Generic Schiffli machine

Multihead machine users are not usually as familiar with the settings of their embroidery machines as Schiffli users who often have years of operating experience. With EmbroideryStudio, multihead machine digitizers simply choose the type of embroidery machine they are designing for or outputting to. Supported machines use preset values.

There are many types of Schiffli machine, each with its own capabilities and modes of operation. Some of these are common to all Schiffli machines, some may be peculiar to a particular class of machine. To deal with this situation, ES Schiffli uses the concept of the ‘generic Schiffli machine’. This machine format supports functions required for a wide range of machine types, including:

If you are using the SCHIFFLI template, the machine format will default to Schiffli. You may need to change machine settings if the presets do not correspond exactly to your machine specifications. You can even customize the machine format for a particular design.

This means that you can digitize designs for practically any Schiffli machine or, for emblem work, any supported multihead machine. Of course designs created for a specific machine type are only guaranteed to stitch out perfectly on that machine. With ES Schiffli, however, you can convert designs for stitching on potentially any machine type that supports the ‘logical’ machine functions included in the design. See also Supported Schiffli file formats (Supplement).