Defining Grid Settings - ELNA XPRESSIVE 2 User Manual

To show stitches:
1 Select the segment.
2 Press G on your keyboard to Generate
Stitches.
3 Click the Show Stitches
To show stitches in a segment or group:
1 Select the segment.
2 Press G on your keyboard to Generate
Stitches.
You can press SHIFT+G on your
keyboard to generate stitches for all the
segments in your design.
3 Choose View—Stitches in Outline
Window—Show Active Group.
4 Click the Show Stitches
You can now view the stitches of the
active segment.
To hide stitches:
• Click the Show Stitches
view regular outlines.

Defining grid settings

The Grid Settings help you align and
measure artwork and design elements. You
can set the grid to measure in centimeters or
inches according to your preference. When
you are working on a design file, you can
display the grid by clicking the Show Grid tool
on your ribbon.
By default, every horizontal and vertical line
will be highlighted in the major grid. If you
want to have additional guide lines, you can
add more major grid lines as well as a minor
grid. You can increase the spacing values for
the minor grid; however, zero and negative
spacing values are not supported. The minor
grid can also have different horizontal and
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vertical spacing values.
To make grid lines more visible on particular
backgrounds, you can now change the color
of the major and minor grids. You should
choose separate colors for each grid type.
Tips
• You can turn on Snap to Grid (Shift+3) to
make sure that segments are aligned
along the grid lines when you move them.
When you draw baselines for lettering or
paths for shapes, those paths and
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baselines snap to increments that
correspond with the grid. Press Shift+3 on
your keyboard to turn off Snap to Grid.
• You can show and hide grid lines by
clicking the Show Grid
tool again to
To define grid settings:
1 Do one of the following:
You see the Grid Settings dialog.
2 In the Minor grid area, complete the
following:
Choose View—Grid Settings—Grid
Settings.
Right-click on the rulers at the left or
bottom of the window.
In the Horizontal spacing box, enter
the measurements for horizontal
spacing in millimeters or inches.
In the Vertical spacing box, enter the
measurements for vertical spacing
millimeters or inches.
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