ImagesMagUK_August_20

6 10 8 12 You have just created two objects that will each sewwithout trimming and will run smoothly on any embroidery machine. Note that the outline of the letters is inconsistent. To fix this, select the London object and click the Outline & Offset tool. Check the option to create an outline, not an offset, and it will add a perfect outline around the London shape. The stitch count had dropped from 20,000 down to 12,000 but now it's down to about 5,500 stitches! Select the London cityscape and click on the brand new Maze Fill stitch type. The entire shape is converted to Maze Fill. Change the default spacing to 1mm (you can change other settings such as the stitch length and smoothing, but in this case there is no need). This has decreased the stitch count from over 20,000 down to about 12,000 stitches, with even spacing and – importantly – no trims! The London cityscape can now be embroidered. Now the offset is separated as if it is its own object. Select both the offset object and the background silhouette. This time instead of 'Weld', use 'Flatten'. It uses the offset as a stamp so that it cuts it away from the background. Now, delete the offset because it is not needed. Continue deleting the remaining background from between the word 'London'. Select 'London' and in the Object Properties, increase the default 2mm spacing to 4mm, which opens up the stitches. Turn off underlay by using the 'Trapunto' feature to force all the travel runs to the outside of the design. Next, select the entire design in CorelDraw mode and click Convert graphics to embroidery. This does the hard work for you. The CorelDraw vector image has now been converted to embroidery, and if you look at the stitch count it is a huge 20,259 stitches. Now, the magic happens, as we decrease the stitch count… Click the paper airplane icon on the EmbroideryStudio e4.5 screen (or the black arrows, to queue the design), and select the machine you want to send it to. The design is sent and the operator sees the EmbroideryConnect device flash green. 5 9 7 11 TIPS & TECHNIQUES www.images-magazine.com 32 images AUGUST 2020