Freehand Select

Use Freehand Select  to select a block of stitches within an area of any shape. Click Freehand Select and the pointer changes to the freehand select pointer , then click and drag to draw an irregular outline around the desired area. When you release the mouse the area is closed automatically with a straight line between the last mouse position and the start position.

Use Add to Selection

 with any select function to increase the area of selected stitches, or use Remove from Selection

to make the currently selected area smaller.

Freehand Select is useful when an area cannot be easily selected by using the simpler Box Select function. It is particularly useful to highlight part of a color area which could not otherwise be easily selected.

The block can be moved, scaled and/or resized, mirrored horizontally and vertically and rotated to any degree. The block can be copied or cut to the clipboard and then pasted to the same or another embroidery. The block can also be deleted.

If the wrong area is selected, click in the active window, but outside the box, to deselect.

Select a Heart with Freehand Select

1. Click the Hoop icon

   

    and set the hoop size to 240mm x 150mm - Universal Large Hoop 2, Rotated orientation. Click OK.

2. Click File, New

   

   to open a new window.

3. In the Quick Access toolbar, click Insert

   

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4. Browse to the folder Documents\mySewnet\Samples\Stitch Editor\Stitch.

5. Scroll down and load the 'Hearts and Lace’ embroidery.

6. Zoom in

   

   to the area to the right with the small hearts.

7. Click Freehand Select

   

   . The pointer changes to the Freehand select pointer

   

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8. Click and drag to draw an irregular outline most of the way around one of the small hearts to the right, then release the mouse button.

When you release the mouse the area is closed automatically with a straight line between the last mouse position and the start position, and the heart is surrounded by a selection box.

9. Click outside the block to make a new selection using this method.

10. Right-click to deselect.

Shortcuts

• Select, Home Tab; Status Bar:

  

• Keys: Alt, H, FS

Select Stitches

Block Select Functions

Box Select

Color Block Select

Point Select

Select All Visible

Select None

Replace Selection

Add To Selection

Remove From Selection

Move Block

Resize Block and Scale Block

Rotate Block

Modify Block

Flip or Skew Block

Center in Hoop

Reverse Order