Search Files

Embird Embroidery Software Tutorial

This tutorial explains how to search for embroidery files based on various criteria, e.g., embroidery format, file summary information, design size, stitch count, color count, thread changes, and date of creation.

1 - Run Embird; it will start in "Manager" mode.

2 - Select the folder in the "Folder:" box in the right panel (Picture No. 1). Embird will search for files in this folder and in all its subfolders.

1. Select folder

3 - Select the "Right Panel > Folder Operations > Search" menu (Picture No. 2).

2. Select "Right Panel > Folder Operations > Search" menu

4 - A dialog box will appear on the screen, allowing you to specify the filter for searching files (Picture No. 3). In this example, we want to search for files with any name and any extension. You can specify different search criteria, e.g., "squirrel.*" if you want to search only for designs with the filename "squirrel" and any extension, or you can specify, e.g., "*.dst" if you want to search for designs with any name but with the .dst extension. Click the "OK" button to continue.

3. Specify file filter

5 - Another dialog box will appear on the screen, allowing you to specify additional search criteria (Picture No. 4). In this example, we want to find a design containing "flower" in the keywords (see also the File Summary Info tutorial). These boxes may be left blank if no additional criteria are required. Click the "OK" button to continue.

4. Search criteria based on File Summary Info

6 - Another dialog box will appear on the screen, allowing you to specify additional search limits (Picture No. 5). Click the "OK" button to continue.

5. Specify search limits

7 - Embird will search in the chosen folder and all its subfolders for designs matching the search criteria. Once the search process is finished, the results are displayed as thumbnails (Picture No. 6).

6. Search results

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