You can adjust SuperDesigns after they are placed in the work area, and before they have been fixed as stitches, even after saving.
A SuperDesign that has not been fixed as an embroidery has green handles. A SuperDesign fixed as an embroidery has white handles or blue handles. See Resize and Scale.
To Adjust SuperDesigns:
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Drag the green handles to change the shape of a SuperDesign. Hold the Ctrl key while dragging to retain the original proportions, or the Shift key to resize from the center. See Reshaping a SuperDesign.
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Right–click a SuperDesign and select an option from the Context menu:
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Choose Properties to change the size, height and width. See Changing SuperDesign Properties and Stitch Type.
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Choose a stitch type and open its properties dialog to alter properties such as density, stitch length, angle and pattern. See Choosing Stitch Properties.
If there is more than one stitch area of a particular type in the design, the drop-down menu will show that stitch type in a numbered list; for example Pattern Fill 1, Pattern Fill 2.
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For Appliqué SuperDesigns, in the Context menu select Appliqué Fabric, then choose a fabric from the submenu. The Appliqué Selection dialog box opens. See Change the Fabric in an Appliqué Embroidery, and Appliqué Selection.
The position of the pattern in an appliqué fabric may only be changed after fixing as stitches.
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To change the thread colors in the SuperDesign, click a thread color in the Design Panel. See Change an Existing Thread Color.
To fix the SuperDesign as stitches, see Fixing SuperDesigns as Embroideries.
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Choose a SuperDesign in the SuperDesign window. See Create a SuperDesign.
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Click Apply
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Drag the design a short distance to the right. A four arrow pointer appears as you drag.
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Place the pointer over one of the square green handles at the corners of the design. The Adjust/resize pointer
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Drag the handle to change the shape of the SuperDesign.
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Hold the Ctrl key and drag one of the handles. The size changes, but the shape remains the same. Hold down Shift to resize from the center.
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Right-click the SuperDesign, and in the Context menu select Fix as Stitches
. The handles on the design are now white, indicating that the SuperDesign has been fixed as an embroidery. -
Click Undo. The green handles reappear. You can adjust the design again.
Alternatively, you can right-click and select Properties. In the Options dialog change the size and proportions and click OK.
The SuperDesign will also be fixed as an embroidery if you adjust it in the Modify tab.