The Sequin Bar is located below the Thread Bar, near the bottom left corner of the application window.
It contains the sequins loaded on the sequin device or devices installed in your machine, which are referred by the letters A and B.
•Clicking on the letters allows you to define the sequins loaded for that device
•Clicking on any sequin will instruct the software to use that sequin for the object you are editing or for next object you will create.
Replace Sequin
In the Sequin Bar, double click on the sequin you want to replace to open the Sequin Library
Just select a sequin from the Library and click Ok and it will replace the one in the Sequin Bar. You can use filters to easily find the sequin you need: by shape, using tle list of shapes at the top and/or by size using the list at the left
You may also edit, duplicate, add and delete sequins, using the buttons at the bottom
Sequin Palette
To open the Sequin Palette editor box, click on any sequin device letter. You will be able to edit the sequin palette for that device.
Use the Sequin Palette box to:
•Configure the software by defining the sequin device type installed in your machine
•Select the sequins (shape, size, color, etc.) to be loaded on each of the sequin devices.
Device
Select the sequin device type installed in your machine as device A or B.
For most machines equipped with just one sequin device per head, no matter if they are installed on the first or last needle, you may use the setting Single device – Device A. However, some old machines require that you define where the devices are installed; in this case use Device A for sequin devices installed on the first needle and Device B if the are installed on the last needle.
Single sequin: This setting should work for all brands of devices that handle only one type of sequin.
Generic Multi-Sequins: This option fits most brands of multi-sequin devices (2 to 4 types of sequins) that use a generic style control schema (such as the Dahao control used in many Chinese embroidery machine brands)
Tajima multi-sequin: Use this option for multi-sequin devices that use a Tajima style control schema.
Capacity
Setup the number of sequin types that can be loaded in the devices. Note that the Sequins list below this control is updated according to the number of sequins the device can handle.
Sequins
The list at the left shows the sequins loaded for the device. The right list shows the sequin library, that you can filter by shape and/or size (blue marks in the image below set filter for diamond shape and 4 mm size, so the library shows the sequins that match both criteria)
Select any position in the sequin list (empty or not) and, in the library, double click the sequin you want to use in that position. (You can also select the sequin in the library and click the Replace button at the bottom, as indicated by the red marks in the image below)
Palette
Open: Loads a previously saved sequin palette from disk. The palette applies to the current device.
Save as: Saves the palette to disk
Delete: Deletes a previously saved sequin palette from disk
The palettes stored on disk can be applied to device A or B. A warning message will appear if the palette has a number of sequins that is different from the capacity of the device.
The complete sequin configuration (Device type, capacity and palettes) for devices A and B are stored within the design document
Remove
This command remove the selected sequin from the palette
Remove All
This command remove all the sequins from the palette
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About the order of your sequin types Some sequin devices are able to drop multiple sequins at a time, securing them with a single fixing stitch style. Using this technique you may get effects where the different sequins are arranged stacked on each other.
The “stacked “ type sequin devices usually limit which sequins can be arranged on top of others, according to the order in which they are loaded on the device. On these devices, the sequins must be dropped in the order bottom-top of the list. So, the sequin at the last position in the Sequins list will always remain in the bottom most position of the stack. This order must be considered at the time to load the devices. |
Sequin Library
The Sequin Library contains some predefined sequins that you can use as they are or that you can edit to fit your needs. The Sequin Library also appears when you right click on a sequin at the Sequin bar and select Replace Sequin.
The shape and size filters can be used to narrow the search within the library. The button at the top-right allows you to change the library view mode (icons or list)
Use the small toobar at the bottom to: (to right)
1- Edit the selected sequin
3- Duplicate the selected sequin (so you can create a new sequin based on the selected one)
4- Add a new sequin
5- Delete selected sequin
When you use the Edit or Duplicate sequin command, the Sequin Editor dialog appears
Name: Fill in this box with a name to identify your new sequin Shape: Select the shape for your new sequin. Options include circular, square, diamond, several stars and flowers, etc Size: Set the overall size of your new sequin. Note that the value entered here corresponds to the diameter of a circle where the sequin fits exactly Material: Use this list to select the option that best suits the look you want for your new sequin. The Colorable option lets you also select the color of the sequin Hole: This value defines the distance between the center of the hole regarding the center of the sequin, thus, a sero value means that the hole is located at the center of the sequin shape. |
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