Set Envelope

Embird Embroidery Software Tutorial

This tutorial explains how to use the Set Envelope command in Editor. This command allows you to change the envelope of selected objects. For example, you can create the "bridge" effect on a ready-made lettering design which you have downloaded from the internet.

Note: If you create new lettering in Embird, it is best to create the envelope effect at the same time as you create the lettering - please see tutorial Lettering 3 (Envelope). The "Set Envelope" command is based on an automatic outline recognition algorithm, which recognizes outlines from the stitches in a finished design, and it will not always give you ideal results. This is similar to resizing with density adjustment.

Follow these steps:

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

2 - Select the "File > Open" menu to open the design which you want to edit (Picture No. 1).

1. Open the design

3 - Select the objects whose envelope you want to change (e.g., by running the "Edit > Select > Select All" command).

4 - Click the "Edit > Set > Set Envelope" menu (Picture No. 2).

2. Select "Edit > Set > Set Envelope" menu

5 - The "Set Envelope" dialog box will appear on the screen, and the design is displayed on its "Layout" tab (Picture No. 3). You can change the "baseline" in the box below the Layout area. You can "place the text on the other side" of the baseline, create a bridge effect by choosing an "Envelope" style, etc. There are several color points shown on the layout area, allowing you the following:

A. Use red points to move the object along the baseline.

Depress the CTRL key to move only the selected object; otherwise, all objects placed after the selected object will move.

B. Use green points to rotate the object.

Depress the CTRL key to change the angle by 15 degrees.

Depress the ALT key to set the angle to 0 degrees.

C. Use teal points to resize the object, either horizontally or vertically.

Depress the CTRL key to change the size in larger steps.

Depress the ALT key to maintain the aspect ratio of width and height.

D. Use purple points to skew or mirror the object, either horizontally or  vertically.

Depress the CTRL key to skew in larger steps.

Depress the ALT key to mirror the selected letter.

Depress the SHIFT key while moving the point to apply the operation to all objects.

Please note that undo/redo/reset operations are available for changes in Layout; use the buttons located above the layout area.

3. Layout

6 - In this example, we have chosen one of the pre-defined envelopes (Picture No. 4).

4. Change envelope

7 - After selecting the "OK" button, the modified design is inserted into the Editor (Picture No. 5). Compare this text with the one shown above in Picture No. 1.

5. Modified design

8 - When you are finished with editing, select the "File > Save" menu to save the changes to the file on your disk.

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