User manual SINGER 141G INSTRUCTION MANUAL

[. . . ] The software may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of those agreements. No part of this publication and the software may be copied, photocopied, reproduced, translated, or reduced to any electronic medium or machine-readable form without the manufacturer's written permission. Commercial or industrial use of trademark and copyrighted works (For example, books, paintings, drawings, photos, fanciful characters, and so forth) owned by other companies or persons, for creation of embroidery patterns without permission is illegal and may result in either criminal or civil liability. Microsoft and Windows®2000/XP are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. [. . . ] Stitch-by-stitch editing is easy and you can edit designs in a variety of ways. You can move stitch-by-stitch if you want and then select and highlight the exact stitches for editing. When performing major stitch editing, you should use caution. For more information on the general rules of stitch editing, see "Editing Stitches and Stitch Groups". You can also edit groups of stitches. Moving portions of a design is simple with the Lasso Stitch Select tool. You can save valuable time by cutting and pasting stitch groups into other designs. You can combine parts of several designs to create something completely new. In this chapter: · · Learn the different ways to move through the design window and how to edit stitch and stitch groups. Find out how to group and ungroup stitches. 98 Editing Stitches and Stitch Groups In Xpressive's unified window, you can edit a design's stitches and stitch groups while in stitch mode. When you use the Stitch Select tool from the Stitch Edit toolbar, Xpressive automatically changes to Stitch Mode. As a general rule, you should perform all outline edits to a design first (in outline mode) and save the design file. Next, you should perform all stitch edits to the same design (in stitch mode) and save the design file with a different file name. Press Ctrl+E on your keyboard and choose Delete Group from the menu. 8 To delete stitches using Backspace on your keyboard: 1 In the Stitch Edit toolbar, click the Stitch Select tool. Select the stitch where you want to start deleting. 2 SINGER XPRESSIVE II User's Guide 101 The stitch group is deleted. To flip stitches in a design file: 1 Select the stitches you want to flip. For more information, see "Selecting stitches in various ways". Selected stitches are highlighted in black. Flipping stitches in a design file You can flip stitches along the horizontal axis using Flip Group. Depending how your stitches are grouped, you can choose to group the stitches differently. You see the shortcut menu. 102 3 Choose Flip Group from the menu. You see the flipped stitch group. To mirror stitches in a design file: 1 Select the stitches you want. For more information, see "Selecting stitches in various ways". Press Ctrl+E on your keyboard and choose Mirror Group from the menu. 2 Mirroring stitches in a design file You can mirror stitches along the vertical axis using Mirror Group. Depending on how your stitches are grouped, you can choose to group the stitches differently. SINGER XPRESSIVE II User's Guide 103 Moving through Stitch designs The Navigation bar allows you to move through your Stitch design. You can use the navigation buttons to enhance your ability to navigate through stitches in your designs. [. . . ] If you have the appropriate driver, the computer can then access the card just like a regular floppy drive. SPM Stitches per minute. System used to measure the running speed of an embroidery machine. SPI Stitches per inch. The imperial measurement for density of stitches. SINGER XPRESSIVE II User's Guide 217 Steil Stitch See Column Stitch. Stitch Bleeding See Bleeding. Stitch Editing Digitizing feature that allows one or more stitches in a pattern to be deleted, lengthened or altered. Stitch Gap The area(s) of a design without stitching, where stitching should have occurred. Stitch Select tool The Stitch Select tool, located in the Stitch Edit toolbar and in the Stitch Edit menu, allows you to work in Stitch Mode. This tool allows you to select and modify individual or groups of stitches. [. . . ]