Baby Lock Palette 10 (ECS10) Instruction Manual - Manual (Page 9)

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Comparison of Types of Data Created
With Palette Ver.10
Three types of data are used in Palette Ver.10.
Stitch pattern: Built-in embroidery data (created through a conversion in Palette Ver.10)
Text pattern: Data created with the [Text] tools
Shape pattern (Outline pattern): Data created with the [Shapes] tools. A uniform/multiple sewing
direction(s) are applied to the entire region.
Each data can be converted to another type as shown below. The arrows indicate the directions in which data
can be converted. The methods of editing the data differ depending on the data type.
Stitch pattern
You can edit (reshaping by moving/deleting points
or splitting/connecting lines at points) points (needle
drop points) and split stitches; however, you cannot
specify region and line sew types or sewing
attributes.
Text pattern
You can edit text by entering/deleting characters,
specify text attributes (such as the font or the
transformation shape) and specify sewing
attributes.
Shape pattern
You can specify region and line sew types as well as
sewing attributes, edit paths (by moving/deleting
points, reshaping through handle movements or by
splitting/connecting lines at points), change the
sewing direction, input/edit stamps, apply
embossing/engraving effects, remove/merge
overlapping regions, set hole sewing, split outlines
and create offset lines and floral patterns.
For example, when a stitch pattern is converted to
shapes, the sew types and sewing attributes can be
changed, and the shapes can easily be edited and
resized. When text pattern is converted to shapes,
the sewing direction and character shapes can be
edited and offset lines can be created.
Functions that are not available with one data type
may be performed if the data is converted to a
different type. Convert data to the type that allows
you to perform the operations necessary for creating
the desired embroidery data.
Shape pattern
Stitch pattern
Text pattern
Change the shape
by editing paths.
Change the shape by
editing needle drop points.
Edit the text or
change the font.