Points Editing Mode
This tutorial explains the
Points Editing Mode of Embird Editor. It shows how to:
- Move a single or several stitch points,
- Add a new stitch point,
- Change the stitch type,
- Split the design on chosen stitch point.
Similar steps can be used for deleting of a single or several stitch points.
1 - Run Embird and click
"Editor" menu to switch to Editor window.
2 - Select
"File -> Open" menu to open
the design which you want to edit
3 - Click "Points Editing Mode" button or choose this mode
using "Mode -> Points Editing Mode" menu.
4 - Select the area of editing (Picture No. 1). Depress the left mouse
button and drag mouse to select the area of editing by rectangle.
Release the left mouse button once you have chosen the suitable area. In
this example, we are going to edit some stitches in the top-left corner
of the "a" character.
Picture No. 1
5 - Only those stitch
points which lie inside the selection
rectangle are accessible for editing. All the rest points are drawn in
ghost color (Picture No. 2).
Picture No. 2
6 - Move mouse pointer to the handle square of
some point, depress the left mouse button and drag mouse (while holding
the left mouse button down) to move this point (Picture
No. 3).
The point being moved is selected - notice that it has thick handle
square.
Picture No. 3
7 - If you want to move several points at once, you will
have to select them first. Click left mouse button on the first point to
select it. Then move mouse cursor to the second point, depress SHIFT key
on the keyboard and click the point while holding the SHIFT key down. It will be added to
the selection. Now you should
have two points with thick handle square. Repeat this procedure for
every point which you want to add to the selection. You can see the number of selected
points at the bottom of "Objects Order Bar" at the right side
of the screen (Picture No. 4).
Picture No. 4
8 - Once you have selected several points, you can move
them to the new position. Move mouse pointer to any of selected points,
depress the left mouse button and drag mouse. Release left mouse button once
you have moved the points to the new position (Picture No. 5).
Picture No. 5
9 - You can add a new stitch point easily. The new point
is always added AFTER the selected point. Therefore it is very useful to
switch on the setting in "View -> Stitch Direction" menu, so that
you can see the stitch direction and select the right point (Picture
No. 6).
Picture No. 6
10 - Once you have selected the right point, move mouse
pointer to this point and depress the right mouse button. A popup menu will
appear on the screen (Picture No. 7). Choose "Insert" command from this
menu. Another way of inserting new point is to depress "Shift" and "Ins"
keys simultaneously after selecting the right point.
Picture No. 7
11 - A new point is created in the middle between selected
and following point (see arrow in Picture no. 8). The new point becomes selected
immediately, so that you can move it to other position if necessary.
Note: You can add several new points at once this way: Select several
points first after which you would like to add the new points. Then use
the same steps as shown above.
Picture No. 8
12 - There exists another way of adding new points: You
can add
them "freehand", directly to the right position. Select the
point after which you would like to add the new point. Then move mouse
pointer to the position where you would like to place the new point. Depress
CTRL key on the keyboard and click the left mouse button while holding
the CTRL key down (Picture No. 9).
Picture No. 9
13 - A new point is created and placed on the chosen
position (Picture No. 10). The new point becomes selected immediately, so
that you can move it to another position if necessary.
Picture No. 10
14 - Points Editing Mode allows you to change the stitch
type easily. Stitch type always relates to the stitch BEFORE selected
point. In the example below, we want to change the connection stitch
between characters to floating stitch (jump), because now it is running
stitch. Select the end point of
connection stitch and then click the right mouse button for popup menu (Picture No.
11). Choose "Change to Floating Stitch" command from this
menu.
Picture No. 11
15 - Now you can see that the stitch type have changed to
floating (jump) (Picture No. 12). Floating stitches are drawn by
dashed line in Embird.
Picture No. 12
16 - Another feature of Points Editing Mode is that you
can split the design on chosen point. In the example below, we want to
separate the characters - split the design on connection stitch. Select the
end point of connection stitch first. Then click the right mouse button for
popup menu. Finally, choose "Split" command from this
menu (Picture No. 13).
Picture No. 13
17 - The design was split on the selected point (Picture No.
14). Now we have two objects in Editor, you can see their icons in "Objects Order Bar" at the right side of
the screen.
Picture No. 14
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