In mySewnet™ Digitizing, designs are made up of a sequence of lines and areas (e.g. stitch lines, fills and columns). Each area, line or column is defined by a number of points that can be seen in the work area. The selected object is highlighted in the FilmStrip.
Note: To change the properties of all visible objects of the selected type, Control–click in the FilmStrip and choose Global Properties.
Select a Place to Insert New Objects
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In the FilmStrip or in the work area, find the object after which you wish to insert new objects and click it to highlight it.
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Select one of the Create tools. The create cursor
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Insert the new object. It appears below the object that you selected.
Insertion Markers
When a Freehand tool is selected, a marker shows the location of the last point of the preceding object. This is where new objects are inserted:
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When objects will be added to the end of the design, the marker is pink
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When objects are to be inserted (i.e. the selected object is not the last object in the design), the marker showing the final point of the selected object is green
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When objects are to be inserted, a red marker
shows the position of the first point in the next object in the design.
Select an Object to Edit
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In the work area, click an object to show the points that make it up, and check what type it is in the FilmStrip.
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Click an object in the FilmStrip. It is highlighted in the work area.
You can then drag the points on the object to change its shape, delete it, or Control–click and choose Properties to change the stitch type.
Step Through Designs
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Click an object in the work area and press the arrow keys on the keyboard to step through all the objects in sequence. (If a selection box is visible, then use the arrow keys to nudge the selected object(s).)
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Click an object in the FilmStrip and use the up and down arrow keys on the keyboard to step through all the objects in sequence.
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Click the Page Up (or fn ↑), Page Down (or fn ↓), Home (or fn ←) and End (or fn →) keys to move rapidly up and down the FilmStrip.
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Click Select Last Visible Object
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Control–click the FilmStrip and choose Display Only From Start to show only the objects from the start to the selected object.
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Control–click the FilmStrip and choose Display Only To End to show only the objects from the selected object to the end of the design.
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Control–click the FilmStrip and choose Display Only Selected to show only the selected object.
Note: The color worksheet, object filters and Draw Range are useful to isolate objects.
Select Several Objects
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Click the top of a sequence of objects selected in the FilmStrip, then hold the Shift key and click the bottom of the desired sequence (Shift-click).
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Hold the Command key and click the desired objects (Command-click).