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User manual for the EDS III basic embroidery design software

1. Figure 142 m Ending an EDS Sesson yos have unsaved information in any open designs you vall be prompted to save the design Once EDS has been propery closed you moy ext Windows and um of he computer tos masse Meko Embroidery Systems Glossary of Tems aa Appendix A Glossary of Embroidery Terms ACTIVE woow The window that you are curenty using Ako caled the curent window ALPHABETS Lettering styles that ar end to use for embroidery Alphabets can aa be designs that are brought othe screen wing leners of the alphabet An example f this woud be Sports Symbos APPLICATION WINDOW The frst window to appear when EDS is opened The Application Window has three menu bar items Fle Peripheral and Help APPLIQUE The art of using fabrics to enhance a design or to reduce the stitch count ARTWORK A design or cartoon used to dita auto peter a option that automaticaly deletes designs tom the sewing peripheral after the design has AUTO RUN a option that automaticaly sends a design to the beginning of the job queue allowing you to Seu without making any selectons iom the perghera menus AUTO TRM An opton that automaticaly inserts a tim command between each alphabet lener used in a po AARC ANGLE The center t lettering sewn on a cece This postion is gen in degrees atthe top of the cr Ce 80 atthe bottom ARC FROM CENTER when the postion of the needle prior to sewing is at the center ofthe ce
2. T TE Red Green Red Green Red Green T Red Green cyan Red NS Green 0 Blue 255 fReddah Brown Red 128 Green 0 Bhe 0 barker Green Red 0 Green 128 parker Blue Wavy Red 0 Green 0 Bue 128 pcher ate Yellow Red Green 12 Turquoise Red 0 Green 128 Blue 128 ioie Red Green 0 ite Red Green 255 Blue 255 faray Red 128 Green 128 Blue 128 light Gray Red 192 Green 192 Blue 192 tac Red O Green Blue 0 10 Wing the Color Palette os olor formation This page itendonal left blank EDS m Base Melca Embroidery Systems importing Design a 11 Using Import and Export Some o the designs you work with may be on a floppy dis EDS is compatible with DOS Mak Premi Taina Barudan FDR and FMC and ZSK ds all af wish have unique formats The flowing chart outines when to use each command For DOS format For NON DOS format IS Gg WE EDS OPEN or Mets TP Save hard SAT fas sve SANESA AS SRESAVEAT on hard di are DOS CORT Toppy Gat DOS apy NOON Fae TORUAT GK SRE Manager copy or EXPORT Importing a Design i 1 B ten Import The impr dalog box figure 11 2 displays Figure Vi Click on the device reading the cist for reader reading fom a paper 9p a een prn lek to import the fle Sec the fle 1 empor from the cot Wes ek to read the des rectory Click on the proper Figure 112 Note yu cick on the Opto
3. Cli here to lock an object a locked abject may not be moved or sealed ota hee roce Em en eese aramea ee negate values wate _ Braa oae aaee the abject cock Figure 7 10 lok to ner im pm Command after hange command design Star dean 10283 01 Rev 8 7 Working with Designs changing the Orientation of a Design Sometimes design orientation must be altered for proper results Figure 7 11 shows he various orentatons available Fan du Tren Figure 7 11 To change orientation refer to these instructions tek on the Object Parameters oo to play its dialog box 2 Chek on the F under Orientation unti the desed orientation displays Object Sewing Order Cikk on the Object Order toai shown in figure 7 12 to display the Object Order dia log box The dalog bax displays the sewing arder of any objects in the design Refer pin Figure 7 12 Dani he T Sening order ight an object and lek here to rearrange sewing order Highight an here to remove tom the design Figure 7 13 tos m Base Mako Embroidery Systems saving a design n Deleting an Object EDS M afers the let to delete an abject in thee different ways The Layout Window 1 Cik on the object 2 Press DEL on the keyboard The Menu Bar 1 Clik on the objec 2 Click on Ed in the Menu Bar 3 clik on Ciest The Object Order Dialog Box 1 In the Object Order dialog box cick on the abject name you wish to delete
4. Z Working with Designs Opening Design les a Designs as Objects E aang D Moding Condensed Desgns 18 Design Note 73 8 Scaling 2 Step and Repeat 10 Using the Color Palette Displaying the Palette sar tot Working with the Palette Bar 102 Color information S 11 Using Import and Export Importing a Design m Exporting a Design n2 Fle Name Standards DH 12 Tiling and Cascading Windows e m Cascade 122 13 Working with Peripherals Enabing the Peripheral 14 Sending Designs Ba Checking Peripheral status D 14 Ending an EDS III Session Appendix A Glossary of Embroidery Terms Index Addendum Quick Reference Guide for Windows Addendum Quick Reference Guide for EDS III Specifications EDS I is known to work with the follow Miscellaneous Version 3 0 Changes ing input and output devices FA ie Removal of 5 to 6 Point Column Conversion Tape readers i The function that converted alphabets trom Ramex Spon model 660 4 Port 1o point columns haz been moved fenes Sip Reader model R900 Pease note any alphabet aed on EDS 1i Tersan 210 and oa must be reinstated Tape Punches Diagnostic Test Fles facit model 4070 EDS m now contains 3 dagnost test tles They sente esp aly tes Tape Reader Punch Combo Units 5 Detest ox andere conl test Facit mode 000 timestep immer test fact model 5000 scanners Any scanner that supports a 16 bit Twain driver Digitizing Tablets Any tab
5. Scaling a Condensed Design Condensed designs may be scaled in two ways D Gaphicasy in the Layout window america from the dialog box that appears when you cick on the Object Parameters oo Figure 81 Layout Window To scale an object in the lsyout window cick on the object and drag handles appear gure 8 2 Cic ona comer of the design with the left mouse burton and drag to scale The sgn The sia us bar displays ie new relate proportions Figure st Allows propor tional eng LT om 11028301 Rev 8 8 Scaling Designs m Scaling a Condensed Design To scale an object using the dialog box cick on the Object parameters tool Figure 8 1 Refer to Figure 8 for esuctons Cli here to use customized sealing in both X and drecion i X 1 and ek here to ply the new sand ek hereto cancel the new sing L Ener he new scale here f Scale XY 4 NO Checked Y auto imately be sealed the EDS masse Mako Embroidery Systems Scale an Expanded Design s Scaling an Expanded Design To scale an expanded design less than 20 flow the same procedures outined in Scaling Condensed Designs Stitch Processo Scaling expanded designs more than 20 up or down raqures the use of the Sitch Processor option to edt stich lengths and fil denztee The Sich Processor a an option for conioang and design scaling is not included with the basic EDS I system you purchased the option twil De
6. pga co fang 28 pt 88 p Figure 529 Length Length sets the underlay stitch length for Edge Walk and Center Walk Column Fil When tumed On Column il convert column stitching also called sat sttching to fi stitching as shown in gue 5 30 Figure 5 30 Instead of a single st ch across the entire width of a column there a series of shorter the These shorter ttes are less key to snag pul ut or break You may want o tum Column F onen sewing large letters Note when Column Flis on it wil be applied to all coiumns within the selected object length Determines the length af each column fstch The dealt is 4 paims e E teh Partition Sea Partition sequence When there are muti sitches in a column they can sewin a variety of patterns Parton Sequence determines where he neede penetra Tons wil be on each Ine The default valve fe sffcent for ettering Additional formation on the pariton sequence can be founda the Eding and Dang manual Figure 5 31 ios masse Metco Embroidery Systems Jen Designs sat stitch Sur Show Stitch Lock Stich Auto sim The Stich option refers to the three options cused below Shon stitch Short stitch generates stitches shorter than the ful column width on he inside of a curve ar corner Ths prevents repeated neede penetra oes in one spot as shown in Figure 33 Chong in the box nert ta hort Sinch toggles the option On and Of The dealt s On Figure 5
7. Embroidery Machines Paper Tape Punches Digitizing Tables Preters o Pate PERIPHERAL SETUP A dalog bo hat lows you to select Embroidery Peripheral in your network tos masse Mako Embroidery Systems Glossary ot Tems ao PERIPHERAL STATUS A dalog box at displays information about a particular peripheral FONT EDIT WINDOW ne of the windows that i used to edit designs R aps The distance from the center to the circumference of a cele The value of the radius controls the amount of curve in an ar REGENERATE command to redaw a design used to see modifcatons in the current design Reser stat See Normal Sitch RETURN TO ORIGIN A command used to move the pantograph back to the origin of the design RUBBER BANDING A command to wew an edited portion of a design without regenerating the entire design RUNNING STITCH Aline of equsby spaced stitches that are ue to outine underlay or add detal to a dein s sann sman ste formed with one aede penetration on ether side of a column Also caled a column ich or siel sinch save command to nent a prevousy saved Fe without prompting you for new filename saveas command to store a design for the frst me ar to store a modified design with a new name to prevent destucion of the original desan save LL command to alaw you to define fi information while digitizing scaune The process of changing the size density or stich lengths in a design 11028301 Rev 8 pe
8. Information Menu bar tite bar olor pale Status bar Figure 22 tos masse Metco Embroidery Systems apictons 25 The Menu Bar displays the main choices available in that window Clicking on an option usualy cases a drop down menu t be displayed Drop down menu A drop down menu contains mare specific options related to your fist selection Clik on he Scion in the drop down menu pat as with he menu bar Dialog box A dialog box as shown in Figure 2 3 is smal pop up Sereen esd when there are more chocs far a menu There are a variety of posible responses induding Types additional information Clicking on a box to toggle an option On or Of Clicking on a box to display a ist of choices Clicking on ane or more choices ina lst Ta type in text click the mouse n the beginning of the text Figure 23 fel The cursor becomes banking verical bar cating hat you can pe To change tert i and drag he mouse across the text to Hohe it then ype over the gagne area Toolbar Many screens have a toolbar in addon to menu bars These tools offer additonal options for hat sereen and are actuated by cong on them The EDS M Layout window tools re dscused a Chapter 4 An EDS M Oven Accessing Information Data is kept in fles and stored on disks The computer needs the name and location of a fie to A hard dsk or a floppy disk may contain many les Directores help organize the
9. the peripheral The periphera s poner is ON Tre peripheral software is downloaded Note The peripheral MUST be set to the same number Reer to the machine Operator man Ua for information en how o properly con figure he machine Figure 152 11028341 Rex 8 13 Ming with Perpheras 22 Sending Designs Sending Designs Designs may be wansfeed to the pecphaa one af two ways Using Transfer Click on Peripheral then Transfer to display the Transfer dialog box Figure 133 sect the decoy Select the tle ype Click to retum to the Layout window lik to cancel Click to send the poche fie to Select the the peripheral ie rame Sends the fe cur rent open in the Layout window Select whether the designs aito delete Select the peripheral where he design d be sent Figure 133 tos m Base Mako Embroidery Systems Using Send ek on File hen end o display the Send dialog box Figure 13 4 Select the peripheral ek here to automati ly queue the design at the perchera lick here to have the design automaticaly deleted once has sean A rame vill be selected for the fle as it vill appear at the peephara to change the elut name type the new name Pere Figure 13 4 ing with Peripheral 24 Checking Peripheral status Checking Peripheral Status EDS m continuous polls each peripheral for statisical data This data s available on the Ma
10. Tle names have the extension OFM 11028301 Rev 4 EDS M Oves ae The Layout Window Auto Send Design Files An Auto Send Design fle is created by DS Ii when vanstering or sending fles to a peripheral in ain to your design data the fle contains specal instructions added by EDS I o help the peripheral make a seving recovery after a power fair Auto Send Design les have the exten Son ASD ASD fles are stored in the EDSSUSD subdrectoy To prevent this drectory from taking up 100 much of your hard die delete old fes periodica using the Windows Fle Manager Fr more Information on how 1o use Fie Manager const your Windows User Manual Preferences This feature allows ou to personalize the way EDS M works The Preferences dialog box is atl from the Fle Menu and shown n Pie 4 1 The flowing choices are salate File Open t Name is chosen the Open dialog box ts the desons by ar tes I Picture chosen te Open dialog box is replaced with a dalag box at displays a ictoria representation ofthe designs for nore intormation on ne Open options rafer to Chapter 7 Working With Designs Figure 417 Actual Size Fit Window When a check mark appears next to Actual Sze designs wil lad into the layout window at actual size To have designs load fied the window ic ex to Ft Window Auto Save Every N a zero is entered here Auto Saves turned off To activate Auto Save enter the desrei tral between saves Remember a sa
11. Transfer plays the anser Fle dalog box selecting one or more design Hee ether fx or ASD to send to the peripherals Status displays information about all of your Meko peripherals The Window Menu The Window menu shown in Figure 4 9 controis the arrangement of your open Layout windows Tile divides the screen into as many as nine equal Layout windows You can designate one of them as the current vindou by cleking on 9 Vase SRIF range leone Cascade displays multiple Layout windows by overlapping them Clee A whe keeping the tte bar af each vse a Arrange lens ines up design cons that are created when any Figure 4 9 Layout windows are minimized These cons are displayed in he Application window and each Shows the name of the featured design When you cick on Arrange icons the icons are automati Cay ined up a neat row lose AlI dioses all open windows The Design List provides the names of the designs curently apen 11028301 Rev 8 2 608 Oven The Layout Window The Layout Toolbar The options in the toolbar allow ou to customize your design and work with other features of EDS IL They are represented by buttons arranged down the et side af your sereen as shown in are 4 10 fhe Text oo displays the Text dialog box where you eate let tering objects Tor your designs he Open Desin ool apens a DOS design in the center af the curent Layout window fhe Import Desan oo apens designs fram non DOS format skates or paper T
12. bought these options and are covered in te Eding and Digitisng manual Design Cleanup displays the Design Cleanup dialog box Delete short Sttches is useful in designs hat Pave been reduced o are having tread breaks Accumulte Jumos and Acute Needle Ups i especialy useful for Chenille peripherals Step and Repeat sa derivative of Copy and Paste it moves to a specified new poston and repeats a particular action Cut Copy Paste and Clear are used to dupa or delete designs 10283 01 Rev 8 4 EDS M Overview m The Layout Window The View Menu ieee Only the bold commands in the View menu can be accessed see gure He generate A7 Other are ony malle withthe editing and dgtang option and Pub Banding are discussed in the Edting and Digitizing in EDS M manual A checemark Center On Point Mert to an opton means it turned on Pan les Regenerate ews the deson inthe curent window Pan reiocates the center of the lot window Click he left mouse but Zoom Qut tan at the spot where you want the new center location to bo Zoom Lost Et Window Zoom in enlarges a portion of the design on the screen Select the tea Antea Size Aj ceking and dragging tv magnifying gass cursor over A Tis useful Show Zaum Factor or mare precse editing does nat affect sewing so Layer by Color Zoom Out decreases the design sz on the screen Select the ates by Display Made cling and capping the maging gs une Rd nt GM nd Palen Zoom Last returns you to
13. chser Together Each subtracts a Space equal to 1 16 ofthe lener height 11028301 Rev 8 5 Tert Designs se Toat Designs Line spacing Line spacing is defined as the distance tom the bottom Y fone ne fo the bottom of ne next A letter eget of T0 inch with a ine spacing af 1 0 inch makes the etes fram each ine touch eere 522 Figure 522 Use the follwing formula to determine line spacing Letter height desired space between line Vertical Spacing Yenici pg ao tip teing up or aenar CA ive day bane eden T RE B B pd St tebiemense A c Seapine Figure 523 Figure 524 inserta negative value ta stairstep down see Figure 520 Color Changes A Color Change is an instruction to the peripheral to pause for a rethread ona singie needle machine or to change oa diferent needle on a muti AW Mel machine so changes the calor in the Layout window to the next Color m the palette To add Color Change in the Text dialog bon place the cursor between the letters and cick thon press the F6 key A symbol marks the Color Change ERP as shoun in aue 828 Figure 525 Trims A Tim command causes peripherals equipped with trimmers to perform a trim between each let ter Tons between loner case script lettering are unnecessary Add a tm in the Tert dialog box by placing the cursor between the letters where you want the tm and clicking then pressing F9 bol appear n th Text sereen to mark te rm There wil be no
14. stargate soard sation 34 Object Fes as sting esm ai Object Order Dialog sox 33 step ana Repeat 94 Object Sewing Oder 146 sieh processor aa Opening Design Fes 23 soles se Orientation of a Design 76 subdirectories 26 Paper Tape Reader 23 system Raquiemens E Pate 26 tama format ns Peripheral Menu La tox Dialog box sa Peripheral status asa texto E Feces of the Computer System 2i Teatar as Wont under Vera spacing Window Men 25K Format This page intensional left lank Quick Reference Guide for Windows Melco Embroidery Systems ED spouau ao o o Nep veo oq s o doy sec io oz a pong E sa dur ao vou vo pp rod 1 ae munus me dx oq 2209 194 SHS isos mun ey So pu iy top pore OL used seen pasa oy ua os ua mas msa pua oe td poy o ht Vela iod o papa ETE etd mn qr Sad pu iv to pa sian yoa Ed 39N3Y3434 DINDO SMOGNIM Quick Reference Guide for EDS lll Melco Embroidery Systems pan aa ue sropumavu Put v Swap Boni unes voogu 30 aien poss a tnn p s un pepe mmo Mu soavon eod El E v
15. t display the monogram EDS m Base Melca Embroidery Systems Opening Design files 7 Working with Designs Disks come in a variety of formats but EDS a considers them ether DOS or noe DOS EDS V can access both forts but uses different commande foreach as own in he follwing tabe For DOS format For NON DOS format IET Te a EOS OPEN or MORT PORT Tove to hard dk TAT Ties sve SAVESAVE AS TRIESAVERS on pard di are DOS Tony Toppy Ga DOS cap WINDOWS Tie FORT Te GL appro Manager copy or EXPORT stel then EXPORT fr more formation about nan DOS formats see Chapter Opening Design Files The le Open command enables ou t open DOS fe fom the hard drive or a DO mat Boppy ak and you can Vi e Ties in two diferent ways The frt by name and the second 5 by plying a small picture aso called an icon of each design To snitch trom names to pictures ar vice versa select your choice n the Preferences dalog bor onm in Figure 7 1 For more information o Sete preferences refer to Chapter 11028301 Rev 8 7 Moding with Designs Open by Name To open a design fe by ame refer to Figures 7 2 and 7 3 ios obe scaspe at ou Ico Hee e Figure 72 Clk on ck here to display il diecines forte Specie dfe Nen finished Sect the drive and ect were the fie located ek on the fie Fige 73 EDS m Base Mako E
16. upper md Se hande of he abject bor Contnue to had he mouse button whle you drag the handie away rom the box Release the SHIFT ey and d mouse button when he desred are has been reached Th eflect wil also work when arcing the tot downward 11028301 Rev 8 5 Tent Designs su Text Designs aanmanen PENNANT fight handle of he object box Continue to hold the mous button whe you drag the hande Upward Release the mouse bunion when the Figure 5 45 ested sieten maximum of 200 has been Een together the teen hasbeen PENN f che Figure 5 46 slanting Click on the text with tet mause button a Press and ore SHIFT key one tten cik G andl of the object box Continue o haid the L Al mois burton wie you rag e ande pad Men the noe Bonon when te ded sat fanaa t dee fas Figure 547 been au ec wo at iir por atom Blinear Stretch eppure AENEAR mouse button while joa dag the handle dou Nard The abject box vall sieten on wo sides whl two ses remain unchanged This eflect AWII work at ether end top or bortom Figure 548 EDS m Base Meteo Embroidery Systems Text Desi sis Centering Text The Cente Design command recenters your design in the center of your perphera s sewing fei You can adjust the placement of the design athe peripheral before you begin ta sea but You Should aay perform this step before sending design There are tmo ways to center the design 1 Cli
17. 2 cick on Delete 3 Clik on OK Saving a Design Desgns can be saved to the hard drive ora floppy disk using the fofowing method Chk on Fle in the menu bar then Save As to display the Save As dialog bx figure 7 14 Wren finished pe the seed cick here fie are hee This the path name of whee the fie Wil be saved Select fle type here Use the deectony area to change the path rame deed Figure 7 14 11028301 Rev 8 7 Working with Designs 18 Modifying Condensed Designs Condensed Designs EDS E alu you ta may the way a condensed design sews This applies to CND fis or con densed objects in OFM fles Fallow these steps to mod a condensed design 7 Load a CND file into the Layout window 2 ek on the abject A box appears around the object and the Adjust tool becomes ohichted Figure 7 15 Click on the Adjust tol o dsplay he Adjust dialog box que 7 16 Figure 715 Adjust length of un Set column denstyand Tus underiay on or aff ving sict s hae vidi here referto and ses parameters Chapters feter to Chapter Sets the max length of a sth before tages june sich ums short ste es on or oti fer to chapter ek here when shed Ress al options To fos m dett Tums lock stes on or off eter to Chapter 5 Allows changes to scaling ative proportions of design s density ttc length densty paca and Fi th eng app Figure 7 16 This dalog box ls y
18. 28301 Rev 8 10 Using the Color Palette 12 Working with the Palette Bar In the Layout window double dick any colored square called oases to deploy the Needle dalog box Far 16 3 Dispiays the color Name a color to Shows te relatie EDS M dsplay save t here composition ihe Click to accept ing af the color ael Click to cancel changes Use the serol bars or type in the value to Incest or decrease l presence Click to save the urent color lek to delete a selected color Figure 103 Mane the plete You can also save an entre palene of coors To hare Le nd ou can Ven dt clk ort to Pe tone alte icy ae to eco 10 4 displays Palette 3 n rar Let nee Click hereto BEAT ate paene s Mmes Permet n Figure 104 EDS m Base Mako Embroidery Systems olor informa Using the Saved Palette 1 Ck on vi 2 Inthe Named Palette dalog bos cick on the desred palet name 3 chek ok Wrap at Color The wap at Color option determines how many colors are used before stating over with Needle 1 Vou may ot want to set colors far al 99 need 1 Inthe Wap st Color box enter the last needle to use before starting over with neede wall ok affect the seno 2 akok Color Information The ed Green and Blue color values are in a range of 0 to 285 To see these colors on a 16 fenter their numencal values in the needle dalog box
19. 32 Figure 533 Lock Stitches Lock Stitches are several smal sitches eum to prevent columan stitching fom being pud out Clk the box ext Lock sch t toggle s function On or OFE The defaut O Malco siphabets and most designs already have lock siches codd into them Auto im When Auto in is toggled On it places a trim command at the end of acheter Default s Of Closest Point Lettering When a Closest Point alphabet is used 5 closest paint alphabets ship with M EDS i you may choose to have the letters connected usng Bottom Line i SM PRE Connection Paure 535 of Closest Pont Connection Figure 536 Fame 11028301 Rev 8 5 Tert Designs asdf asdf Figure 545 Figure 5 36 Transformed Objects Just as you are able to create letters on a slant or an arc or with a different width you can aa istort or vansorn text and designs in a variety of ways AN of the folowing designs begin with nomma line of text garse BRIDGING the text see Figure 537 To transform the tet cick the right mouse Figure 5 37 B ttn on te upper made handie of he the handle toward the bottom of P tet You wil see the ect box move or end The further you tech the more Pronounced the fal are wil be Note You cannot stretch the objet box beyond the opposite side boundary nor setch t beyond a sem cade Aiso words should not be setched more an once pes new word and begin again When you release the mouse buni
20. ATS ay dik format othe han DOS that supported by EDS M such as Melo ain Barudan p 11028201 Rev pene A Glossary of Embroidery Terms s Glossary of Terms NORMAL srren A command that resets the stitching to a regular running sth Italo brings the needle down to the sewing poston fter a needle up tureton performed 2 ossec Any design rom a dik paper tape or lettering brought in to the Layout window Several objects an be in one window a one tine Omer ue A code format where each object has its oum separate set of parameters Condensed expanded And leenng designs can all be saved together stan Object Fle onlect ORDER A ist shoning the sening order of a group of objects OBJECT PARAMETERS Arlon bor whieh allows you to change the scale rotation orientation or lack status of an p om The thee letter etenzon that identifies an Object fle ORIENTATION The rection that a design will sew Meco uses an F t0 designate a normal sewing postion oram The point at which a design wil star Most designs wil have x and y coordinates of 0 0 meaning that the desgn wil slart in the center and end in the center PAPER TAPE An cider form of computer information storage in which the information stored as a series ot ales on a reco se paper ape PARTITION UNE SEQUENCE Determines where the needle wal penetrate on each En af stitching in a fil stitch PERIPHERAL Any device Tat is attached o or run by the computer
21. EDS III basic embroidery design Melco Embroidery Systems A Saurer Group Company 1575 West 124m Avenue Denver Colorado 30234 Unie states of Ames Email via the temet pubcatons malc com 6 Copyight 1996 by Meo Embroidery Systems AU RIGHTS RESERVED No part of this publication may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any farm or by any means elector mechanical photocopying recording or there without prior written approval af Melca Embroidery Systems Meo resenes the ight to revise ths publeaton and to make changes in it at any me without obligation of Meo to oti any person or organizatan af such revsions or changes Al precautions have been taken to avoid errors or misrepresentatons of facts equipment or produc However Melo does nt assume any abit t any party for loss or damage cased by Printed in the Unted States of America Raison A February 1996 Raison 8 Aprl 1996 Table of Coments Table of Contents Scope of This manual Verg Mesott WedonsTh u EDS rep 2 Using a Computer Paces of he Comper System EB Comunicati with he Computer 23 Appianos EE 3 Installing EDS m System Requrenent 34 Herdnar station EH Software instalation EH 4 An EDS IIl Overview Staring tos m 5 Text Designs The Tet Tol sa 6 Monogramming Using a Monogram Alhabet m Monogramming win Regular Alphabets 64 able of Contents
22. MI under Windows 95 EDS Wil run under Weedon 95 10008201 ev 8 4 EDS M Overview The Layout Window This page itenional left blank sm Base Melca Embroidery Systems 5 Text Designs Designs and alphabets are sometimes thought of as separate entities but alphabets are reay a Set of designs Normally ther a design For each letter number and punctuation mark in te et When you buy your computer fom Meo 20 alphabets core loaded on the hard drive Creating text begins with the Text oo shown in Figure 5 1 Cic on it and the Text log box displaye The Text Dialog Box The optons in this dialog box ffc the way your lettering deplas on the screen and the way it Figure 5 1 Type ten eter nee Sty une arab hoe B8 vesti oem of eH TT aal ene dauid te erm eng so Figure 53 1028301 Rev 8 5 Tent Designs E Tet Designs Density In the EDS 1 Text dialog box the density box fes to the Space between each line of stitching se Figure 5 When thi space decreased the ines of stitching perch cea 5 To create more Ines of stitching per inch decrease the G nsty value A general rule of thu As deson size inereases densty value should decrease A deson size decreases density value should increase EDS m defauts to a density of 42 points about 60 nes of ching per ach This is a useful density for many applica ons Consider the follwing when determi dens
23. Setup in the dialog box alons ouo change or update information about the selected printer Preferences allows customization of some system senings Notes sows you to write notes about your curent design and save them with the design This feature wil aniy work with abject OFM files Exit terminates EOS M and returns you to the Windows Program Manager afier ging you an portunity to save any open fles The Design List displays the last sx opened designs EDS m Base Melca Embroidery Systems The Layout Window as The Edit Menu ony commands in bod print are accessible ee Figure 4 6 ome rayesout commands wil be valable in other windows or when Sereen objects are selected Others are oniy sealable with the editing and diana options and are dstused n the Editing and Dating S manua Undo is used to undo certain acions Nota EDS I actions are supported by Undo ads usd to ed con acions Natal EDS Wactonsae me SE DS ee EE oto Dataset paces the cor at the spa sen ion sema Search searches for a specified dataset n 3x Center Design places the design s center in the exact center ofthe peripherar s sewing field This an important step before sending designs to be senn Return to Origin is on when a check mark appears next to it Activate this option by ding on It t retums the needle ta ts origination point when a design has finished seving Digitize and Scan Graphies are only ava able it you
24. The distance from he center ofthe cce to the bottom of the lettering is the radius ARC NORMAL When the postion of the neede prior ta sewing is on the icumference of the cre aso The fl estension given by EDS I to a design that is sent to the peripheral 11028301 Rev 8 pene A Glossary of Embroidery Terms m Glossary of Terms saaana Fabric used for stabileing that is added to the back of a garment to be embroidered Bean STTCH A Torm of ranning stitch where the site is made forward then back to the original needle pene aton point en fosard again Aiso known as a tiple run Bro NEST A tangled mass of thread that gets jammed in the neeche plate Sometimes i is caused by imerop Bman Another name for a Digitizing Tabler Box A desgrated group of sitches that can be scaled rotated repostoned deleted t copied and pasted mock eor The tem usedi fr changing a defined group of sicher Bosen ne reel or spool that ho the under thea of machine sewing The under thread iset c canter vesion Posting the design in the center of the sewing feld ian SrirCH A nc used ta outine and detail a che design cuenue Torm of embroidery with a deep pile that uses heae yarns and has no bobbin thread Commonly used Tor high sc letter jas cue Pressing and releasing a mouse button in one quick matin cupsoARD A too sage bin he comptes memory Data he stage area can b copied 10 anchor place aw The vec letter extens
25. ag GROUP ossecrs Objects that have been locked together on the screen HARD DISK A sealed area in your computer with a readhuite head and ally memory 11028201 Rev 8 pene A Glossy of Embroidery Terms m Glossary of Terms Hoop A device made of wood metal or plastic used to hold a garment or fabric taut during the embroidery process HORIZONTAL SPACING Adtional spacing that may be added between Alphabet letters con A small graphic representaton of something larger Port Bringing a design fie into the EDS program from a nor DOS formatted diskette or paper tape sent Adding additonal nfrmaton to an existing design 1 sume strc A frame movement without a needle penetration it function alows you to make a stich longer than the macmum sttch length af our machine n LAYER By cotor sed to show speci colors of a design on the computer sereen Lavour WINDOW The screen in which you can digitize designs apen fles onthe hard disk import designs from lope deis export designs modify designs and create lettering Lerrer wom The overal wet of each letter NOT the column width In EDS 1 changes to letter width can be made in increments of 10 from 305 10 30 uNE cENTER BOTTOM When lettering s centered horzonaly and above the postion af the needle priar to sewing Une ENTER MIDDLE When enering s centered horzontaly and veta rm the postion af the needle pror to ening LUNE NORMAL When the bottom le
26. apes nto the curent Layout window he Object List oo displays the order in which objects are eur You may delete an object or change the seang order fhe Object Parameters tool shows the poston f the object in g hec eft and tt sed tne Yan up and dowa iun repositioning scales he object increases or decreases the se rotate orients or locks the abject in poston he Adjust tol works with condensed designs or lettering objects Clicking on it plays the Condensed Object Parameters dialog box or the Text dalog bax rom these dalog boues you can make a variety af changes ta the curent values e E e current decor e A LA ES ry R Figure 10 he Create Design toos one for Condensed and one for Expanded alow the insertion of datasets without te use of ensceen dog or a digitizer Tablet These ook are acces ble oniy you have purchased the eating andlor cheng optone he Center Design tool recenters your design in the periphera s sewing fled he Zoom In magnifying gass enables you to lok more closely at a selected area of the E vem oun esa en youto see rmos of e aument eson ios m Base Melca Embroidery Systems The Layout Window aa E menn ne rots mrs you oe eoi Bg 2250 no rouna t curent de tt aig an or The Ruler tool lows you to measure a design in the Layout window in ether inches and points or centimeter
27. ate piece to be used multiple times within the Same design An example of ihis woud be a aves on a te You wouid digitize one kaf as a Stored mb then use That same leaf and pace t on the te at various different sizes and anges This eliminates redigitizing the same design EDS m Base Melca Embroidery Systems Glossary ot Tems an me or See Lock Stich me lens you to put up to nine windows in the Agpicatn Window yoo ser The commands and optons on the left sde af the window represented by icons TRANSFER DESIGN command that sends Expanded or ASD fles to the Peripheral u UnDERLAY Stitches used to stabe fabric andar prepare the area for top siding ure UIC is the Under Thread Control It amp a sensor mounted to the neede plate bracket that ecog nizes the absence ofthe bobbin thread When the machine sews a certain number of stiches thou bobben thread the UTC causes the machine to stop bac up tat number of stiches nd display the eror message CHECK BOBBIN Te UTC ao has a retaining tab that holds the er basket of he rotary hook Y VERTICAL SPACING command that sta steps your lettering up poste value or down negatie value w wow rectangular area on your screen in which you view and work on designs z zoom A command that enlarges or reduces a portion of a design in the curent Layout window along our edt wth more precion Ma command does not tect the sening sce of the design 11028301 Rev 8 pens A Gl
28. box Figure E 2 Enter the complete fe and path name o the pos 3 chek on OK 4 The text log box wil appear with the names isted in the editing window Choose the ete height and se 5 Chek on OK The names wil appear below the repeated designs tos m Base Melca Embroidery Systems Displaying te flet dur 34 10 Using the Color Palette EDS lows you to choose the colos Saad o draw your designs on he Screen When the palette bar display is nas shown in Figure 10 1 the cur Se shown at the Bottom of the Layout wow By changing these colors you eta prevew of a sewn garment wai EDS begins droning with the frst ri e palenie bar and moves Background nca to the ight each ne a color cor range command E encountered EDS Palete refers 1o the colors as Needle 1 nad 2 et bu they do not con woi which needs are used at he sening peripheral et 99 needes are available in the color palette bar and are displayed 24 at tme The serol buttons n he right end af the bar alow you ta move forward or backward one reed at a tme or 24 Pacis at a time The sereen background color s permanent located n the last outlined box on he night end Te screen color can pe changed the same way you coil The nazi colors To tur on or off the palette bar display cick on View then Palette The Named Palette dialog box Figure 10 2 deploy Cik when fr shed Click here to de Pay he pete Figure 102 10
29. ccess the orine manuals fom within EDS II Acrobat Reader must be installed into the eds3 manuals directory During vstataton Acrobat Reader defaults to the c acroread directory I you do not change ths drecon ESE you cannot access the on line manuals fom wit EDS I Figure 12 When instalation i completed you may delete the Actored icon rom the Melca ops program group if you desire 11028301 Rev 8 1 How to use This Manual Accessing the On line Manus Tap To access the ordine manuals fom within EDS N cicon Help EDS Rep F1 then Online Manual see Figure 1 3 Using Help Using the On line Manuals Dnline Manuals Use these procedures to navigate through the ondine manu _About ate Figure 13 Click the GO BACK button in the tool bar to return you to your previous location IE Chck the NEXT PAGE button in the tool bar to go ta the next page of the manual Cic the ARST PAGE button in the tool bar to go to ei page of the manal Rete Amny the left eof th screen are bookmarks Click the See Dosiiat are fog tthe oie mated by tat bookmark Daaa Chet te tangit he eto the bookmark to show and ide diee ec brat bok The baka eh ara po Bic peut ar a comp tf opes Fc EN eth ni BET I You Are New to Computers Chapter 2 Usng a Computer provides the basie information needed 1 use your computer with tore EDS m Base Melca Embroidery Systems mper system 2 Using a Computer The Computer Sy
30. ce between twa ines of stitching measured in points DESIGN Fe ay desig stored on our hard dsk ar flappy disk A fle name can have up to eight letes a period and a three letter extension DIALOG Box A box displayed on your computer screen that promets you to giw information such as a selec Ton roma It of options or a fle name 11028301 Rev 8 pene A Glossary of Embroidery Terms m Glossary of Terms Dicranc Converting artwork into a series of commands that can be read by an embroidery machine with the use af a speciai device piamzina Taster A board used to communicate with a computer ar an embroidery machine we creating a design Dicrrrac The orginal Mec computerized ding system which uses an exceptional rg surface and is own vertical sand binectory A named group of computer ls stored on one of your computer drives The hard drive of your computers usualy the C directory opp diskettes are inserted into the A or B drive isk A computer data storage device which i accessed in the hard drive or one of the fppy drives DISKETTE FORMAT The manner in which a di has been prepared to accept information DrmHERED cotos A combination of a solid color and a pattem DOUBLE cuck Pressing the mouse button quicky two times prac Holding down the mouse buon while moving the mouse This usualy done to move an object onthe sereen or to gag txt DROP DOWN MENU Ast of avalble comands that displays when you cick on a
31. chine Status screen To access the information cick on Peripheral hen Sta to display the Machine Displays enabled Lists designs in the job perpreras and status une Shows which post perd fein pated rer erai of tne the fame ar ten perpren hase et ortas tuned on Length of tering tata an sen Eo queue ssh coun last job crust Indicates Pg percent com pleted of ret jo Geert aa ga Sohne he trese Figure 125 Moko Embroidery Systems Checking Peripheral Staus 15 This option is avaiable for peripherals designed to relay this information It appears grayed out i it 5 not alle Cl today the TevesaBobbin Breaks information sereen Figure 13 6 Thread Break Displays the thread breaks on each needle i fre RTS oll 9 Displays information E saves current counts mum oer E Lex EXE uen Ecc es CON ELTE Pine Figure 56 11028301 Rev 8 13 Ming with Peripherals 136 Checking Peripheral status his page intensional left blank EDS m Base Melca Embroidery Systems Ending an EDS M session P 14 Ending an EDS Ill Session To dose EDS use one of the following procedures to end your sesson before turing off the compute Do not Simpy tum off the computer or you may cate probiers the next tme you pen EDS M Refer to Figures 14 1 and 14 2 to end a sesion Double click here to n O cna e Cik Fle then Et
32. ck means to place the cusor on a command fle name box or some other object and pres he left button once Most command are selected by eng onthe command name or a oo Doubleclick means to place the cursor on a command or abject and quicky press the left mouse baton Tice Often a dlalog box il dispiay after doubie cicking on an objet ik and drag means to piace the cursor on an object and press and hold the left mouse button doan and move he mouse As the mouse moved the object wal mae in the window Release he mouse buton when you have the abject in he desred position Ching and dragging sao the method you use to hight tex for modfeaton in a dalog box Digitizing Tablet A digitizing tablet is an electronic surface and specialized mouse that work together to create eser fie om any lond of flat arva The artwork usualy Taped othe Tablets surface and he mouse is wed o dently spec postes per Tape Reade A paper tape reader is a device that wil read instructions from a paper tape that has been encod fed by a paper tape punch 11028301 Rev 2 Using a Computer 24 Appictons An application sa computer program that performs speciized functions such as EDS W Windows The Microsoft Windows operating system provides an interface that makes working with your Compute easier stead of using DOS commands Windows displays ss af optor in mens Al You have to do ie dick on our choice Refer othe Mirezft Windows Users Gude for more
33. displayed in bold m the Edit drop down menu when an expanded design s ected onthe screen ek on Edit then Sch Processor to display the Stitch Processor dialog box Figure 8 4 Enter the new Xscale hee Enter the nen Y ER Accepts changes Sale here Cancels changes Enter the new column denstyscled value here Resets al sealed values 10 1 0 reset sich Enter the ne wa Teng to is defaut Sitch sealed value here Enter the new fil density Sealed value here Enter the new fl stitch length here range 65 127 points Figure 84 11028301 Rev 8 4 Scaling Designs sa Scaling an Expanded Design you incase the ize of a design the Stitch Processar Uses a number smaller han 1 000 fr the Column Dent Le a number smaller than 1 000 for the Fil Deny H you decrease the size of the design the Stitch Processor Uses a number larger than 1 000 far the Column Densty Uses a number larger than 1 00 far the Fil Density The stitch Processor allows you to change the density of a design even if the scale is not changed Sight changes in density may help fine tune a design Walk and Fil Stitch Lengths The Stitch Processor aura scales the sch lengths when a design is rescaled However jou may ao apply manual seale factors to fe wak etch and il ste lengths as you esie a sign EDS masse Meteo Embroidery Systems Step and Repeat o 2 Step and Repeat The Step and Repeat function s ideal for patches and e
34. e Status bar Save design fles to the hard de Peron some customization of designe The File Menu Figure 4 4 ek on Fle in the menu bar and the drop down menu Fore fa Re m iem 45 otters the follwing options ony the option in bold ae pon cvm ste dee New opens an empty Layout window rete Open requests information forewing 2 008 fie Amore En complete dscisson of Open sin Chapter 7 Working with A frs Benga pom Close removes the design fie from the active window EZ Save allows you to save a new design or changes to an ext i ter Sep ing design you are saving for me fst time he Save As dia Pres jog ox wil appear and prompt you for a fe name you we No saving changes to an etna fe the orginal le vall be our winen Figure 5 Save As displays the Save As dilog box promets you for information to save your curent des as a new fle or a second capy of an existing He I yu change a desg You may want to keep both the origina and the mode versions ach must have a unique name 1028301 Rev 8 4 EDS M rien m The Layout Window Import displays th import dog box Design Database sons you to catalog your designs vati oniy if purchased as a separate te Export prompts you for information necessary to copy a design fie to a disk or paper tape Send vansters a design o a selected peripheral Print spas the Print dalog box Printer Setup rompis you for printer information Clicking on
35. e di ps EURE Re Te erue Figure 36 11028301 Rev 8 3 nstaling eps z Configuring EDS Hardware Configuration When you Gi on Hardware in he Confiuraton dialog bx the Advanced onturton dalog bx appease There ia StarGate and a Network section Specty which Q erupt request vl be used far each f you da not se the defauts Remember to change the jumper Figure 37 settings mew W you are using the EDS N software on a Meco EMC 10712 peripheral cick on the EMC 10 12 boy then cick OK You must hen select whether or not your EMC 1012 CE Comotant you dont know if your EMC 10712 s CE Comotant ok or the CE mark on the rame below the Computer This configuration oniy needs t be performed once Do not select the EMC 10 12 option unless you are using the EMC 10 12 peripheral Setting StarGate Options K you have a StarGate multiport communications device refer to its instruction manual you do fot have a StarGate make sure Use COM Ports i5 sect Setting the Network Options In most cases the default settings wl work fine Clik on Default to accept these settings you Wish to customize the settings select the appropriate vas Nate No two pisces of hardware may use the same RQ or DMA settings These instructions for instaling the Melco boards work in mast computers soid today without changed other pos Seeing Which Options Are Installed Click on Option in te Hardware Configuration dog to display the Set Option
36. e format of the disk the eror message shown in Figure 11 6 wil be displayed H you are st Unsure af the d s format cick on Unknown File Name Standards The fename conventions for Happy disk formats are gen below These rules must be followed forte dis to be read by other systems DOS Format DOS format names consist of a 1 8 character flename and one of the folowing extensions CND Condensed Format EXP Expanded Format FM Object Layout format Barudan FDR Format Barudan FOR uses a numeric format The fle number can be from 1 to 36 ain label of up 10 characters may be secfied with this Te number Te number and the label mist be sep ated by a colon amples p Barudan FMC Format Barudan FMC uses a numeric format The fle number cn be from 1 to36 No character bes sre alowed banpls 2 Melco Format EDS m Base Melca Embroidery Systems Be Name standards us MELCO format names const of a 1 6 character flenane and one of the folowing extensions CND Condensed format xP Expand Format Premier Stellar Format The PREMSERSTELLAR format uses the Indirect mode af specifying fe names see your Premier or ter manus for a description of Indirect model In general you can i ofa Premiere Tiename as a number between 1001 and 1999 samples 1001 1930 Te Options button as you 1o pe 5 diferent fr he hae sang of the deson smallest sos salle 15 Larger Do lares 150 Enter new sizes as a rato to 1 00
37. e that mst be instal in an active parallel port o your computer 1 Locate an active parallel port on the rear af your computer Usa this is PT but it could be LP you have to parallel pors 2 Tum the computer power OFF 3 Secure the dongle with the captive screws at is sides Note If you have a printer attached to your parallel port remove the printer cable attach the dongle then reinsta te printer cable to the end of the dongle Attaching the Peripheral ee yourembrodery peripheral operator manual tor instructions on instaling the network cable om the computer to he embroidery perchoras Bus Mouse installation your computer aready has a mous skip this step However f the mouse is plugged into a seri al port and you wish to do tablet digitizing instal The bus mous to free up the seral port 1 Tum the computer OFF and unplug it trom the wall outlet move the computer CPU cover 2 Discharge any statie charge in your body by touching a norpaintd area of the computer fame 3 Locate an empty expansion card siot Remove he expansion slot cover to the rear of the computer Remove the bus mouse and mouse interface board from the box Make certain that the jumpers are placed over the pins labeled IRQS 7 Be sure the terface board is oriented the same way as the exstng boards Insert the board into the slot and press down fy unti he board is seated evenly and com pletely 9 Attach the network board to the rear of the computer
38. es button wh wil ask you you want o update the Boot Record of he dsk This fe to same Tana ks hat have an improper iterna abel and cannot be ead by a DOS computer f you have problems loda a fma dk ciek on the Options button and respond Yes to The i working with a Tajima forrat disk a message box 11028301 Rev 8 1 Using Import and Expert Importing a Design Working with Multiple Designs as the bit to manage muigle design fles in one Layout window Once they are in the same Layout window they can be sean andor saved as a single new desan Ueng the import taolin te Layout window one way 10 load an addtional design fe Inport or Open a file into the Layout window 2 Ck on the Import tool shown in Figure 1 3 to display the Import dialog box 5 impor a design from a disk to combine bath designs in the same Layout win Figure Tid Special Considerations for Importing Designs Imported designs may nt embroider as expected due to the differences in machine functions ar punching techniques ued for different macie types Hf unusual situations are discovered after nporing dese you may need to edit some ofthe machine function commands such as color changes ins et E D The Export command stores designs on a floppy disk The disk must be formatted to match the fe type betore the le can De wien to You can erat the disk fom tne Expr or import dialog boc Select the corect device Select he conect format Inert a dis
39. esigns He Import requests information for retrieving a fle Amore foltosoprsrti spon complete discussion of port in Chapter 11 Dang Figure 43 import and sport Design Database acs you to catalog your designs vati oniy if purchased as a separate Preferences allows you to customize some of your sstem settings Ext doses EDS and returns you to the Windows program manage The Design List i at the botom of the menu The last sk opened fles are Isted here Cicing on name opens that desen in the Layout Window Peripheral The Peripheral menu has two options anser and status Transfer sends selected EXP and ASD design fes trom EDS N to the job queue af the peripheral Status displays peripheral sewing data se Chapter 13 Working with Peripherals for a more complete descipion Help Provides access to on screen help See Chapter 1 for more formation on how to use help EDS m Base Melca Embroidery Systems The Appcation Window 43 The Layout Window Open the Layout window from the Application window by cicking on Fle then New The menu bar options are Fle Edit View Peripheral Window and Hel om the Layout window shown in aren yo ce m raii r5 Membr ie bar ada enering to a design Open tles om the hard disk Tobar Sa DOS tra disks import designs from paper tapes and to DOS dsk for mas Melo Taima Barudan Pemer and 25K gor designs to non DOS formate and paper apes Color palett
40. fies on the dsk 11028301 Rev 8 2 Using a Computer 26 Accessing information Subdirectories Directories may be divided into smaller sections caled subieron Subdlvectories may be diid ed into saler subdirectories Subsectors are ao useful in organizing fies Paths A path is the fu name and location af a fle as described below cieds3 noliday xmastreecnd sa bey es biecoy EDS masse Meteo Embroidery Systems system Requiemens 3i Rater to the folowing tables for minimum processar and merry requirement The EMC 10 12 is not designed t be used in conjunction with Windows 95 Windows 3 COSTER BL T sen OTE Mana MOTT ET bod E ud sm Windows 5 COSTER BL T Once Orne Mana Onitng ko your em ast e onm hard disk space to install EDS m an additional 16MB amp needed to install the anne A Goldstar chipset on the controller DE bear to use Meo formatted disks 35inch Disk Drive 1 44 MB capacity A mentor and video card capable of displaying 800x 600 16 color resolution Meco network board Parse Port for Mako security dongle Mouse Windows compat MS DOS ver 5 0 fer higher Microsoft Windows Ver 3 1 or ighe stated i your computer was purchased from Maco EDS M is instaled and configured Start your system by folowing the twee steps below then goto Chapter 4 An EDS I Oven 1 Tum on the computer and monito
41. for example 125 is entered as 125 Note The Stelar 1 can oly read fles saved in tis format The Premier can read Tajima and DOS EXP fles as wel For addtiona information on Premieristeler formatting information eating to digitizing and eh standards refer a t Editing and gang EDS M manual Tajima Format Tigra format uses a numeric format with numbers ranging from 1 999 Beginning with EDS W eise 1 32 any 1 8 character name s also supported in addition 1 a lename 1 8 character Se canbe pecie after tne Henane and separated by a colon ike the Barudan FOR format amples Goo How the old Tajma format stored the name 1 Est APRETEST The new Tajima Format 25K Format Zak format uses a numeric format with numbers ranging fom 1 999 amples 19028201 Rev 8 1 Using import and Export file Nome Standards This page intestonal left blank EDS m Base Melca Embroidery Systems amp Cascading Windows Ting in EDS M allows you to view up to nine Layout windows After you have opened several desgns cick on Window then The The Screen ded into caua partions one or each open so Figure 12 1 Figure 12 1 When you tle your design windows they all share the same Layout window menu bar but each Pas is own tocar Cicing on a design window tie bar make the curent dogs the tle and achats the ba To fit the design within te smaller window size click on View ten Ft Window Repeat the process by cicking on another w
42. ft of he leering is he needle postion prior to sewing The sening wil stop t the bottom right and wil not return fo he original poston EDS m Base Mako Embroidery Systems Glossary ot Tems AL une sraane aking space betueen nes of lettering Line space determined by d ng the letter height to the amount of bank space you want between the ines ust sox bo usualy with a srl bar that appears within a dialog box and splays ava able options toad FLL Accessing s f pattern for inspection or changes Lock roue One or more objects that have been joined together tock strc Three or more stiches paced sh together to prevent the embroidered stiches fom puling out Alo naw as a bff seh maximize The smal button to the night of the Tile Bar with the up arrow Used 1 enlarge a window to is est extent MAXIMUM STITCH LENGTH The longest stich your embroidery machine is capable of sewing before performing a jump stitch The madrmum sttch length for Meca s 127 ps niae Te smal button on he right of the Te Bar wth the down arrow Used to reduce a window to MODIFY MK BUTTON a opton that changes the poston of M point or changes the Mk to a diferent ype of Mk moss strat he loopy part of a chenille design The height af the lop is controled by the height of the munean An embroidery machine with more than one sewing head NEEDLE UP command used to move iom one part o a design to another without stg NON DOS FORM
43. indows title bar licking on View then Fit Window unt al designs a vale To close the windows ciek on Window han Close A 11028301 Rev 8 12 Ting amp Cascading Windows 22 Cascade Cascade An alternative to Ting muliple windows is he Cascade play shown n Figure 12 2 Access Cascade by cing on Window then Cascade Clicking on a visible pat of any window brings it to the tront and makes it the curent window aje GE dal es EE Figure 122 To dose the cascaded windows lek on Windows fooned by Co Al Cut Copy and Paste Mutiple windows makes the Edt options Cut Copy and Paste avaiable copy or move objects from one window to another To do this open several windows and te or cascade them Select an object in the active window Click on Edt then Cut or Copy Highlight the target window lc on Ed tan Paste to paste the abject int the new ont EDS masse Mako Embroidery Systems the Peripheral 3a 13 Working with Peripherals Enabling the Peripheral The peripherals must be enabled before a desig is sent To enable the peripheral Cick on Fe then anser to display the anster dalog box qure 13 ek here to display the Peripheral setup og box Faure Figure 13 1 Before sending a design to the peripheral make sue Chick on the periphe the following apply o anale tit ie enabled then cick OF Te computer network cable is connected 10
44. ity Later height Thread ype Fabric pe olor contrat between thread and fabric Figure 54 An embroidery pont equas 0 1 mm or 254 per inch The onne help includes a chart of densi es and ther ches perinch quiets Note Changing the density oniy affects column or satin stitches Some alphabets are composed f stes and changing the deny wil not aer the appearance Enter the density here EDS m Base Meco Embroidery Systems Length Length refers to the under walking or running stitches used to moe from one area of sewing tw anaes These stitches are oen covered by column sttching Use he following a a quide EE r EE EEA EA S020 pons RE ME EE L n or saler ME par Column Width Column Wath abbreviated Col Width on the screen increases or decreases the width of te fecal colum a letter but not the veri width of the leter The value can be changed in acraments of 10 from 90 to 30 Figure 5 6 shows a column width range on a block H HHHHHHH Figure 56 Letter Width Letter Width abbreviated Lar Wath onthe sereen increases or decreases the overal width of exc letter The value can be changed in increments f 10i om 30 10 30 Figure ST Shows a letter width range on a black H HHHHHHH Figure 57 E a JE SE Ever the wits Dem azn im o A m Emar length hte ae als Figure 58 1028201 Rev 8 5 Tex Dess Tes Designs Slant Slant incines lettering i
45. k ino the proper drie and to format Figure 11 4 Mako Embroidery Systems fsporting a Design na Formatting kon Fle then Export to display te Export dialog box Figure 11 4 Note Melo s the ony format that can use a 5 25 dk and can oniy format disks to 720K Important Information on the Melo Format The Melco format was developed to work with ety Melo embroidery machines and ather older embroidery products Hardware required ta read the Melc farmat s becoming increasingly dfi ut for Meca vendors to supply Therefore Misco Embroidery Sema cannot guarantee that te wil be abie to support the Melo format in the future Mako recommends exporting desns in the elc format ONLY when the equipment sening the sgn requires the Meco farmat Othevise save designs in the DOS Format or he ormat asso ated vith our patcuar embroidery product Select the conect format Select the corect device Insert disk fnew fie de and ch Figure 11 5 Other embroidery formats supported by ED ae not affected by ts situation Exporting a Design ek on Fle then Export to display the Export dialog Box Faure 115 Note I you are unsure of the format dick on Figure 17 6 11028301 Rev 8 11 Using Import and Expert na file Name Standards Unknown then on the Directory button EDS Iw determine the format ot the disk nd make the selection tor you jou selected Format ype that does not match t
46. k on Edit in the menu bar then click on Center Design in the drop down menu 2 Click on the Center Desin tool Fre 5 49 located in the toolbar Figure 5 49 Saving Text Designs To save a deso 1 Click on ein the menu ba 2 Click on Save As in the dropdown menu The Save as JE ialog box spas as shown in ur 80 3 pe a name for the design in he Save As Fle Name ie 4 select a subdirectory or drive by doubie cicking on it inthe Decir box You can move back one evel at a ume by diding on EIS Note you do not select a subdirectory your design wil be saved in the EDS II main drectory 5 Under He Type cick on Condensed Object or Expanded then dick on OK Fle types are di cussed in ater chapters The name of our tle is now displayed in the EDS M te bar After the fle has been named and saved once you can reae the ue and any modificatoes by icing on Save 11028301 Rev 8 5 Tert Designs Tes Designs his page nano left ak sm Base Melca Embroidery Systems ting a Monogram Alphabet m 6 Monogramming You can create a monogram in EDS using either a monogram aighabe or a regular alphabet in Monogram mode Letts for monograms are entered fom the Layout window ung he Text ool and dog bor To create a monogram Ling a monogram alphabet 1 Click on the Tox to to display the text dialog box 2 Select a Monogram Alphabet for example 3 LTR DIAMOND 3 pe the initials standard monogramming co
47. let that emulates Summagraphics erat Scope of This Manual 14 1 How to use This Manual Scope of This Manual The purpose of this manual 5 o assist with Melco s EDS MN Embroidery Desin System Itis not a stn tor classroom ring H you have ot received warning cal you sales representa Using Microsoft Windows Windows has many useful features Refer to the Microsoft Windows Users Guide for more infor EDS ll Help Orne he alus you t acess context senstive information information is avait by dicking on the Heip button s the top ight come o the Menu Bar and by lung on any word that Enderined with ether a sod or dashed ine and shown in green or red When you ext help you are returned to your orginal poston Pressing the F1 key also dlsplays help information Alter hghightng an item on drop down menu din iog box vin in any EDS M program function EDS W Online Manuals Installation instructions Microsoft Windows must be installed prior to installing the on line manuals Windows snot ated eer othe Windows natation manca Figure 11 om the Program Manager window dick on File en Run to ply the n dialog box Figure 1 1 ye assetup or setup depending on tc dri yo are sng Click on OK then falow the onsereen instructions a Install te mar ua When the manuals are completely etaed double ick on the Acroread icon in Maco Apps igure 1 2 Ts instalis the viewer needed to view the manual Note To a
48. mblems along you to repeat one or mare designs up 10 81 times The mambe o repeats s controlled by the Columns Court the omber of vera copies and the Row Count he number af horizontal copies The maximum number or ether cles or ros 9 i a matr of 9 horizonial capies by 9 vertical copies Figure 9 shows the step and Repeat dialog box The Columns Distance deter mines he horizontal stance Beninen copies f te design EE The value entered here sou ame J Ga Iw i Ja e the width of one copy of the ame Ie Ya deson plus the dstance eared betwaen copies For en os Lanom C Cte meine example ifthe design three achat vide ard you want one ach between copies you would Figure 5 1 entr Columns Dstance of inches The Rows Distance determines the vertical distance between copies of the design The value centered here shoul be the height of one copy of the des plus the distance desred between opes For example ifthe design swe inches high and you want half an inch between each opi you wouid enter a Rows Distance of 2 50 inches Note you have selected Metric Units within Windows al distances expressed within EDS II be displayed in metic vas Designs may overlap without causing senout errors The designs are precisely repeated at the specified distances with the frst design remain ing ints origina place When you Step and Repeat a design all af the details are copied with it induding any falar changes N
49. mbroidery Systems Opening Design fies 33 L Open by To open a design fle with the picture based directory refer to Figures 7 4 and 7 5 gron Be co Systems Chick on Open Click here to diplay al drec tories Tor a spcfed du Select the drive and secouer te fle is located M cion metie piwe ud an wen fined Figure 7 5 Note fno design mage are vibe each wil appear as a 7 cick an Auto Render 1o create he images Hoi he SHET key to select Me mages up e nine ages may be opened at one te 11028301 Rev 8 7 Moding with Designs n Designs as Objects Opening Multiple Design Files Designs as Objects When EDS m draws a design in the Layout ind that design i referred ta as an bct Each objet a separate tem and maintains ts own sewing attributes Ths Blows a mature of expanded and con dense designs n the same window Moving Objects In The Window Figure 76 P object box memz Handles Click on the abject and a box with nan FE des appears around t C and hold the object mithin the bo not he box han Ades using the left mouse buron Drag t eat of the object under shown in Figure 1 1 You can move a selected object anywhere in the active area of the wind Using Cut Copy Paste and Clea The Cut Copy Paste and Clear options are in the Edit manu a
50. menu option Commands displayed in ak ae accessible commands that are deploed in gray or half tone ar not E tor Cagney tle by adding deleting or ming M pas or by seing and di EMBROIDERY POINT A unit of measure equal to one tenth of a milite or 1 254th of an inch 5e The vec letter extenson given to an Expanded fle tos m Base Melca Embroidery Systems Glossary ot Tems as EXPANDED FORMAT R coding format that indudes the data for every stitch in the design exrorr Copying a design tom the computer to a nor DOS format diskette or paper tape Extensions The ast part of a fle name fter the period I can be up to three characters long andis used to entity he type of te E me A related cotecton of information named and often stored on a dsk Pue NAME The unique denser given to a design that is stored on a computer The fle name can have up to ght characters a perd and an up to thee letters extension rusm A series of running sitches used to cover large areas FORMAT Preparing a dk to receive information Al new dite must be formatted but reformatting a dsk ostro any information stored on t suncnon a action caused by a command in a design such as im Color Change Needle Up etc s GRAPHICAL ROTATION Anghang design in the Layout window using the mouse to dick and dag the rotation box around the object GRAPHICAL SCALING Make a design larger or saer in the Layout window using he mouse in a cick and d
51. n incremants of one from 15 to 15 estive values dant lettering tothe right and negative values slant to the left Figure 5 9 shows a sant range on a block H HHHHHHA Figure 59 Line Type Options There are five choices for ine type Line Normal arc You can sew in various types of arced or straight Ines ads Angle Cana CCW are used when sewing the are ne pe Line Center middie Line Center Middle centers lettering boh horizontally and vertically around the needle starting and ending pont se Four 510 Line Center Bottom Line Center Bottom centers lettering horizontal at the needle start ing point whch becomes the tering baseline see Figures 13 in most alphabets Pe tals ofthe loner case letters such as g P Q and y etnd below the baseine E Figure 5 10 meco Figure 5 11 Mako Embroidery Systems Une Normal siats the lettering t he ren needle poston which 5 also e letting baseline see Figure 12 When the letering is esed the needle no reur to s original pesto Jac Normal sas lettering in a cuve The need starting position is he lettering baseline with the text centered around the needle pont Gee Figure 13 Arc From Center Ah Arc From Center he neue postion prior to sewing at the enter ot a cade That wouid e formed the are were completed The irst needle movement i rom that center poin to the curler ence hich is the letting baseline see Figure 5 14 Radius Radius controls
52. nd can be used with any object in selection bor The fst thee options work with he cipboard which a temporary memory Qut Copies the object to the clipboard and deletes it from the screen Copy Copies te object to the clipboard but does not delete t om the screen Paste Copies the contents of the dipboard to the center of the sereen ear Deletes an object from the screen without copying it to the clipboard Once an object has been cleared t cannot be recovered unless the fle re opened wihout saving the change You can also delete objects by clicking tam then pressing he DEL key Like with car objects that have been removed with delet cannot be recovered unes the fle re opened bout saving te changes Cut Copy and Paste are useful fr adding combining and removing objects to and rom designs tos m Base Melca Embroidery Systems Designs as Objects 25 Rotating Objects Objects may be rotated in two waye Graphica y in the Layout window amas from the dog box that appears when you cick on the Object Parameters oo Figure 7 8 To rotate an abject in the layout window cick on the object and drag handles appear Cic again and the handles twrn to aus Figure 7 9 Cikk on a comer of the desn Ain the lett mouse button andi drag to rotate the esn The status bar displays ta degree af oa Figure 78 To rotate an object using the dialog box dick on the Object parameters ci qure 7 8 Refer to gue 7 10 for instructions
53. ns A Glossary of Embroidery Terms ao Glossary ot Terms SCROLL BAR ba that appears at the far right or bottom edge of a window or Ist box whose contents are ot ay visible Cicking on the rons of te bar moves The veving portion ofthe sereen seno pesien A command that loads a design in he active window Into one or moe peripherals The design an be a condensed expanded or object fie sHoRT sTTrcues Computer generated stitches that do nt go all the way across a column at a curve ar angle to prevent an eces of stitches at one point SLANT ANGLE A command that sans leering in one degree increments up often degrees positive or neg SPECIAL STITCH A iser defined stitch that s digitized and stored temporary the computer memory A Special Sch feted to 30 Mis or commande STATUS BAR The area at the bottom of he computer sereen that delay information about he active window or sectes command smon One needle penetration made by the embroidery machine srircu count The number of stitches in a deson smiten uenetH The length of the running stitches in a design Measured in points STITCH UST condensed Information showing the Mk points and functions that make up a den STITCH UST expanded formation shovang the actual sttches and functions that make up a dein mirc processor An EDS amp opton that changes the size dents or stitch lengths an expanded design STORED SYMBOL A porton of a design that digitized as a separ
54. nvention uses frst as and middle tal in that ane peinte Height af he center letter The heights ofthe other letters are contre by the monogram alphabet 5 Adjust the density s needed for the selected height Note Do not cick the monogram box hen sing monogram Spabets suse when mongremmag wih reguar lettering alphabets 6 Clk on OK to display the monogram see Figure 61 Placing A Monogram in A Design Fo o the exerce below to place a monogram in a design Figure 6 1 1 Open a Layout Window with buen from the design recon 2 lek on View hen on Grid The grid aids in posting sen objects lk on Smal 25x 25 te Grid dialog box The grid s displayed with a dot at every 25 embroidery paints in bo the Xand Y a The next step to postion the monogram inside the loop of the ut First you wil see how ose the Rider option to measure e loop to know wrat height o use forthe monogram Iet 3 ik on the Ruler tool in the tool bar and the cursor becomes a ruler with a e at etp Note The Status Bar must be active for the Ruler distance to be displayed Figure 6 2 1028301 Rev 8 6 Monogramming m sng a Monogram Alphabet A Measure the Y vertical ais by placing the at he highest point of the lop thon cling and dragging t to the am a shoin Figure 3 4 Use he gd to measure in a sagt ine Ths distance should be about 1 12 inches and displays in he Y part of the Status Bar 5 Chek on the Normal Cursor tool to regain a no
55. ol stitches and tata each aon and other information tor the rent dean Notes prints the notes associated with the curent design per Orientation 1 rom the menu bar cick on File then Printer Setup 2 When the Pinter Setup dialog box appears cick an Setup Ts brings up the standard Windows Pinter Setup dialog box which can also be accessed in the Windows Control Panel 5 inthe upper right area of the dialog box is a feld labeled Orientation It features a small draw ing ot a sheet of papet with the letter A Next to the sheet of paper are two buttons one be Porai and the other Landscape 4 Chek on the desired orientation 5 Ck on OK to accept the changes or Cancel to not accept Ether choice retums you othe EDS I Printer Setup dialog box 6 Chek on OK to accept the new printer setup or Cancel to not accept Ether choice wil return youre the Layout window and the current design EDS m Base Melca Embroidery Systems Scaing a Condensed Design 2i Condensed designs can be increased in scale by up to a factor of tee and reduced by as much ara factor af 0 2 Perform a test sewout you dramaticaly change a designs scale Rescaling an expanded design by more than 20 requires editing the stitch lengths and fl densi des accomplsned with te Sith Processor Option ld separati Rescaling condensed desn adds or subtracts stitches to or from the design Rescaling an expanded design without the sich processar does nat
56. on a dog box appears Figure 8 38 Ci Yes ta transform the lettering Once the lettering has been transformed you Wil not be able to di te text because f amp now a condensed design The design wl lok e Figure 5 39 or figue 5 40 if you used the lower drag hand RioainG BRING Figure 5 39 Figure 5 40 tos masse Mako Embroidery Systems Squeezed ek on the text with the left mouse button An ect bo wil appear around the text Press and hold the CTRL key dwn and sultane us click and hold te right mouse button on ther the upper or lower m s handle of the Spec box wile you drag te handle toward the middie of te box Release the CTRL key and mouse buton when the desred are has Been reached Jooned ck on the text with the left mouse button An ect bo wil appear around the text Press and hold the CTRL key dwn and smultane aay click and hold te right mouse bution on ther he upper or lower muse lande of tee ect box while you drag the handle away fiom the box Release the CTRL key and mouse burton when the desired are has been Figure 5 42 reached Vertical Bridge ek on the text with the left mouse button Cok with the right mouse burton on the upper De VERTICAL BRIDGE reached Th effect wil also work when brido a he text downward Figure 5 43 ek on the text with the left mouse bution Press and old the ISHET key down then cick 9 st he right mouse button on the
57. on given to a Condensed ie See Condensed Format for more informa tos m Base Mako Embroidery Systems Glossary ot Tems aa couumn ru An option To turn wide column or satin stiches into a series of shorter stiches corumn smen A stitch formed with one need penetration on ether side of a column Also referred to as a satin ich or a siel stach corumn wom The width of the actual side to side needle penetrations in a lun ar satin stitch In EDS the in can be increased or decreased increments of 10 fom 90 19 90 compuex FLL A method far digtiing fis where the computer automaticaly determines the various indepen Gent segments that are required a making the complete af an iregular shape CONDENSED FORMAT A coding format that indudes only the daa far the Mk entries and function commands created ng ages This format allows you to scale the dein up or down as well as change he ensiy and sth length of the des con A command that keeps the design in the curent window and also stores it in a temporary memo called the poor cursor a icon used to indicate your postion on the computer screen cur a eating function used to take selected stitching out of a design and store it in the clipboard Fron there it may be pasted to a ferent place DATASET A basie set af instructions to produce an embroidery design Derauurs Values that are automatically used unless you override them with different values bensiry The verial distan
58. ossary of Embroidery Terms Glossary of Terms This page intensional left blank jase Melca Embroidery Systems sos Basie inex Desgns as Objects E 58 Dog box as Berkcaton Window 4a betae rai 23 Attaching the Peripheral aa rectories as Auto Send Design Hes ao Dsk Drives 22 Auto im sar 008 format ma Barudan FOR Formar T orapdoun menu 2s Barudan MC Format rit Edt Menu as Centering Tert sas eosu nep n loci 58 eos m instalation 3a Closest Point Lettering sap eps m ontne Manual na Color Changes se Enabing the peripherar 134 Color Palette 1021 Ending an EDS sesso w Column Fil sao Expanded Fies 4 Coker Wit 53 expor ma Condensed Fles 4 Fe Menu 43 Configuring tS w ae ie Name standards ma Counterciockaise 56 re ypes as eni aa Glosa ot Embroidery Terms m ut Copy Past and Clear 34 Harare Contguation as Deleting an Object 3g Hardware tation aa Dens 52 Help Tags 4 Design Notes 2a impor a Desgns 72 nstaang the Dong 33 I EDS Wi Base Keyboard 23 Preferences m Layout Window 23 PremierstlarFomat ns Length 53 Pin 220 Lerter wth 53 adius ss Line Spacing 58 Rotating objects 25 Line Type Options 54 saving a Design 2 Lock Stich 5 11 saving Text Designs sas aco Format 11 4 scaing designs E Menu Br 25 sena 133 Modifying Condensed Designs 78 sending Desgns E Montor 22 shor stn sn Monogramming 61 sone E Mouse 23 spacing E Mouse salon 33
59. ote ita design has several color changes and does not end with a color change te repeated designs wil not sem out corecty Be sure o chec the color change after bo in the Objet Parameters dialog box a design does nat end with a colar change 10283 01 Rev 8 9 step and Repeat 22 Step and Repeat Adding Text To place text with each design use the Add Lettering feature Make sure none of he desgns on sereen have an object box round them cick the mouse on any blank area of the layout window To deselect 1 Ci on Ed then Step and Repeat The Step and Repeat dialog box appears with the Count And Distance values stl in pace om te orginal design 2 Chek on the Offset bou for Rows Enter the design height plus the distance desed between the tect and the design f he design s 2 high and you want the txt o appear 05 below the design erter 2 5 Tor the offset value 3 Chek on Add Lettering The Tert dialog box appears 4 Type in the names vith between each name ee Figure 9 2 5 Select the desired text parameters height alphabet ete or Ces ee gure 7 The text is generated below the desgns and splayed using the color of he next needle see Figure 8 6 You can range colors win the tek isl as well Se Chapter 5 for more information To use an ASCI text fle with Step and Repeat ol these steps 1 Ckck on Read Fe in the step and Repeat dialog E Sacto display the Read Fe dialog
60. ou to make some basie changes to condensed designs Ifthe changes you need to make ae nat petted here EDS Il Eating may be required Contact your sales repre Soave for moe fermion tos masse Mako Embroidery Systems Design Notes This feature allows you to add notes to any OFM fe Note ha option ony works with Object fles wil not work with Expanded or Condensed fies To access the notes feature cick on Fe then Notes The Notes dialog box Figure 7 17 appears Cik here to ype text here Save notes ek hereto ent thot sng notes lk here to ek to print notes Cik t aut copy or paste nates oor rom multiple designs ar other Windows based programs Figure 7 17 11028301 Rev 8 7 Moding with Designs zn Design Notes Ths feature lows you to print formation about the cet loaded design to a connected printer To sce ths pin click on le then Print The Pint log box gue 7 18 apes Click here tor a tst ot ek to print prmable tems described below Clk to canc Select whether the design Change the number oud be pated at ace oF copes hee in sae or scaled t f the age Figure 7 18 Design Status and Notes prints the curent design status and any notes associated with the design Print Design prints the curent design as shown ance Object List pets the name of a objects within the curent design ther locaton and rent Design Status prints the size locaton and number af stitches t
61. r Ea 2 ype win at the DOS prompt Ci and press ENTER Ge 3 nthe Melo Apps sereen double cick on the EDS cn shown in Figure 3 1 EDS Ill Santos Figure 34 i you purchased the EDS M software seperate install t induded hardware and software using he procedures on the follwing pages 1028301 Rev 8 3 estin 606 w m Hardware italien Hardware Installation stalling Printed it Boards Note you are upgrading from 2non Windows version of EDS use the uen ind net work board not flou these steps 1 Turn the computer OFF and unplug it trom the wall outlet Remove the computer cover 2 Discharge an fame static charge in your body by touching a non patad area of the computer 3 Locate an empty expansion card sot 4 Remove the expansion slot cover to the rear of the computer 5 Remove the network board trom the anti static shipping bag 6 Make certain that the jumpers are placed corech as shown below See Junge tor Jumper tor mon baeas dumps tor PACKS 7 Be sure the network board is oriented the came way as the existing boards 8 insert the network board into the dot and press down fiy unti the board is seated every and compete 9 Attach the network board to the rear of the computer frame with the screw from the cover removed n tp 10 Replace the computer cover EDS masse Metco Embroidery Systems Hardyacentaation 33 stalling the Dongle The dongle i a security devic
62. rmal cursor AS a E alt 4 7 CON ess Figure 63 6 Retrieve the Text dog box 7 Chek on the 34IR PONT monogram alphabet 8 Enter your ina 9 Enter 0 75 for Height This lows far same space around the letters inside he 1 12 inch oop 10 cick on ok 11 ick on the monogram displayed inthe Layout window and drag it inde the loop of the ter as shonn in Figure 64 EDS m Base Melca Embroidery Systems ina a Monogram Alphabet 63 12 Clk on View then Grid and then remove the Grid by setting it to None 13 Click on View again fooned by Actual size Figure 64 Your rooogrammed design can now be centered and sewn You can also save it for later use 11028301 Rev 8 6 Monogramming En Monogramming with Regular Alphabets Monogramming With Regular Alphabets You can ete a monogram using a regular alphabet by folowing these steps 1 Click on the Tent tool to display the text dalog box 2 Select regular alphabet 3 pein etais Chek on Monogram in the uper right quadrant ofthe Text dalag bor and he Monogram Parameters dialog bor displays Figure 65 The nb Y 2 and 3 refer 10 the eners na Mmanagram Set number 2 the middle leter at a height of 2 0 inches Change the deni so esed Fours 5 Che on OK Now Monogram is checked in the Text dialog box as an indication that you ar in the monogram mode and using a regular tering alphabet 6 Chek on OK
63. s and points T me Normat Cursor toi retums you to the standard arowtye cursor Tre Editinge gt Layout tool displays a selected object in the Object Edit Window This tolis access on you have puchased the editing andor dgtizng options Help Tags When you mave the arrow cursor over any of the Toolbar buttons a help tag wil appear to iden Hy that particular tool This feature may be tured Ono O in the Preferences dalog box Ifa ted is greyed out itis not avalble at tat time File Types The term fle type refers to the way design data is coded and romed In EDS W there are four fle pes Expanded Condensed Object and Auto Send Expanded Files m a Expanded design fi contains instructions for each individua sch Modicaton of an expanded design much more ited than reason of a condensed design Once you save a fie a Expanded you cannot change to Condensed Expanded fle names have the extension De Condensed Files A Condensed fle contains summarized design instructions ts format allows the design tobe Tesco ads dans and stitch length modified Condensed fle names have the extension de Object Fes An Object tle contains information about multiple objects each with its oun separate instruc Tons For instance you might comb 2 ND EXP and a lettering design inta one Object fie Thes you can modiy each object sepaatel You could alter any design within the fe separately out aftecing the other designs Object
64. s information box Options are in gray intl or black ot tale M you encounter problems during software installation call Melco Telephone Support at US 4872028 for assistance EDS masse Mako Embroidery Systems 4 An EDS Overview This chapter provides an oveew ofthe operation and features of DS i Starting EDS Il i ek hee IER Figure FT his seen appears hen EDS i sianed Melco Embroidery Systems Figure 42 EDS IIl Wind The EDS M windows are work areas for cat and editing embroidery designs Up to rine fer imos may be open at one me The window pe ar Applicaton Window Layout window Object Edit Window discussed in the Editing and Digitizing mar Work is performed in these windows using the menu bar across the top of the seen the toolbar dose the f side of the sereen and the varios drop down menus and dialog bones 22 The Appcation Window he Aplaton window Figure 43 the trst screen EDS d p has i ae and Pts menu he ng hei you an Open anew you window Open a tle from dit impor designs rom diks and paper apes Send designs om the hard drive to the peripheral fe cian fein heer baa top own ver es bi Sn options Nen Open import Peterences But and aHe e New opens an empiy Layout Window re Open requests information fr recog a DOS fie A more OIERIESGUTRY Ow complete discussion of Open can be found Chapter LMP working With D
65. stem Tha chapter covers the computer basi 1er experience T introduces terms an fenable with comptes go a Cape 3 far EDS M is designed for new uses with mtd com once used throughout manual you are om Ths chapter covers Communicating with the computer Haw to navigate within an appt Howto access intormaton ces of the Computer System Atypical computer setup with input and ou douces s stated in Figure 1 Pease fefe To for he rest of this chapter Figure 21 2 Using a Computer 22 Peces of the Computer Sistem The Monitor Tre monitor looks Ike a television and is often referred to as the sereen or the cela It offers a heoway channel for information between you and the computer but does not perform any pro casing t has s owe power cord and pomer snitch and is connected to he CPU with a special ale The CPU Central Processing Unit The CPU isthe computer brain ts role nudes Suparisng the input and output devices such as the keyboard mouse monitor d dri er printers and sewang pera Caring out instructions from computer programs including Windows and EDS WM Performing mathematical computations Disk Drives A disk is a storage device far computer fles Disk drives have electronic sensors called heads that Tead To and wre rom these disks The Hard Drive Tre hard drive contains both ear heads and a disk Itis physica sealed andis usualy refered toas
66. the dive When the prompt on your monitor reads CA he computer s reading from fes rm the hard drive Floppy Drives A fopoy drive has a eat head but must have disks inserted into it The drive pictured in Figure 2 1 uses 3 inch disks you have oniy ane Mappy dive ti usualy named the A drie I you ave Mo floppy drives th second one s usualy named the B de When the prompt on Your moni rade Aor 8A the computer 5 reda frm a dsk in one of Te Toppy ares EDS masse Meteo Embroidery Systems Communicating with the Computer 23 Communicating with the Computer You must give commands to your compute Fr instance the computer needs to know which applston to run and EDS m needs desgn and sewing wstructions The parts of your computer System whic alow you to do ths are caled input dees Keyboard The computer keyboards sind to a petite Most of the work you do on the keyboard wil be displayed on the montor The Mouse he mouse is an input device with a cord that plugs into the back of the compute The symbol at appears on the screen to mark your postion i called a cursor and it usualy looks ike an arrow Te mouse control the movement of the cursor When you side tne mouse acts a e Tred surface th cursar flows A mouse has buttons that are easly accessible by your fingertips Clicking e left button signals the computer that a selection has been made at the cursor location Below are terms frequently used with a mouse Cli
67. the degree of cuve in an are see Figure 5 18 An Ac part of cice sccumference or edge The radius the dis nce rom e center of the cace tote circumference The arger Te adus the Tatter he cie SDEGA ge Qe v eU Perm manian manson Rm ne 1028201 Rev 8 5 Tent Designs ss et Designs Angle igaren m edin age enter point ts entered in degrees with Oat the top of a ce and 180 at the bottom see Figure 5 16 OW Clockwise and Cow Counterclockwise aX e Fire 5 16 shovas to sew s odie agesas oiea op allora DE on en dede whe tee inthe ove tao ce Figure 5 16 Yeo age ange ge age Figure 5 17 EDS masse ic Embroidery Systems Ten Desi s Spacing Somatimes tert is too crowded or too loosely spaced This often happens to arc leering see Fare 5 18 Use the fotoning techniques to adjust spacing Uniform spacing Figure 5 18 At he Text dalog box locate Spacing in the middle peii E e er y rr EE eee Herr reat orc MID Em Customized Spacing f Figure 5 19 gure Ech adds space equal o 1 16 of the letter eight For example wth a 1 letter the space would De 6 Win o lener the space would be 2 RA als at Raat You can decrease the space between leners that are Figure 5 21 oo far apart a a snsar manner nthe Text dalog Box place the cursor betiveen e letters that are too far apart and cick Press F7 and a e symbol appear between the leners Ch OK to move the letters
68. the previous Zoom vw Toolbar Sieh List Fit Window redraws the design to fl the entre screen Does notafec y Status Dar 5 Design Satus Actual Size draws he des on the sereen at its sewing size R Show Zoom Factor displays the curent zoom factar on the statis bar Display Mode diis stiches Expanded Paints Condensed Ports and Desgn Origin depend ing on our selection and fle pe Grid splays a dialog bo 1o select one of three size gris for exact positioning af design ele ment here asa a Snap to Grid feature that lows you to move fhe cursor in 1 Yo 127 point increments Te grid may be displayed ax either dors or bes Palette displays the Named Palette dialog box which allows you to toggle the palette display at the botom of the screen on and off name and save a palette select a saved palette and select the number of colors ta be used before wrapping back 1o colar number one Tool Bar cus you to hide or display the toolbar Stitch List shows the sic ist when you are in editing or dgtizing mode Status Bar toggles the design information displayed at he bottom of the screen on and aff Design Status displays stitch count number of color changes sze of the design and other sta ter about the curent design ios m Base Mako Embroidery Systems The Layout Window I The Peripheral Menu Peripheral Mj The Peripher Menu shown in Faure 4 8 provides communication wth the REBEL sening peripheral Refer ta Chapter 13 Stale Figure 18
69. trame with the screw from the cover removed a step 4 10 Connect the mouse cable to the connector on the back of the board 11 Replace the computer cover 11028301 Rev 8 3 estin tos 34 Sofware instalation I you purchased he Stargate board and expander box refer to is instalation and configuration Soft Microsoft Windows must be installed prior to installing EDS If Windows is not wate feter to the Windows estaation manual Windows s installed proceed to EDS H instalation EDS installation Type win at the DOS prompt and press ENTER The Program Manager screen dips Insert the EDS t Program Dik 1 into the Mappy disk drive TT Chet on He FRERES Click on Run ES mn Figure 3 3 When he Run dialog Box appears ye lek on Ok pending on which eve you are using Figure 54 A message wi appear warning that EDS M must be configured before use Confguraton is cov ered in the nest sation When the message displays instructing you to reboot the system eme the disk from the dk dive ext Wows and tum your computer cff Wat 3 seconds and turn it on again tos m Base Meteo Embroidery Systems Configuing eos u as Configuring EDS m Batore staring EDS M for the fest time use the Config program ta congue EDS M Stat Windows and follow these steps to configure EDS M TSS p sc ame i ane en ST cit on tartare Selec the proper port for th
70. ve f a Uma nie operation for the compute Checking the Prompt User box tele EDS Ito conti every auo save vat the user Lettering When a checkmark appears next to Retain Parameters the Text dialog box saves al of he adjusted settings fom the previous te lettering was aed ths option amp Turned off no checkmate Tert dialog box reverts to default Stings Drawing When checkmark appears next to Maintain Order EDS Il maintains the drawing order This means that a design fle contains several objects that vean each other he abject that wil sew frst wil be drawa Trst then t ne nti all objects have been drawn Ts ensures on screen objects appear the ame as when sewn out altioug the checking process may sow down processing tme Turning ts option off speeds up processing tme but objects sewn may nt display in the same sequence as They sew ios m Base Melca Embroidery Systems The Layout Window an Digitizing Cursor ype you purchased the eating and dotz g teatis ter ost ou here he opin chang tet NN sor tror the standard aro shape to a crosshair verson reter 10 Figure 4 12 Te crosshair curr may be easier to use for o0 screen dans Help Tags When you move the cursor over any of the tool buttons a yellow hei tag appears This Teature is enabled When a checkmark appears next ta Help Tage Atter you have set your preferences cick OK to accept or Cancel to canc and return to the layout window Figure 4 12 EDS
71. wale diference in the ajout window Defaults Clicking on the Defaults option in the upper right area of the Text dialog box returns the settings tote defaut values tos m Base Melca Embroidery Systems Styles Aseka se o opto ican be ed m Fer use Thselmnaeseenerng nadu ake CE ter En tinte oon these steps to sav a syle il 1 Click on Save Se in the upper right of he Text dalog s i 2 When the Save Sy dalag box displays Figure 5 26 Poire 28 Click one or both Character Style save the alphabet and is parameters Line Se to save he io type and its parameters check marks appear next to selected che 3 Type in the Style Name 4 kon ok To rie a syle 1 Clk on Load Sy 2 Clk on the Se Name 3 Clik on OK Figure 527 Underlay Under stitching improves sewing quality by adding stabilty to a design Narrow column under ij hols down the nap of fabrics ike teny doth Edge walk under usu on knits Turing Underlay ON alons you ta choose one of he three underlay options for column stitching shawn in Figure 528 Underlay works with alphabet Monogram and Oesgn fles but not fil Ring E Figure 528 1028301 Rev 8 5 Tent Designs sio Toat Designs wath Undeslay vi On ath apples to Narrow Column and Ege Wak anders tses the ehr pare of ieconn wih andcan beset emo Ca tom cto 95 ote can wath wan 75 ensiy Donsiy 1015 Density ses te underlay esty for Now Colm The louse

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