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Singer PROFESSIONAL SEW-WARE 2.00A Manual

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  • Page 2 PROFESSIONAL ™ SEW-WARE 2.00a BASIC TRAINING GUIDEBOOK ® ™ Singer and Professional Sew-Ware are registered trademarks of the Singer Company limited. © 2002 Singer Sewing Company. All rights reserved. Part # 640—505255ODD Revised 06-24-04...
  • Page 3 CONVERTER AS STAND-ALONE DEVICE The Converter can be used as a stand-alone device (no connection to PC), with the ability to transfer data between cards. The Converter can copy from / to the following ® types of SINGER cards: ® CARD NAME...
  • Page 4 COMPUTER REQUIREMENTS Type of PC: IBM compatible Operating System: Windows 95, 98, 2000, NT, ME or XP TUTORIAL There are interactive Tutorials to promote easier learning available in four languages: English, French, Spanish, and German. 1. From the Main Menu click on Help: Tutorial. 2.
  • Page 5 TOOLBARS & ICONS HORIZONTAL TOOLBAR ICONS (from left to right) Coordinates – displays current mouse position in relationship to the left top corner of the screen Open Save Print Copy Paste Undo – undo a step or function Redo – redo a step or function 10.
  • Page 6 THE PSW 2.00a FILE FORMATS READING DESIGN FORMATS (FILE: OPEN) PSW 2.00a will open files that are in the most common commercial and home embroidery machine formats: PSW Design (PSW), Stitch Data (XXX), Tajima (DST), Zsk (ZSK), Melco (EXP), Pfaff (PCS), Husqvarna Viking (HUS), Janome (SEW), Brother/Bernina/Babylock (PES), and Brother/Bernina/Babylock (PEC).
  • Page 7 SAVING DESIGN FORMATS (FILE: SAVE AS) PSW 2.00a can save in the most common home embroidery machine formats: PSW Design (PSW), Stitch Data (XXX), Pfaff (PCS), Husqvarna Viking (HUS), Janome (SEW), Brother/Bernina/Babylock (PES), and Brother/Bernina/Babylock (PEC). PSW 2.00a has a choice of 2 native formats to save in: PSW Design (PSW) and Stitch Data (XXX).
  • Page 8 LIBRARY The PSW 2.00a Library has the following features: 1. Provides a selection of more than 500 ready-to-sew designs. • Click on the Library icon in Vertical toolbar. • Choose a category, then use the scroll-bar to view designs within that category.
  • Page 9 3. When the Font dialog box appears, select a font. 4. Click OK, and a Font Name box appears. 5. Click OK; the word SINGER is created in the new font; in addition, the entire alphabet of the new font is built and automatically placed into the...
  • Page 10 LETTERING FRAMES There are 20 Lettering Frames from which to choose, allowing more flexibility and efficiency when positioning lettering. 1. Click the Letters Frame icon from the Vertical toolbar. 2. There are 20 different frames to choose from; notice the box frame is the default setting.
  • Page 11 DIGITIZING Digitizing is the process of applying stitch data to artwork. The digitizing methods in the PSW 2.00a are quick, easy and efficient. The Left and Right mouse have different functions in the digitizing process. The Left mouse is mainly used for inputting reference points, direction lines, and first &...
  • Page 12 AUTOTRACING (Automatic Digitizing) 1. File: New. 2. Open Image dialog box: Select JPEG (JPG) file type. 3. Select Image File called TEDDY; click OK. 4. Select Complex Fill stitch type from Vertical toolbar. 5. Enable the Magic Wand icon from the Vertical toolbar. 6.
  • Page 13 20. Click the right mouse to access pop-up menu. 21. Click left mouse on Build Stitches. 22. Go to Horizontal toolbar and select Next Color, to add a color stop. 23. Place mouse pointer inside the left inner ear of bear; click left mouse to outline the fill area of left inner ear.
  • Page 14 7. Click the left mouse where the new point is to be inserted; click right mouse to set the new point in place. 8. Click the left mouse on the new point to move to the new position. 9. Continue working through the design, moving reference points as desired to cover the image.
  • Page 15 CHANGING STITCH TYPE – APPLIQUE PSW 2.00a has a new Appliqué stitch. • Running stitches are first placed around the outline edge. • A second block of outline running stitches (for securing appliqué fabric to background fabric). • Outline of running satin stitches (for stitching around the trimmed edge of the appliqué).
  • Page 16 6. If desired, the Angle of Inclination can be altered to change the look of the Pattern Step stitches. Pattern Step stitches look best with a horizontal angle of inclination. This is done as follows: • Select Edit: Edit outlines. •...
  • Page 17 MANUAL DIGITIZING (Manual Input of Reference Points) The Teddy Bear design is now ready for the outline to be digitized. The design outline can be created to look like a straight stitch (Running Stitches) or a satin stitch (Column Stitches). Outlines can also be edited if desired. 1.
  • Page 18 WRITING DESIGN TO SMART MEDIA CARD The design is finished. Send it to the SmartMedia Card in the Converter Box. 1. Place SmartMedia card into the right slot of the Converter Box with the notched corner to the right (brass rectangle facing up). 2.
  • Page 19 COLOR REDUCTION Due to the amazing number of colors that are scanned into a bitmap image the Autotrace function may not be able to read all the colors and fill the area with stitches. Use Color Reduction (found under Utilities) to define all the colors in the image and select the ones to remove from the image.
  • Page 20 • From Main Menu, click on Edit: Edit Outline. • Click on the Dolphin nose. • Click the right mouse to access pop-up menu; click on Properties. • Click on Pull Compensation. • Change Outline Shift to 6; click OK and the block is compensated. •...
  • Page 21 15. From the Vertical tool bar, select Running Stitches icon. 16. From the Horizontal tool bar, click the drop-down menu; select Column Stitches; Click OK. 17. From the Horizontal tool bar, click on Realistic View to view stitch data along with the image file. 18.
  • Page 22 ® SENDING A DESIGN TO THE QUANTUM XL - 6000 SEWING MACHINE ® Directly from PC to Quantum XL-6000 - 2 ways to connect: In order to send a design directly from the computer to the sewing machine, it is necessary to set the Baudrate (Bits Per Second) of the sewing machine to match that of the computer.
  • Page 23 Setup of the computer in PSW 2.00a program 6. Open a design from the Library in the PSW as a “test” design. 7. Click on File. Select the option Transmit to machine. 8. Dialog box Send to Machine: • Select Port. •...
  • Page 24 Multiple 250x450 hoop selections for both machines. 1. File: New. 2. Open Image dialog box: New. 3. New dialog box: Click the down-arrow. Select Singer XL-5000 Multiple 250x450; click OK. 4. From the Main Menu, click on Utilities: Hoop. 5. From the Hoop Frame box, select Singer XL-5000 Multiple 250x450;...
  • Page 25 9. Click OK. The word “WELCOME” now appears on the screen with a box around it. 10. Resize the word “WELCOME” by typing in the number 400(mm) in the Height box, found in the Horizontal tool bar; Click Enter. 11. Choose the font style by clicking on the down-arrow beside the Font Names, found in the Horizontal tool bar;...
  • Page 26 19. When the word has been sized and rotated as desired, click the right mouse; click left mouse on Build Stitches; click Yes. 20. From the Horizontal tool bar, click Next Color icon to insert a color stop. 21. From the Vertical tool bar, select the Library icon. 22.
  • Page 27 which your multiple-hoop design will consist. This function allows you to draw an outline around the areas selected. 2. Notice in the lower left corner - it reads: Input the points. The design is now ready to be broken down into segments to send to the card. 3.
  • Page 28 6. From Main Menu, left click on Modify>Center Design. 7. From Vertical toolbar; click on the Hoop icon. 8. Click on the Singer XL-5000 Continuous 50x 120: Click OK. 9. From Main Menu, select File: Write using Continuous Embroidery. NOTE: The option Write using Continuous Embroidery will not be activated unless Continuous Hoop has been placed on the design.
  • Page 29 EDITING BASICS 1. File: New. 2. Open Image dialog box: New. 3. New dialog box: Click OK. MOVE A DESIGN 1. From the Vertical tool bar, click on the Library icon. 2. From the Animals Category, click on #001 Lion, Click OK. 3.
  • Page 30 6. Click the % box to change dimensions as a percentage value. A check mark will appear in the box. • 100% is the default setting • 150% will increase size by 50% • 80% will decrease size by 20% 7.
  • Page 31 DELETING A STOP 1. To delete the added color stop. 2. From Main Menu click Edit: Stitch edit (Lower left corner s=1 flashing). 3. From Horizontal tool bar; click on Move to function and select STOP; 4. Click on Go to next function twice to get to added color stop. (Lower left prompt line: f: stop, s = 1537).
  • Page 32 AUTO SORT COLORS The Auto Sort Colors feature has been added to the PSW 2.00a program. The ‘same’ colors are placed into one color group, reducing the overall number of color changes for the entire design. (NOTE: This function only works with either designs created in the software or designs that have had “stitches converted to block”.) 1.
  • Page 33 12. Select color 4. Place the “dropper” on the green leaf of the first flower. Select the same color as that for color 1. Then left click on the color number. Make sure that it shows the same color number as color 1. 13.

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