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1. File Open You may select one of the following mutually exclusive options for determining a hoop size when a new pattern is opened Use the hoop specified embedded in the embroidery file Use the default hoop chosen when you select the hoop size for each individual file type If you have not set hoop size defaults click the Set Hoop Options button to do so at any time Use a single machine specific hoop size for all embroidery file types Again you must select this machine hoop size in the Hoops Options menu or by pressing the Set Hoop Options button File Merge There are two sets of options that determine how a pattern is merged into an existing hoop These include options for adjusting the hoop size and for determining the placement of the new merged pattern Hoop adjustment Auto resize the primary hoop the one into which the new pattern will be merged if the new pattern is larger than the primary hoop Keep the primary hoop size even if the new pattern does not fit into it Merged file placement When the new file is merged keep the same distance from the center of the primary hoop that the new pattern had in its own hoop Place the new merged pattern in the upper left corner of the primary hoop Center the new pattern in the primary hoop even if it was not centered in its own hoop File Save Default file type extension This is the file extension that will appear when the File Save As menu item is clicked and if the use
2. 000 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 400 200 10 00 11 00 12001300 Length mm 11 Toolbars 11 1 Standard 56 u LL HE RK Kl KUER O E SewWhat Pro ORG UA AO JAR OTUMS 2 now The standard main toolbar is displayed across the top of the application window below the menu bar It provides quick mouse access to many tools used in SewWhat Pro To hide or display the main toolbar select the Standard Toolbar item from the View menu Click To Open a new document Open an existing document SewWhat Pro displays the Open dialog box in which you can locate and open the desired file Save the active document or template with its current name If you have not named the document SewWhat Pro displays the Save As dialog box Save the active document or template with a new name and file type SewWhat Pro displays the Save As dialog box Print the active document Email an embroidery file Cut delete selected pattern from the document and stores it on the clipboard Copy the selected pattern to the clipboard Insert the pattern stored in the clipboard into the active window Undo last action activated if possible Redo last undo action activated if possible Snap to grid Toggles Album View to view icons for all embroidery files in present directory with project view Adds a border to the pattern 57 ZEROES O E ri SewWhat Pro Enter lettering monogramming into pattern Enter letterin
3. Old Gold Marathon Rayor 6 Black Warathon Rayor 118 Thread Palette Docked Pale Green Yellow Popcom Black Eyed Susie 101 Fink Bazaar 1020 Memphis Belle 1021 Tai 1022 re 1 vd MAA Fig 1 Docked thread palette 53 Sew What Pro p i Project test Total Stitches 9418 E 2 Thread Palette Marathon Rayon H Safe Copyright Color File read test pes Pale Yellow Green Yellow Warathon Rayor 1123 154 Canary Yellow 1007 White Marathon Rayor 1179 569 Moonbeam 1008 3 Opaline Marathon Rayor 1131 382 Canary 1009 S i seem YellowMarathon Rayor gem 910 Tusk 1010 larathon Rayo 1019 27 Star Gold 1011 White _ Marathon Rayor KE Yellow Poppy 1012 Old Gold Vlarathon Rayor 1450 Grain 1013 Black Warathon Rayor 1180 582 Pink Sand 1014 Green Yellow Marathon Rayor 1123 1254 Almond 1015 White Warathon Rayor 1179 569 Pale Green Yellow 1016 Opaline Marathon Rayor 1131 382 Popcom 1017 12 Medium YellouWarathon Rayor 1003 910 Black Eyed Susie 1018 Light Pink Marathon Rayor 1019 2 White Marathon Rayor 1179 942 Pink 1020 Old Gold Marathon Rayor 1450 45 Black Marathon Rayor 1180 582 ___ Thread Palette floating Project and Thread Panes Col Threads Brand smee Fig 2 Floating thread palette Clicking one of the palette colors in the Thread Pane will open the palette editor To change the corresponding thread color in the pattern just click on a color in the palette This will au
4. INDICATOR DESCRIPTION APPLICATION STATUS Shows status of selected menu or toolbar button or prompts for Help BATCH STATUS Shows status of batch job possibly running in background Batch inactive ZOOM Shows and adjusts zoom factor of pattern 100 indicates the original size of the pattern is displayed PATTERN LOCATION X horizontal and Y vertical displacement of the center of the pattern relative to the center of the hoop X 0 Y 0 indicates the pattern is centered STITCHES The number of stitches in the selected pattern 84561 here 11 9 Zoom control 150 i 2 6 The Zoom control on the Status Bar is used to magnify or shrink the on screen size of the pattern Zooming is activated by clicking on the zoom slider button the black square in the figure a2 SewWhat Pro above Once the zoom control has been activated actual zooming can be done in several ways 1 Drag the slider button to the right to zoom in magnify the pattern or to the left to shrink it 2 Click to the right of the button to magnify or to the left to shrink the pattern 3 Click on the or buttons to move in 10 increments 4 Use the arrow keys on the keyboard to zoom in or out 5 Turn the mouse scroll wheel Zooming in magnifying can be useful for viewing individual stitches Zooming out is useful if the pattern is too large to display in the workspace without scrolling Note that zooming has no eff
5. You can do that by selecting copying and then pasting the various portions of the cut pattern into New pattern files see the instructions for Copying and Pasting Use the Grid Line and Grid Labels View Menu items to help with aligning your cut patterns For the example considered here select the top half of the flame and Copy it Edit Copy menu to the clipboard Then from the File menu choose the New option to open a new SewWhat Pro workspace and Paste the top half of the flame into that blank workspace Save the file with an appropriate name like Flame_top after positioning it relative to the Grid lines and labels of the on screen hoop 11 7 Split at Stitch Add Lock CTAL Move SHIFT Select Pts Select Point SelectColors Close o 69 SewWhat Pro This toolbar allows you to split a single thread into separate color blocks so these can be subsequently removed reordered or recolored Also the selected stitch or multiple stitches selected by holding down the SHIFT key while left clicking the stitch points can be moved by holding down the CTRL key and dragging the point s to the desired new location or deleted by clicking the DELETE button on the toolbar This is useful for repositioning a small number of errant stitches that may exist in the pattern or changing the local density Additional stitches may be inserted by clicking the nsert button after the selected stitch This is useful for increasing the local d
6. click the appropriate checkbox with your mouse to select the letter of the drive where your card is inserted The removable drive will only appear in this list if a card is inserted You may insert a card and check the corresponding drive letter at any time before the files are written to the card Any embroidery files already on the card and in the appropriate folders will be added to the list of files to be written The next step in writing files to your removable media is to copy existing embroidery files to the file list in this dialog If you inserted a card that already has files on it in the appropriate folders they will appear automatically as icons in the file list when this dialog is opened You may add to those files or first press the Clear Files button to remove the existing files or remove individual files by clicking on their icons and pressing the delete key The actual files will be deleted from the card only after any new files are written Click the Browse button to open an Explorer style window for locating the embroidery files to be written Alternatively Windows Explorer can be opened for file selection However the advantage of using the Browse button Explorer is that only embroidery files will be displayed Use the left button of your mouse or arrow keys to select files in the Explorer window Hold down the Shift key to select multiple files The selected files can be dragged and dropped into the file list It is import
7. or hide unchecked labels for the Grid Lines 5 7 Snap to Grid This View menu item is used to turn on off the snap to grid feature When this is on grid lines will appear in the hoop These are used for accurately aligning the pattern When the pattern is moved either by pressing the arrow keys or with the mouse the pattern will be automatically aligned snapped to the nearest grid line You may choose from a variety of grid separations in the Options Grid menu item Shortcuts 5 8 Stitch Points This ttem displays checked or hides unchecked the end points for each stitch This is useful for locating a particular stitch in the pattern You may have to magnify the pattern on the screen to see the stitch points 5 9 Texture This View menu item can be selected to display the stitched pattern on screen and in print mode in a textured sometimes called 3D appearance 5 10 Album Icons This View menu item toggles between the Information Pane Fig 1 which shows pattern information for the presently active pattern and the icon or album view Fig 2 which displays thumbnails of the embroidery files in the current work folder directory and previously opened ones as well The work folder is the one containing the last file that was opened by SewWhat Pro The Information pane consists of the Project Pane the Thread Pane and if it is selected on the View Menu the Stitch Histogram see Fig 1 The project pane cont
8. Shortcuts 7 Options Commands 7 1 Applique Cutting Use this option to set the default folder location for storing files JPG SVG for cutting applique outlines The dialog shown in Fig 1 opens to allow you to select from two options for saving the cut files You can select either the same folder as the applique embroidery file or as shown in Fig 1 you can assign a user defined folder to store all your cut files In the figure we ve chosen a folder called Cameo to store our cut files to send to the Cameo Cutter Select Default Folder for Cut Files Choose folder for storing applique cut files SVP IPG Same folder as embroidery file User defined folder Jl Change Folder C Wsers Sandscom Pocuments Cameo Fig 1 Applique Cutting Folder Selection Dialog 7 2 File This Options menu item opens a tabbed dialog Fig 1 for choosing various options which will be applied when embroidery files are opened merged or saved Click on one of the three top tabs and then select the desired options described below When you are finished with the selections click OK or Apply if you want to make more selections 42 Sew What Pro File Options File Open File Merge File Save dn Pcs sew Janome Split at Stitch No 65535 Split at Max Colors Default Save As File Edension PES C Use defaut et Use existing ext Figure 1 File options tabbed dialog with the File Save tab selected
9. Stitch Cawer D nrknz Polyester 62 5 Cekty Crop Admelody Polyester 6334 Vibrant Yellow Ldmelody Polyester GLL Pepper Green Admelody Polester 6289 5 Stitch Disinbution ai i 20 sl DH EN KA 20 D 3 o Leer rere fl Length mmi 3122823 i t j leomX 10 X UlrmemiY 1 ROT o STITCHES 23514 Now when the Cut Pattern button is pressed an additional color block it would be 5 in this example will automatically appear in the Thread pane color list provided you choose to keep all parts of the pattern This can then be colored with the desired new shade by clicking it and choosing from the pop up thread palette CG par Yew Josi Option Window biip OS eo Arr SS UKCHEIAD OEAB 4022 1 82 040 SCM EHH 09071 Bags Retrial ELELE wea OR TI ng Velicaradmaiody Poheme GU 1196 Pegptr Goren bra ly Daba me 4249 A7 Satch Disiribubon rra Langh mm ani For map prem F1 Zoom EX LA Ms Lime Va 6 ROT O TIMCHES Pw 63 Sew What Pro Eraser Tool 9 The eraser tool can be used to graphically erase stitches Clicking this button will change the cursor to an eraser rectangle when it inside the hoop Hold down the left mouse button and drag the eraser over the part of the pattern where you wish to remove stitches The stitches will be whited out When finished click this button again to remove the erased stitches This tool is convenient for removi
10. command on the application Control menu SewWhat Pro prompts you to save documents with unsaved changes Shortcuts Click the application s Exit close SewWhat Pro menu button ALT F4 closes the SewWhat Pro window or dialog box 4 Edit Commands 4 1 Undo Use this command to reverse the last editing actions if possible The Undo command is dimmed inactive on the standard toolbar and Edit menu if there are no actions to reverse In SewWhat Pro the following operations may be undone Merged pattern deleted Delete pattern or Deleted pattern or object restored object Color change Original thread color restored Move scaled rotate Original position size orientation of pattern or object restored Density adjustment Restores stitch density Cut split pattern Restores original uncut pattern In cut mode restores previous cut state 17 SewWhat Pro Shortcuts Toolbar el Keys CTRL Z 4 2 Redo Use this command to reverse the last undo actions if possible The Redo command is dimmed inactive on the standard toolbar and Edit menu if there are no undo actions to reverse Making a new edit after either an undo or redo will clear the redo list That means if you want to Redo an Undo action you should do it before performing any additional edits Shortcuts Toolbar el Keys CTRL Y 4 3 Order Threads Choose this option from the Edit menu to display a dialog Fig 1 with a list for ordering joining and or
11. deleting threads from your active design The present thread colors and their order are displayed in the Old Thread column The New Order column is active so you can click on a number there to reorder or join or delete it You can use TAB or Arrow Keys as well to navigate quickly in the active column When finished you should press Enter and then the OK button to accept your changes To reorder the threads comprising your patterns enter in the New Order column of the list box the order number that the original thread whose number is given in the Old Thread column should have in the newly ordered pattern For example if you want the old stitch 5 to be the new stitch 1 then enter a 1 in the New Order column of row 5 To delete a thread from the new pattern enter either a blank or a zero 0 in the New Order column corresponding to the row number of the old stitch to delete For example to delete old stitch 2 enter a blank or 0 in the New Order column of row 2 To join two or more threads enter in the New Order column the same new stitch number for each of the rows of the corresponding old threads Thus to join old stitches 2 and 4 for example and stitch them out as the third stitch enter a 3 in the New Order column of rows 2 and 4 18 Sew What Pro A Edit Thread Order In the New Order column enter the new stitch order for that row s thread For example if you want the old thread 5 to Lancel sti
12. disk in the D1 embroidery machine Simply copying the zip archive file to a floppy disk will not work The D1 compatible disks or Zip files created by SewWhat Pro may be freely distributed subject to any license restrictions associated with the original pattern files This explicit license accompanies all D1 disks or Zip files created with the SewWhat Pro utility Shortcuts 6 9 Media Writer This utility allows you to write embroidery files to any removable media such as Smart Media SM or Compact Flash or USB stickes for use with Elna Singer Janome and Brother embroidery machines which are capable of reading these media Also it may be used with Brother machines that read floppy disks a Toolbar Sew What Pro Before using this utility certain setup functions need to be performed initially Next to the Selected Embroidery Machine text at the top of the media writing dialog is a drop down combo box Click the down scroll arrow to open a scrollable list of available embroidery machine types Brother Elna Janome types or Singer Use the scroll arrows to bring your machine type into view and select it from the list by clicking on it This selection will be saved for future use and can be changed at any time if you have multiple machines Note that any files you have chosen to write will be automatically cleared from the selection lists when the embroidery type is changed From the list of available removable drives
13. point t i w ll ka 30 21 10 a 10 Al Al a Gi Fig 2 Custom border toolbar Pattern shows points clicked by user prior to conversion to stitches Shortcuts 6 2 Adjust Density Use this Tools menu command to open a dialog see Fig 1 for adjusting the stitch density or the pull compensation of the currently selected colors or the entire pattern If no colors or pattern parts are selected then the density and or pull compensation adjustment will be applied to the entire pattern when you click the OK button Both the density and pull adjustments are cumulative which means that if you adjusted the density previously by a factor of 1 1 and then apply another density adjustment of 1 1 then the net change in the density from the original pattern settings will be 1 1 X 1 1 1 21 For this reason there is a column showing the previous values that you applied for both adjustments If you want to erase the previous adjustments and restart from the original settings just use the Undo Ctrl Z key combo 2i SewWhat Pro stitch Density and Pull Compensation E The tools below allow you to alter the stitch OK density and or the pull compensation of the selected part s of the pattern The default values 1 0 and 0 will leave the pattern Cancel uncharged Density Adjustment Previous Values Use the up down arrows to increase Used 21 0 or decrease lt 1 0 the stitch density by the factor shown ra y Density Fact
14. points would be added at the end of the first section at the beginning and end of the second section and at the beginning of the 3rd section Hoop Guide Press the Hoop Guide button to choose elther a smaller hoop or hoops to guide your cutting efforts ora Positional Hoop tor separating larger patterns into several adjacent subsections Once you have selected the appropriate hoop guide this should be the size of the hoop you wish to cut the design to fit into you may move it by holding down the Shift key and left clicking inside the template area dragging the hoop to the position required to guide your cut Dragging the hoop with the Ctrl key left mouse combination generates duplicate hoops of the same size To remove an extraneous hoop before exiting Separation mode Ctrl key right mouse click anywhere in the work area and the last hoop will be deleted After you leave the Separation cutting mode by pressing the Close button the hoop positions will be stored When you return to Separation Mode the previous hoop guides will be restored provided the active pattern file has not changed Cutting Patterns to Fit Positional Hoops 64 Sew What Pro Large patterns meant to fit into positional hoops used to embroider patterns without re hooping must usually be cut into several pieces that will fit into the various hoop sections It should be noted that the Positional Hoop is not the same as the Continuous or Endless Hoop For som
15. the chosen color By enabling this option you can preserve the color scheme ina large design by editing all matching colors simultaneously while just having to edit a single color To choose several threads to edit at once use Ctrl Left Mouse click to select the threads You can reorder the threads in the Thread Info panel by holding down the Shift Left Mouse button and dragging the color to the stop where you want it Release the mouse button to drop the color onto the new stop position The bottom of the information panel is used to display a Stitch Histogram giving a graphical display of the length distribution of threads in the pattern This chart can be moved and resized anywhere within the info panel It can be hidden by unchecking the Stitch Histogram item in the View menu When a thread is selected in the thread pane the histogram is replaced by the Thread Palette as described above The information panel is updated whenever a new file appears in the working panel Also the thread information is limited to a single thread when either the Next Object or Previous Object button is selected Project diveflag3 pes Size 16 6 mmiw x 10 5 mmh Total Strtches 892 Author Copyright Color File read diveflag3 pes Project Pane _Stop_ Color Name Brand Stitches Comm White Brother Poly 1 187 A EA Red Brother Poly 800 473 EN Black Brother Poly 900 282 Stitch Distribution 135 stitch Histogram Number Aa o
16. the density adjustment Only the separation between adjacent lines of fill stitching is affected Therefore the total stitch length for each thread will be changed approximately by the value of the density adjustment factor and the total number of stitches will change too by about the same factor Usually the stitch number change will not be quite as large or small as the stipulated factor change in the density depending on the fraction of overall stitches that are run stitches compared to fill stitches 28 SewWhat Pro Pull Compensation It may be desirable to add pull compensation to parts or all of a pattern to 1 increase the width of satin stitches 2 to counteract pulling of the underlying fabric or 3 for visual effect such as making lettering appear bolder The amount of compensation added to the start and end of each satin row is given in embroidery points 0 1 mm units So the value of 8 entered in Fig 1 indicates a total of 1 6 mm 2 X 0 8 will be added to each row of satin stitches for the selected color stops Fig 2 shows this widening effect on a satin stitch of adding pull compensation of 0 5 mm Le Fig 2 Pull compensation of 0 5mm on the right added to a satin stitch original on left You may cancel a stitch or pull compensation adjustment by pressing the Undo Ctrl Z key combination Shortcuts Toolbar ul Keys ALT A 6 3 Applique Cutter Use this Tools menu command to open a dialog s
17. the information shown below or an album icon view of the files in the present working folder The information panel contains detailed information about the file including the number of stitches for each thread and the total thread length In addition graphical information about the length distribution of threads may also be shown The stitch graph or histogram can be shown Sew What Pro or hidden from the View menu Note that the user can move or resize this graph anywhere within the info panel The information in this panel is updated whenever the file is edited in the work pane or when a new file is opened To view information about a single thread click either the next or previous object buttons to scroll through the list of threads in the pattern The relative sizes of the panels can be changed by dragging the vertical separator bar with the MOUSE E TT File Edit View Tools Options Window Help Menu ches 12722 Hoop 150 X 150 mm lt Title bar y JGHRe 2 Ae GOA a aa O E 22 ov Sewand Show Bar Rotation Ba K Docked Pane Tabs Hoop and active workspace A For Help press F1 1 2 Contact Us Standard Toolbar d Project pane Thread pane gt Stitch histogram gt Status Zoom bar d Project bearina Size 101 3mm w x108 7mm h Total Stitches 12722 Author Copyright Color File read bearina ART Color Thread Na Brand Stitches Com Carmine otherPo
18. to open or merge into the current SewWhat Pro workspace When you click on a file in the Explorer window it will display in the preview pane on the right 73 Sew What Pro a Open Embroidery File Look in A Test cf E Mame Date modified Type I Subl Ly Sub UD Sub3 4 Attachments_2011 09 8 zip _ bflyl oo __ bfhyLpat pes bthy2pat pes biy2patwp3 bflyH vo File name by 300 Open Files of type All Embrosdery Files Cancel Fig 1 File open dialog in SewWhat Pro The following options allow you to specify which file to open File name Sttches 6178 Colors 3 Sue 88 72mm Type or select the name of the embroidery file you want to open This box lists files with the extension you select in the Files of type box Embroidery files that have been zipped into an archive zip or rar files will appear in their uncompressed format Click the Open button to import the file into the workspace Files of type combo box Select the type of file you want to open depending on the file extension as described below Extension Manufacturer 100 Toyota csd Poem Singer dst Tajima emd Elna eXp Melco DOS Expanded bus Husqvarna Jet Janome New Home Memory Craft kem Pfaff Professional DC Pfaff 9mm stitches Prodigy pcq Pfaff 6mm MAXI stitches DCS Pfatf Home pcm Pfaff on Macintosh Des pec Brother Baby Lock Bernina Deco SEW Kenmore Elna Janome shv Husqv
19. 0 spacing CZ cance Fig 1 Menu of alignment options 11 4 Scroll Bars These bars are displayed at the right and bottom edges of the document window The scroll boxes inside the scroll bars indicate your vertical and horizontal location in the document You can use the mouse to scroll to other parts of the pattern 11 5 Sew and Show Bar The Sew and Show simulator bar initially appears below the main toolbar in SewWhat Pro The color scheme shown below is for the Office 2007 Silver Style and may be different on your computer depending on what appearance style you choose See Application Look for changing the style The sewing machine icon on the left of the toolbar is a visual reminder that the buttons on this bar can be clicked to simulate the stitch behavior of an actual embroidery machine Di Alone stiches persee BO You can click on the grabber on the left of the bar to reposition the toolbar relative to the Rotation bar which is initially to its left The simulator bar can be toggled to display hide by clicking on the Sew and Show bar view menu item The Sew and Show feature simulates the activity of an embroidery machine by stitching the selected pattern on screen The Sew and Show bar allows the user to control certain aspects of this real time pattern stitching feature The buttons on this bar are described below Click the Sew button the right pointing green arrow to begin the sew and show simulation
20. 1 P2 P3 displayed in SewWhat Pro 46 SewWhat Pro ert Figure 4 Hoop Calibration dialog to adjust the displayed hoop size and position Hoop Calibration Use the vertical horizontal spin control to change the vertical horizontal position and or size of the hoop on the screen see Fig 4 Click the Position Hoop button to move the hoop to another position on your screen Click the Calibrate Hoop Size button to adjust the size of the 47 Toolbar Keys SewWhat Pro hoop on your screen You only need to adjust the size of one hoop and that will be sufficient to guarantee that all other hoops will be properly sized Shortcuts S CTRL H 7 6 Image This Options menu item displays a dialog for setting the quality from low quality smaller file size to hi quality larger file size for saving embroidery file images as JPEG files You may check uncheck the Display Grid Lines check box to display hide grid lines when the JPEG file is saved Note that this will not affect the display of grid lines on the screen or in Print Print Preview which is controlled by the Grid Lines view menu item 7 7 Project Use this Options Menu item to open the Project Pane Options dialog Fig 1 Project Pane Options Threads o k Default My Stash etaut Mu Stash o Cancel Edit My Stash Display Thread Palette e Docked C Floating Suto Save Color Text File e Save f Discard If Ho Color File ls Found Use
21. 1 All Objects This state behavior is activated by default After a design is saved the individual threads objects are grouped into patterns By left clicking with the mouse anywhere within a pattern the entire pattern can be edited deleted resized moved reflected scaled In contrast by selecting the Next Object or Previous Object button or menu item individual thread objects can be edited Shortcuts CTRL A 4 12 Next Object When this button is activated the user can select an individual thread object for customized editing This is useful for example if only certain but not all thread colors require removal or resizing Pressing this button scrolls through all the thread colors in increasing order of appearance on the thread selection bar Shortcuts Cp Toolbar Keys CTRL N 4 13 Previous Object See the description of the Next Object button In contrast to the next object button pressing this button scrolls through the thread colors backwards Shortcuts 21 Toolbar Keys Sew What Pro j CTRL R 5 View Commands 5 1 Toolbars and Docking Windows 5 1 1 Standard Use this command to display or hide the Standard Toolbar which includes buttons for some of the most common commands in SewWhat Pro such as File Open A check mark appears next to the menu item when the Toolbar is displayed 5 1 2 Rotation Bar Use this command to display and hide the Rotation bar A check mark appears next to t
22. 20 1 Total Sit 6336 Author Copyright Color File Candylane_Split_2 b4 Color Marne Shitches LI Pale Sunflower 6603 Atom Red 3104 Grey Ghost 1040 Flarne Red 1563 100 00 9 70 60 50 20 30 20 10 0 10 20 20 50 60 0 SO g 100 mimi 65 SewWhat Pro 3 Now that you have determined that the full design will not fit into a single hoop section you should next find out if it requires cutting or if individual color stops can be arranged so that they will fit completely into one or another of the hoop sections In the latter case SewWhat Pro will automatically rearrange the stops to fit the appropriate hoop sections The easiest way to make this determination it to attempt to save Save As the pattern lf splitting is not necessary the pattern will be saved If splitting is required a list of the color stops that must be cut will be presented and you should proceed to step 4 In this example it is necessary to cut all four colors as indicated by the following dialog Sew What Pro i The following color blocks must be cut 1234 to be saved in this positional hoop THIS FILE WW NOT SAVED 4 Before proceeding with cutting make sure the positional hoops are highlighted as described in step 2 This will provide guides for the cutting process Next highlight the color stops by Ctrl clicking the associated stops in the thread list You can also click the colors directly in the pattern after first selecting the
23. 807 1234 Cl Light Brown other bo 323 3954 Salmon Pink other Po 79 74 Light Lilac other bo 810 2387 Violet other bo 613 2637 Black other bo 900 2251 Violet other bo 613 185 0090 08 Stitch Distribution 2 Number 2005 o i 0 00 1 00 200 300 400 500 600 7 00 800 9 00 10 00 11 00 12 00 13 00 ength mm 90 A CenterX Y mm STITCHES 12722 If you have any questions about the SewWhat Pro program or any suggestions for improvements or additional features you would like to see added please contact us at support sandscomputing com 1 3 FAQ FAQ Frequently Asked Questions How To Add lettering to a pattern Add pre digitized letters to a pattern Add lettering using SewWrite Plugin Add a font T TF file to lettering dialog Add basting stitches to a pattern Adjust stitch density Calibrate display size or position of hoops Center a pattern SewWhat Pro Change on screen fabric color Change thread colors Change thread manufacturer Choose or change the hoop size Cut split or separate a pattern at specific stitches Display album icons Display or hide grid lines Email a file Join threads Magnify a pattern on screen Merge a pattern Purchase SewWhat Pro Reflect a pattern up down left right Reorder threads Resize or reposition a pattern Rotate a pattern Set project default options Stitch out a design on screen Undo certain editing operations View a pattern as textured Z
24. For example choosing a factor of 1 05 will make the saved cutout 5 larger than the dieline contour Save the cutout files by clicking the Save Cutouts button The numbers in the upper left corner will be appended to the embroidery file name to uniquely identify each cutout file If files with that name already exist an additional a or b etc will be added to the name so the files will not be overwritten Each outline will be saved in its own separate file in the either the same folder as the original embroidery file the default or the one selected in the Options menu The dieline blocks jpg svg files are now ready to be imported into your cutting software Shortcuts 6 4 Arch Text Use this Tools menu command to open a dialog see Figure 1 for placing individual letters text on an arch The letters can arise either from merging embroidery letters alphabets into SewWhat Pro or from letters that have been created in the SewWhat Pro lettering dialog Note that the grid used in the main workspace is imported into arching workspace 30 SewWhat Pro Arch Text E e Cancel 110 Text Orientation H SC BH ES Vertical 70 En E Along Curve 40 A0 3 10 rrd Orientation 0 10 i po e Up 29 A9 C Down ul 0 70 a 2 O zl em 150 A zj 120 KEN 20 al 150 tT lo gt 1706050 00 30130 a 70 0 040 30 2000 G 10503049 2020 1030 01011373 14115 16 178 Far Figure 1 The Arc
25. In the example below Embroidex has been selected Asterisks will appear next to brands that contribute threads to the thread stash In Fig 2 ARC Rayon and Coats and Clark have threads in My Stash This will populate the list on the right with threads available from that brans Select the threads to add to your stash by clicking or Ctrl Clicking for multiple selections the threads in the right pane When you are finished selecting the threads for that manufacturer you may click on another brand in the left list and repeat the process until you have completed building your stash Then click on the OK button to accept the changes additions you have made If you decide to remove all threads in My Stash from a particular brand select that brand and click on the Clear All button If you want to include all threads from a brand select that brand and click on the first thread Then scroll to the bottom of the thread list and SHIFT Click the last thread Now when you open the thread palette you will be able to select the My Stash brand to choose your threads from You can even reset the default brand to be My Stash 49 Sew What Pro My Thread Stash Select Threads Admelody Polyester 1914 Apricot Blush Admelody Rayon oi 14001 Neon Green ARC Poly 2002 Mint Green 12003 Lime Green 004 Grass Green 2005 Lemon Sherbet 006 Apricot Dawn ain CLICK rd Geen Pink Select a single thread 2014 Daybreak Apricot CTRL CI
26. LICK 2015 Bright Grass Greer Toggle selection or 2016 Rich Vanilla select multiple threads 2017 Lemon Ice ani Ri 2018 Spring Yellow SHIFT CLICK GAMUT VOLUME 1 2019 Hint of Gold Select range of threads gt ARALIT Lil I IRAC 7 Indicates threads from this brand are in stash Fig 2 Interactive dialog for creating modifying My Thread Stash 7 8 Units Click this Options menu item to choose either American inches or metric millimeter units for displaying lengths in SewWhat Pro 7 9 Languages Click this Options menu item to select the language used for this SewWhat Pro session You must download the language support resources file DLL from the SewWhat Pro webpage and put it in the SewWhat Pro folder on your computer 8 Window Commands 8 1 All SewWhat Pro displays a list of currently open document windows at the bottom of the Window menu A check mark appears in front of the document name of the active window Choose a document from this list to make its window active 8 2 New Use this command to open a new window with the same contents as the active window You can open multiple document windows to display different parts or views of a document at the same time If you change the contents in one window all other windows containing the same document reflect those changes When you open a new window it becomes the active window and is displayed on top of all other open windows 8 3 Cascade 50 Mouse SewW
27. Palette From e Default Brand C Embroidery File Default Column 4 Header e Stitch Number C Thread Length Fig 1 Project Pane options dialog This dialog allows you to choose various options for the project pane display including o default thread brand manufacturer o this includes a button to edit a special My Stash brand see description below which can be customized for example to include only threads owned by the user 48 SewWhat Pro o docked vs floating thread palette editor whether to auto save a color text file whenever an embroidery file is saved o source for thread colors if no color txt file is found which can either be from the default thread brand or the colors stored in the embroidery file o default for column 4 in the thread pane which toggles between showing stitches or length for each thread color O Create Edit My Stash Thread Brand Click on the Edit Thread Stash button to create or edit a user defined customizable thread brand The interactive dialog shown below Fig 2 is opened It allows you to choose threads from various manufacturers and combine them into a single thread brand called My Stash This is useful for example to limit the thread palette selections to threads possibly from different manufacturers that you own or want to use in your patterns To add threads from one or more manufacturers first click on a thread brand in the manufacturer list on the left
28. SEWWHAT PRO USER MANUAL v4 0 2 JULY 8 2015 S COMPUTING Oak Ridge TN 37830 SewWhat Pro Table of Contents II INTOQUCION EE 4 a KE ie Le Eolo APP AA a PO O na 4 Te ee o RPP 5 SFA IR EP PEU AAA PSA 5 1 4 Purchase Gewuhat bro 6 E A qn 6 A An 7 A EIER E A E E 7 E lr r RE 8 2 9 VIEW MONU adidas 9 E Datei CC atando ed E 10 2 ODIOS MON dos 11 2 6 Window menu 12 2 FED un E EE 13 3 File COmMaANdS A CO A de aeeinnidneemnasaneeduaauenn de wonduee 13 A pide doanentua dannm dee mnndn deduct EEE E E 13 O PPP PP 13 SE PP ORI POCA E o A E E E 14 OSS A Po q aden da aeeeuttitt on beeaaeeeoatostaeaestiea aceus 14 ceria o Ao ro en 14 cl A e e o O E beeen cchbtawetonacuncetmaranataan ened 15 A ee UA II eo O UE REI 15 PA EE EE 15 3 9 Punt Wy Io y EE 16 Sak solo hoi 0 o APO AA A 16 Sn EE E PO E POR TI A 17 E e UA duced 17 G rte O a e E PU O o II RR A A 17 O AA A 18 O A ON UI A A 18 AA Dels TITS Sn daniela 19 Po CO In nn E E E 20 So ri E EAE EEEE EER ii 20 nn E E E E E A E E E 20 aR a ET RE 20 A CO EE 21 AMO E aE EAE AEA EEA OEE AEA E EAE A ee an tee EE AE 21 GN AMOO 0 Ss 21 KEE 21 AS Previous OD sitos 21 5 VION COMMAaANdS A O PO o OE GO III 22 5 1 Toolbars and Dockmg Ree e EE 22 SA LAC WEE 22 Dike AO AMOO DA clics 22 5 1 3 Sew and Klee 22 g2 Large Foobar ICONS errores 22 Did FADD IGAHOM LOOK EE 22 e Eeer 22 So na IMSS sacensenncnennenecannaceen atderesiasnsdunnnatheieianadiamndedueasiein
29. Select Colors option on the cutting toolbar You may want to highlight one or a few colors at a time In this example we found that clicking the first two colors the red and the yellow in the list produced the figure shown below the figure on the left is before cutting the figure on the right is after cutting Note that in the overlap region of the two hoops below the top of the P2 hoop and above the bottom of the P1 hoop there is a region where both the red and yellow patterns are connected by jump stitches not visible the void between the two halves of the pattern Proceed to draw the cutting outline the dots connected by the dashed cutting contour in the figure on the left below through this central region and around the bottom half of the pattern being careful not to intersect the pattern except through the portion in the overlap region Note that when the Cut Pattern button is finally clicked this will separate the original two colors blocks into four consisting of the two on top and the two on the bottom The bottom two new color blocks consist of the region encircled by the cutting bottom and are shown highlighted in the figure below on the right 66 Sew What Pro Je Color Namie Stitches Ke Sale Sunflower 3045 barr Red 2446 Grey Ghost WE Flarne Bed JEJE s MACETA 2662 ee EA 4100 80 40 20 Gi 50 40 30 20 40 0 0 20 30 20 20 60 70 00 60410 200 80 40 70 2 40 40 30 20 10 O 10 20 20 40 0 60 70 00 90100 m
30. Select the Stitch rate Speed in stitches per second for the simulated sewing This may be adjusted to speed up or slow down the on screen rendering of the pattern Note that this can be changed even while the pattern is stitching by clicking the up speed up or down slow down arrows to the right of the displayed stitching speed 60 3 Sew What Pro Click the Stop button it is the red circle which appears when stitching is in progress to terminate the sewing Click the Pause button it has two vertical yellow lines when stitching is in progress to temporarily suspend the stitching until either the Sew button or the Rewind button left pointing green arrow is pressed The rewind feature allows you to reverse the stitching and go back to a particular stitch at which time you can press the Pause button again Click pattern Options to select certain features of the stitching process such as auto pausing or continuous rendering after each thread color change and enabling disabling a simulated sewing machine sound On the right of this bar is a box which indicates the thread color currently being stitched 11 6 Separation Mode Cutting Cut Pattern Select Points Select Colors C Anchor Points Hoop Guide Split at Stitch 9 Close S This toolbar appears when you enter Separation Mode by pressing the Split Pattern toolbar button or Edit menu item In preparation for cutting a pattern it may be helpful to use the
31. What Pro Tile Arranges windows in non overlapped tiles Windows 1 2 D specified window if more than one is open 2 7 Help menu Help Tip ofthe Day Help Topics Auto Update Update Mow Restore Defaults About SewWhat Pro Change History Log The Help menu offers the following commands which provide assistance for using SewWhat Pro Tip of the Day is a useful suggestion for using SewWhat Pro Help topics alp topics Restore Defaults Reset the default installation setting in the registry Auto Update Toggles on off the auto update feature in SewWhat Pro Update Now Checks website for available update of SewWhat Pro About SewWhat Pro Display program information version number copyright Change History Lo is history of changes to SewWhat Pro 3 File Commands 3 1 New Use this command to create a new document which will be saved as a sewing pattern file in SewWhat Pro You can open an existing document with the Open command Shortcuts CTRL N 3 2 Open Use this command to open an existing pattern file in a new window You can open multiple documents at once Use the Window menu to switch among the multiple open documents When you use this command SewWhat Pro displays the File Open Dialog so you can select the pattern file s to open 13 Toolbar Keys Keys Keys Sew What Pro Alternatively you can open an existing document by s
32. ains information of the present project such as pattern dimensions stitches author and copyright information All the information from the project and thread pane is written out to a color information text file which has the same name as the embroidery pattern but with a txt extension This file is used by SewWhat Pro to read in this information when the pattern is reopened at a later time It can also 23 SewWhat Pro be distributed as part of the pattern as an aid to sewing out the pattern with the proper colors The thread pane includes columns for color stops color names thread brands the associated color number stitch count for that color and a place to enter comments about the associated color like this is the ear etc The album icon view provides a visual display of the embroidery files in the selected directory and permits a graphical point and click method to merge existing embroidery files with the present workspace pattern Before activating the album icon view first open the first letter in the alphabet you want to use The album icons can then be displayed by clicking the Album view ICON toolbar button see shortcut below or the Album Icons item on the View menu Click on the icon s displayed to load the associated pattern s into the SewWhat Pro workspace thus merging it with the existing pattern When the Alphabet Mode box is checked see Fig 2 then the icons are reduced in size so that an entire alphabet
33. ant to realize that the process of copying files to the list does not move or delete the original files on your hard drive or CD Note that it is not necessary to convert embroidery files to Singer xxx or Janome jef format before dragging them into the file list They will be automatically converted to the correct format when written out to the media card After filling the list with the embroidery file s you want written to the card click the Finish button on the Explorer dialog to close it Then click the Write Files button which will have become activated after closing the Explorer dialog This will write the files in the proper format for the chosen embroidery machine At this point you must have already inserted a card into the selected drive to continue Cards USB sticks or floppies created by the SewWhat Pro Media Writer utility may be freely distributed subject to any license restrictions associated with the original pattern files Shortcuts 6 10 Sew Lettering This Tools menu item opens the monogramming dialog below which allows you to add lettering or more generally any alphabetical or dingbat font to an embroidery pattern 36 SewWhat Pro er a ao to Patino Type Text to Embroider Press Enter for new lire WC OF Cancel Font Properti R KSE Monogram Styles Font and Size Arial 96 points Bold hp ere ms il Ka Ted Size 39 Height rir 72 Weielth irim Specialty S Line Spacing 1 00 Add Us
34. ard Toolbar Cut and split a Color Block I Split Pattern to Fit Positional Hoop Gigahoop Split a complex design for the Brother positional hoop Split a Large Design Cutting Special Effects Remove a Single Stitch from a Pattern Undercut and Remove Overlapping Threads Merge Patterns and Alphabet Letters Use the Alphabet Mode to easily add pre digitized letters Use Designer 1 to Floppy Converter Transfer Files to a Smart Media Card Use Pull Compensation to Widen Satin Stitches Arch Text Stored in Separate Color Stops Join Color Blocks to Reduce Thread Changes Add fabric background to an applique to visualize final product Toggling the Thread Palette Editor between a docked and floating view Use the Applique Cutting tool to make cutouts in JPG or SVG format suitable for the Cameo Silhoutte O cutter 2 Menus 2 1 File menu Sew What Pro File Edit View Tools Options Window J New Ctrl N E Open Liz Merge Ctrl M Close kd Save Cirlap ll Save As Email Ctr E del Print Ctrl P Print Preview Page Setup Exit 1 C4ACYFAF 9B Placement Stitches 2 C Users 99999991 3 C Wsers Cnct1B REL 4 Users SN2UAnniversary1 MRU File List The File menu offers the following commands New Creates a new blank sewing pattern file Open Opens an existing sewing pattern file Merge Merge a pattern file from disk with the presen
35. arna new format tap Happy u Barudan is a number Vip Husqvarna New Pfaff XXX Singer Compucon 74 Sew What Pro ZSk ZSK Zip Zip Archive Choosing a zip archive file that contains one of the preceding sewing pattern files will automatically extract that file to your hard disk when you click the open button Once a file is selected a preview of its contents is shown in the dialog box Look in Select the directory or drive which SewWhat Pro searches for the file that you want to open 12 3 File Save As Dialog This dialog see Fig 1 allows you to choose the name and extension type of the file to be saved as well as the folder to save the file in E Save Embroidery File As Save in de Test Ma me Date modified Type Subl d Sub2 1 Sub _ bfhyl pat pes _ bfhy2pat pes Brother Baby Lock Professional pes Save as Single Pattern Fig 1 SewWhat Pro File Save As dialog The following options allow you to specify the name and location of the file you re about to save File name Type a new filename to save an embroidery file with a different name SewWhat Pro adds the extension you specify in the Save as type box Save in Select the folder in which you want to store the embroidery file Save as type Select a new file extension type for the saved file Save as Single Pattern aD SewWhat Pro For PES and VP3 file types you can choose between storing multiple pattern files
36. as been chosen above For some of the monogram features additional adjustment of the letter height and or the letter position can be done with the two scroll controls located at the Edit Features pane just below the styles pane For example to increase decrease the size of the one enlarged letter click the scale factor spin control button up down To adjust the vertical position of the enlarged letter click the Adjust position button To enter a monogram consisting of variable letter heights that is not one of the available styles you must enter each letter as a separate string Specialty styles 39 Toolbar SewWhat Pro There are two specialty styles for creating lettering layouts this combo box is hidden by the drop down styles in the example box A special curve editor opens when you click one of the specialty styles It allows you to modify the curve properties for laying out your lettering There are also two possible orientations for the lettering on the curve or polygon either vertical or normal at right angles to the curve You can select the orientation by clicking the appropriate button Vertical or Normal Text at the top of the editor When you have finished editing click the OK button to exit the curve editor B zier curve A B zier curve is defined by the four control points that appear in the editor The two end points can be used to stretch or contract the curve and the two other control points adjust the
37. as one single pattern check this box or retain multiple patterns in the saved file For all other file types a single pattern will be stored automatically For positional hoops this option is ignored 12 4 Print Setup Use this command to select a printer and a printer connection This command presents a Print Setup dialog box where you specify the printer and its connection 12 5 Print Setup Dialog The following options allow you to select the destination printer and its connection Printer Select the printer you want to use Choose the Default Printer or choose the Specific Printer option and select one of the current installed printers shown in the box You install printers and configure ports using the Windows Control Panel Orientation Choose Portrait or Landscape Paper Size Select the size of paper that the document is to be printed on Paper Source Some printers offer multiple trays for different paper sources Specify the tray here Options Displays a dialog box where you can make additional choices about printing specific to the type of printer you have selected Network Choose this button to connect to a network location assigning it a new drive letter 76
38. ay option can be checked or unchecked to create suppress a loose running stitch beneath the satin finish stitches It is advisable to set the border properties here rather than resizing after the border has been added to the SewWhat Pro workspace Try to select the correct aspect ratio ratio of border height to border width here otherwise resizing later will not preserve a uniform border thickness You can also double click the border do edit it and reset the properties Add Border Ez EE Cancel Click the border shape silhouette below EO A A zk WR Y Set Border Properties e Running Outline C Bean Outline f Blanket Applique f Satin Outline E f Satin Applique 20 2 0 Border Width in 2 e Stitch Length 0 1 mm 2 0 Border Height in Fig 1 Dialog for selecting border stitch properties and shapes Click on the Custom Border button to add a user defined border to an existing pattern a pattern must be already opened in the workspace for this option to be available This will open the custom stitch toolbar see Fig 2 The user simply left clicks points around the pattern to define the contour for stitching the border The stitch properties are inherited from those selected in the border dialg Fig 1 After defining the custom contour click the Stitch Border button to convert the contour into stitches 26 Toolbar Keys SewWhat Pro Left dick points for the border Right dick to remove last
39. can be viewed in the Album pane without needing to scroll In alohabet mode the pattern corresponding to the icon clicked in the Album pane will be added to the workspace to the right of the previous letter thus making it easy to form words from individual digitized letters The last letter clicked is active which means you can use the keyboard arrow keys to kern that letter that is adjust the spacing between it and the previous letter and or adjust its baseline for horizontal alignment You can also filter the file extensions which are displayed in this view by choosing from the drop down list of File Types In Fig 2 the option All Types of embroidery file extensions is selected but you can limit the files shown by selecting only one or more from the types list accessed by clicking on the scroll arrows on the right of the list box The choice of Info Pane or Album Icon view also determines what will be printed see Print Project C Users Steve Documents Embro Total Stitches 437 Size 0 77 w x0 63 h Author Copyright Color File read Copperplatea jef Color Name Brand Stitches C GE Winter Blue ler Embroi 736 37 Stitch Distribution w Nuraber a J DOG OG CS 120 MORO 210 031030380 42047051 Lenath in Fig 1 Information Pane consisting of the Project top and Thread Pane 24 SewWhat Pro ert Delete Album Folders Alphabet Mode serte DESEN CiUsers
40. ck to cut either by Ctrl clicking the associated thread color button in the Thread Project Pane or by checking the Select Color button on this toolbar and clicking the color directly in the pattern This will highlight the desired color block and all subsequent cutting will be limited to that block or blocks once you have checked the Select Points button You can switch to a different block by clicking a different thread color button without leaving Separation mode For example consider the pattern shown below The light green second color stop is sewn as a single color block It is desired to make the frog s head a slightly different shade of green One way to accomplish this would be to separate the green part of the head from the remaining part of the body and legs and then recolor the new color block Another way is to use the Split at Stitch option see below This can be easily accomplished without cutting through any of the other colors by first Ctrl clicking on the green color stop button in the Thread Pane This will highlight the green part of the pattern so that the cutting boundary can be easily clicked around the head alone see second figure below 62 SewWhat Pro et TR Sewvihet Pro D Janes Stichex 23514 Hoag 130 ec gt file Edt Yew Jools Options window tists i HEA TEML LEER LTTE LARRE zs ee PM a EE mW sree Eno H TI Whee gt 106 Sree 23514 Color File sg FRO Gis Joined tot Coler Name Brand 1
41. cluding the total number of stitches and the pattern dimensions Here you may enter Author and Copyright information for this pattern The Color File name in the second column may be clicked to change the file from which SewWhat Pro reads the thread information By default it looks for a color text file with the same name as the current embroidery file Also click on the first column Color File read or write to toggle between the file that SewWhat Pro will read or write to store its color information The next lower part of the information panel is the Thread Information Pane lt contains detailed information about each thread in the design There is a heading bar which identifies the information in each column below it Click the Brand column header to simultaneously change the thread brand for all threads in the pattern Click the Stitches column to toggle between the total stitches for each color and the total thread lengths not including bobbin thread Click a color button in the first column to open the Thread Palette editor it is docked at the bottom of the Information Pane where the Stitch Histogram is located to edit individual color and thread manufacturer information Right click on a color button to invoke a popup menu with several editing options 33 1 2 Sew What Pro Delete the presently selected thread Toggle a selection criterion to apply color editing to a single thread the default or to a threads that match
42. creasing or decreasing this value will move all he letters along the arch by the indicated number of degrees Choose the letter arrangement either vertical or along parallel to the arch as shown in Fig 1 The lettering can be arranged up on the arch as shown in Fig 1 or down Click OK when you have adjusted the text arch to your specifications If you want to edit the arch click the undo Ctrl Z key combination and repeat steps 1 5 Shortcuts 31 Toolbar Keys SewWhat Pro ARS 6 5 Basting Stitch Use this Tools menu command to open a dialog for adding basting stitches to the present pattern These may be used for example to tack down a fabric to backing material prior to Stitching without using sticky spray that may gum up your needle The dialog allows you to select where the basting stitches should be sewn You may choose to baste around the pattern and or around the hoop perimeter by checking the appropriate check box The check status is retained from the previous time this dialog was opened so you may want to reset a check by clicking the box if you have previously added basting to the design The length of the basting running stitches may also be selected in 2 mm increments up to 12 mm The basting stitches are automatically inserted at the top of the stitch list so they will be sewn first Note that it is a good practice to add the basting stitches to the pattern after all other changes have be
43. ct the Delete Thread menu item Another way to delete an entire from a pattern thread is to scroll through the individual thread objects using the Next or Previous buttons and then press the Delete keyboard button when the desired thread is highlighted 4 5 Join Threads Choose this option from the Edit menu to display a dialog for joining threads of the same color in your design Threads may be joined either based on being adjacent or by specifying their number on the thread tool bar 4 6 Filter Stitches Choose this option from the Edit menu to display a dialog for eliminating stitches that are shorter than a user selectable length The stitches are joined with the previous one s until the new combined stitch length is larger than the length you have entered Important Note This operation cannot be undone with the Edit Undo feature Therefore it is recommended to save a copy of the file before applying any filtering in case you want to restore the pattern to the unfiltered state 4 7 Split Pattern This toolbar button or Edit menu item allows you to split a pattern or thread object into separate colors which are subsequently grouped into a single pattern This may be used to cut a pattern that is too large to fit into an available hoop or to split a single thread into two or more threads which can be separately colored After clicking the Split Pattern button or menu item SewWhat Pro enters Separation Mode In this mode you m
44. d down the Shift or Control key to select multiple files Drag the files by holding down the left mouse button while you move the mouse cursor over the list box into the File Conversion list box and drop them there by releasing the mouse button You may select Zip file archives containing embroidery files as well When you are finished selecting the embroidery files for conversion press the Next button to reveal the actual batch conversion dialog shown below 32 Sew What Pro Batch conversion 1 Select the directory for storing converted files User Steve Documents Embroidery Batch Store files in source directories Preserve Directory Tree Emb Extensions 2 Choose format s from the extension list for conversions Hold down the Ctd key for multiple individual selections csd Poem Singer or the Shift key for selecting a range of extensions dsb Tajima dst Tajima A Additional Options emd Gina Singer Overwrite Easting Files Auto centerDesign 1 RE Delete Original Files jef Janome Mem Qi Write Color File pick thread Brother Poly if Save Log File Drenth me Dakar l 4 Press Convert to begin batch conversion Convert Cancel On the first line you may enter the path of the directory where the converted files will be placed If you want to choose an existing directory click the Browse button to see a directory tree to choose from When choosing a conversion directory you may a
45. de and the selected threads will be highlighted in the workspace image You may display the whole pattern at any time by clicking on the All Objects main toolbar button The following table gives a summary of the mouse clicks and control keys that can be used when the cutting mode toolbar is active Left Mouse SELECT POINTS Enter a vertex for the cutting contour Left Mouse SELECT COLOR Select a specific color block in the pattern Right Mouse Delete last vertex point Left Mouse SHIFT Move the hoop guide clicked in Right Mouse SHIFT CTRL Delete last hoop guide 61 Sew What Pro Left Mouse CTRL Duplicate and move an existing hoop guide How to cut a pattern Follow the steps below to cut an existing pattern into two or more separate patterns It is assumed the Select Points button is checked 1 Left click with the mouse at points around the area of the pattern to be cut Each click will create a cutting point or vertex which will be joined to the preceding point to form a cutting polygonal contour Continue left clicking a series of vertices points which will be connected by dashed lines defining the edges of a polygon to surround the region object to be cut You can go around the region in either a clockwise or counter clockwise direction but be sure that the dashed contour lines do not intersect To remove any previous point s right click the mouse anywhere in t
46. default ext ension radio button is checked If the use existing 43 Sew What Pro ext ension radio button is checked the default is used only if there is no initial file extension available such as when a lettering pattern is being generated in SewWhat Pro Various options for splitting files based on maximum allowable colors or stitches Maximum hoop size Patterns exceeding this will be automatically resized to fit into the maximum hoop 7 3 File Associations This Options menu item opens a dialog Fig 1 used to select embroidery file extensions to be associated with SewWhat Pro Files with the associated extension will be automatically opened in SewWhat Pro when they are double clicked in Windows Explorer Set Embroidery File Associations e Select the embroidery fie types from the let below to be opened in OK Sewivhat ro when the fle is double didked in Windows Explorer Select Al Clear Al Cancel hf 100 Toyota fe dez Tajima ha ped Pfaff Home hw sat Sunetar W art emina F emb Wicom WM pom PfaffHome A ste DataStitch fe artaz Bernina Je emd Ela he peg Pfaff Home fe tap Happy W artS0 Bernina 4 exp Melco W pes Pfaff Home ke 101 Tajima M ati Benina F gnc Great Hotions F pec Brother L tbf Tajima Wo ond Melco JM hus Husqvarna pes Brother bk tef Tajima W cd POEM jan anome he phb Brother vip New Pfaff je dem GNC WM Si Janome fe phe Brother WM
47. down in the stitch point order until you get to the point for splitting The point will be highlighted and its stitch number will be automatically displayed on the screen If this does not happen it is likely you did not click close enough to an actual stitch point in the pattern You may want to run the Sew amp Show simulator at a slow stitch speed to help isolate the point at which splitting is desired Once the stitch number has been selected press the Split button to perform the actual splitting You may perform multiple splitting while in this mode by repeating the steps above When you are finished click the Close button to return to the separation mode cutting toolbar Fgure 1 shows the green color stop of the frog image magnified 3 8 times so stitch points were visible used in the Separation Mode Toolbar example The Sew amp Show simulator was run to identify the point 10368 as the one appropriate for splitting the frog s head from the rest of light green part of the pattern Clicking on that point in the magnified pattern displays the stitch number in the pattern Pressing the Split button will split the thread at that point and two light green color stops will automatically appear in the Thread pane 70 Sew What Pro er Spit Select Port SelectColors Close id SE HI T Te NW vive KU Wi a eee ZK T Be SE Delete The selected stitches maybe be deleted by clicking this toolbar button or the Dele
48. e Husqvarna HUS VIP and Pfaff VP3 machines patterns for the positional hoops do not have to be cut so the user will be given the opportunity decide whether to cut the pattern or not Here we describe how to take a large design that has not been digitized for the positional hoop and split it into different smaller portions that will fit into one or another of the positional hoop sections This is done by using a combination of the cutting toolbar functions and the Split at Stitch option see below Here are the steps for cutting a design in SewWhat Pro for use with a positional hoop 1 Open a design in one of the available positional hoops for your machine see the Hoop options for a description of positional hoops You will see the positional hoop arrows on the left or top of the hoop depending on its orientation Most positional hoops need to have the pattern arranged in a particular orientation so that after you save the split pattern it may be rotated by 90 degrees 2 Clicking a positional hoop arrow button will highlight the associated hoop position in a unique color i e red blue or green In general the pattern will be too big to fit into just one of the hoop sections which therefore requires splitting the pattern Indeed if the pattern fits just one of the positional hoop sections you should save it in that smaller hoop size See the figure below which shows a pattern in the Janome GigaHoop Size 180 1rmrm w x 2
49. e selected pattern You may enter the new pattern dimensions in either mm or in units depending on the units settings in the Options menu To avoid distorting the image check the Lock Aspect Ratio box If after resizing you want the stitch density to be automatically adjusted check the Auto adjust stitch density box You can also graphically resize and reposition the selected pattern with the mouse Turning on grid lines can be helpful during such operations The first step is to select the pattern by clicking anywhere in the pattern with the left mouse button A resizing rectangle will appear around the pattern and the cursor will change to a four headed arrow Resize handles solid squares will appear at the corners and midpoints of the resize rectangle e Toresize the pattern 1 Position the mouse at one of the resize handles of the selection rectangle The cursor changes to a diagonal two headed resizing arrow 2 Move one of the corners or sides with the mouse dragging the pattern in or out to its final desired size Use the corners to preserve the pattern aspect ratio relative height to width ratio Use the side buttons to stretch or shrink the pattern either horizontally or vertically 3 To accurately preserve the aspect ratio relative width to height during resizing hold down the Ctrl key while dragging the resize handle e To move the pattern within the hoop Hold down the left mouse button and drag it to a new positio
50. ect on the actual pattern size unlike resizing Rather it only affects the size of the viewed image on the screen Zooming a particular region To zoom a specific region of the pattern center the region in the workspace pane Then when you magnify or shrink the pattern that region should stay centered and in view Note that you may have to first enlarge the pattern a little to be able to center the desiired region 12 Utilities 12 1 Add Font You may add fonts stored as TTF files to the font list in the SewWhat Pro Lettering Dialog in several ways Click the Add User Fonts button on the lettering dialog The added fonts will be loaded into the font list and will be available in all future SewWhat Pro work sessions However they will not be available to other programs unless the SewWhat Pro program is also open To use the new font s you must click the Font and Size button and select the font to use it from the drop down list To temporarily add fonts to any program double click the font files T TF to open them and then minimize them to the taskbar keeping them open Then open SewWhat Pro and the font s should appear in the font list of the lettering dialog while the TTF files remain open To permanently add new fonts go to Control Panel Fonts and use the Windows Font Installer c to install the new fonts there 12 2 File Open Dialog This dialog see Fig 1 allows you to navigate to a folder or drive to find a file
51. ee Figure 1 which displays the separate dieline outlines for the applique that you wish to cut fabric interiors for using Cameo Silhouette etc cutting technology In the example file shown in Fig 1 there were three separate applique dielines selected and labelled 01 03 The output directory for the cut files is displayed at the top left and can be selected from the Applique Cutting option menu Applique Cutter SS Output directory C Wsers Sandscom Documents Cameo Save Cutouts Cancel E IPG E sve Inflation factor p Figure 1 The Applique Cutout dialog 29 Toolbar Keys Sew What Pro Follow these steps to create the applique cutouts from your applique design currently loaded in the SewWhat Pro workspace In SewWhat Pro select the dieline blocks in the Thread pane by holding down the Cirl key and left clicking the associated color blocks You should select ALL the dielines to be cut at once rather than one at a time to avoid overwriting the cutout files Click on the Applique Cutout toolbar button or this Tools menu item to open the dialog shown in Fig 1 Select the type s of cutout files to save by checking the appropriate box The choices are JPG or SVG or both At least one type must be selected To make the cutouts slightly larger than dieline which is often desirable for easy tack down of the applique use the nflation factor slider to inflate the cutout by a factor greater than 1 00
52. electing it from the most recently used MRU file list in the File menu if it was recently opened You can create new blank pattern files with the File New command Shortcuts CTRL O 3 3 Merge Merges a pattern from an existing but unopened embroidery file with the presently active pattern This is accomplished by appending the new pattern to the end of the design in the active window You can also use Paste from a file currently open in another SewWhat Pro window to merge into the present pattern To merge a pattern from another embroidery file into the current pattern that is opened in the workspace click on the File menu Merge item and select the design you want to merge Select left click the new pattern and click the Open button or just double click the design icon The new pattern will appear in the hoop along with the original design You can repeat these steps until all of the designs merged If you have numerous designs to merge such as letters from an alphabet you can select the View menu Album View item and click your designs from the list of design icons that will be displayed in the right pane of the workspace to merge them into the SewWhat Pro workspace After merging each design you will probably need to reposition them in the hoop by clicking on the new design and dragging it to the desired location Shortcuts CTRL M 3 4 Close Use this command to close all windows containing the active document Se
53. en made This will prevent adding multiple basting stitches in the same place and is especially true if you baste around the pattern since the pattern size and position determine where the basting stitches are placed After inserting these stitches into the pattern they may be deleted at any time from the stitch list in the Thread Pane if they are no longer desired by right clicking on the top most color stop and choosing Delete 6 6 Batch Conversion The batch conversion utility on the Tools menu allows the user to convert multiple embroidery files of possibly different types to other embroidery file tyoes Launching the batch utility initiates a sequence of dialogs that collect the various files to be converted determine where the converted files should be stored and choose what the converted file tyoe should be Options include automatically centering converted patterns overwriting existing files of the same name preserving in the batch directory the directory tree structure of the original files There is a batch pane in the status bar which displays a progress bar showing the completion status of the submitted job The batch conversion runs as a background job so you may continue editing or viewing patterns even while conversion is in progress Detailed instructions for using this utility follow The first page of this utility opens a Windows Explorer dialog to select files or directories of files that you want to convert Hol
54. ensity in an under dense region of the pattern For all the operations described below the Select Point button should be checked If the Select Colors button is checked instead then clicking on a color in the pattern will display the associated color stop in the thread pane This is useful for identifying the color stops for sections of the pattern Split For example in the pattern of a frog Fig 1 the head and feet may be sewn with a single thread but you would would like them to be different shades of green The Split button splits the design thread block at a designated stitch that you have clicked within a single thread Follow these steps to split a pattern at a designated stitch Select a thread or threads by either clicking on the associated color stop s in the Thread Pane hold down the Ctrl key to select multiple threads or press the Select Colors button and then click on the colors in the pattern If you want to display the whole pattern skip this step It is helpful to magnify the pattern so it is large enough to view individual stitch points If you skip this step then clicking on the pattern may appear to do nothing because you have missed clicking on a stitch point Click on or near any point to select it as the split point You may reclick to choose another point before performing the actual split Or if the point is hidden under or obscured by others use the up right or down left arrow keys to scroll up or
55. er Pattern Center pattern in hoop 2 5 Options menu 11 SewWhat Pro Options Window Applique Cutter Files Help File Associations Grid Hoops Image Project Units Length Languages Ctrl H The Options menu offers the following commands Appligue Cutting Select default folder for storing jpg svg files for cutting appliques Files Select options to be in effect when opening merging or saving embroidery files File Associations Select embroidery file extensions to be associated with SewWhat Pro Grid Select the thickness and color of the grid lines displayed on the screen Hoops Select hoop size and position it on the screen Image Set quality settings for JPEG images saved from SewWhat Pro Project Set project pane options Units Length Set measurement units metric or American for displaying lengths in SewWhat Pro Languages Select Language for SewWhat Pro session 2 6 Window menu Window Help New Window Cascade Tile 1 Untitled UV 2 13819 emb Stitches 699 Hoop 100 X 100 mm Windows The Window menu offers the following commands which enable you to arrange multiple views of multiple documents in the application window New Window Creates a new window that views the same document Cascade Arranges windows in an overlapped fashion 12 Toolbar Keys Sew
56. erFonts Del User Fonts peed cl ee a Se ee stitch Types Sn EA Sich Properties C Running Outline Stitch Length 0 1 mm P C Satin Outline Setin Height 0 1 mim HE C Salin Applique Satin W dih 0 1 mm H Blenket Applique Passes bk 4 C Fill Edit Features Unden Iw ege Density Normal pao 3 B 4 engl Running Border E ae Satin Border Angle 3 p E Factor Position Lettering Stitch Preview Settings Sette Patria This dialog allows you to Enter lines of text from your keyboard and view them in a preview panel at a reduced size to see how they will appear when stitched out Adjust properties of the lettering including font family font size font attributes italic bold etc line spacing for multiple lines of text Set the stitch type outline appliqu fill either satin or column Set the stitch properties density length angle of fill Select monogram styles and specialty layout styles Save lettering settings from this dialog or retrieve settings from a previous lettering session Add True TypeO fonts TTF to the font list appearing in this dialog Each one of these features is described below Entering text in the lettering dialog 37 SewWhat Pro Place the selection point in the text edit box in the top of this dialog by clicking there and enter and edit text from the keyboard As you type text into the edit box at the top of this dialog it will appear usually in a reduced size i
57. esently selected pattern from the document to the clipboard Pastes a pattern from the clipboard into the document Selects all objects threads and makes them available for editing Makes next thread object available for editing Makes previous thread object available for editing SewWhat Pro View Tools Options Window Help Toolbars and Docking Windows 4 Large Toolbar Icons Application Look Jumps Grid Lines Grid Labels oe Stitch Points Texture e Album Icons stitch Histogram Alt J Ctrl G Era Ctrl The View menu offers the following Commande Toolbar and Docking Windows Main Toolbar Rotation bar Sew amp Show bar Large Toolbar Icons Application Look Jumps Grid Lines Grid Labels Snap to Grid Stitch Points Texture Album Icons Stitch Histogram 2 4 Tools menu Shows or hides the main toolbar Shows or hides the pattern rotation toolbar Shows or hides Sew and Show toolbar Toggles between displaying large and small toolbar icons Allows user to choose between various appearance themes Displays Jump stitch Dialog for adjusting appearance of jump stitches on screen Shows or hides grid lines useful for positioning pattern shows or hides grid labels for the grid lines only visible when grid lines are displayed Displays grid to which pattern will be snapped when moved Shows or hides stitch end points Displays the pattern on screen and in print in a text
58. g and monogramming using the SewWrite c plugin This button only appears if SewWrite is installed Arches selected text Perform batch conversion of multiple embroidery files Create Designer 1 floppy disk Create or edit Smart Media card for Singer EMD embroidery machine Select hoop size to fit pattern select fabric color Resize a pattern Adjust stitch density Enter cutting mode to split designs Applique Cutout tool Reselects All objects after Next or Previous object selection select Next object in pattern for individual editing Select Previous object in pattern for individual editing Center pattern in hoop Information about using SewWhat Pro Context sensitive help 11 2 Print Preview The print preview toolbar offers you the following options Print Bring up the print dialog box to start a print job 58 SewWhat Pro Next Page Preview the next printed page Prev Page Preview the previous printed page One Page Two Page Preview one or two printed pages at a time Zoom In Take a closer look at the printed page Zoom Out Take a larger look at the printed page Close Return from print preview to the editing window 11 3 Rotation Bar The rotation bar initially appears below the main toolbar in SewWhat Pro The color scheme shown below is for the Office 2007 Silver Style and may be different on your computer depending on what appearance style you choose See Application Look for changing t
59. h Text dialog Follow these steps to perform text arching Draw a selection rectangle around the letters in the main SewWhat Pro workspace by holding down the left mouse button and dragging to enclose the letters that are to be arched Note the letters must be stored in separate color blocks NOT joined into one color block for this to work and you must select at least 2 letters If the letters are joined into a single stop you can separate them with the cutting tool The letters should be horizontally baseline aligned and spaced according to your preference before opening the arching tool Click the Arch toolbar button or the associated menu item The arching dialog in Fig 1 will open with the selected text displayed There are two controls for adjusting the arched lettering They are interactive the changes you make will appear as you click the controls You can adjust the curvature of the arch by clicking the spin control next to the rotation icon the two headed arrow in Fig 1 displaying the value 150 degrees Clicking on the up arrow will increase this value and lead to a more circular arch clicking the down arrow will decrease this value leading to a flatter arch You can position the lettering on the arch by clicking the lower spin control next to the text rotation icon with the red T in Fig 1 displaying O degrees A value of 0 in this case means that the lettering is arranged symmetrically around the vertical axis In
60. h color 2 the satin stitch outline Fill Area Filling or Satin column The Fill or Satin column stitch options will produce a solid filled pattern rather than an outline The density for fill and satin stitches and stitch angle for fill stitches are set in the Stitch Properties boxes see below Satin or Running Border You can check one of the border option boxes to outline a filled pattern with either satin or running straight stitches Stitch properties You can select the following stitch properties Underlay Underlay consists of sparse running stitches which are added to the pattern underneath the final fill stitches to ensure good registration alignment of the final stitches by preventing bunching or pulling of the fabric It is recommended especially for wider letters and large fonts Density This setting adjusts the fill or satin stitch density Three values Low Normal High are available For most projects Normal is the recommended setting Angle The angle spin control allows you to choose the angle with respect to the vertical at which the fill stitches will be sewn This does not apply to the Satin stitches which are sewn along the centerline of the font letters Monogram styles The monogramming options are applied to any of stitch tyoes They determine the ayout of a monogram or lettering and can be chosen by opening the combo box and clicking the desired style the Diamond Shape style h
61. hat Pro Use this command to arrange multiple opened windows in an overlapped fashion 8 4 Size Use this command to display a four headed arrow so you can size the active window with the arrow keys After the pointer changes to the four headed arrow Press one of the DIRECTION keys left right up or down arrow key to move the pointer to the border you want to move Press a DIRECTION key to move the border Press ENTER when the window is the size you want Note This command is unavailable if you maximize the window Shortcut Drag the size bars at the corners or edges of the window 8 5 Tile Use this command to arrange multiple opened windows in a non overlapped fashion 9 Help Commands 9 1 Tip of the Day When SewWhat Pro initially runs a brief message appears with a helpful suggestion for using this application more efficiently By clicking this Help menu item you can view and scroll through the tip of the day messages whenever the application is open 9 2 Help Topics Use this command to display the opening screen Get Started of Help From the opening screen you Can jump to step by step instructions for using SewWhat Pro and various types of reference information Once you open Help you can click the Contents button whenever you want to return to the Opening screen Shortcuts Toolbar 9 3 Auto Update Use this command to toggle turn on off automatic updating of SewWhat Pro software When this me
62. he menu item when this bar is displayed 5 1 3 Sew and Show Bar Use this command to display and hide the Sew and Show bar A check mark appears next to the menu item when this bar is displayed 5 2 Large Toolbar Icons Click this View menu item to toggle between the small and large main toolbar icons 5 3 Application Look Application Look Windows 2000 Office XP Windows XP Office 2003 Visual Studio 2005 Visual Studio 2008 Office 2007 Blue Style Jumps Alt J Grid Lines Ctri G d Grid Labels Stitch Pomts A Texture Ctr T Black Style 4 Album Icons Lia Silver Style Stitch Histogram e Aqua Style Use this menu item to change the application look by choosing from a variety of appearance themes In the example above the Aqua Style theme for Office 2007 has been selected 5 4 Jump Stitches 22 Toolbar SewWhat Pro This menu launches a dialog box which allows the user to choose the manner in which jump stitches needle up are viewed on screen The default is for these stitches to be hidden but the user can override this behavior and show the jumps as dashes or thick lines to distinguish them from the ordinary needle down stitches 5 5 Grid Lines Use this View Menu item to display or hide grid lines on the screen Grid lines may be helpful for accurately placing a pattern within the hoop 5 6 Grid Labels This View menu item is used to display checked
63. he Shift or Ctrl keys to select multiple files The selected files can be dragged and dropped into one or several of the four menu folders in the dialog To delete files from a menu select them with the mouse and press the Delete key or press the Clear Menu button to clear all files from the currently selected menu It is important to realize that the process of copying files to the menu folders does not move or delete the original files on your hard drive or CD Also note that the embroidery files do not have to be in D1 shv file format prior to using this utility They will be automatically converted when they are written to the floppy disk or zip file After filling the menu s with embroidery files click the Finish button on the Explorer dialog to close it Then click one of the buttons Write Floppy or Write Zip This will write the files in the proper D1 compatible format together with all the required D1 menu files to either a floppy disk or a Zip archive file respectively At this point if the floppy disk is not empty and it is not already an existing D1 compatible disk a message will appear to inform you that all files on the floppy will be deleted if you decide to continue If you choose to write a zip archive file the name of the zip file will be based on the Project Title and it will be stored in the default Zip directory you chose earlier Note you must extract the D1 Zip archive file to a fresh floppy disk in order to use that
64. he style 30 10 1 Rotate Reflect LA Reflect TB Alignment You can click on the grabber on the left of the bar to reposition the toolbar relative to the Sew and Show bar which is initially to its right The rotation bar can be toggled to appear hide by clicking on the Rotation bar view menu item The rotation bar provides a number of options to modify the appearance of selected objects in the workspace Rotate Click this button rotate the selected pattern s in a counter clockwise direction Choose the angle as either 90 10 or 1 degree increments Reflect L R Click to reflect the pattern about a vertical axis left right Reflect T B Click to reflect the pattern about a horizontal axis top bottom Alignment Click to open a menu Fig 1 for choosing the type of alignment to apply to the selected objects It is best to use this option just after multiple objects for examples letters imported as existing embroidery files have been merged into workspace You must select at least 2 objects letters etc for this to have an effect Objects saved as separate patterns can be selected with the mouse or if they were saved but not JOINED in a single pattern file then Ctrl Click to select the color blocks in the thread pane before applying this alignment operation 59 Sew What Pro Align Right UU oe Align Top Lu E Align Bottom C Align Centers Vertically mm f Align Centers Horizontally 11
65. he workspace 2 Once you have created the cookie cutter polygonal boundary around the object to be cut press the Cut Pattern button and the selected region will be cut separated from the rest of the pattern A menu will pop up with options for handling the cut threads important exception no menu pop up occurs if you are splitting a pattern to fit a positional hoop since it is assumed that the entire pattern is to be retained see the discussion for splitting in a positional hoop below Remove Interior Cut and remove the part inside the polygon boundary Remove Exterior Cut and remove the part outside the polygon boundary Cut and Save All Retain both parts of the pattern New thread colors will be automatically added to the end of the thread list in the Thread Pane These represent the threads for the separated pattern which may be edited now or later when you return to normal editing mode For this option the addition of these threads are the only indication that the pattern has been cut Cut Save Interior Cut and remove the part inside the polygon boundary You will be given the opportunity to save the cut part of the pattern to a new file 3 You can make multiple cuts while in this mode When all cuts are finished press the Close button to return to the normal editing mode of SewWhat Pro Helpful Hint To cut through a single color block even if it is on top of another follow the steps above but first select the blo
66. iSandscomiDocumentsiEmbroidery FilestEmbroidery CatalogtAlph 012345 67789AB CDEFGH IJKLMN OPQRS T U Www XS wv Z Fig 2 Album Icon view in Alphabet Mode More than one folder can be opened in the Album Icon view by navigating to the desired folder from the File Open or Merge menu The ast folder chosen this way will appear first in the Album Icon view You can also delete a folder that is showing in the Album Icon View by clicking on the Delete Folder button at the top and selecting the folder to be deleted from the drop down menu Shortcuts OL Toolbar 5 11 Stitch Histogram Use this command to display and hide the stitch histogram which optionally appears at the bottom of the Information Pane A check mark appears next to the menu item when the Stitch histogram is displayed 23 SewWhat Pro 6 Tools Commands 6 1 Add Border Use this Tools menu item or toolbar button to open the dialog Fig 1 for selecting a border to add to the SewWhat Pro workspace The shape of the border can be chosen by clicking on one of the border silhouettes in a scrollable list Properties of the stitch used for the border such as the thickness and stride for satin borders separation of stitches along the border curve can be set by clicking the up down vertical controls The width and height except for running stitches of the border can be set as well in units of 0 1mm For Satin Outline stitches the underl
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68. ii ii 54 ss o a O Po RES EE 56 A e O UU o 56 IA ic EEN 58 e e mo Ar Se 59 e Ela ol MS EE 60 11 5 SOW and SHOW EE 60 SewWhat Pro 11 6 Separation Mode Cutting eocomoiocnorociciccnnenicincccnicanennnccnccada cien nena cen ETARE DARE 61 A AP OO e 69 MA SEAS e e o o o e 72 PAs ZOOM COMO EEEE E A oro 72 ne eh ee Eo 73 EAE o hae Eege 73 12 2 File Open Dial acacia open 73 12 3 FS Save As Dial0 g secar pie ren Tiaia 75 Re A E E E E RE GE EA 76 129 Pint Setup Dialog AAPP PP OO CO A 76 SewWhat Pro 1 Introduction 1 1 Getting Started Welcome to the SewWhat Pro embroidery file editor and conversion tool You may use it to merge rotate and resize at constant stitch density existing embroidery patterns as well as convert from one embroidery format to another Batch conversion of large numbers of embroidery files between different formats is also available There is also a cutting tool for separating a pattern into individual parts Additional information about using SewWhat Pro is available by accessing the Tip of the Day feature at any time The SewWhat Pro workspace screen is shown below The title bar displays information about the file that is currently open Below the title bar is the menu bar containing drop down menu commands for various features that control your interaction with the application Links to descriptions of the menu commands may be found in FAQ Below the menu is the main SewWhat Pro toolbar which contain
69. ir mim EEFOIRE AFTER In general try to cut through a part of the pattern that is thin and or possibly hidden beneath another color If at all possible try to cut through as many colors as possible at once but at the very least try to preserve the order of the colors after cutting by selecting the colors to cut from the top to the bottom of the thread list Use the cookie cutter clicking method described above to encircle the region of the pattern that needs to be cut taking care that at least one of the sections of the cut pattern will fit into one of the positional hoop sections Multiple cuts may be required if the pattern is very elongated The Split at Stitch function can be used when a single thread connects disparate regions of the pattern by a jump stitch for example In the example shown here the third color block must be cut through the middle of the bow there was no other choice The fourth block was easily separated and the resulting split pattern fit into the Gigahoop It is often useful to magnify around the region of the pattern being split so you can avoid having the cutting boundary intersect parts of the pattern that do not need to be split By highlighting only the parts of the pattern that need splitting you will guarantee that no other parts of the pattern will be inadvertently cut 5 When you have created your cutting boundary click the Cut Pattern button The colors in the part of the pattern you enclosed w
70. ith the cutting boundary will appear as additional color stops at the bottom of the thread list corresponding to the split part of the pattern For this reason it is a good idea to always enclose the bottom part of the pattern with your cutting boundary so that part of the split will appear at the bottom of the thread list Repeat steps 4 5 until all the colors in your pattern that require splitting have been cut and fit entirely within one or another of the hoop sections Now Save the pattern again If your cutting succeeded in splitting the pattern into individual hoops your file will be saved If not the remaining color stops to be split will again be identified and you can repeat the steps above 67 SewWhat Pro Important note for Brother Husqvarna and Janome users If you used any of the Husqvarna or Brother positional hoops or the Janome Giga Hoop additional files will be saved to use with the positional hoops The suffix _1 or _2 or _3 for Husqvarna Brother hoops will be appended to the file name indicating the positional hoop corresponding to the pattern stored in that file These files are optional to use for Brother machines since the single combined file can be used instead Split at Stitch You may click the Split at Stitch toolbar button to open the advanced toolbar for splitting the pattern at a specific stitch or stitches Cutting Example The figure below shows a pattern opened in SewWhat Pro where the
71. lso check the button Preserve directory tree which will store the converted files in the conversion folder with a tree structure similar to the source tree Alternatively you may choose the option Store files in source directory With this option selected the converted files will be stored in the same directory or directories as the original files Next select the file filter types that is the type of embroidery file that the files should be converted to by clicking on the file types in the Embroidery Extensions list box Hold down the Ctrl or Shift key to select multiple types Finally choose the remaining conversion options by checking the appropriate boxes and press the Convert button to start the batch conversion process Since the batch conversion runs in the background so you can continue using SewWhat Pro in the meantime all functions are available except for batch conversion During the batch conversion process the status bar will display a progress bar showing the completion state When the conversion of the selected files is finished the status bar will display the message Batch Finished If you checked the Save Log File option a log file will be saved in the top folder where the converted files were written This file contains some details about the files that were converted Shortcuts Toolbar Ma Keys CTRL B 33 Sew What Pro 6 7 Resize Pattern Use this Tools menu item to accurately resize the activ
72. magnifier to zoom in on the area you want to cut Note that If you decide notto split the design at any time before clicking the Cut Pattern button press the Close button to return to the normal editing mode of SewWhat Pro NOTE Every cutting step including splitting at a stitch but not adding or deleting individual stitches can be separately undone using the Ctrl Z mechanism only while you are in cutting mode that is before you click the Close toolbar button After closing the cutting toolbar Undo will restore the state prior to when the cutting mode was first started For example if you made 10 cuts and or stitch splits you can undo them one at a time only while in cutting mode If you undo after closing the cutting toolbar all 10 cuts splits will be undone at once There are two mutually exclusive radio buttons Select Points and Select Colors which control what operations will be performed by a left mouse click You can check one or the other to define the mode of operation When the Select Points button is checked then left mouse clicks will create vertex points where the mouse cursor is which define the contour used to cut the pattern see the discussion below When the Select Colors button is checked left mouse clicks will select the thread color block associated with the clicked region and highlights the selected color in the Thread Pane After choosing the colors click on the Select Points button to return to cutting mo
73. n or use the keypad arrow keys Observations Both these operations affect the size and position of the pattern as it is stitched out This is in contrast to Zooming which simply changes the apparent size of the pattern on the screen without affecting the actual stitch out size Resizing a design with the mouse does not automatically preserve the stitch density of the design Hint holding down the Ctrl key when resizing with the mouse will preserve the aspect ratio of the design For size changes of more than 10 it is therefore advisable to either resize from this toolbar button or to select the adjust density toolbar item after graphically resizing Shortcuts Toolbar 6 8 Write D1 Floppy This item allows you to create a Designer 1 D1 compatible floppy diskette for use with the Husqvarna Viking Designer 1 embroidery machine The files can also be saved in a compressed Zip archive file zip format for subsequent redistribution by email for example or decompression to a floppy diskette The first time this utility is used you should choose the default D1 floppy drive and the Zip archive directory where optional zipped D1 files will be stored You may change these settings at any time 34 Toolbar SewWhat Pro If you insert a floppy diskette that already contains D1 files and menus SewWhat Pro will automatically read the existing Difiles into their menu lists in the D1 creation dialog Any files which are
74. n the preview box at the bottom of the dialog You may edit the text in the edit box For example press the Backspace or Delete keys to delete letters and press Enter to start a new line of text The size of the text pattern that will eventually be stitched is also displayed Font properties Click the Font and Size button to display a Windows Font Selection dialog Font sizes are indicated in points One point is 1 72 inch 3 points are approximately 1 mm You can select the font size by clicking on the font size selection combo box or by typing the size in points in the font size edit box The font family face name can be chosen from the font selection combo box Any True TypeO font can be used Note in addition to standard alphabetical characters various iconic symbols boxes or dingbats can also be displayed For example the font Holidays MT in lower case has many interesting icons representing various holidays The color of the font will determine the thread color used and may also be selected Choose OK to accept your selections The font and size will appear in the text box next to the Font and Size buiton Note that the text size refers to the font height in mm and text string width in mm These dimensions are indicated below for the text string Tiger written in a 72 pt 24 mm font size The light gray grid has a spacing of 10 mm The horizontal extent of the string is 47 mm The indicated string height of 25 mm is not just
75. ng stitches in small areas For deleting larger areas of the pattern the cutting points method described previously may be faster You can use the Zoom In feature to accurately access smaller areas of the pattern with the eraser Select Colors After checking by clicking the Select Colors button you may then click on any color s in the pattern to highlight the associated color block in the thread pane This is useful if several threads with the same color occur in the pattern and you wish to select a particular block After the color blocks are selected click on the Select Points button to restore the usual click behavior The colors you selected will be highlighted in the thread pane and the other colors in the pattern will be hidden in the pattern during Separation cutting mode see the figure above Anchor Points Check by clicking the Anchor Points button to add anchor alignment points to the pattern Click once on the pattern to add a pair of anchor points one on top of the other they will appear as separate color stops in the thread list which can be saved with each part of the separated pattern Usually the anchor points should be added to the pattern in the region where two separated parts of the pattern will overlap When the pattern is rejoined during stitch out the basting stitch anchor points can be used to properly align the various parts of the pattern For example if you are splitting a design into 3 sections anchor
76. not D1 compatible files will be automatically erased from the diskette prior to writing the new D1 floppy information lt is therefore not necessary to use a clean diskette Note that any files on the diskette that are NOT D1 shv files will be erased Before beginning to fill the menus on the D1 dialog you should enter an informative name in the Disk Project Title edit box for the set of files you intend to save This name will be used to label the D1 floppy diskette or the Zip file Existing D1 floppy disks can be modified by adding or deleting files to the various menu lists as described below Also you can choose to either view icons of the files in the menu lists or to hide them by clicking the Show Icons Hide Icons button The first step in the creation of the D1 floppy disk or Zip archive is to copy embroidery files from your hard drive or a CD to the menu folders in this dialog Click the Browse button on the top right of this dialog to open an Explorer style window for locating the embroidery files to be included in this project Here a project refers to the set of files that will eventually be written to either a D1 floppy disk or Zip archive file Alternatively Windows Explorer can be opened for file selection However the advantage of using the Browse button Explorer is that only embroidery files will be displayed Use the left button of your mouse or arrow keys to select files in the Explorer window Hold down t
77. nu item is checked unchecked auto updating is allowed prevented With auto updating allowed the S amp S website will be checked whenever the application is opened but not more than once daily for available updates If there is an update available the user will be given the opportunity to install it The installation will automatically close the SewWhat Pro workspace remove the older version install the update and restart the application S51 Sew What Pro 9 4 Update Now Use this command to search the S S website immediately for the availability of an update for SewWhat Pro If an update is found the user is given a choice to install it 9 5 Restore Defaults Use this command to reset the installation default settings for your copy of SewWhat Pro 9 6 About SewWhat Pro Use this command to display the copyright notice version number and registration information for your copy of SewWhat Pro 9 7 Change History Log Use this command to display the history of changes made to SewWhat Pro 9 8 Context Help Use this command to obtain context sensitive help for toolbar and menu items When you single left click this toolbar button the cursor changes to a icon Then click on the item for which you want help and the help manual will open to an appropriate topic Shortcuts Toolbar k 10 Sewing Topics 10 1 Reflect Pattern On the Rotation Toolbar press the reflect radio button to reflect the pattern left
78. o the right of the tabs to find a manufacturer if it is not displayed The list of hoops for that manufacturer and the selected machine type will be displayed in the list box In Fig 1 the selected machine type is the Brother PE770 You can use the optional vertical scrollbar to the right of the hoop list to display the complete list of hoop sizes Select the desired hoop size by clicking on the radio button beside the hoop description Your selection will be highlighted and can be altered at any time before you close this dialog by clicking on a different hoop size Once you have selected the desired hoop size you may also set this to be the default for your machine by checking the Set Default Hoop button This is the hoop that patterns without internal hoop information will open into or all patterns if the File Options Use Default Machine Hoop button is also checked The embroidery file types supported by this manufacturer can be seen by scrolling the Emb Types list Setting this type will change the current pattern to that type when the OK button is clicked Positional Hoops are included in the hoop size list you may have to scroll to the bottom of the list and are labeled as such They will appear in the SewWhat Pro workspace with arrow markers to indicate the position of the hoop stops for the overlap hoop sections You can click those markers to display the individual hoop positions In the positional hoop shown in Fig 2 there are 3 hoop p
79. oom In magnify or out shrink a pattern on the screen Menus File menu Edit menu View menu Tools menu Options menu Window menu Help menu 1 4 Purchase SewWhat Pro You may purchase SewWhat Pro from the Shop Online webpage of the S amp S website http www sandscomputing com or any of our reseller websites Scroll down to the SewWhat Pro product listing and click the Add to Cart button there to purchase the license If you want to order a CD use the down arrow on the Add to Cart button to select the CD version of the software To update to the latest version of the software use the INSTALL link to the right of the Add to Cart button for either the 32 or the 64 bit version of the product depending on your Operating System There is a 30 day DEMO period during which you may use the software with only a restriction on the number of file saves during that time After that you can either uninstall the software or purchase a license Add to Cart After purchasing the license the registration information will be emailed to you and you can register the DEMO to make it a licensed copy You DO NOT have to uninstall the DEMO if you want to keep the software but only register it after receiving the license information 1 5 Videos SewWhat Pro Videos for SewWhat Pro can be found on the Tutorials page of our website Here is a list of tutorial topics Open and Save Embroidery Files Features of the Stand
80. opies the destination printer and other printer setup properties When the Info Pane is activated in the View menu then the pattern displayed in the workspace together with other information chosen in the Page Setup dialog will be printed In this mode there is an option to print a template only When the Album or Icon view is selected by checking Album Icons then an album of all the embroidery files in the present directory will be printed 15 SewWhat Pro Print Pattern TER Printer Name Samsung CLP 310 Series T Properties Status Ready Type samsung CLP 3 10 Series Where USBOO1 Comment Print range Copies fe All Number of copies 1 Pages from 1 to 3 Print Template Only Help OK Cancel Shortcuts Toolbar E Keys CTRL P 3 9 Print Preview Use this command to display the active document as it would appear when printed When you choose this command the main window will be replaced with a print preview window in which one or two pages will be displayed in their printed format The Print Preview toolbar offers you options to view either one or two pages at a time move back and forth through the document zoom in and out of pages and initiate a print job 3 10 Page Setup The following options allow you to select the page properties that will affect how the SewWhat Pro screen will be printed Edit View Album Click this button to edit the Album Layout items Here
81. or Pull Compensation La 0 1 mm p 3 Fig 1 Dialog for adjusting the stitch density and pull compensation Stitch Density Stitch density is inversely related to the mean separation between adjacent lines of fill stitches smaller separations correspond to higher densities and vice versa Choosing an adjustment factor greater than 1 0 will increase the stitch density and a factor less than 1 0 will decrease the density For example a factor of 1 50 will increase the stitch density by 11 2 or 150 Note that you do not have to resize a pattern first to change its density Moreover you may adjust the density before or after resizing the pattern although if the Auto adjust stitch density box is selected in the resize dialog no further density adjust is required The usual situation for applying density adjustment arises when the pattern has been manually resized by using the mouse to drag the selection rectangle corners As an example suppose you first resize a pattern to make it smaller by 25 so it is reduced to 75 of its original size Hint when resizing and using the mouse it is advisable to hold down the Ctrl key to keep the pattern s aspect ratio constant The stitches are now likely to be too dense by that same amount 25 In the density adjustment dialog choosing a density factor of 0 75 will reduce the pattern density by 25 The average stitch lengths stitch point to stitch point separation are not affected by
82. ositions P1 P3 Below the middle hoop position P2 has been clicked to show 45 Sew What Pro er the green hoop at that position See separation mode toolbar for further information about cutting patterns to fit positional hoops Hoop Insert Displays or hides a user selectable hoop insert for example a Fast Frame When this button is clicked the hoop insert dimensions dialog is displayed see Fig 3 You can set the width and height for the insert hoop and whether or not it will be displayed in the SewWhat Pro workspace If the width or height of the insert exceeds the hoop dimensions it will not be displayed even if the display check box is checked User Hoops On the far right of the tab list use the horizontal scroll arrows to get there is a special User hoop tab You can enter your own special hoop sizes there by typing into the edit box the height H and width W of the hoop in the presently selected units mm or in Be sure to enter this information in the format H X W Note that this feature is included as a convenience for on screen display but in general the user hoop will not be retained when the file is saved Rather the nearest available hoop for that embroidery type will be used g 1 8 1 5 1 3 1 0 0 8 0 5 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 5 0 8 1 0 1 3 1 5 1 8 3 3 3 0 2 8 2 5 2 3 2 0 1 8 1 5 1 3 10 0 8 0503000305081013151820232528303 3 in Figure 2 A three position positional hoop with positions P
83. s iconic buttons that can be clicked to implement many of the menu commands At the bottom of the screen is the status bar used to display additional information about the pattern and operations being performed Also shown is the rotation toolbar used for reflecting and rotating the selected pattern a pattern is selected by left clicking on it in the workspace Below the main toolbar is the Sew and Show toolbar This is used to emulate an actual stitch out of the pattern on your screen The remaining work area of the SewWhat Pro screen is divided into two panels consisting of the main panel or view and an information panel for more info click here In the figure below the embroidery file Bearina art has been opened and is displayed in the main workspace The hoop associated with the pattern is shown together with optional grid lines You may also start the lettering editor even without importing an existing embroidery file to add lettering to the project Lettering may also be imported by opening the SewWrite lettering plugin The various tools available for editing embroidery files are described in the Edit and Tools menus You can save your work to a new or existing file using the File Save command Frequent saving during the course of editing prevents loss of data The information panel is located to the right of the workspace where embroidery files are displayed and edited It may be toggled from the View menu to display either
84. s that you no longer want to use by clicking the Del User Fonts button Shortcuts 6 11 SewWrite Lettering When the SewWrite c plugin is installed on your computer this Tools menu item opens the SewWrite application to add lettering and monogramming into the SewWhat Pro workspace The user interface in the SewWrite plugin is very similar to the stand alone SewWrite workspace with the exception that the embroidery lettering cannot be saved with a specified file name indeed there is no Save As option in the plugin Rather the file name is chosen internally by SewWhat Pro Otherwise all the features in the stand alone SewWrite application are available in the plugin When you are finished entering the lettering in SewWrite save it and then close SewWrite to return to SewWhat Pro The lettering will appear automatically in the current pattern in SewWhat Pro If you need to edit the lettering double click it will reopen SewWrite to allow further changes to be made 40 Toolbar Toolbar SewWhat Pro Shortcuts pr 6 12 Fabric Displays a color selection dialog Fig 1 for choosing the fabric color which is the background color for the pattern displayed on the screen This is helpful for visualizing how a pattern will appear on a given fabric and for selecting appropriate thread colors You can also press the Set Default button to set the fabric color in this dialog as the default color that will be used for all fu
85. slope of the curve at the two ends With the left mouse button click on one of the control points and the cursor will change to a four headed arrow Hold down the mouse button and drag the control point to reshape the curve into the desired shape Polygon The default polygon is just a line between the two endpoints You can change the slope or length of this line by left clicking one or the other point and dragging it You can add points to the curve by clicking at the desired location or Ctrl click an existing point to at a point between it and the previous point on the curve To delete a point Shift click on it When all text editing is completed click the OK button to sew the text into the pattern file and return to the SewWhat Pro workspace if no pattern is presently open a new file will be opened While the workspace is open you may double click on the lettering to reopen the lettering dialog for further editing Settings Retrieve and Save You can retrieve existing settings or save your current ones by clicking one or the other of these buttons SewWhat Pro ships with a number of font settings that have been tested to produce good stiteh outs You may import one of these and use the settings as a guide for your own monogram work Add User Fonts Click this button to import additional fonts into the Monogram Fonts dialog The fonts read in this way will only be available in the SewWhat Pro monogram editor You can delete font
86. tch out first enter 1 in row 5 To DELETE a thread from the pattern enter a 0 or blank In the corresponding row of the New Order column To JOIN one or more threads enter the SAME new stitch order number in the coresponding rows of the New Order column For example to wm old stitches 4 and 6 and stitch therm out as new stitch Hz enter 2 in row 4 and 6 Old Thread Fig 1 Dialog for entering new thread order Above old color 5 has been reordered to be new color 1 Shortcuts You can quickly reorder a single thread in the Thread Info pane by holding down the Shift Left Mouse button and dragging the color to the stop where you want it to be placed Release the mouse button to drop the color onto the new stop position If you drag a color up it will be placed at the stop position just above the stop where you drop it dragging down will place the color below the drop stop 4 4 Delete Threads Choose this option from the Edit menu to display a dialog for deleting threads from your design Threads may be deleted either based on the number of stitches and or the length of thread ina particular color Eliminate Threads Delete Threads Colors With Cancel Ok SS w Fewer than 1 O stitches w Length less than 0 01 om meters Toolbar Toolbar Keys SewWhat Pro An alternative way to eliminate a specific thread is to right click on the thread color button in the Thread Palette Then sele
87. te keyboard key Insert Click this toolbar button to insert an extra stitch before the selected one Add Lock Click this toolbar button to add a lock stitch after the selected stitch Selecting Moving Multiple Stitches at Once Holding down the SHIFT key allows you to select several points at once for editing deleting and moving The points can be selected either by left clicking them or by using the keyboard arrow keys to select the preceding or following points in the design In Fig 2a four points on the satin stitch have been selected solid red squares ending with stitch 2325 Note that they were left clicked since they are NOT consecutive points Releasing the SHIFT key and then holding down the CTRL key one of the selected points was moved to widen the satin stitch in this particular area and all four points were shifted simultaneously If the Delete button or keyboard key had been pressed instead all four points would have been deleted 71 Sew What Pro F g E d i Diy Lp i e TS YA a Lif O E le 11 8 Status bar For Help press F1 Batch inactive 110 CenterX Y mn The status bar is displayed at the bottom of the SewWhat Pro window The left area of the status bar previews actions associated with menu items as you navigate through menus or toolbar buttons as you flyover them with your cursor The right part of the status bar indicates information about pattern properties
88. the distance from the top of the 7 to the bottom of the g but also includes some blank space so called internal leading above the T which can be used for accent marks Tiger Af mm Stitch Type There are options to choose either or both outline and fill stitches These are described below Running Outline This is a straight stitch for outlining the lettering You may set the length of a running stitch in 0 1mm units with the Stitch Length control Satin Outline This is a zigzag satin stitch Both the length and height of the stitch may be set from the Satin Height and Satin Width controls The number of repetitions of the outline stitches may be adjusted with the Passes control a setting of 1 means a single pass 38 SewWhat Pro Satin Blanket Applique The appliqu stitch is a combination of a running stitch to outline the fabric and a satin or blanket stitch to tack down and trim the border To apply the appliqu follow these steps 1 Position the appliqu fabric on the hooped base fabric 2 Baste the appliqu fabric to the base fabric 3 Stitch color 1 the outline of the letter to hold the fabric in place along its border 4 Remove hoop from machine without moving the embroidery arm 5 Cut out the appliqu around the stitching line Cut just outside of and as close as possible to the stitching line 6 Reinsert the hoop onto machine without moving the embroidery arm and stitc
89. tly active opened file Close Closes the presently active pattern file Save Saves an opened pattern file using the same file name Save As Saves an opened pattern file to a specified file name Email Send an embroidery file as an attachment via email Print Prints the pattern and design information Print Preview Displays the pattern on the screen as it would appear printed Page Setup Selects printing options Exit Exits the SewWhat Pro application 2 2 Edit menu Sew What Pro Edit View Tools Wi Undo DN Redo Order Threads Del Threads Join Threads Filter Stitches W Split Pattern Cut 343 Copy pe tt Next Object Prev Object 18 18 o Options Win Ctri 2 Litty Alt O Ctrl D Liz Alt 3 Shift Delete Ctrl Alt N Alt P The Edit menu offers the following commands o O n ed JU O Order Threads Delete Threads Join Threads Filter Stitches Split Pattern g E Paste All Objects Next Object Previous Object 2 3 View menu Reverse undo previous editing operation Reverse redo previous undo operation Reorders joins and or deletes threads from one list Deletes threads based on length or number of stitches Joins threads of a given color Eliminate stitches based on length criterion Splits pattern or thread according to user drawn region Deletes presently selected pattern from the document and moves it to the clipboard Copies pr
90. to right To reflect the pattern up down first rotate the pattern by 90 degrees 10 2 Rotate Pattern You can use the freehand rotation knob to rotate the selected pattern Alternatively use the Rotation Toolbar to rotate counter clockwise the selected pattern by 90 10 or 1 degree increments 10 3 Thread Palette Editor The Thread Palette is displayed whenever a color button in the Thread Information Pane is clicked When it is docked below the Thread Pane as shown in Fig 1 it toggles with the Stitch Histogram It can be resized by dragging the horizontal separator bar between it and the thread pane When it is floating Fig 2 it can be moved to any convenient location by dragging it and resized by left click dragging its corners or sides In either mode the palette can be hidden by clicking outside the Information Pane or when it is floating by clicking on the X in the upper right corner SE Sew What Pro Project test Size 2 9 mm wx1 5 mm h Total Stitches 9418 Project Pane Author Copyright Color File read Thread Na Brand En Green Yellow Warathon Rayor White Warathon Rayor eg Opaline Marathon Rayor Medium YellonWarathon Rayor l a Light Pink Marathon A 101 21 Thread Pane White Warathon aie Old Gold Warathon Rayor Black Warathon Rayor Green Yellow Warathon Rayor White Warathon Rayor 11 Opaline Marathon Rayor e Wediurm YellonWarathon Rayor Light Pink Marathon Rayor White Marathon Rayor G59
91. tomatically update the Thread Pane and pattern color The palette of colors is associated with a particular thread manufacturer The list of manufacturers can be changed by choosing from the drop down combo Thread Palette list The order of threads appearing in the Thread Color dialog can be changed by clicking one of the three column headers The threads may be ordered by Color Thread Name or Thread attribute The palette editor will remain visible until you either 1 click outside the Information Pane to deselect all the threads 2 Ctrl Click in the thread pane to select multiple threads 3 change to the Album Icon view 10 4 Workspace View The SewWhat Pro screen is divided into two workspaces 1 main workspace or view 54 Sew What Pro 2 information panel The relative sizes of these two spaces or panels can be changed by dragging the vertical separator bar between them with the mouse Main Workspace This contains the current pattern that you are editing It also displays the hoop enclosing the pattern as shown below E S AE An r 30 10 20 30 DU 50 40 30 20 10 O 10 20 30 40 50 BO mm Grid dimensions in either metric or American units can be toggled on or off as well as grid lines useful for accurate positioning of the pattern in the hoop Information Panel This panel is divided into three parts see below The Project Pane top part contains information about the file in
92. top half of the flame was cut as a separate pattern from the bottom half A set of points was clicked out in a clockwise manner in the order indicated by the numbers the last point point 5 is optional since the last and first points are automatically joined Once you have returned to normal editing mode the separated thread color s may be edited just like any other distinct thread s in your pattern For example you can click on one or the other pattern formed by the threads cut during the editing session and move rotate delete copy etc those threads as desired In the example above the top of the flame was to be used as a pocket topper so the bottom part of the pattern would be deleted Note that sometimes the selection box may cover the entire uncut pattern if a stray thread or jump stitch occurred In that case just move the pattern in a direction away from the cut to determine which pattern is actually selected Then perform any further editing on the selected pattern 68 Sew What Pro Cut Patten f SelectPoints Select Colors Hoop Guide Split at Sttch ou SI 0 DI 20 40 30 20 10 H0 BL DU 20 RI AH 20 10 H IU 209 30 oi 30 Di Saving a cut pattern If your original pattern was cut to fit it into a smaller available hoop rather than reducing the pattern size then you will need to save the various cut portions into separate files be sure to use the available hoop size when saving
93. ture patterns You can also select a textured fabric for the background by pressing the Select Fabric button User defined textures can be added as bmp jpg png or gif files to the SewWhat Pro Fabrics folder you might have to set the permission on this folder if you installed in Program Files Choose Fabric Color Pattern ex Basic colors pe MN FS Pa WI SS ON WPS OF PS WF WW EO fee RB al EE Rm tee ig KLL Define Custom Colors gt gt Cancel Set Default Select Fabric No Fabric Applique Fig 1 Dialog for selecting fabric color and fabric pattern The Fabric Color Palette provides 48 standard colors and permits the addition of another 16 custom colors Click on the Define Custom Colors button to reveal the color picker Existing custom colors can be changed as required Applique Selection If you want to select a color or pattern for an applique portion of your design to see how it will appear filled with a particular fabric then check the Applique check box on this dialog You must first have selected by Ctrl clicking the applique color stop s in the thread dialog It is suggested though not necessary to choose the die line thread of the applique Then when you click OK the selected fabric will fill the applique Shortcuts 4 Keys Toolbar Sew What Pro CTRL F 6 13 Center Pattern This toolbar button or Tools menu item can be used to center a pattern in the on screen hoop
94. upa Viking SE he dsb Tajima JW site Iw sew Kenmore he ocx Singer FF dt Tama 7 kem Pfaff Pro aw Deier 1 F k Fig 1 File Association selection dialog 7 4 Grid This Options menu item is used to set various properties of the grid lines that are displayed on the screen The grid separation can be selected from the combo box drop down list The thickness and darkness of the grid lines can be chosen 7 5 Hoop Use this Options menu item or toolbar button to display the tabbed dialog for selecting the hoop size or for calibrating and positioning the hoop on the screen The available tabs are described below The hoop calibration tab is only available when a file has been selected into the workspace so that a hoop is displayed 44 SewWhat Pro Hoop Properties Hoop Size Hoop Calibration Ce mm CC in Unit Mach Type PE770 a Emb Type PES BabyLock Bemina Husqvama Janome Pfaff Foem 54 d Select hoop from list below 100 X 100 4 X 4 2130 X 180 Babylock large 2160 X 130 Babylock large 2100 X 172 Small overlap 2172 X 100 Small overlap 100 A 100 Standard C Clear Default Hoop Hoop Insert Figure 1 Dialog displayed by clicking the Hoop Size tab Hoop Size The tabs allow you to display the available hoop sizes for various embroidery machine manufacturers In Fig 1 the manufacturer Brother has been selected by clicking on that tab Use the horizontal scroll buttons t
95. ured 3D appearance Toggles between the album icon view checked and the info pane view unchecked the default Shows or hides the graph of stitch length distribution in the thread pane 10 Sew What Pro Tools Options Window Mg sd En CR Add Border Adjust Density Applique Cutter Arch Text Basting Stitch Batch Convert Media Writer Resize Pattern Sew Lettering Sew Wrte Lettering Write D1 Floppy Fabric Center Pattern Help Ctrl A Ctrl B Alt M Ctri R Ctrl Alt D Ctrl F Alt C The Tools menu offers the following commands Add Border Add a border to an existing pattern Adjust Density Choose factor for adjusting stitch density Applique Cutout Saves high resolution jpg files for selected tielines Arch Text Arrange individual letters on an arch Basting Stitch Adds basting stitches around pattern and or around hoop Batch Conversion Begin batch conversion dialog Resize Pattern Enter exact new sizes for a pattern Write D1 Floppy Write or modify a Designer 1 floppy diskette or create a D1 Zip file archive Media Writer Write files to external media SM CF USB for Brother Elna various Janome and Singer machines Sew Lettering Insert lettering monograms into an embroidery pattern SewWrite Lettering Use SewWrite plugin to insert lettering monograms into pattern Fabric Select fabric color and or texture Cent
96. ust click out a set of points around the part of the pattern to be split This will define a polygon which will separate cut the pattern into two separate regions the region inside the polygon which will be treated as a new color and the rest of the pattern which will remain unchanged See the description of the Separation Mode Toolbar for detailed cutting instructions Shortcuts 4 8 Cut Use this command to remove cut the currently selected pattern from the document and put it on the clipboard This command is unavailable if there is no pattern currently selected Cutting data to the clipboard replaces the contents previously stored there Cut data can be subsequently pasted into another pattern See also Split Pattern Delete Threads Shortcuts CTRL X Delete 20 Toolbar Keys Toolbar Keys Toolbar Keys SewWhat Pro 4 9 Copy Use this command to copy the selected pattern onto the clipboard This command is unavailable if there is no pattern selected Copying data to the clipboard replaces the contents previously stored there Shortcuts CTRL C 4 10 Paste Use this command to insert a copy of the pattern in the clipboard at the insertion point This command is unavailable if the clipboard is empty A bitmap of the pattern is also stored in the clipboard allowing you to paste the clipboard contents into other standard applications such as a word processor Shortcuts CTRL V SHIFT INS 4 1
97. wWhat Pro suggests that you save changes to your document before you close it If you close a document without saving you lose all changes made since the last time you saved it Before closing an untitled document SewWhat Pro displays the File Save As Dialog and suggests that you name and save the document Shortcuts Mouse Close a document by clicking the Close icon on the document s window CTRL F4 closes a document window 3 5 Save 14 Toolbar Keys SewWhat Pro Use this command to save the active document to its current name and directory When you save a document for the first time SewWhat Pro displays the File Save As Dialog so you can name your document If you want to change the name and directory of an existing document before you save it choose the File Save As command Shortcuts CTRL S 3 6 Save As Use this command to save and rename the active document SewWhat Pro displays the File Save As dialog box so you can rename your embroidery file and change its file type extension To save a pattern with its existing name folder and extension use the Save command 3 7 EMail Use this File menu item to email a copy of the pattern file in the SewWhat Pro workspace The file must be saved before it can be sent Shortcuts Toolbar 3 8 Print Use this command to print a SewWhat Pro document This command presents a print dialog see below where you may specify the range of pages to be printed the number of c
98. you can enter the number of columns and rows for displaying the album icons The page preview shows how the margin and column row selections will affect the printed document Also check the box beside Include Zip Files if you wish to view embroidery files in the present directory that are in Zip archive files This option will slow down the printing and display of the icon view if there are many archived files Design Click this button to edit the Design Layout items You can choose to combine the design and thread information on a single page or to print them separately If a pattern is too large Mouse Keys SewWhat Pro to fit onto a single page then choosing the separate option will allow the design to be automatically split over several pages Paper Size Select the size of paper that the document is to be printed on Paper Source Some printers offer multiple trays for different paper sources Specify the tray here Orientation Choose Portrait or Landscape Margins Enter the page margins here Printer Displays a dialog box for selecting the printer you want to use Choose the Default Printer or choose the Name option and select one of the currently installed printers shown in the box You install printers and configure ports using the Windows Control Panel Choose the Properties option to further refine the printer properties 3 11 Exit Use this command to end your SewWhat Pro session You can also use the Close

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