Create an Embroidery Design 2

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Create an Embroidery Design 2

Creating a simple embroidery design from a vector graphic image through vector-digitizing, using the ToolsTab and the Smart Design tool.

 

You can create this design while you read this article.

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This example includes:

•Creating a new design document

•Load a Vector Image. Ungroup it.

•Smart Design

•Block Menu

•Embroidery Object Type: Uniform Area + Pattern Fill

•Direction lines

•Embroidery Object Type: Turning Area + Zig Zag Fill

•Object Manager

Start a new design

➢Click on the blank document tab (above the workspace) to open a new design document.

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Load a Vector Image

➢Press on the Catalogs button on the MAIN toolbar.

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➢Select the media type Images-Vector on the Catalog tool.

➢Select the folder where the image is located.

➢The bottom panel of the Catalog displays the contents of the folder for the selected media type.

➢Select the ASV-029 vector image from the Artwork Vector folder.

➢Drag the image into the workspace to load it.

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Preparing the vector image

➢ The vector image is probably a group of many combined graphic elements.

➢ To ungroup the elements of the image, press on "Ungroup All" from the BLOCK MENU > "Group" group.

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➢On the Object Manager, you can see the vector objects of the image after ungrouping them.

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Start digitizing

➢Open the Smart Design tool from MAIN toolbar.

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➢Click on the Edit Object function.

➢Select the orange vector object.

➢On the Smart Design tool, click on Area + Pattern Stitches Fill Style.

➢A new embroidery object is automatically created with the shape of the vector object and the defined object type.

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➢Once the area object is created, you can change the stitch direction line.

Define the object Properties

➢In this case, we use an orange color, a density value of 6 lines/mm, a "Soft Low" Underlay and a "Fixed - Soft" Pull Compensation.

You can change the properties of any object from the tooltab or the Object Inspector.

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Use the Object Inspector to edit any object property.

➢Click on the "Object Manager" button, at the right side of the screen to open the Object Inspector.

➢Adjust any fill property.

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➢Select the green vector object

➢Repeat the above steps using the Area + Pattern Stitches Fill style.

➢A new embroidery object is automatically created with the shape of the vector object and the defined object type.

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➢Once the area object is created, you can change the stitch direction line.

Define the object Properties

➢In this case, we use an green color, a density value of 6 lines/mm, a "Soft Low" Underlay and a "Fixed - Soft" Pull Compensation.

You can change the properties of any object from the tooltab or the Object Inspector.

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➢Select the black vector object.

➢On the Smart Design tool, click on Turning Area + Zig-Zag Stitches Fill Style.

➢A new embroidery object is automatically created with the shape of the vector object and the defined object type.

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Define the object Properties

➢In this case, we use black color, a density value of 4 lines/mm, a "Soft High" Underlay and a "Fixed - Soft" Pull Compensation.

You can change the properties of any object from the tooltab or the Object Inspector.

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Using the visualization tools

➢To view the object with more detail, you can hide the vector image using the "Auxiliary" button on the MAIN toolbar.

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Show Vector Image

Hide Vector Image

Creating the black shapes

➢Select the rest of the black vector objects and repeat the steps using the Turning Area + Zig-Zag Stitches Fill style.

➢New embroidery objects are automatically created with the shapes of the vector objects and the defined object type.

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You can select any of the remaining vector objects using the Object Manager (above the Object Inspector).

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➢Repeat the embroidery objects creation steps for these vector objects, using the Turning Area + Zig-Zag Stitches Fill style.

➢New embroidery objects are automatically created with the shapes of the vector objects and the defined object type.

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Final Design

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