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Layout & Editing
Layout & Editing is used to combine different objects into an embroidery pattern. The most complex objects
can be digitized in Design Center and imported into the Design Page, or created in Layout & Editing with the
wizard for automatically converting an image into an embroidery pattern. Furthermore, you can add text and
monograms, rectangles, circles, broken lines, curves, and manual punching patterns, and define sewing
attributes (thread color and sew type, including stitch patterns created in Programmable Stitch Creator) to the
different objects of the embroidery pattern. You can move all of the patterns to obtain the best layout, and cut
portions of patterns and rearrange them as desired.
Once the embroidery pattern is completed, you can save your work on the computer hard disk, print it, or
transfer it to an original card (or whatever media your sewing machine uses) so that it can be sewn from your
machine.
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Inputting Images and Embroidery Patterns
Images from existing files, such as clip art or custom-made portrait drawings, and images from TWAIN devices
or the Clipboard can be imported into Layout & Editing. These images can be traced or used with the wizard
to automatically create embroidery patterns. In addition, embroidery patterns created in Design Center or a
pattern from an embroidery card can be imported into the Layout & Editing Design Page.
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Editing Embroidery Patterns
The embroidery patterns in the Design Page can be edited by adding text and other drawn objects to
customize the embroidery pattern.
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Checking Embroidery Patterns
After designing the embroidery pattern, you can preview it. In the preview, you can view the stitches. In the
realistic preview, you can see how the design will look when it is sewn. You can also view the sewing order for
each object in the design.
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Saving and Printing
When the embroidery pattern is finished, it can be saved on the computer’s hard disk in one of many formats
(.pes, .dst, .hus, .exp, or, .pcs). In addition, the pattern can be transferred to an original card by using the USB
card writer, to a floppy disk, or to other types of media used by your sewing machine, such as CompactFlash
cards and USB media. In addition, the embroidery pattern can be printed.
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Changing Software Settings
Grid settings for the Design Page and measurement units can be adjusted to help create the embroidery
pattern and place added objects.
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Information for Optional Large-Size Hoop Users
Combined embroidery patterns can be created specifically for multi-position hoops, including the Jumbo Hoop
or Extra Large Hoop.
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