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1. The album icon view provides a visual display of the embroidery files in the selected directory and permits a graphical point and click method to merge existing embroidery files with the present workspace pattern Before activating the album icon view first open the first letter in the alphabet you want to use The album icons can then be displayed by clicking the Album view ICON on the toolbar see shortcut below or the A bum Icons item on the View menu Click on the icon s displayed to load the associated pattern s into the SewWhat Pro workspace thus merging it with the existing pattern When the Alphabet Mode box is checked see Fig 2 then the icons are reduced in size so that an entire alphabet can be viewed in the Aloum pane without needing to scroll In alphabet mode the pattern corresponding to the icon clicked in the Album pane will be added to the workspace to the right of the previous letter thus making it easy to form words from individual digitized letters The last letter clicked is active which means you can use the keyboard arrow keys to kern that letter that is adjust the spacing between it and the previous letter and or adjust its baseline for horizontal alignment The choice of Info Pane or Album Icon view also determines what will be printed see Print C Users Steve Documents Embroi Project Size 0 77 w x 0 63 h Total Stitches 437 Author Copyright Color File read Copper
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3. 0 1 mm 100 Border Width mm 3 Satin Stride 0 1 mm 100 Border Height rm Fig 1 Shortcuts Toolbar Keys Adjust Density Use this Tools menu command to open a dialog see Fig 1 for adjusting the stitch density of the currently selected colors or the entire pattern or adding pull compensation If no colors or pattern parts are selected then the density and or pull compensation adjustment will be applied to the entire pattern 20 SewWhat Pro Manual E Stitch Density Density Adjustment Use the up down arrows to increase gt 1 0 or decrease lt 1 0 the stitch density by the factor shown Cancel 1 00 a Density Factor Pull Compensation 0 1 mm e 3 Fig 1 Dialog for adjusting the stitch density and adding pull compensation Stitch Density Stitch density is inversely related to the mean separation between adjacent lines of fill stitches smaller separations correspond to higher densities and vice versa Choosing an adjustment factor greater than 1 0 will increase the stitch density and a factor less than 1 0 will decrease the density For example a factor of 1 50 will increase the stitch density by 112 or 150 Note that you do not have to resize a pattern first to change its density Moreover you may adjust the density before or after resizing the pattern although if the Auto adjust stitch density box is selected in the resize dialog no further density adjust
4. 65 SewWhat Pro Manual E The following options allow you to specify which file to open File name Type or select the name of the embroidery file you want to open This box lists files with the extension you select in the Files of type box Embroidery files that have been zipped into an archive zip or rar files will appear in their uncompressed format Click the Open button to import the file into the workspace Files of type combo box Select the type of file you want to open depending on the file extension as described below Extension Manufacturer 100 Toyota csd Poem Singer dst Tajima emd Elna exp Melco DOS Expanded hus Husqvarna jef Janome New Home Memory Craft ksm Pfaff Professional pcd Pfaff 9mm stitches Prodigy pcq Pfaff 6mm MAXI stitches pcs Pfaff Home pcm Pfaff on Macintosh pes pec Brother Baby Lock Bernina Deco SeW Kenmore Elna Janome shv Husqvarna new format tap Happy u Barudan is a number Vip Husqvarna New Pfaff XXX Singer Compucon zsk ZSK Zip Zip Archive Choosing a zip archive file that contains one of the preceding sewing pattern files will automatically extract that file to your hard disk when you click the open button Once a file is selected a preview of its contents is shown in the dialog box Look in Select the directory or drive which SewWhat Pro searches for the file that you want to open File Save As Dialog This dial
5. Create Designer 1 floppy disk Create or edit Smart Media card for Singer EMD embroidery machine Renders the stitches as they would be sewn in time to simulate embroidering on a machine Select hoop size to fit pattern Select fabric color Resize a pattern Adjust stitch density Enter cutting mode to split designs Reselects All objects after Next or Previous object selection Select Next object in pattern for individual editing Select Previous object in pattern for individual editing Center pattern in hoop Magnifies a region of the pattern and keeps it visible on the screen Enlarges view on screen zoom in without changing pattern dimensions Decreases screen size zoom out without changing pattern dimensions Information about using SewWhat Pro Context sensitive help 50 SewWhat Pro Manual E Print Preview The print preview toolbar offers you the following options Print Bring up the print dialog box to start a print job Next Page Preview the next printed page Prev Page Preview the previous printed page One Page Two Page Preview one or two printed pages at a time Zoom In Take a closer look at the printed page Zoom Out Take a larger look at the printed page Close Return from print preview to the editing window Rotation f 90 10 1 Rotate ReflectL R Reflect T B Alignment This toolbar provides a number of options to modify the appearance of selected obj
6. Fille Open DIALOG site ii id 65 File Save As Dial iii tl 66 File Open OPIO islas loaded 68 File Merge Option viiiioriconai a led ies ear iii diari 68 File Save AS Option cuota da 68 Hoop Position Opt acia aa eenia aE aiveecbafevs a aa eaaa E aaia 68 Hoop Size OPO aeiiaaie aaan eaaa dla 68 Print Setup aeaiee eaea lll eii 68 Print Setup Dialog Purchase SewWhat Pro SewWhat Pro Manual E Introduction Getting Started Welcome to the SewWhat Pro embroidery file editor and conversion tool You may use it to merge rotate and resize at constant stitch density existing embroidery patterns as well as convert from one embroidery format to another Batch conversion of large numbers of embroidery files between different formats is also available There is also a cutting tool for separating a pattern into individual parts Additional information about using SewWhat Pro is available by accessing the Tip of the Day feature at any time The SewWhat Pro workspace screen is shown below The title bar displays information about the file that is currently open Below the title bar is the menu bar containing drop down menu commands for various features that control your interaction with the application Links to descriptions of the menu commands may be found in FAQ Below the menu is the main SewWhat Pro toolbar which contains iconic buttons that can be clicked to implement many of the menu commands At the very bottom of the scree
7. associated with SewWhat Pro Files with the associated extension will be automatically opened in SewWhat Pro when they are double clicked in Windows Explorer Set Embroidery File Associations o E Select All Cheer Ar Cancel V 100 Toyota V dsz Tajima W pcd Pfaff Home Iv sst Sunstar W art Bernina Y emb Wicom Y pem Pfaff Home Y stx DataSttch V art42 Bernina V emd Eha K pcg Pfaff Home Iv tap Happy W art50 Bernina F exp Melco W pes Pfaff Home 101 Majma W art60 Bernina F gnc Great Notions Y pec Brother Y thf Tajma WV ond Melco hus Husqvarna WW pes Brother I tcf Tajima W csd POEM V jan Janome W phb Brother 7 vip New Pfaff 7 dem GNC 7 jef Janome F7 phe Brother 7 vp3 Viking SE R dsb Tajima V jef Janome W sew Kenmore I xxx Singer lV dst Tajma ksm Pfaff Pro IV sw Designer 1 W zk Fig 1 File Association selection dialog 37 SewWhat Pro Manual E Grid Options This Options menu item is used to set various properties of the grid lines that are displayed on the screen The grid separation can be selected from the combo box drop down list The thickness and darkness of the grid lines can be chosen Hoops Options Use this Options menu item or toolbar button to display the tabbed dialog for selecting the hoop size or for calibrating and positioning the hoop on the screen The available tabs are described below The hoop calibratio
8. stitching line 6 Reinsert the hoop onto machine without moving the embroidery arm and stitch color 2 the satin stitch outline Fill Area Filling or Satin column The Fill or Satin column stitch options will produce a solid filled pattern rather than an outline The density for fill and satin stitches and stitch angle for fill stitches are set in the Stitch Properties boxes see below Satin or Running Border You can check one of the border option boxes to outline a filled pattern with either satin or running straight stitches Stitch properties You can select the following stitch properties Underlay Underlay consists of sparse running stitches which are added to the pattern underneath the final fill stitches to ensure good registration alignment of the final stitches by preventing bunching or pulling of the fabric It is recommended especially for wider letters and large fonts Density This setting adjusts the fill or satin stitch density Three values Low Normal High are available For most projects Normal is the recommended setting Angle The angle spin control allows you to choose the angle with respect to the vertical at which the fill stitches will be sewn This does not apply to the Satin stitches which are sewn along the centerline of the font letters Monogram styles The monogramming options are applied to any of stitch types They determine the ayout of a monogram or lettering an
9. BEEBE EEE BEES ere Custom colors BEE EEE ff BE EEE a ox Cancel Set Default Select Fabric No Fabric I Applique Fig 1 Dialog for selecting fabric color and fabric pattern The Fabric Color Palette provides 48 standard colors and permits the addition of another 16 custom colors Click on the Define Custom Colors button to reveal the color picker Existing custom colors can be changed as required Applique Selection If you want to select a color or pattern for an applique portion of your design to see how it will appear filled with a particular fabric then check the Applique check box on this dialog You must first have selected by Ctrl clicking the applique color stop s in the thread dialog It is suggested though not necessary to choose the die line thread of the applique Then when you click OK the selected fabric will fill the applique 33 SewWhat Pro Manual E Shortcuts Toolbar e Keys CTRL F Center Pattern This toolbar button or Tools menu item can be used to center a pattern in the on screen hoop Shortcuts Toolbar Magnify Pattern This tools menu toolbar button toggles between a magnifier glass cursor and the normal arrow cursor When the magnifier glass is visible after clicking this button then wherever you left click on the pattern will be enlarged zoom in and will remain visible during the magnification process Wherever you right click on the pattern will be reduced Zoom ou
10. Sewvihat Pro FROG Jane pen Strichex 23514 Hoop 159X 180 jm Ele Ede Yow Tools Opon Windrw tiets PETRA CILA CEI IO El E A A o secre ceo Eno Y Si Mb imeriad x 106 Seren h Total Strtches 213514 Author Copynight Color File reed FRO Gin Joined tot Coler tiame Brand E Cawer Admelody Polyester 62 Cekryy Crop Adnelody Polyester 6324 Vibrant Velo Limedody Polyester GLL Pepper Green Admelody Polyester 6289 A da 8 Stich Distnbuton nn y v o CEER EEE EELE A DADA Length mm fa eo amp bw amp ZeomXi0 X Ofmmj 4 ROT STITCHES 23514 Now when the Cut Pattern button is pressed an additional color block it would be 5 in this example will automatically appear in the Thread pane color list provided you choose to keep all parts of the pattern This can then be colored with the desired new shade by clicking it and choosing from the pop up thread palette fu bat yew Joe Options endow Help DSOUYPa 1018000005 AE CLS 1 82 00 CM or wed rn Ree UA El li A E omo ies pe ane A h oiram A ai e sotet Coon ram tt sones cue Vbis Vicario dy Aoier SIL 116 Pepper Guen denalay Petpeme 4100 7 Seach Distribution Co IIA Length mm Por Mato prem FA Joem ti Hz time Ya ROTO MMOG ISLA 55 SewWhat Pro Manual E Eraser Tool g The eraser tool can be used to graphically erase stitches Clicking this button will change the cursor to an eraser rectangle when it
11. be moved by holding down the CTRL key and dragging the point s to the desired new location or deleted by clicking the DELETE button on the toolbar This is useful for repositioning a small number of errant stitches that may exist in the pattern or changing the local density Additional stitches may be 61 SewWhat Pro Manual E inserted by clicking the Insert button after the selected stitch This is useful for increasing the local density in an under dense region of the pattern For all the operations described below the Select Point button should be checked If the Select Colors button is checked instead then clicking on a color in the pattern will display the associated color stop in the thread pane This is useful for identifying the color stops for sections of the pattern Split For example in the pattern of a frog Fig 1 the head and feet may be sewn with a single thread but you would would like them to be different shades of green The Split button splits the design thread block at a designated stitch that you have clicked within a single thread Follow these steps to split a pattern at a designated stitch 1 Select a thread or threads by either clicking on the associated color stop s in the Thread Pane hold down the Ctrl key to select multiple threads or press the Select Colors button and then click on the colors in the pattern If you want to display the whole pattern skip this step 2 It is helpful to magni
12. file SewWhat Pro Manual E Join threads Magnify a pattern on screen Merge a pattern Purchase SewWhat Pro Reflect a pattern up down left right Reorder threads Resize or reposition a pattern Rotate a pattern Set project default options Stitch out a design on screen Undo certain editing operations View a pattern as textured Zoom In magnify or out shrink a pattern on the screen Menus File menu Edit menu View menu Tools menu Options menu Window menu Help menu SewWhat Pro Manual E Menus File menu commands The File menu offers the following commands Print Preview Page Setup Exit Edit menu Creates a new blank sewing pattern file Opens an existing sewing pattern file Merge a pattern file from disk with the presently active opened file Closes the presently active pattern file Saves an opened pattern file using the same file name Saves an opened pattern file to a specified file name Send an embroidery file as an attachment via email Prints the pattern and design information Displays the pattern on the screen as it would appear printed Selects printing options Exits the SewWhat Pro application The Edit menu offers the following commands Undo Order Threads Delete Threads Join Threads Filter Stitches Split Pattern O ut pS ast oO All Objects Next Object Previous Object View menu Reverse undo previous editing operation Reorders j
13. having to edit a single color To choose several threads to edit at once use Ctrl Left Mouse click to select the threads You can reorder the threads in the Thread Info panel by holding down the Shift Left Mouse button and dragging the color to the stop where you want it Release the mouse button to drop the color 47 SewWhat Pro Manual E onto the new stop position The bottom of the information panel is used to display a Stitch Histogram giving a graphical display of the length distribution of threads in the pattern This chart can be moved and resized anywhere within the info panel It can be hidden by unchecking the Stitch Histogram item in the View menu The information panel is updated whenever a new file appears in the working panel Also the thread information is limited to a single thread when either the Next Object or Previous Object button is selected Project 999 flagheart Size 81 7 mm w x 71 4 mmh Total Stitches 9117 Author Copyright Color File read 999 flagheart xxx Stop ColorWame Brand stitches Com Dark Purple Navy Madeira Rayon 1322 3413 Pale Sea Foam Madeira Rayon 1071 2661 Ex Cerise Madeira Rayon 1154 3036 Stitch Distribution Number 243 o om 100 200 300 00 SO 600 700 800 900 100 1100 1200 1300 Length mm SewWhat Pro Manual E Toolbars Main The main toolbar is displayed across the top of the application window below the menu bar The toolbar provides quick
14. is required The usual situation for applying density adjustment arises when the pattern has been manually resized by using the mouse to drag the selection rectangle corners As an example suppose you first resize a pattern to make it smaller by 25 so it is reduced to 75 of its original size Hint when resizing and using the mouse it is advisable to hold down the Ctrl key to keep the pattern s aspect ratio constant The stitches are now likely to be too dense by that same amount 25 In the density adjustment dialog choosing a density factor of 0 75 will reduce the pattern density by 25 The average stitch lengths stitch point to stitch point separation are not affected by the density adjustment Only the separation between adjacent lines of fill stitching is affected Therefore the total stitch length for each thread will be changed approximately by the value of the density adjustment factor and the total number of stitches will change too by about the same factor Usually the stitch number change will not be quite as large or small as the stipulated factor change in the density depending on the fraction of overall stitches that are run stitches compared to fill stitches Pull Compensation It may be desirable to add pull compensation to parts or all of a pattern to 1 increase the width of satin stitches 2 to counteract pulling of the underlying fabric or 3 for visual effect such as making lettering appear bolder
15. main toolbar Shows or hides Sew and Show toolbar Shows or hides the status bar Shows or hides the pattern rotation toolbar The Tools menu offers the following commands Add Border Adjust Density Arch Text Basting Stitch Batch Conversion Resize Pattern Write D1 Floppy Media Writer Sew Lettering Sew and Show Fabric Center Pattern Magnify Zoom In Zoom Out Zoom Normal Options menu Add a border to an existing pattern Choose factor for adjusting stitch density Arrange individual letters on an arch Adds basting stitches around pattern and or around hoop Begin batch conversion dialog Enter exact new sizes for a pattern Write or modify a Designer 1 floppy diskette or create a D1 Zip file archive Write files to external media SM CF USB for Brother Elna various Janome and Singer machines Insert lettering monograms into an embroidery pattern Simulates stitches sewn in real time Select fabric color and or texture Center pattern in hoop Magnify a selected part of the pattern Magnifies pattern on screen _ Reduces size of pattern on screen Resets magnification to 1 original value The Options menu offers the following commands D1 Options Files File Associations Grid Hoops Images Resize Toolbar Icons Units Select the default floppy drive for writing D1 files and the directory for storing zipped D1 files Select options to be in effect when opening merging or saving
16. mouse access to many tools used in SewWhat Pro 1d4Re ci 240R i320 1x0 HRaoruiN res 1 2080NY The main toolbar is displayed across the top of the application window below the menu bar The toolbar provides quick mouse access to many tools used in SewWhat Pro To hide or display the main toolbar choose Toolbar from the View menu or press ALT V T To Open a new document S Eb Open an existing document SewWhat Pro displays the Open dialog box in which you can locate and open the desired file E Save the active document or template with its current name If you have not named the document SewWhat Pro displays the Save As dialog box a Save the active document or template with a new name and file type SewWhat Pro displays the Save As dialog box Print the active document Email an embroidery file Cut delete selected pattern from the document and stores it on the clipboard Copy the selected pattern to the clipboard Insert the pattern stored in the clipboard into the active window Undo last action if possible EBEDE UB Snap to grid El Toggles Album View to view icons for all embroidery files in present directory with project view 49 SewWhat Pro Manual E E la o a E ue Gl BEB E E Elm el le E a E E a Adds a border to the pattern Enter lettering monogramming into pattern Arches selected text Perform batch conversion of multiple embroidery files
17. mouse button and drag it to a new position or use the keypad arrow keys Observations Both these operations affect the size and position of the pattern as it is stitched out This is in contrast to Zooming which simply changes the apparent size of the pattern on the screen without affecting the actual stitch out size Resizing a design with the mouse does not automatically preserve the stitch density of the design Hint holding down the Ctrl key when resizing with the mouse will preserve the aspect ratio of the design For size changes of more than 10 it is therefore advisable to either resize from this toolbar button or to select the adjust density toolbar item after graphically resizing Shortcuts Toolbar Write D1 Floppy This item allows you to create a Designer 1 D1 compatible floppy diskette for use with the Husqvarna Viking Designer 1 embroidery machine The files can also be saved in a compressed 26 SewWhat Pro Manual E Zip archive file zip format for subsequent redistribution by email for example or decompression to a floppy diskette The first time this utility is used you should choose the default D1 floppy drive and the Zip archive directory where optional zipped D1 files will be stored You may change these settings at any time If you insert a floppy diskette that already contains D1 files and menus SewWhat Pro will automatically read the existing Di files into their menu lists in the D1 c
18. pattern see the discussion below When the Select Colors button is checked left mouse clicks will select the thread color block associated with the clicked region and highlights the selected color in the Thread Pane After choosing the colors click on the Select Points button to return to cutting mode and the selected threads will be highlighted in the workspace image You may display the whole pattern at any time by clicking on the All Objects main toolbar button The following table gives a summary of the mouse clicks and control keys that can be used when the cutting mode toolbar is active Left Mouse SELECT POINTS Enter a vertex for the cutting contour Left Mouse SELECT COLOR Select a specific color block in the pattern Right Mouse Delete last vertex point Left Mouse SHIFT Move the hoop guide clicked in Right Mouse SHIFT CTRL Delete last hoop guide Left Mouse CTRL Duplicate and move an existing hoop guide How to cut a pattern Follow the steps below to cut an existing pattern into two or more separate patterns It is assumed the Select Points button is checked 53 SewWhat Pro Manual E 1 Left click with the mouse at points around the area of the pattern to be cut Each click will create a cutting point or vertex which will be joined to the preceding point to form a cutting polygonal contour Continue left clicking a series of vertices points which will be connected by dashed lines defining the edges of a polygon to
19. pressing this button scrolls through the thread colors backwards Shortcuts co Toolbar Keys CTRL R 15 SewWhat Pro Manual E View Commands Jumps Stitches This menu launches a dialog box which allows the user to choose the manner in which jump stitches needle up are viewed on screen The default is for these stitches to be hidden but the user can override this behavior and show the jumps as dashes or thick lines to distinguish them from the ordinary needle down stitches Grid Lines Use this View Menu item to display or hide grid lines on the screen Grid lines may be helpful for accurately placing a pattern within the hoop Grid Labels This View menu item is used to display checked or hide unchecked labels for the Grid Lines Snap to Grid This View menu item is used to turn on off the snap to grid feature When this is on grid lines will appear in the hoop These are used for accurately aligning the pattern When the pattern is moved either by pressing the arrow keys or with the mouse the pattern will be automatically aligned snappea to the nearest grid line You may choose from a variety of grid separations in the Options Grid menu item Shortcuts Toolbar B Stitch Points This item displays checked or hides unchecked the end points for each stitch This is useful for locating a particular stitch in the pattern You may have to magnify the pattern on the screen to see the stitch points Te
20. read in this way will only be available in the SewWhat Pro monogram editor You can delete fonts that you no longer want to use by clicking the Del User Fonts button Shortcuts Toolbar Sew and Show The Sew and Show feature allows the pattern to be viewed on screen as it would appear to be stitched in time This simulates on screen the activity of a real embroidery machine It is activated either from the main toolbar by pressing the Sew and Show button or by selecting the Sew and Show item on the Tools menu or by pressing the Sew button on the sew and show toolbar Shortcuts 32 SewWhat Pro Manual E Toolbar Keys CTRL W Fabric Displays a color selection dialog Fig 1 for choosing the fabric color which is the background color for the pattern displayed on the screen This is helpful for visualizing how a pattern will appear on a given fabric and for selecting appropriate thread colors You can also press the Set Default button to set the fabric color in this dialog as the default color that will be used for all future patterns You can also select a textured fabric for the background by pressing the Select Fabric button User defined textures can be added as bmp jpg png or gif files to the SewWhat Pro Fabrics folder you might have to set the permission on this folder if you installed in Program Files Choose Fabric Color Pattern E Basic colors Zl el See ae E TE f f EzE ENNEN ERE EEE
21. selected Fig 2b Four selected stitches moved at once Status Bar Batch Finished Zoom X1 0 Center X 4 Y 45 mm STITCHES 17110 The status bar is displayed at the bottom of the SewWhat Pro window To display or hide the status bar use the Status Bar command in the View menu The left area of the status bar describes actions of menu items as you use the arrow keys to navigate through menus This area similarly shows messages that describe the actions of toolbar buttons as you depress them before releasing them If after viewing the description of the toolbar button command you wish not to execute the command then release the mouse button while the pointer is off the toolbar button Furthermore when moving the mouse over the thread toolbar the color number of the thread is displayed here The right part of the status bar indicates information about the pattern status INDICATOR DESCRIPTION BATCH STATUS Shows status of batch job running in background Finished in this case BATCH PROGRESS Shows completion progress of batch job ZOOM Shows zoom factor of pattern 1 0 is no zoom PATTERN LOCATION X horizontal and Y vertical displacement of the center of the pattern relative to the center of the hoop X 0 Y 0 indicates the pattern is centered STITCHES The number of stitches in the selected pattern 64 SewWhat Pro Manual E Utilities Add Font You may add fonts to the font list in the SewWhat Pro Lettering Dialog in sev
22. surround the region object to be cut You can go around the region in either a clockwise or counter clockwise direction but be sure that the dashed contour lines do not intersect To remove any previous point s right click the mouse anywhere in the workspace 2 Once you have created the cookie cutter polygonal boundary around the object to be cut press the Cut Pattern button and the selected region will be cut separated from the rest of the pattern A menu will pop up with options for handling the cut threads important exception no menu pop up occurs if you are splitting a pattern to fit a positional hoop since it is assumed that the entire pattern is to be retained see the discussion for splitting in a positional hoop below Remove Interior Cut and remove the part inside the polygon boundary Remove Exterior Cut and remove the part outside the polygon boundary Cut and Save All Retain both parts of the pattern New thread colors will be automatically added to the end of the thread list in the Thread Pane These represent the threads for the separated pattern which may be edited now or later when you return to normal editing mode For this option the addition of these threads are the only indication that the pattern has been cut Cut Save Interior Cut and remove the part inside the polygon boundary You will be given the opportunity to save the cut part of the pattern to a new file 3 You can make multiple cuts while in t
23. the active document as it would appear when printed When you choose this command the main window will be replaced with a print preview window in which one SewWhat Pro Manual E or two pages will be displayed in their printed format The Print Preview toolbar offers you options to view either one or two pages at a time move back and forth through the document zoom in and out of pages and initiate a print job Page Setup The following options allow you to select the page properties that will affect how the SewWhat Pro screen will be printed Edit View Album Click this button to edit the Album Layout items Here you can enter the number of columns and rows for displaying the album icons The page preview shows how the margin and column row selections will affect the printed document Also check the box beside Include Zip Files if you wish to view embroidery files in the present directory that are in Zip archive files This option will slow down the printing and display of the icon view if there are many archived files Design Click this button to edit the Design Layout items You can choose to combine the design and thread information on a single page or to print them separately If a pattern is too large to fit onto a single page then choosing the separate option will allow the design to be automatically split over several pages Paper Size Select the size of paper that the document is to be printed on Paper Source Some
24. the right 58 SewWhat Pro Manual E Sto Color Name Stitches Pale Sunflower 3945 MD Atom Red 3446 Grey Ghost 7034 GG Flamered 7573 Pee setne E 110 ea E 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 10 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 mm mm BEFORE AFTER In general try to cut through a part of the pattern that is thin and or possibly hidden beneath another color If at all possible try to cut through as many colors as possible at once but at the very least try to preserve the order of the colors after cutting by selecting the colors to cut from the top to the bottom of the thread list Use the cookie cutter clicking method described above to encircle the region of the pattern that needs to be cut taking care that at least one of the sections of the cut pattern will fit into one of the positional hoop sections Multiple cuts may be required if the pattern is very elongated The Split at Stitch function can be used when a single thread connects disparate regions of the pattern by a jump stitch for example In the example shown here the third color block must be cut through the middle of the bow there was no other choice The fourth block was easily separated and the resulting split pattern fit into the Gigahoop It is often useful to magnify around the region of the pattern being split so you can avoid havi
25. M A ia 34 A O 35 Options COMMANOS ui a 36 PNG OpUONS oireet td o tl 36 File ASSOCIATIONS suscitada aid 37 NA cs avd oe een en denen Ae i Aen Gee ee 38 Hoops Options gasie aie eet le ae A 38 Mage Options ic A A er ESE 41 Resize ASS 42 Units OPUS esmas lada dd 42 All WiINGOWS ies aleta 43 NW A A A A A AS E 43 Cascade ta aaa 43 E E E AS A N E AA E 43 AA ar at actu Oe ee Meee ee ace a e de tte A ee 43 Help Command Sissetung esana it tdt 44 TIP ONE Vi Suvi a aa aAA eee div hele ev ego 44 Help TOPICS cio dades 44 Auto Update a dc 44 Update NW da 44 Restore DetaullS occ hate See EE edad aah cede ate eetar tage N T 44 About SOWW hat Pio ise tecess sac vaeartaicvettes e aE a a Eadar 44 Change History Logo eresse aaia ee ai 44 Sewing TOPICS 20 A A a RE aaea ANE 45 Project Options sys cies miseire a aa eaa hee i a 45 ae eed Palin A EAE E TE A T 45 Rotate Panor arasia ii A eee 45 Thread Palette Editon ceense a r EE ii 45 Workspace ViCWs en ii aie lee eee elle ee ig li ee 46 ToolDarSe coctel ido a ie res ree se 49 A A frvasss casenacaneraweasas 49 Print PRE VIE Westin id Sai 51 A AA 51 Scroll BalS cuidad iaa dde eo 52 Sew and SNOW iia a 52 Separation Mode Cutting oooccconncccinnccnocccnonccnnncnconacanannncnnn cnn cn cnn nnnanrcaran nc rnn nc aran rc ann nr nannncine 53 SAA A A Meat dat eaas ead needa 60 STATUS Dll lt ie 64 Ut ura A A el a ee a 65 PAFON oe E dees savscetegsssunts soeeeex cose eaxsnevseotessssaetsoeecaes 65
26. Option This tab on the Files option property sheet allows you to control various properties when files are saved in the File Save As dialog Hoop Position Option This tab on the Hoops option property sheet allows you to interactively set the display position of the hoop on screen Hoop Size Option This tab on the Hoops option property sheet allows you to set the hoop size for a specific pattern Print Setup Use this command to select a printer and a printer connection This command presents a Print Setup dialog box where you specify the printer and its connection Print Setup Dialog The following options allow you to select the destination printer and its connection Printer Select the printer you want to use Choose the Default Printer or choose the Specific Printer option and select one of the current installed printers shown in the box You install printers and configure ports using the Windows Control Panel Orientation Choose Portrait or Landscape Paper Size Select the size of paper that the document is to be printed on Paper Source 68 SewWhat Pro Manual E Some printers offer multiple trays for different paper sources Specify the tray here Options Displays a dialog box where you can make additional choices about printing specific to the type of printer you have selected Network Choose this button to connect to a network location assigning it a new drive letter Purchase SewWhat Pro You may
27. SEWWHAT PRO USER MANUAL v3 7 1 S COMPUTING Table of Contents INtTOdUC Oi AAA A ac 1 Getting Stated sia tesi 1 Contact US ui E S E A E A A 2 FAQ Frequently Asked Questions ooocooccconocccoonccconcccnnncnnnnccnonnnconncnnan nn nana cn nan nn cnn nnann na rannn narnia 2 A latte dctaateaduagunads cobiveastutannestehalastuaduabns cesevbusuntunnes cetunnsduaienasecebuvtanturens 4 File men command Siyi da a dei da ea 4 Edi Usina ld iia 4 Vie W MenUss dosniai EA a aara a aa Na aaa adaa a aa aa a aa eda 4 A eadar cesnygetnens de r aiaa a e a aae a aaa ENa adaa N aeia aaiae 5 OPTIONS MEMU detenta lali 5 WINdOw MENU etsien aaae oidos 6 HoD Men ii E ed A Se 6 File GOMMANGS E E E E A E A E 7 Ni ios 7 DoE E E E NN 7 Mei E A E NAE A A e A 7 Oli A A E E A A AE A S EAE 8 ii 8 Se EA 8 AA O O ON 9 Pri a ia 9 Print POIS Wip e Aia dia 9 Page SUP dis acid iaa 10 EX ibecevsivescevateccvescncsvensticsPexthceausvaiacheveluhdac antieduviavleacevavecevevseucsdewsdsccvvinus cavtandecseveunaas and eevensieeetes 10 MAS sca cecnswastcedusasiessssudavacsa sae cetssvaatcesesaciec abvierdeneuadsaissviad decssnaeesisuiavactiuates 12 WO a E A ES 12 Order TAKC AGS siii li 12 Delete Thread Srmueninann Li A ed ee 13 Jom TAreAdS rians a dens res exessnuad tne nescauaspaungexseacexevesadiesiidnsag enexancsene sansueaeeceies 13 AS A sg cote EA cc crate ce E O 13 A A O OO 13 A AO 14 CODY ic il lt E dd tb oda decai 14 Past ii A za 14 PAM OD OCIS E E A A 15
28. The amount of compensation added to the start and end of each 21 SewWhat Pro Manual E satin row is given in embroidery points 0 1 mm units So the value of 8 entered in Fig 1 indicates a total of 1 6 mm 2 X 0 8 will be added to each row of satin stitches for the selected color stops Fig 2 shows this widening effect on a satin stitch of adding pull compensation of 0 5 mm Gy Vip Fig 2 Pull compensation of 0 5mm on the right added to a satin stitch original on left You may cancel a stitch or pull compensation adjustment by pressing the Undo Ctrl Z key combination Shortcuts Toolbar oa Keys ALT A Arch Text Use this Tools menu command to open a dialog see Figure 1 for placing individual letters text on an arch The letters can arise either from merging embroidery letters alphabets into SewWhat Pro or from letters that have been created in the SewWhat Pro lettering dialog Note that the grid used in the main workspace is imported into arching workspace Arch Text E 0 190 _ Cancel 0 120 110 Text Orientation xo gt C Vertical 70 Along Curve 40 x YN 2 40 Arch Orientation 0 10 po Up 3 40 C Down 0 0 So 2 A 2 Ale 110 Ho z 130 al 140 me 159 Tr 0 a zl 17060 50 40 30120 90 0090 80 106050 40 50 20 70 10 3030 40 5060703090101113 13 1411515170 mm Figure 1 The Arch Text dialog 22 SewWhat Pro Manual E Follow these steps to perfor
29. al hoops used to embroider patterns without re hooping must usually be cut into several pieces that will fit into the various hoop sections It should be 56 SewWhat Pro Manual E noted that the Positional Hoop is not the same as the Continuous or Endless Hoop For some Husqvarna HUS VIP and Pfaff VP3 machines patterns for the positional hoops do not have to be cut so the user will be given the opportunity decide whether to cut the pattern or not Here we describe how to take a large design that has not been digitized for the positional hoop and split it into different smaller portions that will fit into one or another of the positional hoop sections This is done by using a combination of the cutting toolbar functions and the Split at Stitch option see below Here are the steps for cutting a design in SewWhat Pro for use with a positional hoop 1 Open a design in one of the available positional hoops for your machine see the Hoop options for a description of positional hoops You will see the positional hoop arrows on the left or top of the hoop depending on its orientation Most positional hoops need to have the pattern arranged in a particular orientation so that after you save the split pattern it may be rotated by 90 degrees 2 Clicking a positional hoop arrow button will highlight the associated hoop position in a unique color i e red blue or green In general the pattern will be too big to fit into just one of th
30. alue This is useful when you ve zoomed in to a large magnification and want to return to the original unmagnified view without having to zoom out repeatedly 35 SewWhat Pro Manual E Options Commands File Options This Options menu item opens a tabbed dialog Fig 1 for choosing various options which will be applied when embroidery files are opened merged or saved Click on one of the three top tabs and then select the desired options described below When you are finished with the selections click OK or Apply if you want to make more selections File Options File Open File Merge File Save E rcs sew E Janome Split at Stitch No 65535 Split at Max Colors Default Save As File Extension PES x C Usedefautet Use existing ext Figure 1 File options tabbed dialog with the File Save tab selected File Open You may select one of the following mutually exclusive options for determining a hoop size when a new pattern is opened Use the hoop specified embedded in the embroidery file Use the default hoop chosen when you select the hoop size for each individual file type If you have not set hoop size defaults click the Set Hoop Options button to do so at any time Use a single machine specific hoop size for all embroidery file types Again you must select this machine hoop size in the Hoops Options menu or by pressing the Set Hoop Options button File Merge There are two
31. bar which describes the action to be executed by the selected menu item or depressed toolbar button A check mark appears next to the menu item when the Status Bar is displayed Rotation Bar Use this command to display and hide the Rotation Toolbar A check mark appears next to the menu item when the Status Bar is displayed Status Bar Use this command to display and hide the Status bar A check mark appears next to the menu item when the Status Bar is displayed SewWhat Pro Manual E Tools Command Add Border Use this toolbar button to open the dialog Fig 1 for selecting a satin border to add to an existing pattern in the SewWhat Pro workspace The shape of the border can be chosen by clicking on one of the border silhouettes in the scrollable list Properties of the satin stitch used for the border such as the thickness and stride separation of stitches along the border curve can be set by clicking the up down vertical controls The width and height of the border can be set as well It is advisable to set the border properties here rather than resizing after the border has been entered into the SewWhat Pro workspace At least be sure to select the correct aspect ratio ratio of border height to border width here otherwise resizing later will not preserve a uniform border thickness Add Border Cancel Click the border shape silhouette below A Ar 2Y meo e x x mY Set Properties 20 Satin Thickness
32. below the drop stop SewWhat Pro Manual E Delete Threads Choose this option from the Edit menu to display a dialog for deleting threads from your design Threads may be deleted either based on the number of stitches and or the length of thread in a particular color 2 OK Delete Threads Colors With Cancel V Fewer than 10 stitches Eliminate Threads V Length less than 0 01 m meters An alternative way to eliminate a specific thread is to right click on the thread color button in the Thread Palette Then select the Delete Thread menu item Another way to delete an entire from a pattern thread is to scroll through the individual thread objects using the Next or Previous buttons and then press the Delete keyboard button when the desired thread is highlighted Join Threads Choose this option from the Edit menu to display a dialog for joining threads of the same color in your design Threads may be joined either based on being adjacent or by specifying their number on the thread tool bar Filter Stitches Choose this option from the Edit menu to display a dialog for eliminating stitches that are shorter than a user selectable length The stitches are joined with the previous one s until the new combined stitch length is larger than the length you have entered Important Note This operation cannot be undone with the Edit Undo feature Therefore it is recommended to save a copy of the file before applying an
33. d can be chosen by opening the combo box and clicking the desired style the Diamond Shape style has been chosen above For some of the monogram features additional adjustment of the letter height and or the letter position can be done with the two scroll controls located at the Edit Features pane just below the styles pane For example to increase decrease the size of the one enlarged letter click the scale factor spin control button up down To adjust the vertical position of the enlarged letter click the Adjust position button To enter a monogram consisting of variable letter heights that is not one of the available styles you 31 SewWhat Pro Manual E must enter each letter as a separate string Specialty styles There are two specialty styles for creating lettering layouts this combo box is hidden by the drop down styles in the example box A special curve editor opens when you click one of the specialty styles lt allows you to modify the curve properties for laying out your lettering There are also two possible orientations for the lettering on the curve or polygon either vertical or normal at right angles to the curve You can select the orientation by clicking the appropriate button Vertical or Normal Text at the top of the editor When you have finished editing click the OK button to exit the curve editor B zier curve A B zier curve is defined by the four control points that appear in the editor The two end p
34. dropped into the file list It is important to realize that the process of copying files to the list does not move or delete the original files on your hard drive or CD Note that it is not necessary to convert embroidery files to Singer xxx or Janome jef format before dragging them into the file list They will be automatically converted to the correct format when written out to the media card After filling the list with the embroidery file s you want written to the card click the Finish button on the Explorer dialog to close it Then click the Write Files button which will have become activated after closing the Explorer dialog This will write the files in the proper format for the chosen embroidery machine At this point you must have already inserted a card into the selected drive to continue Cards USB sticks or floppies created by the SewWhat Pro Media Writer utility may be freely distributed subject to any license restrictions associated with the original pattern files Shortcuts Toolbar 28 SewWhat Pro Manual E Lettering Monogramming This Tools menu item opens the monogramming dialog below which allows you to add lettering or more generally any alphabetical or dingbat font to an embroidery pattern Add Lettering to Pattern Type Text to Embroider Press Enter for nev line ABC z OK Cancel Font Properties ESA Monogram Styles Fontand Size Arial 96 points Bold Amo pre i i Text Size 39 Heig
35. e Cutting CutPattem Select Points SelectColors Anchor Points Hoop Guide Split at Stitch 9 Close q This toolbar appears when you enter Separation Mode by pressing the Split Pattern toolbar button or Edit menu item In preparation for cutting a pattern it may be helpful to use the magnifier to zoom in on the area you want to cut Note that If you decide not to split the design at any time before clicking the Cut Pattern button press the Close button to return to the normal editing mode of SewWhat Pro NOTE Every cutting step including splitting at a stitch but not adding or deleting individual stitches can be separately undone using the Ctrl Z mechanism only while you are in cutting mode that is before you click the Close toolbar button After closing the cutting toolbar Undo will restore the state prior to when the cutting mode was first started For example if you made 10 cuts and or stitch splits you can undo them one at a time only while in cutting mode If you undo after closing the cutting toolbar all 10 cuts splits will be undone at once There are two mutually exclusive radio buttons Select Points and Select Colors which control what operations will be performed by a left mouse click You can check one or the other to define the mode of operation When the Select Points button is checked then left mouse clicks will create vertex points where the mouse cursor is which define the contour used to cut the
36. e hoop sections which therefore requires splitting the pattern Indeed if the pattern fits just one of the positional hoop sections you should save it in that smaller hoop size See the figure below which shows a pattern in the Janome GigaHoop Size 180 1mm w x 220 1 Total Stit 26336 Author Copyright Color File CandyCane_Split_2 bd Color Name Stitches Pale Sunflower 6603 MD Atom Red 5104 3 Grey Ghost 7040 ED Flame Red 7589 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 mm 3 Now that you have determined that the full design will not fit into a single hoop section you should next find out if it requires cutting or if individual color stops can be arranged so that they will fit completely into one or another of the hoop sections In the latter case SewWhat Pro will automatically rearrange the stops to fit the appropriate hoop sections The easiest way to make 57 SewWhat Pro Manual E this determination it to attempt to save Save As the pattern If splitting is not necessary the pattern will be saved If splitting is required a list of the color stops that must be cut will be presented and you should proceed to step 4 In this example it is necessary to cut all four colors as indicated by the following dialog i The following color blocks must be cut 1234 to be saved in this positional hoop THIS FILE WAS NOT SAVED 4 Before proceeding with cuttin
37. e if there is no pattern selected Copying data to the clipboard replaces the contents previously stored there Shortcuts Toolbar Keys CTRL C Paste Use this command to insert a copy of the pattern in the clipboard at the insertion point This command is unavailable if the clipboard is empty A bitmap of the pattern is also stored in the clipboard allowing you to paste the clipboard contents into other standard applications such as a word processor Shortcuts Toolbar Keys CTRL V SHIFT INS SewWhat Pro Manual E All Objects This state behavior is activated by default After a design is saved the individual threads objects are grouped into patterns By left clicking with the mouse anywhere within a pattern the entire pattern can be edited deleted resized moved reflected and scaled In contrast by selecting the Next Object or Previous Object button or menu item individual thread objects can be edited Shortcuts Toolbar 8 Keys CTRL A Next Object When this button is activated the user can select an individual thread object for customized editing This is useful for example if only certain but not all thread colors require removal or resizing Pressing this button scrolls through all the thread colors in increasing order of appearance on the thread selection bar Shortcuts o Toolbar Keys CTRL N Previous Object See the description of the Next Object button In contrast to the next object button
38. ects in the workspace Rotate Click this button rotate the selected pattern s in a counter clockwise direction Choose the angle as either 90 10 or 1 degree increments Reflect L R Click to reflect the pattern about a vertical axis left right Reflect T B Click to reflect the pattern about a horizontal axis top bottom Alignment Click to open a menu Fig 1 for choosing the type of alignment to apply to the selected objects It is best to use this option just after multiple objects for examples letters imported as existing embroidery files have been merged into workspace You must select at least 2 objects letters etc for this to have an effect Objects saved as separate patterns can be selected with the mouse or if they were saved but not JOINED in a single pattern file then Ctrl Click to select the color blocks in the thread pane before applying this alignment operation 51 SewWhat Pro Manual E E Aign Le Align Right UE C Align Top il C Align Bottom C Align Centers Vertically t Align Centers Horizontally 10 Spacing cos Fig 1 Menu of alignment options Scroll Bars These bars are displayed at the right and bottom edges of the document window The scroll boxes inside the scroll bars indicate your vertical and horizontal location in the document You can use the mouse to scroll to other parts of the pattern Sew and Show gt li a Options Stitche
39. egion where two separated parts of the pattern will overlap When the pattern is rejoined during stitch out the basting stitch anchor points can be used to properly align the various parts of the pattern For example if you are splitting a design into 3 sections anchor points would be added at the end of the first section at the beginning and end of the second section and at the beginning of the 3rd section Hoop Guide Press the Hoop Guide button to choose either a smaller hoop or hoops to guide your cutting efforts ora Positional Hoop for separating larger patterns into several adjacent subsections Once you have selected the appropriate hoop guide this should be the size of the hoop you wish to cut the design to fit into you may move it by holding down the Shift key and left clicking inside the template area dragging the hoop to the position required to guide your cut Dragging the hoop with the Ctrl key left mouse combination generates duplicate hoops of the same size To remove an extraneous hoop before exiting Separation mode Ctrl key right mouse click anywhere in the work area and the last hoop will be deleted After you leave the Separation cutting mode by pressing the Close button the hoop positions will be stored When you return to Separation Mode the previous hoop guides will be restored provided the active pattern file has not changed Cutting Patterns to Fit Positional Hoops Large patterns meant to fit into position
40. embroidery files Select embroidery file extensions to be associated with SewWhat Pro Select the thickness and color of the grid lines displayed on the screen Select hoop size and position it on the screen Set quality settings for JPEG images saved from SewWhat Pro Enlarges or reduces the size of the icons on the main toolbar Set measurement units metric or American for displaying lengths in SewWhat Pro SewWhat Pro Manual E Window menu The Window menu offers the following commands which enable you to arrange multiple views of multiple documents in the application window New Cascade Tile All Windows Help menu Creates a new window that views the same document Arranges windows in an overlapped fashion Arranges windows in non overlapped tiles Goes to specified window The Help menu offers the following commands which provide assistance for using SewWhat Pro Tip of the Day Help topics Restore Defaults Auto Update Update Now About SewWhat Pro Displays a useful suggestion for using SewWhat Pro Offers you an index to topics on which you can get help Reset the default installation setting in the registry Toggles on off the auto update feature in SewWhat Pro Checks website for available update of SewWhat Pro Displays the version number of this application as well as helpful Web addresses related to the development of this software Change History Displays the history of changes to S
41. en choosing a conversion directory you may also check the button Preserve directory tree which will store the converted files in the conversion folder with a tree structure similar to the source tree Alternatively you may choose the option Store files in source directory With this option selected the converted files will be stored in the same directory or directories as the original files Next select the file filter types that is the type of embroidery file that the files should be converted to by clicking on the file types in the Embroidery Extensions list box Hold down the Ctrl or Shift key to select multiple types Finally choose the remaining conversion options by checking the appropriate boxes and press the Convert button to start the batch conversion process Since the batch conversion runs in the background so you can continue using SewWhat Pro in the meantime all functions are available except for batch conversion During the batch conversion process the status bar will display a progress bar showing the completion state When the conversion of the selected files is finished the status bar will display the message Batch Finished If you checked the Save Log File option a log file will be saved in the top folder where the converted files were written This file contains some details about the files that were converted Shortcuts Toolbar Eg Keys CTRL B 25 SewWhat Pro Manual E Resize Pattern Use this Tools
42. eral ways 1 Click the Add User Fonts button on the lettering dialog The added fonts will be loaded into the font list and will be available in all future SewWhat Pro work sessions However they will not be available to other programs unless the SewWhat Pro program is also open To use the new font s you must click the Font and Size button and select the font to use it from the drop down list 2 To temporarily add fonts to any program double click the font files TTF to open them and then minimize them to the taskbar keeping them open Then open SewWhat Pro and the font s should appear in the font list of the lettering dialog while the TTF files remain open To permanently add new fonts go to Control Panel Fonts and use the Windows Font Installer c to install the new fonts there File Open Dialog This dialog see Fig 1 allows you to navigate to a folder or drive to find a file to open or merge into the current SewWhat Pro workspace When you click on a file in the Explorer window it will display in the preview pane on the right E Open Embroidery File Look in Test O Er Name Date modified Type y Sub1 de Sub2 Le Sub3 J Attachments_2011_09 8 zip _ bfly1 20 _ bflylpat pes _ bfly2pat pes _ bfly2pat vp3 Stitches 6178 Colors 3 C bfly9 200 Size 88 X 72mm File name bfly 1 200 Files of type All Embroidery Files bal Fig 1 File open dialog in SewWhat Pro
43. ewWhat Pro Log SewWhat Pro Manual E File Commands New Use this command to create a new document which will be saved as a sewing pattern file in SewWhat Pro You can open an existing document with the Open command Shortcuts Toolbar Keys CTRL N Open Use this command to open an existing pattern file in a new window You can open multiple documents at once Use the Window menu to switch among the multiple open documents When you use this command SewWhat Pro displays the File Open Dialog so you can select the pattern file s to open Alternatively you can open an existing document by selecting it from the most recently used MRU file list in the File menu if it was recently opened You can create new blank pattern files with the File New command Shortcuts Toolbar Keys CTRL O Merge Merges a pattern from an existing but unopened embroidery file with the presently active pattern This is accomplished by appending the new pattern to the end of the design in the active window You can also use Paste from a file currently open in another SewWhat Pro window to merge into the present pattern To merge a pattern from another embroidery file into the current pattern that is opened in the workspace click on the File menu Merge item and select the design you want to merge Select left click the new pattern and click the Open button or just double click the design icon The new pattern will appear in the hoop alon
44. eys CTRL S Save As Use this command to save and rename the active document SewWhat Pro displays the File Save As Dialog box so you can name your pattern file and change its file type extension To save a pattern file with its existing name folder and extension use the Save command Shortcuts Toolbar SewWhat Pro Manual E EMail Use this File menu item to email a copy of the pattern file in the SewWhat Pro workspace The file must be saved before it can be sent Shortcuts Toolbar EJ Print Use this command to print a SewWhat Pro document This command presents a print dialog see below where you may specify the range of pages to be printed the number of copies the destination printer and other printer setup properties When the Info Pane is activated in the View menu then the pattern displayed in the workspace together with other information chosen in the Page Setup dialog will be printed In this mode there is an option to print a template only When the Album or Icon view is selected by checking Album Icons then an album of all the embroidery files in the present directory will be printed Print Pattern PER Printer narsos ii Status Ready Type Samsung CLP 310 Series Where USBOO1 Comment Print range Copies e Al Number of copies 1 C Pages from 1 to 3 r Print Template Only Help OK Cancel Shortcuts a Toolbar Keys CTRL P Print Preview Use this command to display
45. fy the pattern so it is large enough to view individual stitch points If you skip this step then clicking on the pattern may appear to do nothing because you have missed clicking on a stitch point 3 Click on or near any point to select it as the split point You may reclick to choose another point before performing the actual split Or if the point is hidden under or obscured by others use the up right or down left arrow keys to scroll up or down in the stitch point order until you get to the point for splitting The point will be highlighted and its stitch number will be automatically displayed on the screen If this does not happen it is likely you did not click close enough to an actual stitch point in the pattern 4 You may want to run the Sew amp Show simulator at a slow stitch speed to help isolate the point at which splitting is desired 5 Once the stitch number has been selected press the Split button to perform the actual splitting You may perform multiple splitting while in this mode by repeating the steps above When you are finished click the Close button to return to the separation mode cutting toolbar Figure 1 shows the green color stop of the frog image magnified 3 8 times so stitch points were visible used in the Separation Mode Toolbar example The Sew amp Show simulator was run to identify the point 10368 as the one appropriate for splitting the frog s head from the rest of light green part of the pat
46. g make sure the positional hoops are highlighted as described in step 2 This will provide guides for the cutting process Next highlight the color stops by Ctrl clicking the associated stops in the thread list You can also click the colors directly in the pattern after first selecting the Select Colors option on the cutting toolbar You may want to highlight one or a few colors at a time In this example we found that clicking the first two colors the red and the yellow in the list produced the figure shown below the figure on the left is before cutting the figure on the right is after cutting Note that in the overlap region of the two hoops below the top of the P2 hoop and above the bottom of the P1 hoop there is a region where both the red and yellow patterns are connected by jump stitches not visible the void between the two halves of the pattern Proceed to draw the cutting outline the dots connected by the dashed cutting contour in the figure on the left below through this central region and around the bottom half of the pattern being careful not to intersect the pattern except through the portion in the overlap region Note that when the Cut Pattern button is finally clicked this will separate the original two colors blocks into four consisting of the two on top and the two on the bottom The bottom two new color blocks consist of the region encircled by the cutting bottom and are shown highlighted in the figure below on
47. g with the original design You can repeat these steps until all of the designs merged If you have numerous designs to merge such as letters from an alphabet you can select the View menu Album View item and click your designs from the list of design icons that will be displayed in the right pane of the workspace to merge them into the SewWhat Pro workspace After merging each design you will probably need to reposition them in the hoop by clicking on the new design and dragging it to the desired location Shortcuts SewWhat Pro Manual E Keys CTRL M Close Use this command to close all windows containing the active document SewWhat Pro suggests that you save changes to your document before you close it If you close a document without saving you lose all changes made since the last time you saved it Before closing an untitled document SewWhat Pro displays the File Save As Dialog and suggests that you name and save the document Shortcuts Mouse Close a document by clicking the Close icon on the document s window Close Keys CTRL F4 closes a SewWhat Pro document window Save Use this command to save the active document to its current name and directory When you save a document for the first time SewWhat Pro displays the File Save As Dialog so you can name your document If you want to change the name and directory of an existing document before you save it choose the File Save As command Shortcuts Toolbar K
48. h floppy disk in order to use that disk in the D1 embroidery machine Simply copying the zip archive file to a floppy disk will not work The D1 compatible disks or Zip files created by SewWhat Pro may be freely distributed subject to any license restrictions associated with the original pattern files This explicit license accompanies all D1 disks or Zip files created with the SewWhat Pro utility Shortcuts Toolbar m 27 SewWhat Pro Manual E Media Writer This utility allows you to write embroidery files to any removable media such as Smart Media SM or Compact Flash or USB stickes for use with Elna Singer Janome and Brother embroidery machines which are capable of reading these media Also it may be used with Brother machines that read floppy disks Before using this utility certain setup functions need to be performed initially Next to the Selected Embroidery Machine text at the top of the media writing dialog is a drop down combo box Click the down scroll arrow to open a scrollable list of available embroidery machine types Brother Elna Janome types or Singer Use the scroll arrows to bring your machine type into view and select it from the list by clicking on it This selection will be saved for future use and can be changed at any time if you have multiple machines Note that any files you have chosen to write will be automatically cleared from the selection lists when the embroidery type is changed Fr
49. his mode When all cuts are finished press the Close button to return to the normal editing mode of SewWhat Pro Helpful Hint To cut through a single color block even if it is on top of another follow the steps above but first select the block to cut either by Ctrl clicking the associated thread color button in the Thread Project Pane or by checking the Select Color button on this toolbar and clicking the color directly in the pattern This will highlight the desired color block and all subsequent cutting will be limited to that block or blocks once you have checked the Select Points button You can switch to a different block by clicking a different thread color button without leaving Separation mode For example consider the pattern shown below The light green second color stop is sewn as a single color block It is desired to make the frog s head a slightly different shade of green One way to accomplish this would be to separate the green part of the head from the remaining part of the body and legs and then recolor the new color block Another way is to use the Split at Stitch option see below This can be easily accomplished without cutting through any of the other colors by first Ctrl clicking on the green color stop button in the Thread Pane This will highlight the green part of the pattern so that the cutting boundary can be easily clicked around the head alone see second figure below 54 SewWhat Pro Manual Bi
50. ht rm 72 Width mm Specialty S Line Spacing 1 00 Add User Fonts Del User Fonts pode SSS ae Stitch Types Stitch Properties Running Outline Stitch Length 0 1 mm a C Satin Outline Setin Height 0 1 mm iB n Y Borders C Satin Applique Satin Width 0 1 mm E C Blanket Applique Passes C Fill Edit Features Underlay Iw Satin Column ob OT EES p 4 ensi H F Running Border es pre 7 Satin Border Angle P Factor Postion Lettering Stitch Preview Settings Save Retrieve This dialog allows you to Enter lines of text from your keyboard and view them in a preview panel at a reduced size to see how they will appear when stitched out Adjust properties of the lettering including font family font size font attributes italic bold etc line spacing for multiple lines of text Set the stitch type outline appliqu fill either satin or column Set the stitch properties density length angle of fill Select monogram styles and specialty layout styles Save lettering settings from this dialog or retrieve settings from a previous lettering session 29 SewWhat Pro Manual E Add True Typeo fonts TTF to the font list appearing in this dialog Each one of these features is described below Entering text in the lettering dialog Place the selection point in the text edit box in the top of this dialog by clicking there and enter and edit text from the keyboard As you type text i
51. in the Explorer window Hold down the Shift or Ctrl keys to select multiple files The selected files can be dragged and dropped into one or several of the four menu folders in the dialog To delete files from a menu select them with the mouse and press the Delete key or press the Clear Menu button to clear all files from the currently selected menu It is important to realize that the process of copying files to the menu folders does not move or delete the original files on your hard drive or CD Also note that the embroidery files do not have to be in D1 shv file format prior to using this utility They will be automatically converted when they are written to the floppy disk or zip file After filling the menu s with embroidery files click the Finish button on the Explorer dialog to close it Then click one of the buttons Write Floppy or Write Zip This will write the files in the proper D1 compatible format together with all the required D1 menu files to either a floppy disk or a Zip archive file respectively At this point if the floppy disk is not empty and it is not already an existing D1 compatible disk a message will appear to inform you that all files on the floppy will be deleted if you decide to continue If you choose to write a zip archive file the name of the zip file will be based on the Project Title and it will be stored in the default Zip directory you chose earlier Note you must extract the D1 Zip archive file to a fres
52. inside the hoop Hold down the left mouse button and drag the eraser over the part of the pattern where you wish to remove stitches The stitches will be whited out When finished click this button again to remove the erased stitches This tool is convenient for removing stitches in small areas For deleting larger areas of the pattern the cutting points method described previously may be faster You can use the Zoom In feature to accurately access smaller areas of the pattern with the eraser Select Colors After checking by clicking the Select Colors button you may then click on any color s in the pattern to highlight the associated color block in the thread pane This is useful if several threads with the same color occur in the pattern and you wish to select a particular block After the color blocks are selected click on the Select Points button to restore the usual click behavior The colors you selected will be highlighted in the thread pane and the other colors in the pattern will be hidden in the pattern during Separation cutting mode see the figure above Anchor Points Check by clicking the Anchor Points button to add anchor alignment points to the pattern Click once on the pattern to add a pair of anchor points one on top of the other they will appear as separate color stops in the thread list which can be saved with each part of the separated pattern Usually the anchor points should be added to the pattern in the r
53. itches and the pattern dimensions Here you may enter Author and Copyright information for this pattern The Color File name in the second column may be clicked to change the file from which SewWhat Pro reads the thread information By default it looks for a color text file with the same name as the current embroidery file Also click on the first column Color File read or write to toggle between the file that SewWhat Pro will read or write to store its color information The next lower part of the information panel is the Thread Information Pane It contains detailed information about each thread in the design There is a heading bar which identifies the information in each column below it Click the Brand column header to simultaneously change the thread brand for all threads in the pattern Click the Stitches column to toggle between the total stitches for each color and the total thread lengths not including bobbin thread Click a color button in the first column to open the Thread Palette editor to edit individual color and thread manufacturer information Right click on a color button to invoke a popup menu with several editing options 1 Delete the presently selected thread 2 Toggle a selection criterion to apply color editing to a single thread the default or to all threads that match the chosen color By enabling this option you can preserve the color scheme in a large design by editing all matching colors simultaneously while just
54. ll prevent adding multiple basting stitches in the same place and is especially true if you baste around the pattern since the pattern size and position determine where the basting stitches are placed After inserting these stitches into the pattern they may be deleted at any time from the stitch list in the Thread Pane if they are no longer desired by right clicking on the 23 SewWhat Pro Manual E top most color stop and choosing Delete Batch Conversion The batch conversion utility on the Tools menu allows the user to convert multiple embroidery files of possibly different types to other embroidery file types Launching the batch utility initiates a sequence of dialogs that collect the various files to be converted determine where the converted files should be stored and choose what the converted file type should be Options include automatically centering converted patterns overwriting existing files of the same name preserving in the batch directory the directory tree structure of the original files There is a batch pane in the Status bar which displays a progress bar showing the completion status of the submitted job The batch conversion runs as a background job so you may continue editing or viewing patterns even while conversion is in progress Detailed instructions for using this utility follow The first page of this utility opens a Windows Explorer dialog to select files or directories of files that you wan
55. m text arching 1 Draw a selection rectangle around the letters in the main SewWhat Pro workspace by holding down the left mouse button and dragging to enclose the letters that are to be arched Note the letters must be stored in separate color blocks NOT joined into one color block for this to work and you must select at least 2 letters If the letters are joined into a single stop you can separate them with the cutting tool The letters should be horizontally baseline aligned and spaced according to your preference before opening the arching tool 2 Click the Arch toolbar button or the associated menu item The arching dialog in Fig 1 will open with the selected text displayed 3 There are two controls for adjusting the arched lettering They are interactive the changes you make will appear as you click the controls 1 You can adjust the curvature of the arch by clicking the spin control next to the rotation icon the two headed arrow in Fig 1 displaying the value 150 degrees Clicking on the up arrow will increase this value and lead to a more circular arch clicking the down arrow will decrease this value leading to a flatter arch 2 Youcan position the lettering on the arch by clicking the lower spin control next to the text rotation icon with the red T in Fig 1 displaying O degrees A value of 0 in this case means that the lettering is arranged symmetrically around the vertical axis Increasing or decreasing this
56. menu item to accurately resize the active selected pattern You may enter the new pattern dimensions in either mm or in units depending on the units settings in the Options menu To avoid distorting the image check the Lock Aspect Ratio box If after resizing you want the stitch density to be automatically adjusted check the Auto adjust stitch density box You can also graphically resize and reposition the selected pattern with the mouse Turning on grid lines can be helpful during such operations The first step is to select the pattern by clicking anywhere in the pattern with the left mouse button A resizing rectangle will appear around the pattern and the cursor will change to a four headed arrow Resize handles solid squares will appear at the corners and midpoints of the resize rectangle To resize the pattern 1 Position the mouse at one of the resize handles of the selection rectangle The cursor changes to a diagonal two headed resizing arrow 2 Move one of the corners or sides with the mouse dragging the pattern in or out to its final desired size Use the corners to preserve the pattern aspect ratio relative height to width ratio Use the side buttons to stretch or shrink the pattern either horizontally or vertically 3 To accurately preserve the aspect ratio relative width to height during resizing hold down the Ctrl key while dragging the resize handle To move the pattern within the hoop Hold down the left
57. n is the status bar used to display additional information about the pattern and operations being performed Also shown is the rotation toolbar used for reflecting and rotating the selected pattern a pattern is selected by left clicking on it in the workspace Below the main toolbar is the Sew and Show toolbar This is used to emulate an actual stitch out of the pattern on your screen The remaining work area of the SewWhat Pro screen is divided into two panels consisting of the main panel or view and an information panel for more info click here In the figure below the embroidery file Bearina art has been opened and is displayed in the main workspace The hoop associated with the pattern is shown together with optional grid lines You may also start the lettering editor even without importing an existing embroidery file The various tools available for editing embroidery files are described in the Edit and Tools menus You can save your work to a new or existing file using the File Save command Frequent saving during the course of editing prevents loss of data The information panel is located to the right of the workspace where embroidery files are displayed and edited It may be toggled from the View menu to display either the information shown below or an album icon view of the files in the present working folder The information panel contains detailed information about the file including the number of stitches for each
58. n tab is only available when a file has been selected into the workspace so that a hoop is displayed Hoop Properties Hoop Size Hoop Calibration Units Mach Ti R ee Gmm Cin Emb Type PES Y BabyLock Bemina EXE Husqvama Janome Pfaff Poem s 41 gt Select hoop from list below 100 X 100 4 X 4 J 130 X 180 Babylock large J 1480 X 130 Babylock large 3400 X 172 Small overlap 3172 X 100 Small overlap O p 100X 100 Standard C Clear Default Hoop oK Cancel Help kL Figure 1 Dialog displayed by clicking the Hoop Size tab Hoop Size e The tabs allow you to display the available hoop sizes for various embroidery machine manufacturers In Fig 1 the manufacturer Brother has been selected by clicking on that tab Use the horizontal scroll buttons to the right of the tabs to find a manufacturer if it is 38 SewWhat Pro Manual E not displayed The list of hoops for that manufacturer and the selected machine type will be displayed in the list box In Fig 1 the selected machine type is the Brother PE770 You can use the optional vertical scrollbar to the right of the hoop list to display the complete list of hoop sizes Select the desired hoop size by clicking on the radio button beside the hoop description Your selection will be highlighted and can be altered at any time before you Close this dialog by clicking on a different hoop size Once you have selected the desired h
59. ng the cutting boundary intersect parts of the pattern that do not need to be split By highlighting only the parts of the pattern that need splitting you will guarantee that no other parts of the pattern will be inadvertently cut 5 When you have created your cutting boundary click the Cut Pattern button The colors in the part of the pattern you enclosed with the cutting boundary will appear as additional color stops at the bottom of the thread list corresponding to the split part of the pattern For this reason itis a good idea to always enclose the bottom part of the pattern with your cutting boundary so that part of the split will appear at the bottom of the thread list Repeat steps 4 5 until all the colors in your pattern that require splitting have been cut and fit entirely within one or another of the hoop sections Now Save the pattern again If your cutting succeeded in splitting the pattern into individual hoops your file will be saved If not the remaining color stops to be split will again be identified and you can repeat the steps above 59 SewWhat Pro Manual E Important note for Brother Husqvarna and Janome users If you used any of the Husqvarna or Brother positional hoops or the Janome Giga Hoop additional files will be saved to use with the positional hoops The suffix _1 or _2 or _3 for Husqvarna Brother hoops will be appended to the file name indicating the positional hoop corresponding to the patte
60. nto the edit box at the top of this dialog it will appear usually in a reduced size in the preview box at the bottom of the dialog You may edit the text in the edit box For example press the Backspace or Delete keys to delete letters and press Enter to start a new line of text The size of the text pattern that will eventually be stitched is also displayed Font properties Click the Font and Size button to display a Windows Font Selection dialog Font sizes are indicated in points One point is 1 72 inch 3 points are approximately 1 mm You can select the font size by clicking on the font size selection combo box or by typing the size in points in the font size edit box The font family face name can be chosen from the font selection combo box Any True Type font can be used Note in addition to standard alphabetical characters various iconic symbols boxes or dingbats can also be displayed For example the font Holidays MT in lower case has many interesting icons representing various holidays The color of the font will determine the thread color used and may also be selected Choose OK to accept your selections The font and size will appear in the text box next to the Font and Size button Note that the text size refers to the font height in mm and text string width in mm These dimensions are indicated below for the text string Tiger written in a 72 pt 24 mm font size The light gray grid has a spacing of 10 mm The ho
61. o make its window active New Use this command to open a new window with the same contents as the active window You can open multiple document windows to display different parts or views of a document at the same time If you change the contents in one window all other windows containing the same document reflect those changes When you open a new window it becomes the active window and is displayed on top of all other open windows Cascade Use this command to arrange multiple opened windows in an overlapped fashion Size Use this command to display a four headed arrow so you can size the active window with the arrow keys After the pointer changes to the four headed arrow 1 Press one of the DIRECTION keys left right up or down arrow key to move the pointer to the border you want to move 2 Press a DIRECTION key to move the border 3 Press ENTER when the window is the size you want Note This command is unavailable if you maximize the window Shortcut Mouse Drag the size bars at the corners or edges of the window Tile Use this command to arrange multiple opened windows in a non overlapped fashion 43 SewWhat Pro Manual E Help Commands Tip of the day When SewWhat Pro initially runs a brief message appears with a helpful suggestion for using this application more efficiently By clicking this Help menu item you can view and scroll through the tip of the day messages whenever the application is o
62. og see Fig 1 allows you to choose the name and extension type of the file to be saved as well as the folder to save the file in 66 SewWhat Pro Manual E E Save Embroidery File As Save in jj Test q E e Edy Name _ Date modified Type Size e Sub Le Sub2 de Sub3 _ bflylpat pes _ bfly2pat pes File name Save as type l Save as Single Pattern Fig 1 SewWhat Pro File Save As dialog The following options allow you to specify the name and location of the file you re about to save File name Type a new filename to save an embroidery file with a different name SewWhat Pro adds the extension you specify in the Save as type box Save in Select the folder in which you want to store the embroidery file Save as type Select a new file extension type for the saved file Save as Single Pattern For PES and VP3 file types you can choose between storing multiple pattern files as one single pattern check this box or retain multiple patterns in the saved file For all other file types a single pattern will be stored automatically For positional hoops this option is ignored 67 SewWhat Pro Manual E File Open Option This tab on the Files option property sheet allows you to control various properties when files are opened in the File Open dialog File Merge Option This tab on the Files option property sheet allows you to control various properties when files are merged File Save As
63. oins and or deletes threads from one list Deletes threads based on length or number of stitches Joins threads of a given color Eliminate stitches based on length criterion Splits pattern or thread according to user drawn region Deletes presently selected pattern from the document and moves it to the clipboard Copies presently selected pattern from the document to the clipboard Pastes a pattern from the clipboard into the document Selects all objects threads and makes them available for editing Makes next thread object available for editing Makes previous thread object available for editing The View menu offers the following commands Jumps Grid Lines Grid Labels Displays Jump stitch Dialog for adjusting appearance of jump stitches on screen Shows or hides grid lines useful for positioning pattern Shows or hides grid labels for the grid lines only visible when grid lines are displayed SewWhat Pro Manual Snap to Grid Stitch Points Texture Album Icons Stitch Histogram Main Toolbar S amp S Toolbar Status bar Rotation bar Tools menu Displays grid to which pattern will be snapped when moved Shows or hides stitch end points Displays the pattern on screen and in print in a textured 3D appearance Toggles between the album icon view checked and the info pane view unchecked the default Shows or hides the graph of stitch length distribution in the thread pane Shows or hides the
64. oints can be used to stretch or contract the curve and the two other control points adjust the slope of the curve at the two ends With the left mouse button click on one of the control points and the cursor will change to a four headed arrow Hold down the mouse button and drag the control point to reshape the curve into the desired shape Polygon The default polygon is just a line between the two endpoints You can change the slope or length of this line by left clicking one or the other point and dragging it You can add points to the curve by clicking at the desired location or Ctrl click an existing point to at a point between it and the previous point on the curve To delete a point Shift click on it When all text editing is completed click the OK button to sew the text into the pattern file and return to the SewWhat Pro workspace if no pattern is presently open a new file will be opened While the workspace is open you may double click on the lettering to reopen the lettering dialog for further editing Settings Retrieve and Save You can retrieve existing settings or save your current ones by clicking one or the other of these buttons SewWhat Pro ships with a number of font settings that have been tested to produce good stitch outs You may import one of these and use the settings as a guide for your own monogram work Add User Fonts Click this button to import additional fonts into the Monogram Fonts dialog The fonts
65. om the list of available removable drives click the appropriate checkbox with your mouse to select the letter of the drive where your card is inserted The removable drive will only appear in this list if a card is inserted You may insert a card and check the corresponding drive letter at any time before the files are written to the card Any embroidery files already on the card and in the appropriate folders will be added to the list of files to be written The next step in writing files to your removable media is to copy existing embroidery files to the file list in this dialog If you inserted a card that already has files on it in the appropriate folders they will appear automatically as icons in the file list when this dialog is opened You may add to those files or first press the Clear Files button to remove the existing files or remove individual files by clicking on their icons and pressing the delete key The actual files will be deleted from the card only after any new files are written Click the Browse button to open an Explorer style window for locating the embroidery files to be written Alternatively Windows Explorer can be opened for file selection However the advantage of using the Browse button Explorer is that only embroidery files will be displayed Use the left button of your mouse or arrow keys to select files in the Explorer window Hold down the Shift key to select multiple files The selected files can be dragged and
66. one of the palette colors to change the corresponding thread color in the pattern This will be automatically updated in the Thread Info panel The palette of colors shown is associated with particular manufacturers which can be changed by choosing from the drop down combo Thread Palette list The order of threads appearing in the Thread Color dialog can be changed by clicking one of the three column headers The threads may be ordered by Thread Thread Name or Color This editor will remain open until you click the Close box X in the right corner allowing multiple threads to be edited during a session Workspace View The SewWhat Pro screen is divided into two workspaces 1 main workspace or view 2 information panel The relative sizes of these two spaces or panels can be changed by dragging the vertical separator bar between them with the mouse Main Workspace This contains the current pattern that you are editing lt also displays the hoop enclosing the pattern as shown below 46 SewWhat Pro Manual E 30 20 10 10 20 30 40 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 Grid dimensions in either metric or American units can be toggled on or off as well as grid lines useful for accurate positioning of the pattern in the hoop Information Panel This panel is divided into three parts see below The Project Pane top part contains information about the file including the total number of st
67. oop size you may also set this to be the default for your machine by checking the Set Default Hoop button This is the hoop that patterns without internal hoop information will open into or all patterns if the File Options Use Default Machine Hoop button is also checked The embroidery file types supported by this manufacturer can be seen by scrolling the Emb Types list Setting this type will change the current pattern to that type when the OK button is clicked e Positional Hoops are included in the hoop size list you may have to scroll to the bottom of the list and are labeled as such They will appear in the SewWhat Pro workspace with arrow markers to indicate the position of the hoop stops for the overlap hoop sections You can click those markers to display the individual hoop positions In the positional hoop shown in Fig 2 there are 3 hoop positions P1 P3 Below the middle hoop position P2 has been clicked to show the green hoop at that position See separation mode toolbar for further information about cutting patterns to fit positional hoops Hoop Insert Displays or hides a user selectable hoop insert for example a Fast Frame When this button is clicked the hoop insert dimensions dialog is displayed see Fig 3 You can set the width and height for the insert hoop and whether or not it will be displayed in the SewWhat Pro workspace If the width or height of the insert exceeds the hoop dimensions it will not be displayed e
68. pen Help Topics Use this command to display the opening screen of Help From the opening screen you can jump to step by step instructions for using SewWhat Pro and various types of reference information Once you open Help you can click the Contents button whenever you want to return to the opening screen Auto Update Use this toggle command to allow prevent automatic updating of SewWhat Pro software When this menu item is checked unchecked auto updating is allowed prevented With auto updating allowed the S amp S website will be checked whenever the application is opened but not more than once daily for available updates If there is an update available the user will be given the opportunity to install it The installation will automatically close the SewWhat Pro workspace remove the older version install the update and restart the application Update Now Use this command to search the S amp S website immediately for the availability of an update for SewWhat Pro If an update is found the user is given a choice to install it Restore Defaults Use this command to reset the installation default settings for your copy of SewWhat Pro About SewWhat Pro Use this command to display the copyright notice and version number of your copy of SewWhat Pro Change History Log Use this command to display the history of changes made to SewWhat Pro 44 SewWhat Pro Manual E Sewing Topics Project Options U
69. platea jef Color Name GG Winter Blue ler Embroi 736 437 Stitch Distribution 3 Q pl 3 Zz a I ONOI O00 120 MOLOUONOIOIOIEO 04701 Lenath in Fig 1 Information Pane consisting of the Project top and Thread Pane SewWhat Pro Manual E Delete Album Folders V Alphabet Mode File Fiter HUM ES C Users Steve Documents Embroidery Emb_CD CopperPlate 012345 67829AB CDEFGH IJIKLMN OPQRS T UVWXYZ Fig 2 Album Icon view in Alphabet Mode More than one folder can be opened in the Album Icon view by navigating to the desired folder from the File Open or Merge menu The ast folder chosen this way will appear firstin the Album Icon view You can also delete a folder that is showing in the Album Icon View by clicking on the Delete Folder button at the top and selecting the folder to be deleted from the drop down menu Shortcuts Toolbar Stitch Histogram Use this command to display and hide the stitch histogram which optionally appears at the bottom of the Project Pane A check mark appears next to the menu item when the Stitch histogram is displayed Main Toolbar Use this command to display and hide the main Toolbar which includes buttons for some of the most common commands in SewWhat Pro such as File Open A check mark appears next to the menu item when the Toolbar is displayed 18 SewWhat Pro Manual E Sew and Show Bar Use this command to display and hide the Sew and show tool
70. printers offer multiple trays for different paper sources Specify the tray here Orientation Choose Portrait or Landscape Margins Enter the page margins here Printer Displays a dialog box for selecting the printer you want to use Choose the Default Printer or choose the Name option and select one of the currently installed printers shown in the box You install printers and configure ports using the Windows Control Panel Choose the Properties option to further refine the printer properties Exit Use this command to end your SewWhat Pro session You can also use the Close command on the application Control menu SewWhat Pro prompts you to save documents with unsaved changes Shortcuts Mouse Click the application s Close menu button SewWhat Pro Manual E Keys ALT F4 11 SewWhat Pro Manual E Edit Commands Undo Use this command to reverse the last editing action if possible The Undo command is dimmed on the menu if there are no actions to reverse In SewWhat Pro the following operations may be undone Merged pattern deleted Deleted pattern or object restored Original thread color restored Original position size orientation of pattern or object restored Restores stitch density Restores original uncut pattern In cut mode restores previous cut state Delete pattern or object Color change Move scaled rotate Density adjustment Cut split pattern Sho
71. reation dialog Any files which are not D1 compatible files will be automatically erased from the diskette prior to writing the new D1 floppy information It is therefore not necessary to use a clean diskette Note that any files on the diskette that are NOT D1 shv files will be erased Before beginning to fill the menus on the D1 dialog you should enter an informative name in the Disk Project Title edit box for the set of files you intend to save This name will be used to label the D1 floppy diskette or the Zip file Existing D1 floppy disks can be modified by adding or deleting files to the various menu lists as described below Also you can choose to either view icons of the files in the menu lists or to hide them by clicking the Show Icons Hide Icons button The first step in the creation of the D1 floppy disk or Zip archive is to copy embroidery files from your hard drive or a CD to the menu folders in this dialog Click the Browse button on the top right of this dialog to open an Explorer style window for locating the embroidery files to be included in this project Here a project refers to the set of files that will eventually be written to either a D1 floppy disk or Zip archive file Alternatively Windows Explorer can be opened for file selection However the advantage of using the Browse button Explorer is that only embroidery files will be displayed Use the left button of your mouse or arrow keys to select files
72. rizontal extent of the string is 47 mm The indicated string height of 25 mm is not just the distance from the top of the T to the bottom of the g but also includes some blank space so called internal leading above the T which can be used for accent T Tiger 47 mm Stitch Type There are options to choose either or both outline and fill stitches These are described below Running Outline This is a straight stitch for outlining the lettering You may set the length of a running stitch in 0 1mm units with the Stitch Length control Satin Outline This is a zigzag satin stitch Both the length and height of the stitch may be set from the Satin Height and Satin Width controls 30 SewWhat Pro Manual E The number of repetitions of the outline stitches may be adjusted with the Passes control a setting of 1 means a single pass Satin Blanket Applique The appliqu stitch is a combination of a running stitch to outline the fabric and a satin or blanket stitch to tack down and trim the border To apply the appliqu follow these steps 1 Position the appliqu fabric on the hooped base fabric 2 Baste the appliqu fabric to the base fabric 3 Stitch color 1 the outline of the letter to hold the fabric in place along its border 4 Remove hoop from machine without moving the embroidery arm 5 Cut out the appliqu around the stitching line Cut just outside of and as close as possible to the
73. rn stored in that file These files are optional to use for Brother machines since the single combined file can be used instead Split at Stitch You may click the Split at Stitch toolbar button to open the advanced toolbar for splitting the pattern at a specific stitch or stitches Cutting Example The figure below shows a pattern opened in SewWhat Pro where the top half of the flame was cut as a separate pattern from the bottom half A set of points was clicked out in a clockwise manner in the order indicated by the numbers the last point point 5 is optional since the last and first points are automatically joined Once you have returned to normal editing mode the separated thread color s may be edited just like any other distinct thread s in your pattern For example you can click on one or the other pattern formed by the threads cut during the editing session and move rotate delete copy etc those threads as desired In the example above the top of the flame was to be used as a pocket topper so the bottom part of the pattern would be deleted Note that sometimes the selection box may cover the entire uncut pattern if a stray thread or jump stitch occurred In that case just move the pattern in a direction away from the cut to determine which pattern is actually selected Then perform any further editing on the selected pattern 60 SewWhat Pro Manual E Select Points Select Colors Hoop Guide Split at Sti
74. rtcuts Toolbar E Keys CTRL Z Order Threads Choose this option from the Edit menu to display a dialog with a list for ordering joining and or deleting threads from your active design To reorder the threads comprising your patterns enter in the New Order column of the list box the order number that the original thread whose number is given in the Old Order column should have in the newly ordered pattern For example if you want the old stitch 5 to be the new stitch 1 then enter a 1 in the New Order column of row 5 To delete a thread from the new pattern simply enter either a blank or a zero 0 in the New Order column corresponding to the row number of the old stitch to delete For example to delete old stitch 2 enter a blank or 0 in the New Order column of row 2 To join two or more threads simply enter in the New Order column the same new stitch number for each of the rows of the corresponding old threads Thus to join old stitches 2 and 4 for example and stitch them out as the third stitch enter a 3 in the New Order column of rows 2 and 4 Shortcuts You can reorder a single thread in the Thread Info pane by holding down the Shift Left Mouse button and dragging the color to the stop where you want it to be placed Release the mouse button to drop the color onto the new stop position If you drag a color up it will be placed at the stop position just above the stop where you drop it dragging down will place the color
75. run the installer for SewWhat Pro from the S amp S website http sandscomputing com Just click the SewWhat Pro link at the top of the main page and then scroll down to the Download Links table On the left are links for the 32 and 64 bit installers Run the one appropriate for the Operating System on your computer There is a 30 day DEMO period during which you may run the software with only a restriction on the number of file saves during that time After that you can either uninstall the software or purchase from the Add to Cart button to the right of the download links on the SewWhat Pro webpage After you purchase the license the registration information will be emailed to you and you can register the DEMO to make it a licensed copy Note you DO NOT have to uninstall the DEMO if you want to keep the software but only register it after purchasing the license 69
76. s per sec 200 H The Sew and Show floating toolbar allows the user to control certain properties of the real time pattern stitching feature The buttons on this bar are described below i Click the Sew button the right pointing green arrow to begin the simulated sew and show rendering of the pattern 2 Select the Stitch rate Speed in stitches per second for the simulated sewing This may be adjusted to speed up or slow down the on screen rendering of the pattern Note that this can be changed even while the pattern is stitching by clicking the up speed up or down slow down arrows to the right of the displayed stitching speed 3 Click the Stop button it is a red circle when stitching is in progress to terminate the sewing 4 Click the Pause button it has two vertical yellow lines when stitching is in progress to temporarily suspend the stitching until either the Sew button or the Rewind button left pointing green arrow is pressed The rewind feature allows you to reverse the stitching and go back to a particular stitch at which time you can press the Pause button again 5 Click pattern Options to select certain features of the stitching process such as auto pausing or continuous rendering after each thread color change and enabling 52 SewWhat Pro Manual E disabling a simulated sewing machine sound On the right of this toolbar is a color box to indicate the thread color being stitched Separation Mod
77. se this menu item to choose various options for the project pane display including il default thread brand manufacturer 2 source for thread colors if no color txt file is found which can either be from the default thread brand or the colors stored in the embroidery file 3 default for column 4 in the project pane which toggles between showing stitches or length for each thread color Reflect Pattern On the Rotation Toolbar press the reflect radio button to reflect the pattern left to right To reflect the pattern up down first rotate the pattern by 90 degrees Rotate Pattern You can use the freehand rotation knob to rotate the selected pattern Alternatively use the Rotation Toolbar to rotate counter clockwise the selected pattern by 90 10 or 1 degree increments Thread Palette Editor The Select Thread Color dialog shown below is displayed whenever a color button in the Thread Information panel is clicked 45 SewWhat Pro Manual E Ni Select Thread Color W P amp Thread Palette Madeira PolyNeon 7 Print selected thread chart Print Thread Name E 1895 Dark Aqua Green 1896 Dark Blue O 1898 Desert Sand E 1899 Red Bittersweet A 1900 Nile SS 1901 Emerald CO 1902 Mitchell Green es 1903 Evergreen z 1904 Chinois Green eas 1905 Mitchell Green E 1906 Dark Olive Green UA 1907 Fluorescent Red E E 1908 Dark Fluo Pink 1909 Neon Pink em 1910 Strawberry i a Click on
78. sets of options that determine how a pattern is merged into an existing hoop These include options for adjusting the hoop size and for determining the placement of the new merged pattern Hoop adjustment Auto resize the primary hoop the one into which the new pattern will be merged if 36 SewWhat Pro Manual E the new pattern is larger than the primary hoop Keep the primary hoop size even if the new pattern does not fit into it Merged file placement When the new file is merged keep the same distance from the center of the primary hoop that the new pattern had in its own hoop Place the new merged pattern in the upper left corner of the primary hoop Center the new pattern in the primary hoop even if it was not centered in its own hoop File Save Default file type extension This is the file extension that will appear when the File Save As menu item is clicked and if the use default ext ension radio button is checked If the use existing ext ension radio button is checked the default is used only if there is no initial file extension available such as when a lettering pattern is being generated in SewWhat Pro Various options for splitting files based on maximum allowable colors or stitches Maximum hoop size Patterns exceeding this will be automatically resized to fit into the maximum hoop File Associations This Options menu item opens a dialog Fig 1 used to select embroidery file extensions to be
79. t To resume the normal mode cursor click on this toolbar button again Shortcuts F Toolbar Zoom In Magnifies the on screen size of the pattern This might be useful for viewing individual stitches Note that zooming has no effect on the pattern size unlike resizing rather it only affects the size of the viewed image on screen When a pattern is selected it can also be zoomed by turning the mouse wheel Zooming a particular region To zoom a specific region of the pattern align by dragging them with your left mouse button the centers of the vertical and horizontal scroll bar buttons with a point near the center of the desired region Then when you magnify or reduce the pattern that region should stay in view Note that you may have to first enlarge the pattern a little to be able to align the scroll button centers An alternative convenient way to zoom and keep a specific part of the pattern in view is to use the magnify glass Shortcuts Toolbar Zoom Out Reduces the on screen size of the pattern This is useful for viewing at once a larger portion of the design Note that zooming has no effect on the pattern size unlike resizing rather it only affects 34 SewWhat Pro Manual E the size of the viewed image on screen When a pattern is selected it can be zoomed by turning the mouse wheel Shortcuts Toolbar Zoom Normal Restores the magnification level to 1 0 that is the original unmagnified v
80. t to convert Hold down the Shift or Control key to select multiple files Drag the files by holding down the left mouse button while you move the mouse cursor over the list box into the File Conversion list box and drop them there by releasing the mouse button You may select Zip file archives containing embroidery files as well When you are finished selecting the embroidery files for conversion press the Next button to reveal the actual batch conversion dialog shown below 24 SewWhat Pro Manual E Batch conversion 1 Select the directory for storing converted files a CUsers SteveDocuments Embroidery Batch Store files in source directories Preserve Directory Tree Emb Extensions 2 Choose format s from the extension list for conversions Hold down the Ctrl key for multiple individual selections csd Poem Singer a or the Shift key for selecting a range of extensions Len f 3 Additional Options emd Ena Singer E Overwrite Existing Files V Auto center Design a S Expanded ini j Janome Mem Ci Delete Original Files iy seme E Write Color File pick thread Brother Poly sr Pro IV Save Log File 4 Press Convert to begin batch conversion _ Conver Cancel On the first line you may enter the path of the directory where the converted files will be placed If you want to choose an existing directory click the Browse button to see a directory tree to choose from Wh
81. tal position and or size of the hoop on the screen see Fig 4 Click the Position Hoop button to move the hoop to another position on your screen Click the Calibrate Hoop Size button to adjust the size of the hoop on your screen You only need to adjust the size of one hoop and that will be sufficient to guarantee that all other hoops will be properly sized Shortcuts Toolbar Keys CTRL H Image Options This Options menu Image item displays a dialog for setting the quality from low quality smaller file 41 SewWhat Pro Manual E size to hi quality larger file size for saving embroidery file images as JPEG files You may check uncheck the Display Grid Lines check box to display hide grid lines when the JPEG file is saved Note that this will not affect the display of grid lines on the screen or in Print Print Preview which is controlled by the Grid Lines view menu item Resize Toolbar Icons Click this Options menu item to toggle between the small and large main toolbar icons Units Options From the Options menu units menu item you may choose either American inches and yards or metric millimeter or meter units for displaying lengths in SewWhat Pro 42 SewWhat Pro Manual E Windows Commands All Windows SewWhat Pro displays a list of currently open document windows at the bottom of the Window menu A check mark appears in front of the document name of the active window Choose a document from this list t
82. tch wu 80 70 60 50 30 20 ll e a 1 2 50 60 70 80 90 Saving a cut pattern If your original pattern was cut to fit it into a smaller available hoop rather than reducing the pattern size then you will need to save the various cut portions into separate files be sure to use the available hoop size when saving You can do that by selecting copying and then pasting the various portions of the cut pattern into New pattern files see the instructions for Copying and Pasting Use the Grid Line and Grid Labels View Menu items to help with aligning your cut patterns For the example considered here select the top half of the flame and Copy it Edit Copy menu to the clipboard Then from the File menu choose the New option to open a new SewWhat Pro workspace and Paste the top half of the flame into that blank workspace Save the file with an appropriate name like Flame_top after positioning it relative to the Grid lines and labels of the on screen hoop Split at Stitch Split Delete Insert Add Lock CTAL Move SHIFT Select Pts Select Point Select Colors Close R This toolbar allows you to split a single thread into separate color blocks so these can be subsequently removed reordered or recolored Also the selected stitch or multiple stitches selected by holding down the SHIFT key while left clicking the stitch points can
83. tern Clicking on that point in the magnified pattern displays the stitch number in the pattern Pressing the Split button will split the thread at that point and two light green color stops will automatically appear in the Thread pane 62 SewWhat Pro Manual E Split Select Point C Select Colors Close 1 4 Fig 1 Delete The selected stitches maybe be deleted by clicking this toolbar button or the Delete keyboard key Insert Click this toolbar button to insert an extra stitch before the selected one Add Lock Click this toolbar button to add a lock stitch after the selected stitch Selecting Moving Multiple Stitches at Once Holding down the SHIFT key allows you to select several points at once for editing deleting and moving The points can be selected either by left clicking them or by using the keyboard arrow keys to select the preceding or following points in the design In Fig 2a four points on the satin stitch have been selected solid red squares ending with stitch 2325 Note that they were left clicked since they are NOT consecutive points Releasing the SHIFT key and then holding down the CTRL key one of the selected points was moved to widen the satin stitch in this particular area and all four points were shifted simultaneously If the Delete button or keyboard key had been pressed instead all four points would have been deleted 63 SewWhat Pro Manual E 325 325 4 Fig 2a Four stitches
84. thread and the total thread length In addition graphical information about the length distribution of threads may also be shown The stitch graph or histogram can be shown or hidden from the View menu Note that the user can move or resize this graph anywhere within the info panel The information in this panel is updated whenever the file is edited in the work pane or when a new file is opened To view information about a single thread click either the next or previous object buttons to scroll through the list of threads in the pattern The relative sizes of the panels can be changed by dragging the vertical separator bar with the mouse BARA AS ATT dmeody Potyerte 6334 deetody Porere ON Gmatndy Poarte 4023 det Petete 6010 dle Page rta 4126 7 deme Potyerte 246 dedo Payee 6176 A 24 20 ns 10 e oo oe to ts 20 2 Contact Us If you have any questions about the SewWhat Pro program or any suggestions for improvements or additional features you would like to see added please contact us at supportOsandscomputing com FAQ Frequently Asked Questions How To Add lettering to a pattern Add a font to lettering dialog Add basting stitches to a pattern Adjust stitch density Calibrate display size or position of hoops Center a pattern Change on screen fabric color Change thread colors Change thread manufacturer Choose or change the hoop size Display album icons Display or hide grid lines Email a
85. value will move all the letters along the arch by the indicated number of degrees 4 Choose the letter arrangement either vertical or along parallel to the arch as shown in Fig 1 5 The lettering can be arranged to be up on the arch as shown in Fig 1 or down Click OK when you have adjusted the text arch to your specifications If you want to edit the arch after clicking the OK button click the undo Ctrl Z key combination and repeat steps 1 5 Shortcuts Toolbar A Keys Basting Stitch Use this Tools menu command to open a dialog for adding basting stitches to the present pattern These may be used for example to tack down a fabric to backing material prior to stitching without using sticky spray that may gum up your needle The dialog allows you to select where the basting stitches should be sewn You may choose to baste around the pattern and or around the hoop perimeter by checking the appropriate check box The check status is retained from the previous time this dialog was opened so you may want to reset a check by clicking the box if you have previously added basting to the design The length of the basting running stitches may also be selected in 2 mm increments up to 12 mm The basting stitches are automatically inserted at the top of the stitch list so they will be sewn first Note that it is a good practice to add the basting stitches to the pattern after all other changes have been made This wi
86. ven if the display check box is checked User Hoops On the far right of the tab list use the horizontal scroll arrows to get there is a special User hoop tab You can enter your own special hoop sizes there by typing into the edit box the height H and width W of the hoop in the presently selected units mm or in Be sure to enter this information in the format H X W Note that this feature is included as a convenience for on screen display but in general the user hoop will not be retained when the file is saved Rather the nearest available hoop for that embroidery type will be used 39 SewWhat Pro Manual E 3 3 3 0 2 8 2 5 2 3 2 0 1 8 1 5 1 3 1 0 0 8 0 5 0 30 003050810131518202325283033 in Figure 2 A three position positional hoop with positions P1 P2 P3 displayed in SewWhat Pro Enter the hoop insert dimensions Display Hoop Insert Comcel Width mm pa Height mm a O d Fig 3 Dialog for displaying and setting the Hoop Insert dimensions 40 SewWhat Pro Manual E Hoop Properties Hoop Size Hoop Calibration Hoop Screen Calibration Position Hoop Match the on screen hoop size to the following Calibrate Hoop Size dimensions Hoop Width 100 mm 4 Left Right Hoop Height 100 mm J tm Figure 4 Hoop Calibration dialog to adjust the displayed hoop size and position Hoop Calibration Use the vertical horizontal spin control to change the vertical horizon
87. xture This View menu item can be selected to display the stitched pattern on screen and in print mode in a textured sometimes called 3D appearance SewWhat Pro Manual E Album Icons This View menu item toggles between the Information Pane Fig 1 which shows pattern information for the presently active pattern and the icon or album view Fig 2 which displays thumbnails of the embroidery files in the current work folder directory and previously opened ones as well The work folder is the one containing the last file that was opened by SewWhat Pro The Information pane consists of the Project Pane the Thread Pane and if it is selected on the View Menu the Stitch Histogram see Fig 1 The project pane contains information of the present project such as pattern dimensions stitches author and copyright information All the information from the project and thread pane is written out to a color information text file which has the same name as the embroidery pattern but with a txt extension This file is used by SewWhat Pro to read in this information when the pattern is reopened at a later time lt can also be distributed as part of the pattern as an aid to sewing out the pattern with the proper colors The thread pane includes columns for color stops color names thread brands the associated color number stitch count for that color and a place to enter comments about the associated color like this is the ear etc
88. y filtering in case you want to restore the pattern to the unfiltered state Split Pattern This toolbar button or Edit menu item allows you to split a pattern or thread object into separate colors which are subsequently grouped into a single pattern This may be used to cut a pattern that is too large to fit into an available hoop or to split a single thread into two or more threads which can be separately colored After clicking the Split Pattern button or menu item SewWhat Pro enters Separation Mode In this mode you must click out a set of points around the part of the pattern to be split This will define 13 SewWhat Pro Manual E a polygon which will separate cut the pattern into two separate regions the region inside the polygon which will be treated as a new color and the rest of the pattern which will remain unchanged See the description of the Separation Mode Toolbar for detailed cutting instructions Shortcuts Toolbar Cut Use this command to remove cut the currently selected pattern from the document and put it on the clipboard This command is unavailable if there is no pattern currently selected Cutting data to the clipboard replaces the contents previously stored there Cut data can be subsequently pasted into another pattern See also Split Pattern Delete Threads Shortcuts Toolbar Keys CTRL X Copy Use this command to copy the selected pattern onto the clipboard This command is unavailabl

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