Bernina V6 User's Manual
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1. BERNINA DesignerPlus V6 Carving Stamps Open a New File e Select File New or click on the New File icon Li e Right click on Show Hoop e Make sure Display Hoops is checked and select artista 400 x 150 Mega Auto Split Machines Draw the rectangles Select C42 from the Color Bar coir Select the Rectangle tool and draw a rectangle by clicking in the ia upper left hand corner and dragging to the lower right hand cor ner a e Press Escape e Select the rectangle and open Object Properties Click on the Ley General tab Make sure Proportional Scaling is turned off e Change the width of the rectangle to 70 mm and the height to 85 mm Click OK e Quick Clone right click and drag on the object to make a copy of the rectangle Move the copy in a below the first rectangle e Clone the second rectangle position below the second object e Select File Save As e Navigate to the folder in which the file will be stores Name the file Carving Stamps Click Save Using an Object for a Stamp e Select File Insert Design e Navigate to My Computer C My Designs Embroidery Software 6 Select the Animal folder Open the folder e Select FB 253 48 Open the file e Decrease the size of the dragonfly by clicking and dragging on one of the corner black sizing handles Move it away from the rectangles Note Decrease th object so that it will fit within the rectangle or use the stamp so that only part of the object stamps the2. back ground e Open the Carving Stamp dialog box e Click on the Use Object Tab e Click on the Start Selecting button and use one of the selection tools to select the dragonfly The dragonfly will appear in the Use Object window Press Esc e Select one of the rectangles Click on Use Stamp the outline of the stamp is visible 2009 BERNINA of America Inc DL ay f i M o i Notes Carving stamp defines a pat tern of needle penetrations in a fill There are three different ways to stamp use a de sign use a built in stamp or create a custom stamp 3 Any of the selection tools be used to select the object that will be used as a stamp Select part of the object by drawing the bounding box around part of the design or by using Polygon Select remember to first ungroup Add stamps to selected back ground objects or choose to not pre select an object and add the stamp to other ob i jects 3 Follow the prompts on the lower left corner of the screen for information on setting the stamps Page 1 of 3 BERNINA e Click on one of the rectangles at the point where the stamp will be places and move the cursor to rotate the Press Esc to deactivate the stamp e Click on the inserted dragonfly design Delete Changing the background stamp appearance proper ties e Select the rectangle Open Object Properties Wey e Click on
3. the Fill Stitch Tab Select Step Stitch 6 click Ap ply e Click on the Stitch Angle Tab and change the stitch angle to 0 e Click OK to activate the changes and close the dialog box e Click on the Appearance tab of the Carving Stamp dialog box and select Softened Stamp Using a pattern for a stamp e Select the Use Pattern tab from the Carving stamp dialog box e From the Set selection drop down menu choose Carving Stamps Scroll down to select Ring Ellipse e Select the ellipse Notice that it now appears in the win dow e Select another rectangle e Click Use Stamp e To set the stamps click on the base fill and rotate the cur sor to rotate the stamp as desired click again to set the stamp at that angle To increase the size of the stamp hold the shift key down and drag the cursor away from the first click and click again once the stamp reaches the desired size To decrease the size of the stamp hold the shift key down and drag the cursor toward the first click and click again once the stamp reaches the desired size e Stamp the background fill as desired Press Esc e Select the background rectangle Open Object Properties and select the Angle tab Set the stitch angle to 90 and_ e click on OK S e To remove stamps created click Clear All Stamps in the Appearance tab 2009 BERNINA of America Inc DL Notes The stamp will remain active for multiple uses until the Es drag
4. Use Stamp to place the pattern stamps on the background gt Hold the shift key and drag the cursor away from the first click to enlarge the stamp as desired Hold the shift key and drag the cursor toward the first click to decrease the size of the stamp A stamp extended beyond the parameters of the background fill will be stamped partially on the fill Place the stamps as desired on the background Open Object Properties and click on the Fill Stitch tab Select step fill 4 Click on Apply select the Stitch angle tab Change the angle to 95 Click on OK Make sure the rectangle is selected Click on the Appearance tab Select the Raised stamp option save the design 2009 BERNINA of America Inc DL It is necessary to complete the entire shape pressing enter will not close the ob ject No spaces or punctuation should be in the name of the file The reference line sets the baseline of the stamp 3 Rename and delete custom stamps by right clicking and choosing the desired option Reshape the carving stamps by selecting the background object and selecting the Re shape icon Move rotate scale reshape or delete See pages 251 253 in the Help Manual Vectors shapes from Art Canvas may be used as carving stamps Care must be used when changing the Raised appear ance of a stamp since satin stitches are added Switch to Design View a
5. nd check for any streaked lines in the stitching these indicate satin stitches are too long Page 3 of 3
6. onfly as desired Click a second time to set the stamp cape key is pressed i To save an object as a stamp for future use it must be saved by adding it to the li brary Vary the type of the back ground fill and the angle of the fill for different effects Carving stamps can be used with satin step or fancy fills They may also be used with satin outlines Page 2 of 3 BERNINA Digitizing a pattern stamp Click on the Digitizing tab of the Carving stamp dialog box Click on Start Digitizing button Digitize the shape needed on the workspace Use right clicks for curves Use left clicks to change directions or to draw a Straight line Digitize the last point directly on top of the first digi tized point to draw a closed shape Press enter twice to place the digitized shape within the digitized drawing box Adding a stamp to the library To add the digitized shape to the Carving Stamp Li brary click on Add to Library Click New Set and name the set Click OK Name the new stamp and click OK Following the prompts digitize the first reference point and the second reference point Use left clicks Or press Enter to let the software set the reference points A dialog box confirms that the pattern stamp has been created Click OK The created stamp is saved in the Use Stamp tab under the named folder Using the created stamp Select the third rectangle Click on
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