Schiffli machine functions

ES Schiffli makes a distinction between ‘logical’ and ‘physical’ machine functions. The logical machine function is what you, the digitizer, want to perform – for example, color change, or start/stop boring. This concept may be new to Schiffli designers who are used to working on a stitch-by-stitch basis.

Note: Some functions may appear as both ‘logical’ and ‘physical’ depending on the particular machine. For example, ‘Borer In/Out’ may be an actual physical function on one machine but may need to be encoded as a number of physical functions on another.

Logical functions are saved as ‘object properties’ in the native EMB design file. EMB files can be output in a wide variety of Schiffli formats. ES Schiffli automatically generates the required physical functions by interpreting the logical functions. When outputting the final machine code for Plauen or Saurer type machines, ES Schiffli makes sure that the physical functions occur on the right stitch and in the right phase (for Plauen), based on preset values (defaults). You can change these defaults to suit your particular needs when outputting the design. See Outputting Schiffli design files for details.

Note: Users with sufficient experience can check the physical machine functions one-by-one in the final machine file by using the ES Schiffli FIXPAT utility. This allows you to check the stitching sequence and insert any unsupported or non-standard functions. See also Checking stitches & machine functions on Jacquard cards (Supplement).