Preferences

Use Preferences Preferences_icon03325.jpg to set stitch length for single and motif stitches, and color tolerance and screen options. When these are changed, the new settings will be remembered when mySewnet™ Digitizing is closed and reopened.

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General Preferences

Choose whether or not to use color tolerance, and the stitch length for single stitches when broken up.

Color Tolerance

Selecting the Color Tolerance option causes the Color Tolerance dialog to appear when any of the QuickStitch™ or QuickTrace functions are used. It allows parts of a picture to be selected for filling or tracing according to how similar they are in color to the chosen color.

This option is initially selected.

Single Stitches

Break Up

Select Break Up to break long Single Stitches into Running Stitches at the length set in Maximum Stitch Length.

Maximum Stitch Length

Set the maximum Single Stitch length from 1 to 12mm in steps of 1mm. The initial setting is 6mm.

Single Stitches will be broken up into stitches of this length, unless the setting is altered in the properties box.

Creating Stitches Preferences

Select whether or not to automatically add tie stitches, the maximum stitch length for motifs, and the stitch length for Felting Needle color effects.

Tie Off Before and After Trims

Select this option to automatically add a tie stitch before and after a Trim.

When this option is not selected, no ties are automatically added.

This option is initially selected.

Minimum Gap to Add Trim

Set the minimum gap between objects to automatically add a trim.

Maximum Stitch Length for Motif

Set the maximum length of motif stitches used in motifs from 1 to 20mm in steps of 0.1mm. The initial setting is 2mm.

Felting Needle Color Effect

Set the stitch length for Felting Needle stitches. These settings are used whenever a felting needle color is selected in mySewnet™ Digitizing.

Break Up

Break up Felting Needle stitches into a preset minimum length.

Stitch Length

Set the stitch length for Felting Needle stitches from 0.1mm to 6.0mm in steps of 0.1mm. The initial setting is 0.4mm.