Stitch Files

Clicking the Merge Stitch File tool found on the Design Toolbar or selecting Merge from the File menu will display the Open Design Files dialog. Here you browse for embroidery designs to add to the Design Page.

The Merge Design view allows you to browse thumbnails

of your files and select one or more files in import.

 

•   The Size control of this dialog determines the preview size of the design thumbnails (the design does not have to be selected for the determined size). The 3D control shows the preview in 3D, i.e. it shows simulated stitches.

•   Click the Import control to bring the selected design(s) into the Design Page. The imported design will be centered on the Design Page.

Merged Stitch File behind Monogram.

Size and Move

The lettering, the Library designs and the merged stitch files can all be sized and moved.

Existing embroidery files can be resized with stitch recalculation. You can resize embroidery up to 250% and down to 50%. If you want to resize an existing design without stitch recalculation, hold down the Ctrl key while dragging the handle.

•   Click and drag on a black handle to resize the design.

•   Click and drag the round blue handle to rotate the element.

Black handles resize, round blue handle in upper right rotates.

 

Click and drag anywhere on a design element to move it. As the design is moved off the page, in any direction, the page will automatically scroll if the cursor is in the ruler area of the page. For finer movements (1mm at a click), the selected design element(s) can be nudged using the keyboard arrow keys. To move objects one stitch point at a time (.1mm); hold down the control key while pressing an arrow key.

When resizing, understand that not every design can be recalculated perfectly. Some designs such as cross-stitch and freestanding lace are not going to resize correctly. Another consideration is the level of detail. Highly detailed designs radically reduced will lose clarity and crispness as the details become squished together.

Note: This is one major benefit of the Library designs; they can usually scale and calculate their stitches for you.