Digitizing Tips - ELNA XPRESSIVE 2 User Manual

Fills (Tatami) Fill stitches
are used for
large lettering
or large areas
because the
stitches
penetrate the
material as
they go from
one side of an
area to the
other. If you
use Satin
stitches for a
large area, the
stitches will be
loose, the
machine may
skip, and the
needle or
thread may
break
because the
stitches do not
penetrate the
fabric like Fill
stitches.
Complex Fill Also known as
Geflect or Fill
Ceeding.
Complex Fill
stitches fill
shapes with
parallel
stitches. The
puncher does
not have to
punch any
stitches within
the shapes,
because a
Complex Fill
stitch
determines
how the
stitches are
punched.

Digitizing tips

You can create embroidery designs using on-
screen punching. The Punching tools let you
select different stitch types to use for
punching. When you use any of the Punching
tools you have the choice of punching with or
without loading a scanned image or clipart to
use as artwork.
The terms digitizing and punching are
used interchangeably throughout the
documentation.
Even with all of the technological advances in
machines and software in the embroidery
industry, the puncher's skill is still the key to
excellent embroidery. Good embroidery art is
drawn to suit embroidery, not simply copied
from printing or pictures. Therefore, when
you punch a design, you can improve what
did not as look good sketched or in print. In
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