Options Menu (Manager)

Choose language in which Embird will communicate with you.

Choose which part of Embird should be launched on startup.

Calibrate display to be able to draw designs in 1:1 scale.

Allows to associate external applications with extensions of files. Later, when you choose Open File in External Application command in Right Panel Menu, associated application will be executed and it will open selected file. Example: To associate HUS extension with Husqvarna Customizing Software, double click on row with *.HUS and list the folder with software, i.e. C:\HUSQ95\CUSTOM.EXE.

Use this command to configure your system to make Embird the default application for opening the embroidery types that it supports. You can select from a list the file types which you would like Embird to open when you double click on them in Microsoft® Windows™ Explorer. You can also enable/disable the Iconizer plug-in (see also eXplorer menu) and specify the icon size in the dialog box that appears on the screen when you run this command. Find more information about Iconizer at our web site with tutorials.

Choose embroidery field size. This command will bring up a dialog box, in which hoop size can be specified. Rectangular and round hoops are supported. See also File Formats, Available Hoops and Limits and Section Definition in Hoop-It-All .

Specify complete paths for 3rd party plug-ins (i.e. for Thred and Machine Cross Stitch).

Specify the stitch length for compiling quilting designs, formats .DXF, .PAT and .QLI.

If ON, floppy disk drive is locked and unlocked when disk operation is performed, in order to guarantee an exclusive access to disk. Feature is available on Windows 95 or newer only.

If ON, Embird palette files with .EDR extension are auto-loaded when displaying design. Otherwise Embird uses default color palette, or color palette stored in design if present. This can be switched off for most of home embroidery formats, because they store colors together with stitches in a single file. See also Color Palette Menu.

If ON, Embird creates backup file with .BAK extension when overwriting an existing file, e.g. when you change the design in Editor and you save it with the same filename as original file. This may be useful in case you need previous version of the file - just change the extension to original one, e.g. rename SQUIRREL.BAK back to SQUIRREL.HUS.

If ON, Embird will create .JPG documentation for every file which you save in Editor or which you display in Manager. This documentation file is stored in the same folder as the corresponding design and it contains design image, color order, information about design size, stitch count and color count.

If ON, distances are measured in millimeters.

If ON, distances are measured in inches.

This submenu contains settings for displaying images. There are following options: Actual Size, Auto-Shrink to Fit, Auto-Enlarge to Fit.

If ON, design is displayed and printed in 1:1 scale. Otherwise, design is displayed to fill whole drawing area (see also Fit Drawing Area command).

If ON, design is displayed in such a scale that it just fits preview area.

If ON, stitches are drawn more smoothly in non-3D photo-realistic mode.

If ON, stitches are photo-realisticaly drawn. True Color or High Color (16-bit) video display setting is recommended.

If ON, the matt colors are used when displaying design in photo-realistic mode.

If ON, the fabric is drawn when displaying design in photo-realistic mode.

If ON, page is printed side-ways for design to fit.

If ON, the marks are displayed on places where there is a thread trim code (scissors) or color change code (stop sign) in currently displayed design.

If ON, the mark (small square) is displayed at the end point of every stitch.

If ON, a small arrow is displayed at the midpoint of each stitch.

Enables/disables showing of floating stitches.

Enables/disables drawing of cross lines which show starting point of design.

Enables/disables drawing of cross lines which show ending point of design.

Enables/disables drawing of hoop. Hoop is drawn only if photo-realistic 3D view is turned off.

Enables/disables displaying of design source information. Design source is the complete path (folder).

Enables/disables displaying of design name. Design name is only supported in .DST, .DSB, .DSZ and .HUS designs.

Enables/disables displaying of error messages and warnings during the conversion of designs from one format to another.

Enables/disables displaying of yellow rectangles with hints. If ON, the hints appear after several seconds of user inactivity.

Enables/disables displaying of big yellow rectangle with hint for Middle Panel. If OFF, and Show Hints option is ON, all other hints except big main hint will be displayed after several seconds of user inactivity.

Enables/disables displaying of Quilting file types: .CMD, .CQP, .DXF, .HQF, .IQP, .MQR, .PAT, .QLI, .SSD, .TXT. If OFF, Embird does not try to display the content of these files and it ignores them when viewing designs.

If ON, the contents of ZIP and RAR archives will be displayed after selecting these archives and choosing e.g. View Thumbnails command. This allows to preview or print designs stored in ZIP or RAR archives without need to unzip them first.

Edit logo and address information.

If ON, the current date is included into printed and exported documentation.

If ON, logo and address information is added to detail documentation. (See also Print Detail Documentation command in Left Panel Menu or Right Panel Menu.)

If ON, the dialog box appears during the print or export process, allowing to add the thread list into detail documentation.

If ON, the dialog box appears during the print or export process, allowing to specify the title of the page.

If ON, the dialog box appears during the print or export process, allowing to specify the price per 1000 stitches.

If ON, the design image is included in thread list and layers documentation.

If ON, the information about software registration is included into printed and exported documentation.

If ON, the lists of colors and positions are included into template type of documentation (see also Print Template command in File Menu (Editor)).

Set this option to ON if you want to save ink/toner on your printer.

Enable/disable printing of background color. If OFF, the background color will be ignored when printing. See also Right Panel menu.

Show/hide Left Panel.

Show/hide Right Panel.

Show/hide Process Panel.

Show/hide Summary Info Panel with boxes allowing to enter the Title, Subject, Author, Category, Keywords, Revision Number and Comments for currently displayed design. This feature is only available on volumes formatted with NTFS.