Viewing Designs

Embird Embroidery Software Tutorial

Viewing embroidery designs refers to the process of inspecting or previewing an embroidery design before it is stitched onto fabric. This step helps ensure that the design looks correct, the colors are properly mapped, and the layout will work as intended when the machine begins stitching.

1 - Run Embird.

2 - In the "Files:" box at the right side of the screen, select the design that you want to display. To select the design, please move the mouse pointer to its file name and click the left mouse button.

3 - Click the "View File" button to display the design (Picture No. 1). It is also possible to display the design by double-clicking on its file name in the "Files:" box.

1. View selected design

4 - Click the "View Color Layers" button if you want to see the color layers of the design (Picture No. 2).

2. View color layers of selected design

5 - The color layers of the design will be displayed on the middle panel of the Manager window. Move the mouse pointer to a color layer if you want to find out more details about it. After a while, a yellow hint will pop up on the screen, showing the color layer properties (Picture No. 3).

3. Color layer properties

6 - Click the "View Thread List" button to see the list of threads used by the design (Picture No. 4).

4. View thread list of selected design

7 - The "Thread List" window will appear on the screen, showing the list of threads used by the design. You can see the design color, the closest thread color, thread consumption, color name, and the catalog number of the thread (Picture No. 5). The "Catalog:" box at the bottom of the window allows you to choose your thread chart. Double-click the left mouse button on the cell in the "Mark" column to mark the corresponding thread. This way, you can mark those designs which you actually have in stock. Then, if you turn ON the "Marked Only" switch (located at the bottom of the window in Picture No. 5), only the threads with the "Mark" attribute will be taken into consideration when assembling the thread list. Click the "OK" button to close the thread list window.

5. Thread list

8 - Click the "View Thumbnails" button to display the thumbnails of multiple selected designs (Picture No. 6). To select multiple designs, please move the mouse pointer to the file name of the first design in the "Files:" box at the right side of the screen, depress the left mouse button, and hold it down while moving the mouse pointer over the file names of the other designs. When the mouse pointer is over the last design, please release the left mouse button.

6. View Thumbnails of selected designs

9 - Change the view mode, e.g., to 3D or scale 1:1, using the tabs shown at the bottom of the middle panel (Picture No. 7).

7. Change view mode

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