of Curved eS a and Straight Nodes Dee E N A Ne e Normal Corner property When you define a node as Corner you not only determine the geometry of the figure the node should form a border with acute angles but also you will apply stitches specially prepared to fill that section with stitches that will adjust well to the corner s shapes For what was previously said this property not only determines the geometric shape of the trace created but also determines the way in which the filling of the section will be made Remember this issue always since it is unnecessary to take into account the Normal Corner property when working with Bezier curves considering that in this capture method you can easily generate the shape of a corner without toggling any command but the application will have difficulties when trying to fill the stitches of such section area El 6 6 Creating Embroidery Designs Toggling between Normal and Corner You can toggle bet
280. y machine that includes chenille heads features There are two chenille stitch types Chain and Loop Stitch ERA automatically sets the mode to chain for paths sections and for section borderlines and to Loop mode for area sections Chain mode is a simple running with no repetitions Loop mode is implemented as a rectangular grid with properties to control the grid size Chenille fill requires that changes in the sew direction be smooth because abrupt direction changes produce an undesidered mode switch between chain and loop This issue is due to the special shape of the chenille needle A property called Minimun angle is used to ensures smooth direction changes Spacing This property controls the grid size Smaller values produce more dense filling El7 6 The Object Inspector Minimun Angle Use this property to get smooth fill direction changes The angle the property refers to is the interior angle shown in the figure ot LS e at the rigth Smaller values means more abrupt direction changes are allowed Margin This property controls the distance between the fill and the section boundary Usually to get a better finish the chenille fill ends a couple of millimeters inside the area Border Finishing This property control the insertion of surrounding fill tracks that enhance the edge finishing of the chenille section You can set the property to add up to three lines that will be spaced the same value the main grid i
281. ynamic that is are displayed when the tools they contain could be used Within tabs commands are organized into named Groups according with their function Tabs that apply to a particular object are grouped and marked with a color to signal you all them contain tools suitable for the selected objects For example when a vector artwork image is selected the ribbon has the aspected showed in the picture below B gt Artwork Convert l Arciwork Hot Fix View vector Layout To Hot Fix g 3 Tr beset Curve Fil Color E SCH Wi Corner Border Color S Eeer Back Text A FreeHand gt symetric o Se Thickness E Insert Nodes Format El1 6 Stitch ERA Basics Note the colored marks Artwork grouping the tabs Vector and Layout and Convert grouping just one tab named To HotFix This schema means that two different activities are possible with the selected object Vector edition using commands in the Vector and Layout tabs and Vector Convertion using the tools located in To Hotfix tab As shown in the picture the Vector tab is activated by default You may also note that some commands are dimmed gray This means that those commands could not be used with the current object For example look at the selector with three rectangular icons at the bottom left of the Format group This selector controls if the vector object has background fill only the selected option border only or both So due the sel
282. ype in the corresponding size 3 Clicking on OK the image will be scaled so that the traced Width 213 4 mm aaa Je mm line has the indicated new size You can also use the Width Height EE 2038 S mm and Height controls to give an exact size to the entire image Length 203 0 mm EEN E mm El3 6 Images and Vectors For example if your design must have a a g 1 max height of 50 mm after inserting an image select the tool Measure and Scale click in the superior part of the image in the point 1 that shows the figure drag down to the bottom of the silhouette and release the 4g button in the point 2 then the box dialog Scale will open showing the length between the two points 1 and 2 while allows you to set the new dimension that must have this distance 8 Escalar Imagen Items Longitud 570 mm 57 0 Ancho 58 8 mm ET Sf mm Altura 571 mm Ce Hm Y For this example type 50 in the box of the right of the row Height and click Ok the entire the image is scaled in a way that the whole segment 1 2 measure reach 50 mm Also you can use the controls height and width to give an exact size for the whole image Rotating Images Fixing the rotation angle is useful for some Works where you need precision Look at the next sample We want that the image shows the hand totally vertical and not as in the original image A Set Size Ces Set Angle A Mirror Rotate Scale amp Shape
283. ze of the image when dropping in the working area asa bn ASA AA ASRS ASFA To change the size of the image in the moment of inserting in the working are do doble click in the design point with mouse the working area and you check that the cursor icon changed Draw a rectangle with the mouse and then leave the button of the mouse By this way you will specify not only the position but the dimensions Pressing the key Ctrl at the moment of dragging will assure that the image will no change its proportions Editing Raster Images Raster images may be modify with Stitch Era to better suite your needs You may scale them rotate trim change its colors and even convert them into vector images When you select an image the Image and Layout context ribbons are displayed Changing image size This option allows you to precisely adjust the size of a reference image i altering its original size according to the correct measure of the image Set Angle segment This allows you to work with an image with the same S dimensions that the final design should have A Mirror Rotate Stale amp Shape The suggested method is the following 1 Click on the Measure and Scale icon Click on any point of the image and drag it Stitch Era will trace a line from the point to the mouse s position 2 Release the mouse buttons The Image Scaling window MEES displays the length of the traced line and allows you to define mees Ces the new value T

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