Setting up bling palettes

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Use Bling > Bling Palette Editor to select and configure rhinestone shapes from a pattern library.

The Bling Palette Editor lets you prepare a palette of rhinestones for use in the current design. Once set up, the palette is available for use in Object Properties or from the Bling toolbar.

To define a bling palette...

Fields are arranged in tabular form so that parameters for each rhinestone type can be viewed at once.

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Note: The controls available in the Bling Palette Editor are similar to those available in the Sequin Palette Editor.

The droplist displays rhinestones available for use in both runs and fills. The code specifies a size range displayed at the bottom of the popup – e.g. ‘ss12’ falls within a size range of 3.00-3.20 mm.

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Control

Function

Color

Change colors by clicking the drop-arrow and accessing the color selection palette. Choose from a range of both standard and non-standard colors, or mix your own.

Size1/Size2

These are editable fields which control bling dimensions. Circles, squares, stars, flowers and triangles (equilateral) have editable width. All other shapes have both editable width and height. The units of measurement are determined by the user. See also Set measurement units.

Comment

Comment is a free text field limited to a maximum of 128 characters.

Production type

If you are using a cutting machine, you can adjust the ‘cutting allowance’ for rhinestones to easily fit the cut holes in the stencil. See below.

Overlap tolerance

Set the minimum allowable distance between stones. Once set, the software controls placement so that no stones are placed closer than this value. See also Edit bling-fill objects.

Save

Save the palette to the file system for use in another session.

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Note: Bling objects exported to a cutter retain color information, and cutting outlines have hairline width.

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Tip: Click Save to save bling palette to the current template. You might consider setting up a dedicated bling template.

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