Save Pfaff Grand Hoop Design

Embird Embroidery Software Tutorial

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

2 - Open the design that you want to save for the Pfaff Grand Hoop. To open a design, click the "File" menu and choose the "Open" command. Please note that you will likely have to split this design into two parts.

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

1. Select "Options > Hoop Size" menu

4 - Choose the "Pfaff 2140 Grand Hoop - Horizontal" or "Vertical" option (Picture No. 2). The typical position is horizontal, with two overlapping sections. The vertical position works the same way as the horizontal, except the parts are automatically rotated by -90 degrees when loading/saving from/to the hard disk. Confirm the hoop selection by clicking the "OK" button.

2. Choose the right hoop

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

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

3. Notice hoop sections

6 - Once you have selected the area you want to separate, it will be displayed in red. Click the "Split" button to split the design; this will separate the red selection (Picture No. 4).

4. Split design

7 - You can see the 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 within either the left (red) or the right (green) section of the hoop; therefore, there is no red rectangle around any object.

5. Design parts fit hoop sections

8 - Use the "File > Save As" command to save the whole design to a file on your disk. In the "Choose Format" dialog box, choose the Pfaff .VIP or .VP3 format. In the second dialog box that appears on the screen, you can choose the file name of the design being saved. If you choose the Pfaff .VP3 format, Embird will save both parts (i.e., both hoop sections) into a single .VP3 file. If you choose the Pfaff .VIP format, each part will be stored in a separate file, and Embird will automatically add the "a" or "b" extension to the name you specify. This extension indicates the position in the Pfaff Grand Hoop. Position "a" is the right hoop section, and position "b" is the left hoop section. The .ESQ file will be created in the same folder as well if the Pfaff 2140 Grand Hoop was chosen in Step 4.

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