Life View

Use Life View Life_View_icon02951.jpg to show how an embroidery exported from the project will look in 3D with real-world perspective. Zoom in to see detail, and move and rotate the embroidery in a three-dimensional view.

Note: Life View will not open if part of the embroidery is outside the hoop.

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Use Life View Life_View_icon02954.jpg at any time when you want to see the design with no grid, stitches selected, or markers displayed, and when you want to see the effects of glow in the dark and solar reactive threads.

To Select Life View

Position

Use the position

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slider to move to another part of the Life View window.

Rotation

Use the rotation

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 slider to view the stitching in the embroidery in 3D.

Note: Use the zoom and position sliders to select the part of the embroidery to view.

Zoom

Use the zoom slider to change the magnification of the embroidery. The box below the zoom bar displays the current magnification.

Note: When zoomed in, use the position slider to move around the embroidery.

Design Information

View the dimensions (Width

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 and Height

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), the number of stitches 

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 and the number of colors

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in the embroidery.

Glow in the Dark

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Use Glow in the Dark

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 to view the effect of using glow in the dark threads. The preview darkens to simulate the lights dimming, and the glow in the dark threads are shown in their luminescent colors.

Note: Glow in the Dark is only available if glow in the dark thread colors are present in the design.

Solar Reactive

Use Solar Reactive

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 to view the effect of using photochromic threads. The preview simulates the sun shining on the design, and the photochromic threads change shade to show the colors they become in sunlight.

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Photochromic threads change color in sunlight.

Note: Solar Reactive is only available if photochromic thread colors are used in the design.

Play Demo

Use Play Demo

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 to animate the preview and show the embroidery at different angles automatically.

Play My Demo

Use Play My Demo

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 to animate the preview using your own demo. Use the menu options to add the current position as a point in the demo, or reset to create a new demo.

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The My Demo animation is used for Life View in all mySewnet™ Embroidery Software apps. It is stored in the AnimationPath.txt file in the //[User] folder.

Note: Copy this file to another location as a backup before creating additional My Demo animation paths for Life View.

Create Your own Demo
  1. Adjust the window to the desired position and rotation.

  2. In the Play My Demo pop-up menu, choose Store Demo Point.

  3. Adjust the window again, and store more demo points.

  4. Note: To start again from the beginning, in the Play My Demo pop-up menu, choose Reset My Demo.

  5. When complete, select Play My Demo to see a preview animation between the stored positions.

  6. Click Play My Demo

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    to start and stop the saved animation.

Reset

Use Reset

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to set Rotation, Position and Zoom back to the default settings.

Share

Use Share to save a picture or video of your design. See Share Picture and Share Video.

View Mode

Zooming In or Out

Get Length

Show and Hide Objects

Add Color Change, Pick Color and Quick Colors

FilmStrip

Grid

Backgrounds

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