6D™ Software Newsletter - April 2015

Module Mystique

Module Mystique

When you create your own designs in 6D™ Design Creator in the 6D™ PREMIER software, you have 10 Fill Area types to choose from, while in 5D Design Creator you have all but the Echo Fill. Motif Fill contains repeated small stitches placed using one of the Universal motifs, machine motif patterns, or one you have created.

In Motif fill areas the small Motifs are used at any angle, at varying sizes, and alternate lines can use different motifs. In the Motif Fill dialog you can select motifs, and set the motif angle, spacing, offset, stitch type and length when creating a motif fill area. Use Motif 1 to select the first motif and its size, and Motif 2 for a second optional motif.

The design at the beginning of the section is a Motif Fill Area with default motif 5 from General Motifs 1, Horizontal Offset set to 50%, Vertical Gap set to -10%.

Select Motif Fill in the pop-up menu in the Fill Area section of the Create window, then click the Options button. Set the number of motifs in the fill to 1 or 2. If 2 Motifs is selected, a second motif is placed on alternating lines with the first motif.

Decide whether to use 1 or 2 motifs, then click the Motif 1 or Motif 2 button to open the Motif Selection dialog. Change the angle of the motif fill pattern from 0 to 359 degrees. When you select Center Motifs 1 and 2, extra stitches are added to either side of the narrower of the two motifs, so it is the same width as the wider motif. The motifs can then be centered, and any horizontal offset between them is constant.

In the Spacing tab, select Horizontal Gap to add or remove space between motifs along a line, and Vertical Gap to add or remove space between lines of motifs. Horizontal and Vertical Gap can be set from -50% to +100%. Select Horizontal Offset to move motifs along a line, relative to their position in the previous line. Use Vertical Offset to adjust the position of a line of motifs, relative to the previous line of motifs. Horizontal and Vertical Offset can be set from -50% to 50%.

In the Options tab, select between Running and Triple stitch for stitching out the motif line. Set the maximum stitch Length from 1 to 6mm in steps of 0.1mm. This design is a Motif Fill Area with two motifs, 9 and 9 flipped vertically, from Hand Stitches 1.

Technique Tune-Up

Technique Tune-Up

Individual lettering is new to 6D™ Embroidery. Use this feature to move and resize the letters individually. Individual lettering can be used with Horizontal, Diamond, Pennant Right, Pennant Left, Perspective, and Italic Line Types. On the Letter tab, simply place a checkmark in the Individual box before clicking Apply. Let's see another example.

The design on the upper right was created without Individual checked. The design on the lower left was created using Individual lettering, with the A and S sized larger. This can be accomplished in 5D™ Embroidery, with many more steps involved.

QuiltDesign Creator

QuiltDesign Creator

The Add/Delete Nodes tools are very handy editing tools when you want to change the shape of an object. Use Add Nodes to add a node to the currently selected line, and use Delete Nodes to remove the currently selected node.

First, click the Add Nodes icon. Click the line that you want to edit and the nodes will be displayed. Click the place on the line where you want to add a node. The line will be reshaped accordingly. The Add Nodes tool is active until another feature is selected.

Use Delete Nodes to remove the currently selected node. If a middle node is deleted, the line will be redrawn to follow the path between the nodes that are left. If an end node is deleted from an open line, the line will be shortened and the next node in the line will become the end node. If the joining node (end node) of a closed line is deleted, the section of line until the next node will be removed, and the line will no longer be closed. Any fill will be removed.

First, click the Delete Nodes icon. Click the line that you want to edit and the nodes will be displayed. Click each individual node that you want to delete, and the line will be reshaped. The Delete Nodes tool is active until another feature is selected.