Main Menu - Design

The Design Menu is accessible only in select/transform mode.

The first command, Compile and Put into Embird Editor, compiles a design digitized in Studio and places it into Editor so the design can be saved in desired embroidery format.

The next 6 commands are New, Open, Open Recent, Save, Save As, Merge. In all cases, the format is EOF. EOF is native file format of the Embird Studio. It stores all design objects, lettering and background image in a single file.

Note: All open/save dialogs allow to paste path from clipboard into the file name edit box. Studio then browses this file or folder. This function is intended for situations when you copy file or folder path into clipboard in another program and you want to browse this file in Studio.

Save in Regular Studio compatible format Designs created in Studio Next are more advanced than designs from regular Studio. Therefore, new *.eof design files cannot be opened in regular Studio. If you need to move design from Studio Next to regular Studio, use this command to save design in older file format compatible with regular Studio. Note: some Studio Next specific features like mesh objects and their parameters are not saved when using this file format.

Merge adds selected design to the one already opened in Studio.

Export/Import sub-menu contains several commands:

Merge From Library command allows to import pre-digitized shapes from Studio's library folder. Any design saved in compact format may be stored in the Library folder and used as a shape.

Shape from library - 2 color design.

The Export command allows you to convert a vector design from Studio to other file formats. The current version supports Scalable Vector Graphics *.SVG and Embird Text Baseline *.ETB.

Use Export to SVG if you need to transfer a design from Studio to cutting software or graphics programs such as Corel Draw for further processing, or if you want to create a vector illustration from the design.

You can export an SVG illustration of an embroidery design with a 3D effect, stitch or object animation, visualized nodes and needle points, etc. All illustrations in this help file are SVG files exported from Studio NEXT. These illustrations are scalable without loss of detail and can therefore adapt to different page sizes. Even raster (pixel) images can be converted to SVG files using this export command.

The design is exported to SVG format at actual size. When exporting stitches, note that the overall size of the stitches may differ from the size of the vector object from which they were generated. The difference is caused by several factors, such as pull compensation, expansion gap, stitch pattern, etc. In other words, stitches generated from a vector object in Studio are not supposed to be exactly the same size as the object itself.

The Save in Compact Format (for Web) command saves the design in a scalable outline file without the image and stitches to achieve a small file size. It is intended for web delivery of embroidery files. The recipient of such a design can open it in Embird 2003 or later and resize it without losing quality. The compact file has the same EOF extension as a normal design file, but is much smaller in size. The digitizer should also save their design in the normal EOF format (Save, Save As) for possible further editing. The compact format does not contain a background image, guide lines, and other data that the end user does not need.

Save Selected As works like Save As, but only the selected objects are stored into the file.

The Import Vector File function opens the vector graphic file and converts it into the embroidery design.

Color Palette sub-menu

Load Palette

Save Palette

These commands allow you to copy a customized color palette from one design file to another. The colors are loaded into a palette at the top of the main control panel. They are used to select colors for vector objects in the design.

Border opens sub-menu with commands for creation and editing of user defined Border Samples.

New Border

Open Border

Save Border

Save Border As

The final command is Exit, which follows the usual convention of prompting the user to name the design and select a location.