A worksheet panel showing the color blocks in the embroidery. Use it to change the thread color, show which color blocks are visible and turn the display of color blocks on and off. Also, pause the pointer over a color block to see a thread description and highlight the corresponding stitches in the embroidery.
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Color Change |
Select a new thread color. |
Display
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Display all stitches in the embroidery. |
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Draw one stitch at a time. |
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Freely draw stitches, with stitch points placed at the selected rate. |
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Place stitches in a zigzag horizontally to the left and right of the line drawn. |
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Place stitches in a zigzag at 90 degrees to the line drawn. |
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Place stitches in a zigzag at the Calligraphy Angle. |
Move the slider bar to set the rate at which stitches are drawn by Free Motion, Horizontal ZigZag and Rotational ZigZag. Set the rate from 100 to 2000 stitches per minute in steps of 100.
If variable stitch speed is allowed in Stitch Preferences, use pressure sensitivity on the drawing tablet to change the stitch speed. Press harder to increase the stitch speed, or lighter to reduce the stitch speed. If there is no tablet attached, use the A and S keys to vary the stitch speed while drawing stitches. Use the A key to draw stitches more slowly and the S key to draw stitches faster.
Set the width of zigzag stitches drawn by Horizontal ZigZag and Rotational ZigZag. Set the width from 0.1mm to 9.0mm in 0.1mm steps. Edit the width directly, or use the up and down arrow buttons.
Use the Z and X keys to dynamically change the width while drawing zigzag stitches. Use Z to decrease the zigzag width and X to increase the zigzag width. Press a key once to change the width by 0.1mm, or press and hold a key to continuously change the width. The minimum and maximum ZigZag Width can be changed in Stitches Preferences.
Set the angle used for drawing zigzag stitches with Calligraphy. Set the angle from 0 to 359 degrees. Edit the angle directly, or use the up and down arrow buttons.
Use Q (counter-clockwise) and W (clockwise) while drawing Calligraphy to dynamically change the angle. Tap the Q or W key to change the angle by one degree. Hold the Q or W key to continuously change the angle.
Enter up to 2000 characters in the Notes for information and keywords about the embroidery.
Enter up to 2000 characters in the Settings for information on the motifs for the embroidery.
The Clipboard Block shows the embroidery that can be pasted into the work area.
The overview window gives a small overview of the whole work area for the current background and embroideries.
Show help for the Free page of the control panel.