Insert

Use Insert Insert_icon01770.jpg to add an existing drawing or painting to the current design. All sections of a vector graphic design will be grouped together, ready for moving, resizing and so on.

mySewnet™ Draw & Paint displays the Open dialog so you can choose an image to open. You may load quilting and vector graphic design files in a variety of formats, and bitmap files.

Insert_design_dialog.jpg 

Open a folder, and scroll down and click a drawing to select it. Click OK to load the drawing on the Canvas.

File Name

Type or select the filename you want to open.

Files of Type

This is set to All Files (*.*).

Look In

Select the drive or folder containing the file that you want to open.

More Options

Switch from list List_View_icon.jpg or details Details_view_icon.jpg view to icons with thumbnail images of the drawing. For example, Extra Large icons Extra_Large_icons_icon.jpg.

Preview Pane

Preview the drawing file before opening Preview_Pane_icon.jpg.

You can change the icon size, and show the names of the drawings.

You may load vector files in the following formats: mySewnet™ Draw & Paint Files (.ecq), 4D / 5D QuiltDesign Creator 4QB (*.4qb) and Scalable Vector Graphics (.svg) formats. Windows Meta File (.wmf), Windows Enhanced Meta File (.emf), CorelDraw (.cdr version 7-13, .cmx) and Encapsulated PostScript File (*.eps) files can also be loaded.

You may load quilting files in the following formats: QuiltSewClever / Quilt Artist / Shirley Stitcher QCC (*.qcc), HPGL (*.hp and *.plt), PC Quilter (*.txt), Statler Stitcher (*.qli), AutoCAD (*.dxf), CompuQuilter (*.cmd and *.cqp), Handi Quilter (*.hqf) and IntelliQuilter (*.iqp).

The following bitmap file formats may be loaded: Windows or OS2 Bitmap (.bmp), JPEG-JFIF Compliant (.jpg, .jif, .jpeg), Portable Network Graphics (.png) and Tagged Image File Format uncompressed (.tiff, .tif).

Shortcut

Insert an Image

  1. In the Quick Access toolbar, click Insert Insert_icon01779.jpg. The Open dialog box appears.

    2. Alternatively, click File, Insert Insert_icon01781.jpg.

  2. Browse through the drives and folders of the computer to the desired folder.

  3. Click on an icon to select the image.

  4. Click Open to load the image into the Canvas.

Alternatively, double-click the icon for the drawing.

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