Save Janome #5 Hoop Design

Embird Embroidery Software Tutorial

1 - Run Embird and click "Editor" menu to switch to Editor window.

2 - Open the design, which you want to save for Janome #5 Hoop. To open a design, click "File" menu and choose "Open" command. Please note, that you probably will have to split this design into several parts.

3 - Click the "Hoop Size" button, or select the "Options > Hoop Size" menu (Picture No. 1).

1. Select the "Options > Hoop Size" menu

4 - Choose "Janome #5 - Vertical" or "Horizontal" option (Picture No. 2). Typical position is vertical, with eleven overlapping sections. The horizontal position works the same way as the vertical does, but the parts are automatically rotated by -90 degrees when loading/saving from/to hard disk.

2. Choose the right hoop

5 - You can see now, that the design exceeds the size of some of eleven overlapping sections (red, green, blue, yellow, ...) (Picture No. 3). Notice the red rectangle drawn around design icon at the right side of the screen - it indicates that object is out of section. Therefore the design must be split into several parts. Use "Freehand Select Mode" button to select the stitches you want to cut out (separate). More information regarding splitting is available in Interactive Freehand Splitting tutorial.

Note: It is possible to skip following steps, and continue in step 8. Embird can automatically split the design in such a way that each object fits some section. However, sometimes it is better to split the design manually to obtain optimal result.

3. Notice hoop sections

6 - Use "Freehand Select Mode" to select stitches you want to cut out (separate). Once you have selected the area you want to separate, it will be displayed in red color (Picture No. 4). Click "Split" button to split design (to separate the red selection).

4. Split design

7 - You can see design parts (1 and 2) in the "Object Order Bar" at the right side of the screen (Picture No. 5). Each part now lies completely in one of the eleven hoop sections - the part no. 1 fits the top hoop section, and the part no. 2 fits the bottom hoop section of the hoop.

5. Design parts fit hoop sections

8 - Use "File > Save As" command to save the whole design to a file on your disk. In the "Choose Format" dialog box choose the Janome .SEW format. In the second dialog box that appears on the screen you can choose the file name of the design being saved. Each part will be stored in a separate file, and Embird will automatically add the extension from "_1" to "_11" to the name you specify. This extension indicates the position in Janome #5 Hoop. Position no. 1 is the top hoop, position no. 11 is the bottom hoop.

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