Stitches in machine embroidery

The digitizing creation tools are used to create the different types of embroidery sections available in the application; each of them has properties and characteristics of its own.

The choice of the tool to be used depends on the characteristics of the figure to be created and the desired type of stitch. All the tools described below will allow you to trace the basic shapes of the sections that, together with some basic properties (such as color, pattern type, etc.), define the way in which your machine embroidery software will generate the stitches.

Enbroidery elements: Needle mark points (from 1 to 7 in right figure)

Usage: Manual stitch creation. Each node represents a needle mark.

This creation tool is only used in those cases where it is necessary to insert stitches manually.

Description:

It is a sequence of nodes that form a section. Each node has its corresponding stitch. To insert stitches manually, first click in the Create Stitch button in the toolbar. Then, make the stitches in the area of the design by clicking each place you wish to have a stitch. Once you have finished the job with this tool, press the Enter key or select Confirm from the context menu. When you select a stitch from the edition mode you will be able to apply the Add Stitch, Insert Stitch and Delete Stitch commands.

Path

Elements: Main reference (nodes from 1 to 6) Entry point (7) Exit point (8).

Usage:

The creation of open or close sections starting from the tracing of a linear sequence of nodes that serves as reference. They can have straight or curved shapes.

Description:

A Path is a continuous sequence of nodes in line. To create a Path type section, click on the Path button of the ribbon Options. Then create the nodes that will be the main reference of the Path. You can establish the entry and exit points, if you want. Remember that lots embroidery digitizing software  automatically defines the first node as entry point and the last as exit point, if you forget to input those points.

Areas Elements: Main reference (nodes from 1 to 7) Entry point (8) Exit point (9) Split lines (10 to 12) Several direction lines (13-14 and 15-16), although that for some geometric shapes or for certain types of stitches the application will only recognize the first direction created or none of them. Holes (nodes from 17 to 19)

Usage: The creation of a sequence of nodes that, laid out in a line, form a close figure, thus defining the geometry of the section. This creation tool allows you to capture close areas of any shape and appearance, without the limitations and restrictions that the Column type sections present.

Description:

To capture an Area type section you must enter the outline nodes (or main reference) and confirm the operation. After defining the section shape, you have the possibility of entering both the entry and exit points and other elements (directions, split lines, holes) from the Ribbon > Elements box or from context menu. If you do not do so, Embroidery Office  Design software applies a direction; an entry point and an exit point in an automatic way. Areas can have multiple direction lines or several split lines and holes;

Stitch ERA will automatically find the best way to fill it completely. If the section has one or more holes, only the first direction created will be active. There are three different area types: uniform, turning and flexible. The basic difference among them is the number and type (straight or curve) of the direction lines allowed. What are the Uniform Areas?

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