Each Design on a Design Page is one of the three types, ‘Embroidery Design,’ ‘Lettering Design’ and ‘Library Design.’ These design types work together to build useful embroidery compositions. The designs are visible on the Design Page in the Main View, and the sequence of the designs is visible in the Objects View.
Designs are collections of objects. For example, a merged embroidery design is a collection of color objects, each of which contains stitches for a single color in the design.
Designs may be ‘grouped’ which allows you, the user, to select and move the design around in the Main View as a single design. By default, when you merge an embroidery design into the page, it comes in as grouped. If you want to change one or more colors (or objects) in the design, you have some options:
• Ungroup the design, which makes each object selectable in the Main View.
• Select the object or objects in the Objects View.
Designs as they appear in the Main View may be ‘Locked’ which prevents inadvertent moving or editing. The lock may also be used to hide the design(s). The state of the Lock is set using the Objects View toolbar.