Viewing Commands; Displaying A Hoop While Designing - ELNA XPRESSIVE 2 User Manual

drawn on the screen. You can slide the speed
control from left to right to vary the rate of
sewing.
To view the sewing order of a design and
adjust the drawing speed, use any of the
following sewing simulator settings from the
Draw Ribbon:
For more information on using Draw
Ribbon tools, see "Draw Ribbon Tools".
Tools What is does
Play backward one stitch:
Move backward in the design
by one stitch.
Play forward one stitch:
Move forward in the design by
one stitch.
Play backward one color:
Move backward in the design
to the beginning of the
previous color or selected
command.
Play backward: Move
backward through the design.
Pause: Pause the design
while drawing.
Stop: Stop the design while
drawing.
Play forward: Move forward
through the design.
Play forward one color:
Move forward in the design to
the beginning of the next
color or selected command.
Speed Control: Slide the
speed control to vary the rate
of sewing.

Viewing Commands

Displaying a hoop while
designing
Viewing the hoop or frame on the screen lets
you ensure that your design fits properly
when you run it on the machine. Use Display
Hoop to load and display embroidery
machine hoop files. The hoop serves as a
guide to help size and position your design in
the design window. Xpressive comes with
many different Tajima pre-loaded hoop sizes.
You can also create your own hoops
using programs like CorelDRAW™ and
AutoCAD™. You can Load, Remove,
Hide, and Rotate 90° any hoop you load.
To load a hoop:
1 Choose View—Display Hoop—Load.
You see the Load Hoop file dialog box.
The hoop types are separated into
different folders.
2 Choose from Round and Square hoop
files for specific Tajima embroidery
machine models.
3 Double-click the folder you want.
4 Select the hoop type you want.
5 Click Open.
6 Xpressive loads the hoop.
You see the hoop appear in your design
window.
To remove a hoop:
• Choose View—Display Hoop—Remove.
The hoop is removed.
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