Create an Embroidery Design 2

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Create an Embroidery Design 2

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

 

You can create this design while you read this article.

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This example includes:

Creating a new design document

Load a Vector Image. Ungroup it.

Smart Design

Block Menu

Embroidery Object Type: Uniform Area + Pattern Fill

Direction lines

Embroidery Object Type: Turning Area + Zig Zag Fill

Object Manager

Start a new design

In the File menu, click on the blank document icon to open a new design document.

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Load a Vector Image

Press on the Catalogs button on the MAIN toolbar.

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

Select the folder where the image is located.

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

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

Drag the image into the workspace to load it.

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Preparing the vector image

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

To ungroup the elements of the image, click on the toolbar Group button and select "Ungroup All Objects"

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

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Start digitizing

Open the Smart Design tool from the tabs at the right

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Click on the Edit Object function.

Select the orange vector object.

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

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

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

Define the object Properties

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

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

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Use the Object Inspector to edit any object property.

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

Adjust any fill property.

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Select the green vector object

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

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

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

Define the object Properties

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

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

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Select the black vector object.

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

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

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Define the object Properties

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

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

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Using the visualization tools

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

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Show Vector Image

Hide Vector Image

Creating the black shapes

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

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

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

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

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

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Final Design

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