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This is a sub-chapter of the Mesh Parameters chapter
Kind . Select plant mesh mode: roots, bare stem or stem with flowers, leaves or both.
Average Cell Size . Flower, fruit and leaf glyphs are rendered into cells along the stem. The actual size of cells varies above and below this value.
Plant Mesh - plain branching
Span defines extent of fill with respect to object contours. Possible values are Overflow , Cropped , Interior . In case of Overflow fill you may want to exclude object contours from the mesh. This can be done in Common Settings tab.
Overflow, with contours included
Interior, contours excluded
Kind . Choose between Font (letters, dingbat or clipart) glyphs and glyphs from Library mode.
Scale - this control allows to enlarge or shrink the glyphs within their cells.
Font - if Font mode is chosen, this control allows to browse and select font. Also, there are Bold and Italic switches available to modify the font if it supports such options.
Text - if Font mode is chosen, this control allows to type-in the glyphs.
Glyphs from Library - if Library mode is chosen, this control allows to select one or multiple pre-defined glyphs.
Kind . Choose between Font (letters, dingbat or clipart) glyphs and glyphs from Library mode.
Scale - this control allows to enlarge or shrink the glyphs within their cells.
Font - if Font mode is chosen, this control allows to browse and select font. Also, there are Bold and Italic switches available to modify the font if it supports such options.
Text - if Font mode is chosen, this control allows to type-in the glyphs.
Glyphs from Library - if Library mode is chosen, this control allows to select one or multiple pre-defined glyphs.
This kind of plant fill is composed of curled stems and sprouts. Sprouts can be replaced with flowers, which are either pre-digitized glyphs from library or glyphs from any TrueType or OpenType font. Another way of how to decorate sprouts is to widen them so that they look like leaves.
Curly plant fill with flowers and leaves
Besides filling the interior of object, the curly branching can be also used to generate an intricate flower ornaments if symmetry and mirroring is applied.
Curly plant ornament with symmetry
Branching start point is Origin point of the object. If the Origin point is not defined, branching starts as close to the center of the object as possible (with respect to holes in the object, if there are any). This start point is especially important if symmetry is applied because symmetry origin is identical with the start point.
Growth Kind . Growth of sprouts is either managed or free - autonomous. Managed growth is more suitable for ornaments and autonomous growth is intended for fills.
Sprouts Growth Symbols: 1 from origin point (autonomous), 2 from core (font glyph, library glyphs, hole or carving), 3 from origin or from base, rotational symmetry, 4 from origin or from base, mirrored and rotated
Sprouts Growth Examples: 1 from origin point (autonomous), 2a from core (library glyph), 2b from core (font glyph), 3 from base with rotational symmetry, 4 from base, mirrored and rotated
Size Levels . Sprouts size may vary from small to large. This control allows to limit the range of sizes. Value 8 means full range of sprout sizes. Value lower than 8 means limited range of sizes. Value 1 means that only the smallest sprouts are generated.
Maximum Sprout Generations . Sprouts grow from their platforms (origin point, core, basis or other sprouts) in layers called generations. This control allows to control maximum number of generations before the growth is stopped. Another factor that can limit the growth of sprouts is the mesh object contours. If sprouts grow from the core or base, restricting number of generations makes the plant overall shape roughly similar to the platform it grew from.
Core from font glyph, 1 sprout generation
Core from font glyph, 2 sprout generations
Overall Sprouts Scale . Increase the scale if you want to enlarge all sprouts. Decrease it if you want to make them smaller. This control does not affect basis and core.
Span defines extent of fill with respect to object contours. Possible values are Overflow , Cropped , Interior . In case of Overflow fill you may want to exclude object contours from the mesh. This can be done in Common Settings tab.
Seed - plant fill is generated pseudo randomly, which means that it is not really a random proccess. It is designed so that when you run generation of stitches multiple times it will always produce the same result unless you change some parameters or size of the object. The seed is a quick way to obtain other result without changing parameters. In other words, if you want to preserve your current set of parameters, but you want to generate a different-looking fill or ornament, change he seed value and generate the stitches. In most cases you will get a new layout of the plant. Arrow buttons perform double action - they increase or decrease the seed and apply its new value to mesh object (generate its stitches) so that you can preview result in the Work Area without leaving the Parameters window.
Flower Kind . Choose between Font (letters, dingbat or clipart) glyphs and glyphs from Library flower mode.
Scale - this control allows to enlarge or shrink the flower glyphs.
Amount specifies approximate ratio between flowers and leaf sprouts. As flower generation is random process, the actual flower/sprout ratio may be different, usually smaller than this value.
Compression causes the bottom of flowers to be thinner and thus fit better into the inner curves of parent sprouts.
Glyphs from Library - if Library mode is chosen, this control allows to select one or multiple pre-defined glyphs.
Font Glyphs - if Font mode is chosen, this control allows to type-in the glyphs.
Font - if Font mode is chosen, this control allows to browse and select font. Also, there are Bold and Italic switches available to modify the font if it supports such options.
Rotation control allows to rotate font glyphs with respect to the stem to which they are attached.
Leaf Kind - select the shape of leaves .
Leaf Width - this control allows to make the leaves wider or narrower. Layout of leaves is not affected.
Leaf Length - this control allows to truncate the leaves. Layout of leaves is not affected.
Curliness - amount of winding applied to the leaves.
Base Sample - the plant may grow from a predigitized base or even from mupltiple basis. Use this control to choose from predigitized base samples.
Basis are available only if Growth Kind is any of the rotation / mirror items, i.e. not core and not origin point.
Base Size - adjust scale of the predigitized base.
Base Width - adjust width of the predigitized base. Base samples are arranged around the symmetry center, which is identical to the origin point of the mesh. This arrangement means that base is kind of ring around the symmetry center. Base Width controls how wide is this ring.
Multiple basis may be combined within a single object. The basis may overlap and/or intersect each other.
Two basis combined in a single object. Design is monochrome, the colors in this illustration were added only to differentiate basis (red and green) and leaves (violet).
Three basis combined in a single object.
Core if available only if Growth Kind value is From Core .
Core Kind - Select shape of the core. Possible values are Font, Library, Holes, Carvings.
Font core allows to create letter glyphs with ornaments.
Library provides predefined glyphs like coat of arms, geometric shapes, etc.
If Holes option is selected, the sprouts grow from contours of holes of the parent mesh object, which allows user to use her/his own core shape. The same applies to Carvings core with significant exception - the core has no inner area in this case because carvings are linear objects.
Core Scale - Font and Library cores can be scaled in size. This parameter has no meanning for Holes and Carvings cores, they preserve their original size and are not scaled.
Symmetrical Sprouts - Sprouts growing from the library glyph core may be mirrored horizontally to achieve symmetric look. Other types of core do not have this option.