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How to use Embroidery Breeze: the hoop, designs, lettering, files, and export.
Start
- Getting startedAdd a shape to the hoop, save a .breeze file, and export a file for your machine.
- Centerline and outlineTwo ways an object can be sewn: along a line, or as the border of an outline you can fill.
- Hoop, fabric, and threadsPick the frame on your machine, the cloth you will sew, and the colors for this design.
- The Objects listThe left list is everything on the hoop, and the order the machine sews it.
Design
- ShapesDrop an oval, polygon, or star on the hoop, then change outline, fill, and thread.
- Stitches and fillsWhat each Border stitch and Fill type is for, and which ones to start with.
- Draw and edit nodesDraw a custom path on the hoop, then Edit nodes, curves, and sections.
- Trace a picturePlace a photo on the hoop as a tracing guide, dim it, and draw embroidery on top.
- Select, move, and lockClick an object to select it, then move, rotate, and resize. Lock and Hide do not skip stitches.
- GroupsMove several objects as one, inspect a member, or Combine them into a single path.
- Snap and the gridLine objects up with neighbors, the hoop, and the grid, or turn Snap off to drag freely.
- SatinThree satin jobs: a column along a line, a column on a border, and a fill inside a shape.
- UnderlayLeave Auto on for most work. Underlay sews a holding pass first, under fill and satin.
- Stitch order pathChoose where an object starts and ends sewing, when Auto is not the path you want.
- LetteringType a word on the hoop with a digitized font or a bought alphabet.
- Text on a pathSit a word on a Curve, Line, or drawn path.
- Digitize a fontTurn a computer font into a reusable embroidery font, then type with it on the hoop.
- Bought letter alphabetsImport a folder of machine letters and type with them on the hoop.
Files
- Save a .breeze fileKeep the editable design, and write a second copy without leaving this one.
- LibraryBrowse .breeze files, .breezefont files, and machine files like Photos.
- Import a bought designPlace a PES, DST, JEF, or other machine file on this hoop and recolor it.
- Import SVG and other Breeze filesAdd editable paths from SVG, or objects from another .breeze file, without replacing this hoop.
- Export to a USB stickWrite a machine file you copy to a USB stick, and print a real-size preview.
- Send wirelesslySend the hoop to a Wi-Fi embroidery machine on the same network.
- SimulatorWatch the needle path, fix sew order, and add or skip a trim.