Converting Stitches To Outline Segments; Converting Stitches To Stitch Segments - ELNA XPRESSIVE 2 User Manual

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Press Ctrl+E on your keyboard and
choose any of the options available in
the shortcut menu.
To select an individual segment using
the Vertex Select tool:
1 In the Edit toolbar, click the Vertex Select
tool.
2 Click the segment you want to select.
The active segment is enclosed in a
selection box with handles.
3 Alter the segment's anchor and direction
points accordingly.
For more information on editing a
segment's anchor and direction points,
see the "Vertex and Point Editing"
section.
To select an individual segment using
the Angle Lines tool:
1 In the Edit toolbar, click the Angle Lines
tool to select the segment you want
to edit.
Your cursor becomes a triangle with a
bead.
2 Click the segment you want to select.
The active segment is enclosed in a
selection box with handles and you can
now view the active segment's angle lines.
3 Alter the segment's beads and angle line
beads accordingly.
For more information on working with
beads and angle line, see the "Working
with Beads" section.
Converting stitches to
outline segments
Xpressive allows you to easily convert
segments using the Stitch to Outline
command. Stitch to Outline conversion (STO)
allows you to convert parts of a design's
stitches into individual or grouped outline
segments. Typically, converting stitches to
outlines is ideal for performing significant
edits to the design file such as resizing or
changing the density.
You can also perform STO in order to convert
opened or merged stitch files to outline files
in Xpressive. For more information on
performing STO while opening or merging
designs, see "Opening and closing designs"
and "Merging Designs".
When you perform STO, the original
stitches will be preserved. However,
once you edit a segment, stitch
generation will occur and its stitches will
change.
To convert stitches to outline segments:
1 Select the segment you want to perform
Stitch to Outline conversion.
2 Press Ctrl+E on your keyboard and
choose Stitch to Outline.
Alter the outline segment settings
accordingly.
Converting stitches to
stitch segments
Xpressive allows you to convert segments
into stitch segments. Outline changes made
to any part of the design will not affect stitch