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This page provides an overview of the settings available in Embird Studio NEXT for computerized machine embroidery. It details the different categories of settings, including regional options, rendering configurations, general controls, lettering preferences, project-specific switches, hoop selection, recent files management, and predefined styles. The page serves as a guide for users to understand and customize the software to optimize their embroidery digitizing workflow.
Studio provides access to multiple settings that help users customize their workspace and tools. These settings are located in the common Settings panel, which can be accessed via main menu > Options > Settings.
Note: Controls marked with this icon are duplicates. They are also accessible via other panels or menus. They are listed in the common Settings Panel for the sake of completeness.
Settings in this category are organized into several tabs:
Settings for the 3D rendering of the design in the work area.
Show Fabric: If disabled, the hoop will be shown beneath the design. This setting is also accessible via main menu > View.
Fabric Texture: Choose from predefined fabrics.
Fabric Color
Shadow Intensity: Shadow adds depth to the 3D rendering but may not look good on Sfumato Stitch objects with loose stitches. If you are working on a Sfumato Stitch design and using the 3D preview, we suggest setting the Shadow Intensity to 0 (zero).
Short Stitches Color: X-ray mode allows you to identify stitches that are too short and may not sew well. Short stitches in X-ray mode are rendered in this color.
Short Stitches Max. Length: The length threshold for stitches considered too short.
Long Stitches Color: X-ray mode allows you to identify stitches that are too long and may not sew well. Long stitches in X-ray mode are rendered in this color.
Long Stitches Min. Length: The length threshold for stitches considered too long.
Stitch Color Saturation: X-ray mode is almost grayscale, but a small amount of color helps to distinguish objects from one another. Set the amount of color with this control.
Mode: The sew simulator allows you to choose how stitches are rendered (3D, flat, etc.).
These settings allow you to define the screen rendering colors of controls such as handles, nodes, baselines, etc., used in interactive lettering mode. It is also possible to define the opacity of the lettering fill.
Show Jump Stitches: This setting is also accessible via main menu > View.
Jump Stitches Color
Jump Stitches Highlight Color: The color of the glow around the jump stitches for better visibility on a colored background. This glow appears only when the design is zoomed in sufficiently; it is not used when the design is zoomed out.
Vector Objects Area Opacity: Inside regions of digitized vector objects are rendered on screen as semi-transparent color areas if they have no stitches generated. When stitches are generated, these stitches are displayed instead of the semi-transparent color. This setting allows you to define the opacity of the inside regions.
Tie-up Stitches Color: This setting allows you to distinguish tie-up stitches from other types of stitches. It works only when Show Jumps is turned ON and has no effect in Density Map display mode.
Thread Rendering Thickness: This value is used for rendering stitches in 3D, flat, X-ray, and Density Map display modes.
This panel contains some global settings that affect multiple windows and controls throughout the application.
Size of Key Controls: Adjust size of main panels, menus, buttons and other contols with single setting.
Control Lines Thickness: Use thicker lines to make stitches, vector edges, selection boxes, etc., more visible if you have a high-resolution display. The same parameter is also accessible in the pop-up menu of the Work Area.
Check Box Selection: When this mode is on, all items in the Object Inspector, file list, and other multi-select lists have an additional check box that allows you to select multiple objects with a tap, stylus, or single mouse button.
The Check Box Selection setting is mainly for touch screen devices but can also be used with a mouse or other pointing devices.
All lettering settings are also accessible in the main control panel in the lettering mode.
Default Font: This setting affects TrueType and OpenType fonts.
Default Alphabet: This setting affects pre-digitized Embird Alphabets.
Styles: Font settings like Bold, Italic, Vertical lettering, and Unicode character set (not applicable to Alphabets). Another font setting is Flattening. Flattening of composite glyphs allows you to convert fonts made from blocks into common curves for correct conversion into embroidery.
These settings are for TrueType and OpenType fonts and are not applicable to Alphabets.
Paths to folders with additional TrueType and OpenType fonts that are not installed in the operating system. Set these paths if you want to include these fonts in the lettering system of Studio. Apply the Find Fonts function in lettering mode to let Studio include these fonts.
Scan Archive Files Too: If this option is turned ON, Studio will also search for TrueType and OpenType fonts inside .zip archive files.
Fill: The way letters are filled with stitches. Available options are plain fill, mesh, autocolumn, and center line. Plain fill, mesh, and autocolumn may also be combined with outline. In the case of the mesh option, the lettering must be large enough for the mesh to be visible.
Order: The sewing order of letters and/or words. Sewing from the center to the sides may reduce the push effect when sewing on soft fabric.
Connections: Choose whether there will be connection stitches or trims between the letters, and also between the separate parts of letter.
Alignment
Pre-Defined Set: Text boxes in this tab allow you to type in predefined texts or glyph strings. These texts are available in lettering mode for quick insertion with shortcut buttons in the Text tab. Use these sets if you want to embroider a reference table of glyphs. Some digitizers like to own such reference tables of fonts they use.
Column Mode: Preferred mode for creating column objects. Mode A separates the left and right sides of the column. Mode B alternates between the left and right sides. Mode C creates both sides simultaneously.
Column Width: Width used for column mode C.
Colors: Colors of nodes, lines, cursors, lettering controls, etc.
If the Auto Save option is ON, the design is automatically saved to disk every 5 minutes.
The Back-up Files control allows you to turn on or off the automatic creation of a backup copy when saving a file. The backup copy is stored in the same folder as the design file.
If Highlight Selected Objects is checked, objects that are selected are outlined with the chosen color. This helps to locate selected objects visually in the work area more easily, especially in the case of thin outlines.
These settings are used when starting a new design digitizing in Studio and are stored with this design in its file. Therefore, loading an existing design overrides these settings with the values from the design file.
The Snap function works so that when moving an object or node close enough to a target, the object or node being moved is aligned precisely to the target. The target may be another object, node, grid line, etc. The following switches allow you to turn ON or OFF respective snap options.
Snap Objects to Guide Lines
Snap Objects to Grid
Snap Nodes to Guide Lines
Snap Nodes to Grid
Snap Nodes to Nodes
Snap Nodes to Object Edges
Snap Nodes to Edges of Work Area
Show Fills
Show Sfumato Stitch Objects
Show Carvings
Show Columns
Show Columns with Pattern
Show Appliques
Show Outlines
Show Connections
Show Manual Stitches
Edge Mode: Straight line or curve elements. This applies to node editing and creating a new element on the edge.
Object Selection Mode: New selection, add to selection, or select subset.
Show Rulers
Show Grid
Show Object Contours
Show Object Stitches
Show Single-Pass Outlines as Thick: Outlines are often digitized as double-layered (forward and backward pass). This option helps to visually identify parts of outlines that have only one layer in the Work Area.
Show Guide Lines
Lock Guide Lines: Enable or disable the editing of guide lines in the Work Area.
Edit All Nodes: Applies to node editing. When turned OFF, only nodes on the last element of the edge can be edited. This option is useful when editing very complex objects.
The hoop size determines the size of the working space in the Work Area. Choose from predefined hoops or set your own hoop size.
Brand: Select the brand of the hoop and then the hoop size from the list.
Orientation: Default (in most cases vertical) or rotated.
Size
Round
Recent Files contains a list of files recently used in Studio. This panel allows you to reopen a recent file or clear the file list.
These settings allow you to accommodate the embroidery design for various kinds of fabric, taking into account fabric elasticity, thickness, strength, etc.
Thread Weight: Studio can calculate many style settings based on the thread weight. Set the thread weight you are using and click the button to recalculate the respective settings.
Style: Select the kind of fabric on which the design will be embroidered.
List of settings: This list allows you to change all settings manually.
Apply Thread: Click this button to recalculate settings related to thread weight automatically. This will replace the current values of these settings.
Use Style: Click this button to apply the changed settings and generate stitches for the selected objects.