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Retain Fill Type
Some fill areas in an embroidery design are made in a
specific fill type to achieve the best results. When
enlarging or reducing a design, the stitches in the fill
area will be affected. The Retain Fill Type function is
selected by default, this will keep the fill types as they
were originally created.
Retain Fill Type gives the best result in most cases. If
your design becomes distorted, try resizing without
retaining the fill type. Reload the original design,
deselect Retain Fill Type and resize your design again.
Embroider Your Resized Design
When you are satisfied with the design size and position,
touch OK. The resize window will close and your
resized design is loaded to the embroidery edit window.
Touch cancel to return to embroidery edit without
resizing.
Note: Stitches and stitch programs cannot be resized.
Important Resize Information
Since designs are digitized for a specific design size, it is important to consider the following information about resize.
Always embroider a test sample of your resized design before embroidering on a project.
• Resize is always proportional. If you reduce a design 30%, it will be 30% smaller in both length and width. If the
design is very detailed, some of it may be lost or distorted, and/or it can become very dense. Some designs,
especially those with lots of detail, should not be reduced more than 25%.
• Designs can be resized larger than the selected hoop. After resizing, make sure the design fits or select a larger
hoop for the machine to be able to embroider it.
• If you enlarge a design too much, you may see stitch irregularities. Touch the True Size icon to return to original
size and resize to a smaller percentage for a better result. Please use the embroidery software to resize very large
and complex designs. It is available to purchase from your local authorized retailer.
• Always start with the original design when resizing. This is to ensure the best possible stitch quality. If a resized
design is saved, and then resized again, it can cause stitch irregularities.
• It does not matter in which order you select functions to adjust the size, position and rotation. When you touch
OK, your machine always resizes first and then adds the other adjustments.
• It is recommended that you scale instead of resize to change a design less than 20%. Scale is also recommended
for designs digitized with single or triple stitches, such as cross stitch embroideries. In this case, you do not want
to add stitches to the design, you only want to make the design larger or smaller by making each original stitch
larger or smaller.
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Retain Fill Type